Chamber of Darkness Reviews

Worst game ever.Buttons dont register + crushes all the time.All challenges are bugged. SUM UP: DONT BUY IT YET NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.

Movement and attacking are really really confusing and buggy. Lack of responsivness, have to press the attach button many times before it registers. Uninstalled after screen 2.

Chamber of Darkness is a retro platformer game which will be sure to take you back to your childhood! Whilst playing the game it reminded me immensely of my childhood playing various games on sega megadrive! The game is currently in early access and there are a few minor bugs which are to be expected but you should expect for these bugs to be ironed out for a smooth game come full release. The game features a very simple yet effecting control scheme similar to games of old, using WASD to move/jump and J K to attack as well as using I O for spells, the game allows you to perform both light and heavy attacks and also features a stamina system meaning you can not just spam attacks and need to manage your stamina when fighting enemies throughout each level. I did however encounter a minor bug with the combat system where sometimes if i was to get hit by an enemy my character would be stuck in an endless falling loop meaning I had to restart the level, however due to the fact each stage is quite short this was not too much of an issue at all. The gameplay itself is what is to be expected of a retro feeling side scroller, where your main aim is to get from point A to B dodging obstacles and fighting enemies on the way to the end of the level with each level getting harder than the last with additional enemies and traps which must be avoided in order to progress through the stages. The audio in the game is very simple and basic yet effective and really helps give the game a retro vibe when you are playing. I enjoyed the game and was a very relaxing game to play and for the cheap price tag I would reccomend you pick up this game as a throwback to your younger days you will not be disapointed, I look forward to seeing where this game goes in the future.

Why am I loving this game? Well mostly because its not complicated, and it gives us that vibe of the first consoles we had as kids. As a game developer I can say they had a good job there developing all the different skills and animations for the character. I love how the skills are unlocked piece by piece, it really got me addicted there. I am really waiting further to see the next updates, I want some new skills to unlock. By the way, the backgrounds are very well made, congratulations to the designer, some good quality stuff there. Thank you for the amazing nostalgic game. :') Recommend the game to people who miss the old times. 10/10

[h1]A fantasy styled platform game with some features particular that can improve in something more roguelike.[/h1] I have to say i am pretty old so i am used to love old school platforms and that's why i liked this game that can propose a fantasy themed platform with some rpg elements. I liked really this but i have to say that this product has much potential and needs some improvements then i hope devs will read this and evaluate for an evolution of this product and with some patch can insert some feature that can expand the gameplay. Playing this game i had the hunch that it was inspired also by the dark souls series because the mobs encountered have a particular pattern and not just the walking and attacking pattern that sometimes you find in traditional platform games. Just saying, i smiled when i noticed also that some enemy can parry your attacks and also your character have a stamina system that can go easily to zero with some heavy attack. That's pretty unusual for a platform and that's why i suggest this game. At the beginning of the game you can choose some spell that you can use during your journey and after that you can have something else going on and slaying some bosses.These spell have all a cooldown so you must really smarto to manage them and don't use everyting because you can die easily with low stamina and all spells out. It's a really interesting choice and i hope they will expand it in something much more complex. The graphic is really polished for a retro fantasy style and i think it's pretty enjoybale, really minimized but i have found it nice for my eyes, maybe i can also prefer a more pixeled style like many retro games but that's a personal opinion. The sound is simple but enjoyable and it fits well with the game , nothing more to say. Anyway this game has some feature that i think it needs to be fixed or just elaborate. First of all , i think it's really important for a platform game to have a controller support. In this game i noticed there isn't and you can play only by keyboard. Also the keyboard controls are bit weird ( wasd for the movement and jkl-op for attacks /spells). I can understand that this game has many different attack pattern and it's not simple to propose a good keyboard control layout (just saying , you cannot also modify the controls) but i think it's really important to include a controller support for a platform game , also because it really makes the gameplay less enjoyable. The second advice is to make the game much more rpg/roguelike oriented. This game has good potential but in my personal experience is a bit limited in some feature,Maybe i am wrong but it can be interesting if you go on in every gameplay and unlock some new class, spell or weapon as you can go on , like many rougelike that i personally love (Isaac first of all). I think it suits well with this game that has a really dark soul core gameplay that can be improved. I understand that this game is just released so everything can't be perfect but i wan to encourage this and hope will be more expanded in the good gameplay. [b]Give it a try for the price proposed if you like old schooled platform with fantasy theme and a challenging gameplay.[/b]

Definitely do not recommend, it is a buggy mess, not even fun to play ironically. Devil's advocate though, the vine pumping animation on the wall is kinda cool, and the little character's helmet in the corner takes damage as the health gets lower, pretty normal nowadays but its a neat touch.

Controls are clunky. Game even suggests that the delay can be fixed by restarting the game in the dialogue of the game. Movement and jumping feels clunky. Most traps are unavoidable. They appear and hit you without any warning. There's no way to block against enemies so when you attack you just have to take a hit. You hit a game blocking bug about 10 levels in when you get a new ability for your spear. The game gives you 1 shot with it to defeat one enemy but no way to recharge it. Levels all look the same and play the same.

Dark atmosphere, with nice pixel graphics, but play controls are anything but slick. Sometimes they get stuck. It's bad. Game feels unfinished, and honestly for less than a dollar on sale, I wasn't expecting much, but it's not great. Requesting refund.

I won't say it's a great game but I enjoyed it. It's a 2D wanna be [i]''Dark Souls''[/i] game but way buggier in terms of combat. Don't expect to understand the combat in the first few minutes. You only have light and heavy atack and three slots for spells, you start with only two at the begining of the game. You won't be able to kill the deathworms and the final boss that has two phases that are alike.

[h1]Abstract: DON'T BUY!!![/h1] Dev abandoned the game, despite he knows the game is in a bad shape possible, he not removed it from the store, he knows it have bugs, achievements are broken, and still sell this crap for more than $ 1.25, his answer... play others game I made, those are better... L-A-M-E. I just reported it. Rate 0/10 - (☆☆☆☆☆) [quote]thecrow256 [developer] Posted: 14 Sep, 2018 @ 8:04am I am really sorry about the bugs, today I am going to release in its current state. My second year in college started, I am really tired of this game and the bugs that I have 0 understanding of why they happen. Its my first game on steam after all, and I will work hard on another game in a genre that I think I will enjoy making and simpler in execution.[/quote] With the money he still make, he could employ someone that could correct all his mess, but... NOOO, let's still sell a broken game to people.