Lunacid (2023)
Genres:Role-playing (RPG), Indie
Themes:Fantasy, Horror
Game modes:Single player
Story:Lunacid is a first person dungeon crawler inspired by old FROMSOFT games like Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
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A game that truly understands the eerie feel of FROM Software's debut series, King's Field (which the infamous Souls-like genre inherited its DNA from.) There's a certain something to your first time playing this game blind that feels right out of the early 90s where games could be truly cryptic and required exploration and experimentation.
This game actually reminds me of many games from around the same time period as Kings Field and many PS1 games... I miss it, stuff like this. Has a nice medieval theme to it, while reminding me of PS1 Lara Croft but also many early first person shooters, as well as games like Medievil on the PS1 and of course a bit of Runescape, if it was single player, first person and more like Kings Field. I like how it isn't as dark as dark souls but still has a challenge and old school feel to it (not just in looks, but in mechanics as well). Your screen isn't bloated with colourful, distracting stuff like modern day and it doesn't give me a visual headache like games like Fortnight do. Lighting is balanced and godrays don't overpower everything, when 343 came along, they added far too many god rays to Halo instead of trying to continue creating games that had the tasteful, unique visual style that Halo had. So many games these days rely on that kind of thing, instead of a tasteful design that could potentially last for much longer. Heck, even Halo CE's design still hasn't aged that much since it's release- sure, technology has come a long way but it's style remains unique and the feel as well to the point where I enjoy it all alongside the mechanics far more than I do Halo 4. Anywho, that kind of conversation could go on forever and can be different for everyone. I would rather have a fun game like Lunacid than a game with the best, most realistic graphics possible for the time. Quality like this is hard to find these days. I might grab it on sale on Steam around Decemeber if it isn't released on Gog this year, but will still be holding out for the time it does come to this platform as I'd prefer to own it on here than on Steam
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Manufacturer's description:
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