I felt like I should give this game another try since last night I was playing this drunk.

This will be the second time I write a review for this game. I would like to praise the concept and I like the atmosphere. Im a huge HP lovecraft fan which is what drew me to the game in the first place. On top of that it was a metroidvania game, one of my favorite genres. I spent a few hours trying to "git gud" at this game but honestly; I just found it bogged down with a lot of issues.

The dodging mechanic is super wonky. Sometimes I go forward sometimes backwards in combat. Its frustrating.

When you do the repel/shield thing while on the ground, you cannot jump. which makes it difficult if youre trying to tackle a hazuth docker and a yuggoth muscle at the same time. I.E. I can repel the bullet from the docker, but a yuggoth swipes at me and its unavoidable cause the repel animation is uninterruptable.

The game is dark, which is fine but when you are fighting a nightgaunt I cant see the damn spears it throws at me to repel it. If im fighting something else it becomes a huge pain. More frustration is added when you repel it but get smacked by an undertaker replica because you couldnt jump to avoid it.

Theres no minimap.

I was only able to find 6 yth stones. The game says these stones are finite. Which means you are level capped. If i wanted to sit around and fight a billion yuggoth muscles so i can level up enough to get through the first boss, that should be completely up to me not the developers.

Accidentally hitting a chest will destroy it and whatever is inside. If its a mimic and you open it, it will automatically take vitae from you. Theres no way to dodge it. So you can break the chest and lose an item or take your chances and lose vitae.

You cannot attack while crouching.

Im having this weird issue on my pc. It may be because i have a widescreen monitor but the sides of my screen dont stay black and weird images get stuck on the sides.

Eraen the posessed advocate has an attack that seems to hit the whole screen that I was only able to dodge once. if your GRD is already low from attacking/rolling/ pretty much anything you do. You just die.

Im all for difficult games, hell I enjoy playing holy diver on NES. But like I said above this game has too many issues for me to enjoy. Now that I spent too much time playing it I cant return it. I do hope pugware addresses these issues because i do very much want to like the game. But in its current state I cannot reccommend it to anyone that isnt a masochist.

I felt like I should give this game another try since last night I was playing this drunk. This will be the second time I write a review for this game. I would like to praise the concept and I like the atmosphere. Im a huge HP lovecraft fan which is what drew me to the game in the first place. On top of that it was a metroidvania game, one of my favorite genres. I spent a few hours trying to "git gud" at this game but honestly; I just found it bogged down with a lot of issues. The dodging mechanic is super wonky. Sometimes I go forward sometimes backwards in combat. Its frustrating. When you do the repel/shield thing while on the ground, you cannot jump. which makes it difficult if youre trying to tackle a hazuth docker and a yuggoth muscle at the same time. I.E. I can repel the bullet from the docker, but a yuggoth swipes at me and its unavoidable cause the repel animation is uninterruptable. The game is dark, which is fine but when you are fighting a nightgaunt I cant see the damn spears it throws at me to repel it. If im fighting something else it becomes a huge pain. More frustration is added when you repel it but get smacked by an undertaker replica because you couldnt jump to avoid it. Theres no minimap. I was only able to find 6 yth stones. The game says these stones are finite. Which means you are level capped. If i wanted to sit around and fight a billion yuggoth muscles so i can level up enough to get through the first boss, that should be completely up to me not the developers. Accidentally hitting a chest will destroy it and whatever is inside. If its a mimic and you open it, it will automatically take vitae from you. Theres no way to dodge it. So you can break the chest and lose an item or take your chances and lose vitae. You cannot attack while crouching. Im having this weird issue on my pc. It may be because i have a widescreen monitor but the sides of my screen dont stay black and weird images get stuck on the sides. Eraen the posessed advocate has an attack that seems to hit the whole screen that I was only able to dodge once. if your GRD is already low from attacking/rolling/ pretty much anything you do. You just die. Im all for difficult games, hell I enjoy playing holy diver on NES. But like I said above this game has too many issues for me to enjoy. Now that I spent too much time playing it I cant return it. I do hope pugware addresses these issues because i do very much want to like the game. But in its current state I cannot reccommend it to anyone that isnt a masochist.