The Eerie Adventures Of Kally

Update: I lost my game progress about 7 times when the game kind of worked (mostly because of poor patches). The developer removed the exe from the game to fix it, so anyone that purchased the game could not play it for months. I have never seen anyone disable the game for months to fix it, while people pay for a broken product. Then he banned me for "hate", or rather me pointing out his incompetence. Then he removed my thread from the forum which did not break any forum rules (the thread simply stated the lack of exe in the game which other people also pointed out). I have never been treated so poorly as a customer in my life. After all that I have been through with this broken game, he bans me for being somewhat critical of his endless excuses and selling a product with no exe (for over 2 months now). Anyway here is my old review for the game when it worked... [b] The Eerie Adventures Of Kally [/b] plays somewhat like a roguelite, although the decision making aspect is almost nonexistent, as such the game is little more than a button masher. I really like artstyle due to its aesthetic and detail, but I can't play it for more than 30 minutes because glitches always reset my progress. I already restarted 5 times because I had 3 crashes and 2 other glitches. Sometimes the enemy might leave the stage or controls could stop responding, if that happens you might as well restart the game. It is possible to set the game to fullscreen and remove black boarders, but the game menus have some weird glitches that could complicate the process. Aside from all of the technical issues, I think the developer needs to add those basic roguelite elements, you know like picking 1 of the 3 bonuses every so often. There are some randomly generated elements to the gameplay, such as running into random loot. However, the game generally does not give you a choice between one or the other, that "risk vs reward" aspect is missing. [h1] Pros: [/h1] + interesting artstyle and stage design + unexpected gameplay elements + decent story and some funny jokes [h1] Cons: [/h1] - frequent crashes - numerous glitches - some issues with controls and menu - needs more decision making - bad enemy AI [b] Overall Thoughts: Kind of Broken [/b] I think this game has a lot of potential and I really love the aesthetic, but there are too many technical issues. Right now I can't even play for 30 minutes without running into a serious glitch. If you really like roguelites and cartoon animation, keep it on a wishlist and see if developer can address the problems. This is a game that I could enjoy if it was in better condition. [code]Review By: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31294838-Hidden-Gem-Discovery/ [/code]

Game is charming with its story and art. The combat was fun until used the pick axe which made it easier but a bit tedious with the amount of enemies I had to take out but not too bad compared to other beat'em ups. I say it is worth the price and time I had fun atleast. Here is a video of me playing what I think is just the prologue if you want to judge the game for yourself. https://youtu.be/ICdahWkjoqM

The Eerie Adventures of Kally is a rock solid beat’em up game with an in-depth and surprisingly emotional storyline. The game pays homage to Billy & Mandy and Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and has an old school feel with a fresh and modern flair. The soundtrack is fantastic and does a great job with adjusting to the mood of the room you are in. You can use the keyboard or controller - and they both are very simple to control. When your character hits a foe you feel the impact of your hit. TEAK creates a challenge that is both exciting and rewarding. As you play you gain coins, which can be used to unlock weapons, abilities, and more. The controls are tight, the overall presentation package is superb, and the length of the game is just about right to casually whip this game out with a friend, sibling, or partner and force them to play it with you (because... MULTIPLAYER!!). Do yourself a favor and pick this one up!

This review was supposed to be made a few weeks ago, but I got sidetracked. Sorry about that. [h1]Tl;dr pros and cons version:[/h1] [u]Pros:[/u] [list] [*]Sounds and graphics are great, fit the style perfectly [*]Music selection is good too [*]Mixture of many different roguelike elements that work well together [*]Combat is whacky and can get very chaotic... [/list] [u]Cons:[/u] [list] [*]...Which can also lead to completely unfair fights [*]Upgrades are sometimes helpful, but some can completely hinder you [*]SO. MANY. BUGS. Read full review for details [*]Not really a con, but low spec users won't have a chance with this game [*]Nearly unplayable due to all the bugs! [/list] [h1]Full Review:[/h1] [b]The Eerie Adventures Of Kally[/b] is an interesting game. The art style and overall story has that sort of old fashioned dark cartoony feel, which I do love very much, as I always enjoy games that stand out like this one. The gameplay itself is what people might mostly expect, the combat is super whacky, fighting crazy monsters and unique enemies while sometimes tables might be thrown around and explosions just go off everywhere, which is great and can generate a couple of laughs. At the same time the game tries to mix horror elements, which is just meh in my opinion. Regardless though, I really enjoy this game, or rather, I WANT to enjoy it. What really stops me from giving this game a positive review [i](or just overall enjoying this game)[/i] is that this game is just nearly unplayable. Countless glitches and crashes repeatedly make me lose my progress from various amounts of playtime spent on the same parts I keep having to play over and over, numerous amounts of unfair combat quirks and jankiness that makes the game a lot harder than it should be, even while just playing on the easiest difficulty setting, and all my video settings I set in the options menu just refuse to save, causing total confusion as of why the game starts to stutter and my inputs get delayed, and why that annoying film grain just keeps coming back despite me turning it off every single time I restart the game. I really wanted to like this game, because it looks like something I'd like to play and enjoy, but the game literally refuses to let me finish the first chapter, no matter what I do. As I said in the beginning, the game itself is unique, it's pretty much everything you might just want out of a horror cartoon roguelike or whatever crazy hybrid of a game this is trying to be. And from what I've seen so far, it manages to blend it all together very well. I haven't seen too much of the game because of the previously mentioned technical problems, so I'm basically only reviewing pretty much only the beginning part of the game. Anyways, most of the time you'll spend in this game are mostly fighting a wide array of enemies in a style like most beat-em-ups. Some of the combos are nice and some of the enemies can be challenging, if not, can even get a little crazy. However, eventually it gets to a point where it becomes nearly unplayable because of how unfair the enemies are. I think it’s important to note that I have an extremely hard time to decide which aspects of the game are designed in a way to purposely annoy you, and which aspects are purely unintentional and only cause frustration. This is the case when whenever I always play the fighting parts of the game. The combat is just awkward most of the time, and most of it is caused by, once again, the previously mentioned bugs. I can understand wanting to make the combat silly for the fun aspect of things. Like for example, fighting a bunch of pirate dudes with guns and skeletons throwing bones at you while explosions and tables just fly around the room everywhere, while a little cute dog ally you saved a couple of rooms back starts attacking everything in sight and bones just start flying around the room while comical sound effects constantly play. That’s the kind of crazy stuff you’ll want and expect to see in this game. However, what isn’t fun at all is when those same pirate dudes and skeletons constantly throw projectiles at you in any direction they want while you can only shoot projectile weapons left or right, and every single time a projectile hits your character you just end up being stuck in the air for a bit, until your dog ally for some strange reason always constantly moves directly right where you’re going to land, causing you to continuously fall on your dog, making you stuck in the air much long than you need to be, and is clearly unintentional behavior. That’s just not fun anymore. As I said before, some of the enemies in this game are just straight up unfair. Such as those big blue guys that stomp the ground, which is somehow completely unavoidable even when you jump over the stomp attack. The game was so unfairly difficult that when I had originally started off on Normal I decided to switch it over to Easy, and even then, I still can’t progress because of how unfair the game is. And I haven’t even talked about the so many bugs, glitches and softlocks I’ve encountered in this game, oh god no. It ranges from all sorts of stupid crap, such as video settings refusing to save, clearing a room when there are clearly still enemies in the room, pausing the game doesn’t actually pause the game meaning projectiles can still hit you, multiple instances of infinite loading screens, having zero health left but not dying until you pick up health, I’ve even had a problem where I couldn’t even throw stuff in the direction I was looking at, and this really strange event where after I had died, there was this nurse just standing there, so I went to talk to her and then the game just completely crashed. There are so many bugs and glitches in this game that not only is just generally super annoying but caused me so much progress to be lost. The worst part about it is that there’s much more bugs in the game than my examples listed above. As I said before, I literally cannot even progress because of how many times I’ve lost my progress due to bugs. The game itself has so much potential to be great, but with all these problems currently I honestly can’t recommend playing this game until all the bugs are fixed and whatnot. Maybe when this game gets the patches it really needs I might just be able to revisit it again. Also, before I end this review, I’d like to point a couple of things. On the store description it says that this is a “BETA build currently” and new content will be added constantly. Not to step on anyone’s toes or whatever, but shouldn’t this game be in early access then if that's the case? Another thing I’ve noticed is that there’s a JoJo voice clip… Pretty sure putting that in a game with a pricetag is a bad idea, yeah? Anyways that's about it. Can't really talk much about anything else in the game, because I'm unable to see more of it. Maybe I'll try it again some other time. You know, when it's fixed.

Dev delivered as promised props for that If you're looking for a fighting/adventure game with Invader Zim aesthetic, buy this game.

The Eerie Adventures of Kally is a rock solid beat’em up game with an in-depth and surprisingly emotional storyline. The game pays homage to Billy & Mandy and Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and has an old school feel with a fresh and modern flair. The soundtrack is fantastic and does a great job with adjusting to the mood of the room you are in. You can use the keyboard or controller - and they both are very simple to control. When your character hits a foe you feel the impact of your hit. TEAK creates a challenge that is both exciting and rewarding. As you play you gain coins, which can be used to unlock weapons, abilities, and more. The controls are tight, the overall presentation package is superb, and the length of the game is just about right to casually whip this game out with a friend, sibling, or partner and force them to play it with you (because... MULTIPLAYER!!). Do yourself a favor and pick this one up!