Lycanthorn II - Rain of Beasts

great game, hoping 4 a sequel

This is a pretty cool but shallow Doom-engine indie FPS series with Castlevania aesthetics. There's actually two games here- the first mostly has you doing melee attacks. You get a cool but mostly useless kick and can throw holy water if you collect hearts from candles (Sound familiar?). It's mostly pretty easy and linear but the middle and final level are kind of brutal and took me some time. Lycanthorn 2 is also on here. In the first game you killed Nosferatu's bride to be, and in this game you are tasked to kill Nosferatu. The only hard thing about this game is the navigation. This game was obviously more inspired by Link to the Past in terms of graphics, but it still has a lot of Castlevania design elements. You now go into levels to recruit characters. Obviously once you get a character that shoots projectiles you can stop using the werewolf altogether, and you later get a character with better platforming skills, so even though the game is called "Lycanthorn" you will stop playing as the main character almost immediately. The whole game is super easy but you have to unlock areas in order on a world map. Some levels require keys and some are totally optional to recruit new characters. Each character has three attacks, so it's a decent amount of variety. The whole game is super easy except for a part where you are passing through a fish with poison water on the ground and everything can one hit kill you. I almost got softlocked because for some stupid reason there are limited healing items in an exploration game where you might get lost and lose health along the way. Fortunately, there was a single piece of roast beef sitting far off atop a cave, so I did not have to start over. The final boss is a total joke and takes two minutes, which is sad considering the game is building up to that. Really good for an indie FPS game, not so great compared to a game like Doom. The music is fantastic and there's actually the original Castlevania level theme in here- it's not a "remix" or similar sounding, it IS the Castlevania theme.

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play it for the atmosphere, that's its best quality. the music is alright if derivative, the gameplay has some questionable design and quality. i played both campaigns and it took a little under 2 hours to finish both of them combined. there's no talking to anyone or buying from a shop, just slash and shoot with the different characters you get. it's really cool conceptually, the execution is pretty basic though. if you've ever wanted to walk through an NES Castlevania or Zelda game, this does that ok. I'd recommend a guide, though i didn't use one and it's totally beatable without one, but i did wander around a bit. oh and just cheat the final bosses of the first game, you're not missing anything crazy gameplay wise, i stopped counting how many hits the second form of that boss took after 100, but i think it was above 200 total hits.

too hard. you take way too much damage per hit and the enemies can kill you in one or two swings. there's no difficulty selection and only one weapon as far as i'm aware. next time, test your games. one person's easy is another person's too difficult

this games vibe and art style are legendary. can't believe it's free!

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Лучшая бесплатная игра в стиме в которую я играл! Первая часть прекрасный ретро шутер в стиле фентези средневековья! Платформинг бесил в начале и одно оружие на всю игру! Но при этом игра веселая и динамичная! Красивые текстуры и спрайты! Главное меню тоже вау! Боссов затыкивал и бегал по кругу ХАХПХ но босс с мечом рыцарь высокий был интересным! Финальный босс не разу меня не ударил! Быстро пробежал игру! Был в Восторге! Я РЕАЛЬНЫЙ РЫЦАРЬ ноооооо.... РЕБЯТА КНОПКА ПРЫЖКА НЕ ЗАБИНД ИЗНАЧАЛЬНО!! Вторая часть это реальный ШЕДЕВР метроидвания в стиле ретро шутера! Открытый мир очень красивый! Локации рознообразные как и боссы! Безумно был в шоке что тут есть смена дня и ночи с закатом! Было очень интресно но в начале ничего не понимал! Игра короткая и эта хорошо если бы была дольше стало бы скучно! Финальный Босс был эпичный. Мне безумно понравился бой с Носферату и что было две фазы! Я бы купил эту игру за долларов 5 она этого достойна! Пройдя безумное количество плохих бесплатных игр, я был в шоке что это не просто хорошо а реально высокий уровень! Единственое боссов много но они затыкиваеться бегом по кругу! Но их дизайн сам Вау стилистика РЕТРО и яркость и разнообразие! МНЕ грустно что это игра среди бесплатынх в стиме настолько аж не популярна :(