WORLD OF HORROR

hell yeah

Very unique approach to a roguelike with excellent atmosphere on top of being super replayable.

This game is really solid: Its art style is brilliant, the horror style is exactly how I like it, and the soundtrack is something I find myself sitting back and listening to. With respect to horror and art, consider Franken Fran, Junji Ito, and a touch of Cosmic Horror; this game takes all of that together. The battles feel absolutely amazing, the sprites are designed for that interface and can feel almost life-like at times. The game is very confident in its cocktail of gore: It will not desperately try to jumpscare you, but guide you through its abominous world. It's something you can kind of just swamp yourself in and enjoy. The tutorials are really nice, albeit a bit awkward to switch on and off; the game really wants you to enjoy it, even with its sheer density. For something some have called unfinished, it's quite deep. Why, them, do I agree with them? Well, despite the replayability, some mechanics feel half-baked. I do not feel very incentivised to use the spells, defensive skills, nor spiritual skills in combat. They're quite neat, but I feel like I'm goaded into forcing weapon-based attacks to hit to get anywhere. It feels like everything gets solved by them in the bulk of the fights, which gets pretty boring after you've got used to the art style. There are also times where, despite the game's commendable efforts to guide the player, it still sort of leaves you with a "what do I actually do" sort of situation. I will nevertheless recommend it: The effort that has gone into this is far beyond most Steam games, let alone games in general, and it absolutely qualifies as a work of art. It just needs ever so slightly more to be the GOTY contender it absolutely could have been a long time ago.

bad

loving the vibes i sink hours into this game without noticing

My favorite Game of the year! A world as beutiful as it is horrifying.

I highly rate this game. Not only from its amazing art but from its gameplay loop that doesn't get boring even after many upon many playthroughs. The game has gotten a full release but not many updates to expand upon the world. Which to me is fine, there aren't any bugs that ruin the overall experience plus the game just has so much you can do in it that I won't complain. All in all this is just a really good game with a super interesting world.