Absence of Light Reviews

Yet one asset flip. - camera is terrible, there is no target lock - the world is flat and empty, everything is made of assets - enemies either just stand or attack you without motion animation - series of hits not register, only 1 hit from 3 - there is a shield, but no ability to block - no any rpg system, only auto lvling - when you die, ALL doors close and you have to look for the keys again, you need a lot of keys every 5 meters. https://youtu.be/n64jJfV8MhQ

Where do I start? Steam reccomannded me this game in my que, and it was cheap. Indie games have always been something I liked trying, and this was no different, but the main reason was not increadible storyline, game mechanics or the world itself - It was simply about how unprepared and unbaked this game was, which made me laugh out loud. So, Let's start with the basics: Assests such as enviroment and buildings feel as if they are just thrown randomly. Also, the ghost at the beginning simply tells you "TOWER! IN TOWER THERE IS TREASURE!" which is pretty much what devs do in early prototyping before adding story elements. This is excluding the weird character selection (at least I think it was) where you're pretty much a floating camera that needs to enter a door. It took me a while to realize that's how you start the actual adventure. And what about UI? Well, the jumping animation doesn't reset instantly after you hit the ground, so you could basically bunny-hop on one leg while the rest of your body is a statue. if you drink potions, your health can go beyond its maximum capacity, and when you level up, the changes only happen AFTER you go to another area. There are also a lot of missing text that just feel like the developers were lazy to add. The shields have no information on them whatsoever, and potions say "50% health" and such. You could maybe add the small "restore" or "drink to receive" you know? Oh, and sorry for whoever made the walking animation, but it looks like a hunchback running with its anus sewed. Ignoring the enemy AI that walks like a turtle and barely has any good way of learning their attack pattaerns (you also mostly climb on their heads since their collision box is also horrible). The main reason why I didn't keep playing is because it doesn't even save your progress. I beat that vermillion boss (who has the same patterns all the time and basically freezes for 5 seconds after you hit him) And then I closed the game. What happened when I pressed continue? I was at the beginning, with the only thing that was saved was my level. Weapons, keys, progress - All gone. I uninstalled the game after that. Also, "you are THE humanity last hope". Please, get grammer right... Overall I laughed quite a lot, but in terms of playing a game to enjoy mechanics and story - I'll stick to other souls-like games.