Salt and Sanctuary

旧游补评18 游玩时期：2018 魂味十足的经典之作，我还是先通关这个才入坑的黑魂3。唯一难受点是没有地图，对照社区自制图不够仔细导致盗贼没救下来，意难平

13小時半通關了 黑魂改成2D版 整體來說還不錯 就是挺費眼睛 順便一提還能一機雙人

It's been 6 years since I completed this game and I still remember completing it fondly. Definitely one of the Best 2D Souls-likes ever.

Лучший 2D соулс-лайк, который смог таки поймать удачное сочетание левел-дизайна, исследования, боевой системы и атмосферы!

The OG 2D souls like still holds up. Glad I finally got back around to finishing it! It's not so polished as Hollow Night or Silk Song, but it's still a great game. I recommend it!

With several Souls-Likes and a Souls game under my belt, I can safely this game is nice 7.5/10. It is fun and the game is very atmospheric when it comes to the environments. The world building only happens if you do the quests and read the monsters backstories. Even then, some of the information is environmental and really requires due diligence. There is a moment where, if you are solo, you won't learn how to switch basically your house or guild. Apparently different houses have different bonuses, so go in with the information. ALSO, a map. Go to the wiki for this game or Steam discussion page for the level maps, so at least that way you can get around without going in a circle. Even then you can still navigate slightly blind. I am not sure what the quests would give because I bypassed like three or four areas while reaching the ending. I am not sure how I managed that. Worse things with this game, PITCHWOODS AND THE SPINDLEBEAST. THEY SUCK. Absolute worse monster ever and worse area. I almost raged quit there. The platforming was hard and I realized I need to get better at. I died so many times to the freaking Kraeken Wrym, 15 times. My word it was rough. It does suck some weapons can only be upgraded and others can't due to the limitations of the final upgrade pieces, but it is doable still. Grinding wasn't bad once you understand Will=Drop Rate, and where to farm. I love Mal's Palace and Ziggurat of Dust for grinding. I can easily get like 15 shimmering pearls from the Cyrpt Keeper in the Palace after about 4 hours, with a drop rate 60 or something. Favorite boss was the Nameless God, not sure if it was on purpose or not, but he plays like a 2D Nameless King. Which once I kind got it in my head, 8 tries easy. His patterns was simple but the mix up can be hard. His grab sucks though, I dodge both of his lunges. Even then, I really like his fight. I did play on normal mode so the health pool was different. Shield was so good for his fight too. With a lot of will and high defense to Slashing damaging, he wasn't killing as fast, but my goodness his grab can be a make or break for me. A lot of good with jarringly huge bad, but if you can mitigate the bad (mainly earlier on and any platforming, again I suck at it is all), the game is a fun time. Thank you for making the game. :D

Salt é um jogo que me acompanhou em dois momentos distintos da minha vida: no passado como garoto e no presente como adulto. Compartilho um grande amor por essa franquia, sendo um cara que sempre jogou em um pc ruim até pra rodar GTA San Andreas, eu vi esse jogo como meu primeiro contato real com um Souls Like. A temática, a história, a maneira com que a história é contada através de "cartas" é muito interessante e torna o jogo vivo! Sempre que jogo eu fico tentado a passar pelo menos alguns minutos lendo descrição de item ou tentando juntar as historinhas na árvore de habilidades! Um feeling bem legal. Pra ser bem sincero, revisitei esse jogo pensando que me aproximaria de um velho amigo, mas no fim nossos caminhos se separaram, eu sendo o responsável por isso. Me pergunto se eu teria um lugar na ilha, não entre aqueles que naufragam nela, mas entre os monstros que nela são aprisionados. Enfim, se quiser investir no jogo: a platina é bem tranquila e a gameplay é visceral, você sente os ataques, sejam seus ou dos inimigos! O jogo também é repleto de belos cenários e o que mais me impressiona é que, mesmo sendo um metroidvania, ele não passa tanto essa vibe, como se o peso transmitido pela história e estética o separasse de jogos mais vibrantes, como Hollow Knight ou Ori. Como últimas considerações, não sei ao certo quando vou revisitar esse belo jogo, mas não me preocupo com isso. Foi uma experiência muito boa rejogá-lo e não tenho medo de dizer que faria de novo!