Godslayer|one Reviews

Huge swathes of empty terrain, a very slow and un-fun gameplay mechanic, and interesting but largley boring bosses, combine to make an extremely uninspired game. The only nice bit is the dash mechanic but honestly, there is no point to this game. Pick something else for your $3. https://youtu.be/C2Sp0o0p-Ro

I certainly can't argue with the description the dev makes for their game; it is accurate. But I can say that my limited time playing this game was spent thinking: most of this game is unused potential. Littered throughout the otherwise barren overworld world are stones that, when approached, say various things. The first one I ran into confused me. "How many?" How many of what? Do you want me to collect something? But then I find more, and their questions all point to one thing: You may be the main character of this story, but you are not a PROTAGONIST. Which in turns raises the questions of why are we here, what are the bosses protecting, and if the player character has anything but selfish motivations for being in that land in the first place. All of this goes untouched, however. And while I can appreciate in some respects that the dev likely was working pretty much entirely alone and wished to make something with a better gameplay feel rather than anything that might try and question your characters ethics, the gameplay is still a bit iffy at times. There is this one turtle boss that has no music, no animations, just a bunch of giant molten balls shooting out its back and primarily relying on the physics engine to take care of the rest. Even so, despite its flaws, if you're into the arguably similar in design Shadow of the Colossus, well, go play that again, but otherwise? Go for it. Maybe with enough interest in their game, the dev will pop in an polish up some of weirder points of the game.