Svarog's Dream

This is a weird one to review because I didn't particularly enjoy my time with the game, but I could see more patient players really getting into this. I can at least appreciate the amount of care and thought put into the game.

this game is such a breath of fresh air! 10/10 recommend! Gameplay is super fun, and the death mechanic is quite refreshing! I found the story engaging, and the world compelling. The world actually felt alive, and my choices felt like they mattered and made a difference. If you are looking for an RPG that just does things right - go ahead and pick this game up!

A ton of fun and has a rich world. The game clearly has a lot of passion, time, and heart put into it. Really interesting ideas and gameplay mechanics, I would definitely recommend it to anyone. I bought the game and its expansion on sale, no regrets. It's a super unique piece of art.

Put together by a tiny team, you're absolutely getting your money's worth out of this game. I thoroughly enjoyed my playthrough. The few bits of jank and bugs hardly an annoyance and are nothing compared to how much players put up with in huge AAA titles. This is definitely a dev to support.

Definitely not a 10/10 thumb up, more like 6.5/10 thumb up. The game is veeeeery rough around the edges. It feels a bit "sandboxy", and the game world kind of like in a beta pre release. It could use more content/ characters/ side quests and some less linear quests altogether. While you make some choices i didn't really feel i had any free will. But the biggest offender was the gameplay balance and difficulty curve. You either died and ran from everything that moves at the start, or then there came this breaking point pretty early in game where you became this walking god and killed everything in seconds without enemies even having a chance to show off their skills. Not fun (or at least not that early in game) The skill tree, while rich, is like something that was developed separately from the level design and it did not scale to the actual game progression. There was just a small interval where the game difficulty was "just right", instead of you being either indestructible or a walking paper. The story is kind of interesting but probably got rushed to the release date and ended up a little bit messy and linear, but still pretty good otherwise. Still, i enjoyed walking in the forests with slavic lore and all of its creatures and gods, it was a fresh take on an rpg setting. Leveling up my characters felt good too (or at least up to that point where it didn't matter because you obliterated everything in second), there were some fun quests and the storyline/word kept me interested to play it until the end. I wish it had some funding for bigger team, more testers and major balance/gsmeplay mechanic reworks. If you like rpgs and original lore get it. If you're just "rpg-curious" don't. This is not one of the top games of its genre.

Excellent game. The ambiance and environment are beautiful. A compelling story in a fascinating setting. It was cool exploring a Slavic mythological world where the old gods are in conflict with the new. Gameplay is fun. With the permadeath mechanic you really consider choices more, with the respawn mechanism melding well with the story thread itself. Traveling at night feels insecure, getting finally to a town feels like a relief. World events give it a feeling of dynamism. Its isometric so elements of the gameplay resemble games like Diablo, click buttons to use skills, point and click to move, but this game stands on its own for its engaging atmosphere and thoughtful world building. A real gem.

This is the kind of indie game that makes having a pc worth it. Would’ve missed this absolute gem on console. Old school rpg style with a perfect blend of modern twist. Challenging but not impossibly so. Really cool aspect of changing vessels upon death it lets you explore all the classes and really find you niche. Highly recommend

Had a massively long and successful run, decided to explore the water. Apparently it was a mistake. I don't know why you bother having water and swimming in the game it's a glitchy mess. The camera constantly flicks up/down, my character changes between swimming and "walking on the ocean floor." Night came, game spawned a giant horde of demons ALSO under the water walking on the ocean floor with me, couldn't see them only hear the ungodly loud noises while I tried to maneuver back to shore. Got stuck on invisible ocean floor walls, died. Started new character, went to AT LEAST try to get my ♥♥♥♥ back, I see my corpse floating in the ocean, can't loot it. Game thinks it's on the ocean floor. What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess, either test this ♥♥♥♥ or don't even put it in the game, smh.

This game is a pure gem. I am loving everything so far. If you played and liked Balrum, you will love this.

Very nice game. Gave me Witcher 3 vibes!