I was given a PS4 code which I played on my PS5, Code from Press Engine @press_engine Publisher Valkyrie Initiative LLP @ValkyrieInitai1 Developer 70 Strike @Skelethrone1
This is released in the UK on the 07/08/2024 and in the UK is priced at £9.79.
INTRODUCTION
Assume the role of Derek Ericona, a lord who was destined for Death by treachery, who avoided it in favor of a more grim fate.
FEATURES
- Metroidvania – Unlock unique upgrades for movement and combat to expand the world. Maintaining the game’s progression requires you to use different relics, items and abilities.
- hallenging bosses – Test your skills against multiple bosses and other creatures from the Dark Ages. The game will constantly test your patience as you face challenging battles that require their own unique approach.
- Combat galore – You must use an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons and equipment to repel a wide variety of enemies. Put your courage, skills, and resolve on display for them.
- Exploration – The game features a huge world represented by a variety of hand-crafted levels. From fog-shrouded ruins, where undead corpses cling to any living being passing by, and shambling figures emerge. To the Sun-city that hides in the labyrinthine of an ancient tomb where an unspeakable evil lingers, long forgotten by mankind.
- Non-linear exploration – Play through levels and bosses, discover side areas with more secrets and enemies to defeat.
- Weapons and Equipment – Your character can be armed with bows, scythes, longswords, whips, pistols, rifles, and many more traditional weapons. More exotic weapons will also be available to you, so use any means to achieve success.
- Multiple Endings – Make key decisions along the way to determine Ericona’s fate as you progress through the story.
FAN ART
Story is interesting and fun.
Enemies have alot of variety to them and all have own look and all have own attacks to learn in order to beat them.
Difficulty options are nice as suits all playstyles and is still challenging even on story mode.
Level up options are nice and explained well and giving you the option to make your own build to suit your own playstyle.
Controls are easy to understand and easy to pick up and play.
Characters that you meet on your adventure all have own look and own personality to them.
Nice detailed art style and pretty areas to explore.
Challenging game easy to die as get mobbed often and no health bars on enemies makes it hard to see how much health they have left.
Combat not have alot of feedback when killing enemies as don’t have any weight or impact to attacks.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall story is interesting and the enemies all have own look, attacks to them and the difficulty options are nice to suit everyone, level up options are nice as can make own build to suit own playstyle with easy to learn controls and detailed nice art style with characters that all have own look and personality to them. However for £9.79, is a challenging game where you die easy as get mobbed often and no health bars on enemies make it hard to see how much health they have left and not alot of feedback or weight/impact on attacks in combat hurt combat enjoyment.
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Story is interesting and fun.
Enemies own look and attacks.
Difficulty options nice suit all playstyles.
Level up options good make build to suit own playstyle.
Controls easy understand pick up.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Nice detailed art style, pretty.
Challenging game easy to die, no health bar on enemies.
Combat not have alot of feedback when killing enemies dont have any weight/impact.
Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.
https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE
VIDEO REVIEW
https://youtu.be/03_AvdOVmlU?si=QGYPA_7cduN9PM0F
PLAYLIST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPynTqqYmJlZlJuV23Ylyk2j&si=qwf7ojv_7MzY_rYX
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