ELDERBORN is promoted as a "Metal AF slasher with brutal FPP melee combat" and let's be honest - nothing of that is true. I tried hard to like it but I had enough. There is no depth to any of the mechanics.

I'm confused by the many reviews claiming that the gameplay is "fluid and fun" because all I could find was slow, clunky and boring melee gameplay. For the first boss, I just had the scythes and parry all his attacks until he dies. Zero challenge even on the highest difficulty but you often die from one-hit kill traps (which sometimes you can't even avoid). This is definitely not " souls-like" in the slightest and it barely has any RPG progression (add meaningless points to increase damage or attack speed by tiny percentages).

The overwhelming success of indie titles shows that being an indie title is no longer an excuse for shallow gameplay. ELDERBORN feels like a unity cash-grab in many ways.