Hell is Us

My wife and I played this together and hot-seated. We played on her account using family sharing, hence few hours in the game on this account. On her account we got 79 hours. We played two playthroughs back to back, to get everything right the second time. The combat system is fun and rewarding, but it's not the main reason to play the game in our opinion. There are plenty of good games out there with fun combat and good looking graphics. The real reason to play Hell Is Us is the world building. We've been playing games for decades and very few have ever come close to the amount of world building there is here. The details are stunning: the history of a small isolated country has been written in detail, weaving intricate stories that span centuries (even a few thousand years, but that's of course not as detailed). Every research item is detailed, but also the visual language used in different eras, murals, paintings, etc, things you cannot even interact with in game but can still look at form a cohesive and extremely detailed and fascinating whole. The main story itself was ok, but it was more a journey of discovering the land of Hadea. As the main character answers when asked why he came back: "I had questions." There are no side quests per say, but there are good deeds to accomplish. You have no map (compass available) and no one tells you: "I need this" or "Go do that". Listening to their stories and remembering them is your way forward. You can play Hell Is Us as a pure action game, souls-like and all that. But then you're missing 90% of the game. Brilliantly done, let's hope this studio keeps making such intelligent games in the future!

Play with UEVR. You will be immersed with the level of detail

If you love both Elden Ring and the classic Tomb Raider games, you can't miss Hell is Us. + Atmosphere + Lore + Sound design + Combat system + Level design + Art direction + Difficulty balance and personalisation options + Free roaming, no hand keeping - Story is hard to follow - Limited enemy types recurring over and over again - Characters lack depth - Dialogues aren't memorable - Side quests are useless - Ending is abrupt, unsatisfactory and doesn't really close much of the story Overall, the cons might be annoying but the pros still make this a GREAT game that definitely deserved more attention, talking, sales and love.

Nice game

The game scenery and voice acting and animation and even the combat is good and engaging and would normally suck me into the immersion. But... no ability to jump or even vault up[ low walls just makes no sense to me. What's worse, is that there are no maps, mini or otherwise. I HATE maze-like areas in any game, especially if i have no way to map it. I get lost and have no idea where to go. Finally, items... most items have a glow which is easy enough to see, but some items do not glow but barely shimmer, making them easy to overlook, including vital quest items. So... final verdict... a hesitant thumbs down. I want to love this game, i really do... but missing vital staples like jumps and climbs and maps, just kills it for me. This is a no from me.

some great material (lore, setting and locales, cool enemy design) bogged down and diluted through far too much mediocrity (dull combat, zero enemy variety, too many caves, too long). this would've been better as a game half as long with much, much less combat and a bigger focus on being a civil war reporter x occult archeologist. still, a positive review because i appreciate the vision and respect the final fantasy namedrops.

Solid game in every aspect. Genuine pleasure diving in its depths - where the hell is us!

despues de jugarlo 12 horas me aburrio totalmente, se torno muy repetitivo el combate . los puzzles los hice buscando videos en youtube . la historia no te atrapa en lo absoluto para que estes atentos a los detalles.