You awaken in the dungeons of a world covered in darkness and suffering from Blight brought on by the Rain of Death, a once beautiful world now slowly beginning to rot. Towns, people, the kingdom, the wildlife all driven mad and cursed into warped beasts and form unrecognizable to man.
It is up to you, to find out why this happened, and purify what the Rain brought in to ruin.
None of this I knew before playing this game. I had bought it on the fact it was a Metroidvania type of game and it uses my favorite mechanic of summoning as it's lore and reasoning for combat. This was all I needed to get this game and I enjoyed it.
The story as told at the top is really good, it leads you along at a peace that if you're into it then you'll keep up and be ready for whatever lore is dumped onto you next. If you don't care about the story, then no problem, it's not front and center at all times so you can enjoy it as just the game.
The gameplay is pretty simple to explain. Find relics that act as your equipment, your "spirits" that act as your skills and weapons are closer to say MegaMan since it's bosses that give you these and not like Castlevania where you get them from most enemies or treasure chests or what have you. Platforming is your standard affair in this genre, nothing difficult, the map is actually pretty open, it doesn't feel like you're cutoff from exploring that often. Enemies are actually quite a challenge with patterns and keep you on your toes, perhaps a little too often in my experience. speaking of, you also level up with exp, but the game isn't very stat heavy, it's more skill than anything.
The graphics are quite beautiful, if you like the kind of art style that Hollow Knight and Ori bring with the character being a blooming white while the backgrounds are a dark goth-ish type setting, then you'll love this since it follows the same thing.
The music is also beautiful and somber, not much you'll find yourself humming, but music you'll remember the second you step in certain places.
If I had to say anything bad about the game, I can't really find anything major...as good as the game is, on a personal level, I couldn't bring myself to 100% the game after I beat it, for me combat doesn't give anything besides leveling up and the gameplay doesn't change much the more spirits and relics you get so after beating it I had no intention on cleaning up. But the game was amazing for what it was as I went through it.
It is up to you, to find out why this happened, and purify what the Rain brought in to ruin.
None of this I knew before playing this game. I had bought it on the fact it was a Metroidvania type of game and it uses my favorite mechanic of summoning as it's lore and reasoning for combat. This was all I needed to get this game and I enjoyed it.
The story as told at the top is really good, it leads you along at a peace that if you're into it then you'll keep up and be ready for whatever lore is dumped onto you next. If you don't care about the story, then no problem, it's not front and center at all times so you can enjoy it as just the game.
The gameplay is pretty simple to explain. Find relics that act as your equipment, your "spirits" that act as your skills and weapons are closer to say MegaMan since it's bosses that give you these and not like Castlevania where you get them from most enemies or treasure chests or what have you. Platforming is your standard affair in this genre, nothing difficult, the map is actually pretty open, it doesn't feel like you're cutoff from exploring that often. Enemies are actually quite a challenge with patterns and keep you on your toes, perhaps a little too often in my experience. speaking of, you also level up with exp, but the game isn't very stat heavy, it's more skill than anything.
The graphics are quite beautiful, if you like the kind of art style that Hollow Knight and Ori bring with the character being a blooming white while the backgrounds are a dark goth-ish type setting, then you'll love this since it follows the same thing.
The music is also beautiful and somber, not much you'll find yourself humming, but music you'll remember the second you step in certain places.
If I had to say anything bad about the game, I can't really find anything major...as good as the game is, on a personal level, I couldn't bring myself to 100% the game after I beat it, for me combat doesn't give anything besides leveling up and the gameplay doesn't change much the more spirits and relics you get so after beating it I had no intention on cleaning up. But the game was amazing for what it was as I went through it.
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"not much you'll find yourself humming" damn! It's actually quite the opposite for me
"Harmonious" is probably the most hummable (is that even a word?) track I've ever heard.
I was also a big fan of the main theme, Awakening, North and Holy Land 💙
"Harmonious" is probably the most hummable (is that even a word?) track I've ever heard.
I was also a big fan of the main theme, Awakening, North and Holy Land 💙
@Armakeen
Heh, might just be me and my music tastes. I do remember the song that played around the beginning of the game after you awake and leave the underground area, the song that actually had humming/singing with the music, that stayed with me even now. Great game for something I picked up with no knowledge of prior.
Heh, might just be me and my music tastes. I do remember the song that played around the beginning of the game after you awake and leave the underground area, the song that actually had humming/singing with the music, that stayed with me even now. Great game for something I picked up with no knowledge of prior.
Armakeen
3 months ago