Thymesia

Sorry, but worst SoulsLike I played. Tries to bring in some ideas on its own, but more in a clumsy way, and does everything it does in a bad way. Controls, gameplay, fighting, feedback, writing, level structure, story, dialogues, presentation, enemies, sound, music, heating up my computer in a way it should not, compared how it looks, ... Cannot name anything this game is does in a good way. Unfortunately, it doesn't even have anything like “indie charm.” Its only because of my inner completionist (and because its short), why I finished this. And I am happy, I am done.

I came across this game many moons ago and had heard good things about it, though I had put off buying it for a while and forgot about it until I saw that it was on sale for a really good price that I couldn't pass up. I love a good Souls-like and Dark Souls/Elden Ring in general has taken over my life for the past 7 years. Whenever a good one comes around, I usually hop on it. One thing I can say if you go into this game like its Elden Ring or Dark Souls, you're going to get your butt handed to you on a silver platter. I played for an hour and became frustrated that it wasn't clicking as fast as I'd like and typically a game like this I can normally jump on and adapt really quick. This is a game of patience and learning attack patterns, learning when to attack, when not to attack, when to parry and the addition of the claw to permanently eliminate the enemies health bar adds another layer of urgency to maintain aggression while playing smart. I beat the game and by the end I felt like I had finally got the grasp of everything and I'll tell you it was extremely rewarding when you take the time to learn how to git gud. Absolutely amazing game, while it has a run time of roughly 10-15 hours and I wish it had been longer because of how much I enjoyed it, I don't feel like a single cent was wasted. The combat is fluid, quick and responsive. I feel like a second playthrough is warranted to try additional builds in the skill tree. I can fully recommend this game to any Souls fans or anyone that wants a challenge to conquer. Yes, you will die A LOT but with each death you come back a litter smarter. My PC specs are below and I had a fluid frame rate with everything maxed out graphically.