I was given a PS5 code from PR Company PR Hound @pr_hound Publisher Deck 13 Spotlight @Deck13Spotlight Developer Just 2D @J2D_Interactive
This is released in the UK on the 15/10/2024 and in the UK is priced at £19,99.
INTRODUCTION
Drova Forsaken Kin is a pixel art action RPG inspired by Celtic Mythology where your choices and actions, shape the world.
FEATURES
- Free navigation in a dynamic hand crafted open world.
- Flow based combat system with different combos and weapons.
- Tailored story based on your actions and dialogues.
- Join one of two factions to survive in this world.
- Learn and master various abilities to create your own playstyle.
FAN ART
Starting equipment has a nice bonus at the start as offers alot of choice such as a health ring give you more max HP or more stuff for making potions and alot more and can even start without a bonus item if you want to.
Enemies are varied and all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them.
Characters that you meet on your adventure all have own look and personality to them.
Controls are easy to understand and pick up.
Weapons, Armor are impressive as alot of variety to them from swords to axes and bows and much more and all have own look and all have own stats and own feel to them and easy to understand.
Spells are cool as with your abilities can make own build to suit own gameplay and alot of variety from summoning minions to dashing and magic and more.
Story is interesting and fun and world was fun to explore.
Very challenging game even on easiest easy get mobbed or surrounded and killed also enemies will chase you for long time.
Confusing as easy to get lost in the world especially trying to get to certain location or person.
Controls made combat feel stiff and clunky not as smooth as hoped for.
OVERALL SUMMARY
Overall starting equipment is nice as can give you bonus to start such as health ring to raise your max HP and more and the story is interesting and the controls are easy to understand with weapons, Armor, Spells, Abilities all have own look and alot of variety to them and all have own feel and characters that you meet on your adventures all have own look, personality and enemies are cool as alot of variety to them and have own attacks to learn to dodge. However for £19.99, is challenging as enemies will chase you for a long time and easy to get mobbed by enemies or run into strong enemy that kill you fast and is confusing and easy to get lost in the world especially looking for certain point and the controls felt clunky and stiff in combat not as smooth as would of liked.
WAIT ON A SALE.
Starting equipment nice bonus at start.
Enemies own look, attacks.
Characters meet own look, personality.
Controls easy understand.
Weapons, Armor own stats, look, feel.
Spells, Abilities own uses, feel.
Story is interesting and fun.
Very challenging easy to die.
Confusing as easy get lost in world.
Controls felt clunky, stiff in combat.
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/IoCLdMnVA5g?si=mOFemhLPsbC0448u
PLAYLIST
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPwSjE1gOeyOC6mx8Rq4c1_6&si=rJsMkaYz861O2rnZ
garylodgegamesreview.game.blog 