Memoirium

start of the game is strong, after the first boss its a little daunting figuring out which direction to go cause of the openness, but once you find your footing this game really starts to open up. theres a lot of fun things to toy with and i think this game is very sweet so far. i still gotta keep playing, but after getting a few new weapons and spells, i've really had a good time with this. i think gank fights at the very start of the game are a bit unbearable, but once you get upgraded, it really starts to feel better.

Unmatched atmosphere, just utterly haunting and etheral. Esoteric to the Nth degree but that's also kind of to its detriment because it gets so unclear what anything you have does or where you even need to go. But its inarguably breathtaking. That being said dear god the enemies are way too tanky plz tone it down lol. Either that or make level ups more impactful it feels like they don't really increase much.

Probably the best indie Soulslike ive played. The movement feels right, attacks have the proper amount of impact. The combat leans more towards Sekiro, where parrying is usually the right move. A lot of enemies have one of four different special attacks that you have to counter in different ways, meaning its not just parry-to-win. You have to jump attack, dodge into the enemy, perfect parry and charge attack to counter, which makes the combat very fun. The world is also fun to explore, most of the areas are connected through shortcuts like dark souls 1 and it taking place in a dream allows for a nice variety in scenery. The story kinda flew past me, dont really know whats going on. Youre in a dream and theres other dreamers (bosses) you have to wake up (beat them up). Thats about all ive gathered. I also dislike the terminology. Theres fire damage, but its called potency, theres status resistance, but its called connection, etc. Kinda confusing. Took me around 15 hours to beat. Definitely recommend, even at full price this is a steal

Reminds me of ds1

Good game, does some really cool things. Notably, your mana bar and status effect bar are one and the same, which is really interesting. The weapons are pretty fun, and the typical stats you'd see in a souls game have been compressed. Normally there are a few stats that are essentially worthless, but in Memoirium nearly every stat scales damage with weapons, but also has another effect. Imagine if in dark souls strength and resistance were the same stat and you'll get the picture. I do wish there was some way to respec stats, since I did find some weapons I thought were cool but had already invested in stats they didn't scale with. In all fairness, there very well could be a way to do that. That is another cool thing, the game being fairly unkown means you have to discover things for yourself, for all I know I missed a few major areas (in fact I think I did miss at least one) along with a respec item. Cool stuff, give it a shot.

Interesting story, fun combat, great visuals and amazing soundtracks. Nitpicks, endgame areas are kinda annoying to navigate, respec option is unlocked a bit too late and imho it could have been a bit longer (NG+ is available though).

enemies are boring af