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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tEvery choice, every breath, has led me to this moment...as the moon bears witness, my time has come!
The aura. The witches. The cats!! The intro theatrics to this game had me completely hooked.
This isn't a negative review where I am 100% saying to not buy this product. It's more of a "not now and give it more time to cook" recommendation. The story and premise have my interest but that is not where the problem lies.
This game suffers from a couple things. I won't get into the AI stuff, you can go to the forums for that. I am here to talk about the game and how it plays. I have tried the game on my gaming laptop, steam deck and steam machine. It is unplayable on the steam deck, has been since the demo. Just stutters and lags. It will play on low-medium settings on the steam machine and I have had no issues with it on my laptop. But as other people have pointed out, it does feel unoptimized. It doesn't run consistently for me on any of my machines. Sometimes it looks great and runs smoothly. Other times, it looks grainy and stutters. I’m constantly fiddling around with settings.
This game feels like it is trying to do too many cool things at once. Lots of interesting concepts but they feel like they don't flow together naturally, resulting in clunky gameplay. An example being the water gliding and combat. In order to cast spells, you need to "focus" or zoom in on targets to interact with them. This is so distracting. When you are gliding on the water, you are going at faster speeds. Trying to zoom in to focus while zooming around is no fun. Water gliding is also a pain and trying to figure out how to jump and get out of the water is a headache. Like intuitively, on controller you ‘press x’ because that’s how you climb on the ground level. But no, for some reason being in water is different. Let’s make it ‘up’ on the right joystick randomly because you don’t have enough to remember -_- Controls seem off at times. It shouldn't be this complicated. Also ong, do not try to cheese the tutorial!! There is lots of valuable info and if you miss it, the game actually gets confusing (and frustrating) pretty quick.
Similarly with combat, you are trying to focus targets to cast a spell but while you are zoomed in, you are just getting bludgeoned to death because your FOV is limited in this stance. It also takes forever to collect energy on the field and cast during combat. May I suggest either a) slowing or stopping time while you are zoomed in/focusing so you have time to plan and react or b) removing the whole zoom in feature and allowing players to free cast in the normal FOV. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and make comfortable gameplay a priority. Because this isn't comfortable. It is annoying. And makes everything feel disjointed instead of fluid.
The combat seems basic so far. I am sure there will be more spells to use along the way but right now it is just a melee attack, a temperamental dodge that is hard to control and sends you all over the place and me blowing up things with magic in the environment to kill enemies. There needs to be a block of some sort, because the dodge cannot be trusted. The camera can be janky and bothersome during combat, especially so if you don’t lock onto the enemies while dodging. I already discussed it above, but there is too much going on in the environment and having to constantly zoom/focus to interact with things takes away from the whole experience and immersion.
The best part of the game is the ability to not only control Noa (the main character) but also your chosen familiar. You can actively swap between the two to progress the story and I am having fun with that part. They have different roles and tasks, so it adds another interesting layer.
Follow the game and see where it goes for now. It isn't there yet. But I will be eagerly following the updates in hopes that one day it will be. I see potential in the gameplay but it is very rough around the edges. As always, I will update my review as needed. Best of luck!!
\n\n\t\t\t\tThe aura. The witches. The cats!! The intro theatrics to this game had me completely hooked.
This isn't a negative review where I am 100% saying to not buy this product. It's more of a "not now and give it more time to cook" recommendation. The story and premise have my interest but that is not where the problem lies.
This game suffers from a couple things. I won't get into the AI stuff, you can go to the forums for that. I am here to talk about the game and how it plays. I have tried the game on my gaming laptop, steam deck and steam machine. It is unplayable on the steam deck, has been since the demo. Just stutters and lags. It will play on low-medium settings on the steam machine and I have had no issues with it on my laptop. But as other people have pointed out, it does feel unoptimized. It doesn't run consistently for me on any of my machines. Sometimes it looks great and runs smoothly. Other times, it looks grainy and stutters. I’m constantly fiddling around with settings.
This game feels like it is trying to do too many cool things at once. Lots of interesting concepts but they feel like they don't flow together naturally, resulting in clunky gameplay. An example being the water gliding and combat. In order to cast spells, you need to "focus" or zoom in on targets to interact with them. This is so distracting. When you are gliding on the water, you are going at faster speeds. Trying to zoom in to focus while zooming around is no fun. Water gliding is also a pain and trying to figure out how to jump and get out of the water is a headache. Like intuitively, on controller you ‘press x’ because that’s how you climb on the ground level. But no, for some reason being in water is different. Let’s make it ‘up’ on the right joystick randomly because you don’t have enough to remember -_- Controls seem off at times. It shouldn't be this complicated. Also ong, do not try to cheese the tutorial!! There is lots of valuable info and if you miss it, the game actually gets confusing (and frustrating) pretty quick.
Similarly with combat, you are trying to focus targets to cast a spell but while you are zoomed in, you are just getting bludgeoned to death because your FOV is limited in this stance. It also takes forever to collect energy on the field and cast during combat. May I suggest either a) slowing or stopping time while you are zoomed in/focusing so you have time to plan and react or b) removing the whole zoom in feature and allowing players to free cast in the normal FOV. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and make comfortable gameplay a priority. Because this isn't comfortable. It is annoying. And makes everything feel disjointed instead of fluid.
The combat seems basic so far. I am sure there will be more spells to use along the way but right now it is just a melee attack, a temperamental dodge that is hard to control and sends you all over the place and me blowing up things with magic in the environment to kill enemies. There needs to be a block of some sort, because the dodge cannot be trusted. The camera can be janky and bothersome during combat, especially so if you don’t lock onto the enemies while dodging. I already discussed it above, but there is too much going on in the environment and having to constantly zoom/focus to interact with things takes away from the whole experience and immersion.
The best part of the game is the ability to not only control Noa (the main character) but also your chosen familiar. You can actively swap between the two to progress the story and I am having fun with that part. They have different roles and tasks, so it adds another interesting layer.
Follow the game and see where it goes for now. It isn't there yet. But I will be eagerly following the updates in hopes that one day it will be. I see potential in the gameplay but it is very rough around the edges. As always, I will update my review as needed. Best of luck!!
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI wanted so badly to love this game. I have had it on my wishlist since I first heard about it and have been waiting for it to release. At this point in time, I can't recommend it. It is overpriced for what you get in early access and still has a lot of issues.
Pros:
I love the atmosphere. The medieval gothic horror-like witch theme is everything I hoped it would be.
Noa's character design is beautiful. The colors and design of the game are beautiful. The music blends well with the atmosphere and theme. The voice actors did a great job in my opinion.
The gameplay elements like the cat and the magic system are fun and engaging. I enjoyed the potion making although I think it is a bit oversimplified and could use more of a crafting mini game.
I love everything about the cat. Playing as the cat is fun, the various skills you can do are really enjoyable and it is fun to figure out how to get past obstacles with a combination of the cat and Noa. My favorite part of the game hands down.
Cons:
Generative AI - I won't go into this much but I didn't know before I purchased and was disappointed in the developer response. It looks as though it is still there, so I would be surprised if they claim they got rid of all of it.
Lots of early access glitches which I hope will be fixed. NPCs moving in unnatural ways, or chopping invisible food on an invisible table. NPCs falling out of the sky. Honestly the NPC behavior in general feels like a sad version of old skyrim NPCs and not at all what I would expect from a modern game. The NPCs often don't see you even when you are looting right next to them, they inconsistently seem to notice you doing unnatural things. They don't react in a way you would expect real people to react and often just stare at you frozen which is immersive breaking and weird. They don't move around naturally and sometimes just glide around the screen or through other NPCs.
There is no manual save, so it is important to keep track of the auto-save which isn't always triggered by a set amount of time or any particular actions, so if you are grinding away just keep an eye on it because one mistake can really mess you up.
Keep an eye on the awareness level when you are at your house, it resets once you are inside but randomly comes back when you go back outside unless you go in and out a couple times.
The combat is garbage and my least favorite part of the game. I had a really hard time with it, and I typically don't. I also wouldn't consider myself a beginner or casual gamer by any means. The game doesn't really give you a lot of guidance or tutorials on the combat. For me the dodging seemed inconsistently responsive as were all the actions. It is difficult to cast spells due to the awkward amount of steps and sequence of keys to cast them and since your health is laughable you often will die before you can even cast one spell. Very rarely the enemies are stunned and you could maybe cast it then. This could be user error, but if I struggled with it this much I can't imagine what a casual gamer would do. The screen prompts for the spells also only show up if you line it up perfectly and will sometimes randomly change spells in the middle and you can't really be moving or dodging during it. I found potions more reliable than spells and just ended up grinding forever to get enough potions to survive. Since there is no difficulty setting, this is a huge downfall to the game. It is also pretty punitive in that you lose your perks and any potions you used if you die and will have to go back to grinding all over again. It also restarts you back at the house every time which is annoying. My best recommendation is it is better to quit the game and restart as soon as you die rather than let the game take away all your stuff, either way it restarts you at the house. I realize it resets the perks so you can choose different ones, but I didn't find this helpful and it's not worth losing the potions. The only reason I got the full 15 hours of gameplay was from having to spend hours grinding to get my potions back up after I did not quit and restart, and some other things which I'll mention below. The locked on targeting is awkward and makes it difficult to move Noa around and almost ends up sucking her in too close to where she gets pummeled.
The gameplay is not smooth. It is difficult to get action prompts to line up and sometimes you're just moving around until it shows up. Noa is painfully slow and inconsistently follows commands. There's no jumping, climbing, or freedom of movement as Noa which can be frustrating to get her to do what you want. There are very few characters you can interact with at all and some of the conversations are really pointless and strange despite how few there are. You should be able to eavesdrop as the cat, I didn't like that you could only eavesdrop if you are on the arm of a possessed person while staring directly at the people you are eavesdropping on. I wish there were more NPC dialogue or conversations rather than just mumbling.
The game gives you next to no guidance and when you ask the cat for help he just tells you to look everywhere. I missed a paper on a wall that didn't even stand out that much and ended up on the opposite side of the map aimlessly searching houses because I didn't know where I was supposed to be looking. It took a few hours before I really felt like I understood what it wanted me to do. If you take out that and the grinding from punitive battles, you could easily finish the early access portion in under 8 hours even with a lot of exploring. The game wants you to do things in a specific order, but doesn't guide you to do them and if you miss the subtle clues and end up somewhere else you can get the story out of order which ends up being a bit confusing. The steps guide you to what to do next, so if you miss one or skip you will miss crucial clues on what to do. It took so much trial and error for me to figure out what actions set off the guards and what you can get away with, and often it doesn't really make sense. Sometimes you can walk all around a house with people in it as long as you aren't directly in front of them and other times if you so much as step in a house the guards are all over you. Both houses were restricted, it just isn't consistent.
Overall, my biggest complaints are you don't get much for early access, your health is a joke and the combat is difficult and punitive, the gameplay isn't smooth and the NPC behavior is weird. I love the idea of the game, the story and some aspects of the gameplay, so I am hopeful that when the full game releases they will fix a lot of the issues. For how much work and how much game feels unfinished that seems a long way off. I don't want to wait years to fully play a game that has been so hyped. I feel like they should have waited and fixed more of the issues and released more of the game.
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I love the atmosphere. The medieval gothic horror-like witch theme is everything I hoped it would be.
Noa's character design is beautiful. The colors and design of the game are beautiful. The music blends well with the atmosphere and theme. The voice actors did a great job in my opinion.
The gameplay elements like the cat and the magic system are fun and engaging. I enjoyed the potion making although I think it is a bit oversimplified and could use more of a crafting mini game.
I love everything about the cat. Playing as the cat is fun, the various skills you can do are really enjoyable and it is fun to figure out how to get past obstacles with a combination of the cat and Noa. My favorite part of the game hands down.
Cons:
Generative AI - I won't go into this much but I didn't know before I purchased and was disappointed in the developer response. It looks as though it is still there, so I would be surprised if they claim they got rid of all of it.
Lots of early access glitches which I hope will be fixed. NPCs moving in unnatural ways, or chopping invisible food on an invisible table. NPCs falling out of the sky. Honestly the NPC behavior in general feels like a sad version of old skyrim NPCs and not at all what I would expect from a modern game. The NPCs often don't see you even when you are looting right next to them, they inconsistently seem to notice you doing unnatural things. They don't react in a way you would expect real people to react and often just stare at you frozen which is immersive breaking and weird. They don't move around naturally and sometimes just glide around the screen or through other NPCs.
There is no manual save, so it is important to keep track of the auto-save which isn't always triggered by a set amount of time or any particular actions, so if you are grinding away just keep an eye on it because one mistake can really mess you up.
Keep an eye on the awareness level when you are at your house, it resets once you are inside but randomly comes back when you go back outside unless you go in and out a couple times.
The combat is garbage and my least favorite part of the game. I had a really hard time with it, and I typically don't. I also wouldn't consider myself a beginner or casual gamer by any means. The game doesn't really give you a lot of guidance or tutorials on the combat. For me the dodging seemed inconsistently responsive as were all the actions. It is difficult to cast spells due to the awkward amount of steps and sequence of keys to cast them and since your health is laughable you often will die before you can even cast one spell. Very rarely the enemies are stunned and you could maybe cast it then. This could be user error, but if I struggled with it this much I can't imagine what a casual gamer would do. The screen prompts for the spells also only show up if you line it up perfectly and will sometimes randomly change spells in the middle and you can't really be moving or dodging during it. I found potions more reliable than spells and just ended up grinding forever to get enough potions to survive. Since there is no difficulty setting, this is a huge downfall to the game. It is also pretty punitive in that you lose your perks and any potions you used if you die and will have to go back to grinding all over again. It also restarts you back at the house every time which is annoying. My best recommendation is it is better to quit the game and restart as soon as you die rather than let the game take away all your stuff, either way it restarts you at the house. I realize it resets the perks so you can choose different ones, but I didn't find this helpful and it's not worth losing the potions. The only reason I got the full 15 hours of gameplay was from having to spend hours grinding to get my potions back up after I did not quit and restart, and some other things which I'll mention below. The locked on targeting is awkward and makes it difficult to move Noa around and almost ends up sucking her in too close to where she gets pummeled.
The gameplay is not smooth. It is difficult to get action prompts to line up and sometimes you're just moving around until it shows up. Noa is painfully slow and inconsistently follows commands. There's no jumping, climbing, or freedom of movement as Noa which can be frustrating to get her to do what you want. There are very few characters you can interact with at all and some of the conversations are really pointless and strange despite how few there are. You should be able to eavesdrop as the cat, I didn't like that you could only eavesdrop if you are on the arm of a possessed person while staring directly at the people you are eavesdropping on. I wish there were more NPC dialogue or conversations rather than just mumbling.
The game gives you next to no guidance and when you ask the cat for help he just tells you to look everywhere. I missed a paper on a wall that didn't even stand out that much and ended up on the opposite side of the map aimlessly searching houses because I didn't know where I was supposed to be looking. It took a few hours before I really felt like I understood what it wanted me to do. If you take out that and the grinding from punitive battles, you could easily finish the early access portion in under 8 hours even with a lot of exploring. The game wants you to do things in a specific order, but doesn't guide you to do them and if you miss the subtle clues and end up somewhere else you can get the story out of order which ends up being a bit confusing. The steps guide you to what to do next, so if you miss one or skip you will miss crucial clues on what to do. It took so much trial and error for me to figure out what actions set off the guards and what you can get away with, and often it doesn't really make sense. Sometimes you can walk all around a house with people in it as long as you aren't directly in front of them and other times if you so much as step in a house the guards are all over you. Both houses were restricted, it just isn't consistent.
Overall, my biggest complaints are you don't get much for early access, your health is a joke and the combat is difficult and punitive, the gameplay isn't smooth and the NPC behavior is weird. I love the idea of the game, the story and some aspects of the gameplay, so I am hopeful that when the full game releases they will fix a lot of the issues. For how much work and how much game feels unfinished that seems a long way off. I don't want to wait years to fully play a game that has been so hyped. I feel like they should have waited and fixed more of the issues and released more of the game.
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Don't get me wrong - the idea is great.
But releasing a game in this state? Nope, that was a terrible decision.
It feels like it should have been in development until at least Q3 2027. Maybe even 2028.
This isn't early access, it's a pre-alpha release.
You get stuck in textures, and so many things bug out that you constantly have to restart the game.
Even the DualSense mapping is broken. The button displayed on the UI icon does absolutely nothing, while the actual function is bound to a completely different button.
It feels incredibly rushed.
And I really don't appreciate CEOs saying "hey, everyone uses AI, it's fine". No, it's not. Not in a creative industry.
This is what happens when you replace QAs with AI agents "covering everything with tests". Nope, not gonna work.
I'm not going to bother waiting to see if this game turns into something better. This studio has already made a terrible first impression.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tDon't get me wrong - the idea is great.
But releasing a game in this state? Nope, that was a terrible decision.
It feels like it should have been in development until at least Q3 2027. Maybe even 2028.
This isn't early access, it's a pre-alpha release.
You get stuck in textures, and so many things bug out that you constantly have to restart the game.
Even the DualSense mapping is broken. The button displayed on the UI icon does absolutely nothing, while the actual function is bound to a completely different button.
It feels incredibly rushed.
And I really don't appreciate CEOs saying "hey, everyone uses AI, it's fine". No, it's not. Not in a creative industry.
This is what happens when you replace QAs with AI agents "covering everything with tests". Nope, not gonna work.
I'm not going to bother waiting to see if this game turns into something better. This studio has already made a terrible first impression.
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There is a lot that I really like about Amsterdam 1666, especially the story, but there are also some things that have unfortunately stopped me from being able to continue.
The performance was great going into the game and running through the prologue, and I had a similar experience when I played the demo. However, the moment you're put into Amsterdam and get introduced to the living world, the performance takes a pretty big hit.
I was running at a comfortable 60+ FPS during the beginning of the game, but once I got into Amsterdam and started dealing with the first Coffer, I was down around 30 FPS or lower, even with an RTX 5070.
I wasn't too surprised by this at first, since there are a lot of NPCs walking around and the city is clearly doing a lot more than the earlier areas. Still, the drop was pretty noticeable, and I think the larger populated areas could definitely use some optimization.
I absolutely love the storytelling, the drama, and all of the little bits of lore that get shared throughout the game. It honestly takes me back to the peak of Assassin's Creed storytelling, where the setting and history are a huge part of what makes the game interesting.
Learning about the Zandaris tribe and their customs, Aaron and Noa, the witch trials, and the history of Amsterdam kept me really invested. This is probably the biggest selling point of the game for me because I actually want to know what happens next and learn more about the world.
The problem is that I feel like some of that immersion starts to disappear once combat becomes the main focus.
Going through the prologue, I was starting to get into the rhythm of the combat. It seemed pretty simple: dodge until the enemy gives you an opening, then attack. That worked between all of the enemies I fought, including the first bookmaker boss. I could learn their attacks, dodge them, and then take advantage of the opening they gave me.
Because of that, I assumed the first Coffer boss would continue using that same system.
Unfortunately, this is where things started falling apart for me.
When I got to the Fox Coffer and confronted him, I was able to cast the spell directly in front of the entire court and seemingly faced no consequences for doing it. That immediately broke some of the connection I had with the idea of being a hunted sorceress who needed to conceal her abilities.
Then, later that night, I ended up fighting him in the middle of a crowd of people who just stood around us like we were in a fighting arena. I kept thinking there had to be some explanation coming for why this was happening or that there would be consequences for openly using magic in front of everyone, but that never really came across.
Maybe this is something that gets explained later, but at the point where I got to it, it just felt really strange. It made me question why I was being so careful about hiding my abilities earlier in the game when I could apparently just use them openly in front of a crowd.
The boss fight itself is where I think the biggest issue with the game currently is.
The previous combat encounters had taught me that I should dodge until the enemy gave me an opportunity to attack. The Fox Coffer, however, seemed to attack almost constantly without giving me much of an opportunity to actually do anything.
For what I assume is supposed to be an early introductory Coffer boss, having three health bars while constantly attacking felt extremely punishing.
I died on my first attempt, which honestly wasn't a big deal. I expected to die a few times while learning the fight. What I didn't expect was to then find out that dying means losing the upgrade I had and getting a random selection of new ones.
I don't necessarily think the roguelike system is a bad idea. I actually think it could work really well with this game. The problem I ran into is that the upgrades are random, and some of them seem to be focused more on free-roaming and exploration than combat.
The first couple of times I died, I was given upgrades that improved the free-roam experience but didn't really help me with the boss. That's great when I'm exploring Amsterdam, but when the thing preventing me from progressing is a boss that keeps killing me, it doesn't really help.
Eventually I got an upgrade that gave me two additional health bars, and I thought that would give me a better chance.
Then I noticed that the boss seemed to change his attacks and movement after each death. I understand the idea behind making a roguelike boss change things up, but it also made it harder to actually learn the fight when things I had already learned could change on the next attempt.
There was also one attempt where I skipped the cutscene to get back into the fight and the boss seemed to be able to attack almost immediately while I was still loading in.
The worst example was an attack where he rapidly swiped around five times in a row. On that attempt, he basically took all five of my health bars before I had a meaningful chance to react.
Then I died, and the next upgrades I received were once again mostly focused on free-roaming.
At that point, I felt like I had hit a wall and simply couldn't continue.
I don't mind difficult games. I also don't expect to beat a boss on my first try.
What I do want is to feel like I'm actually getting better at the fight. I want to be able to think, "Okay, I died because I did this wrong. Now I know what to do differently next time."
Instead, my experience with this boss started feeling more like, "I died, hopefully I get an upgrade that helps me fight him, and hopefully his attacks don't change in a way that catches me off guard."
That's the part of the roguelike system that really frustrated me.
If I keep dying, I don't necessarily get stronger against the thing I'm dying to. I can get upgrades that help with exploration while the boss remains the exact wall preventing me from seeing the rest of the story.
I think there needs to be a little more player control over the upgrades, especially when repeatedly failing against a boss. Maybe give the player a choice between a combat upgrade and an exploration upgrade, or have some kind of guaranteed combat upgrade after dying to the same boss several times.
It doesn't necessarily need to make the game easier. I just think the player should have some way of improving their chances instead of having to rely so heavily on getting useful upgrades randomly.
The frustrating part about all of this is that I really want to keep playing.
The story is probably the part of the game I'm enjoying the most, and I really want to find out where everything with the Zandaris, the Coffers, Aaron, Noa, and Amsterdam goes.
But right now, the Fox Coffer is where my playthrough ends.
I don't think the boss needs to be made easy, and I don't necessarily think the boss itself needs to be completely redesigned. I just think there needs to be a better balance between how aggressive the boss is, how often the player gets an opportunity to attack, and what kind of upgrades the player receives after dying.
Right now, it feels like I can die, get upgrades that don't help me with the boss, go back in and deal with a boss that may attack differently than the previous attempt, and potentially lose most or all of my health before I even have a chance to react.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tThere is a lot that I really like about Amsterdam 1666, especially the story, but there are also some things that have unfortunately stopped me from being able to continue.
The Performance
Great at the start, but terrible once you get into Amsterdam
The performance was great going into the game and running through the prologue, and I had a similar experience when I played the demo. However, the moment you're put into Amsterdam and get introduced to the living world, the performance takes a pretty big hit.
I was running at a comfortable 60+ FPS during the beginning of the game, but once I got into Amsterdam and started dealing with the first Coffer, I was down around 30 FPS or lower, even with an RTX 5070.
I wasn't too surprised by this at first, since there are a lot of NPCs walking around and the city is clearly doing a lot more than the earlier areas. Still, the drop was pretty noticeable, and I think the larger populated areas could definitely use some optimization.
The Story
Honestly one of my favorite parts of the game so far
I absolutely love the storytelling, the drama, and all of the little bits of lore that get shared throughout the game. It honestly takes me back to the peak of Assassin's Creed storytelling, where the setting and history are a huge part of what makes the game interesting.
Learning about the Zandaris tribe and their customs, Aaron and Noa, the witch trials, and the history of Amsterdam kept me really invested. This is probably the biggest selling point of the game for me because I actually want to know what happens next and learn more about the world.
The problem is that I feel like some of that immersion starts to disappear once combat becomes the main focus.
The Combat
Going through the prologue, I was starting to get into the rhythm of the combat. It seemed pretty simple: dodge until the enemy gives you an opening, then attack. That worked between all of the enemies I fought, including the first bookmaker boss. I could learn their attacks, dodge them, and then take advantage of the opening they gave me.
Because of that, I assumed the first Coffer boss would continue using that same system.
Unfortunately, this is where things started falling apart for me.
When I got to the Fox Coffer and confronted him, I was able to cast the spell directly in front of the entire court and seemingly faced no consequences for doing it. That immediately broke some of the connection I had with the idea of being a hunted sorceress who needed to conceal her abilities.
Then, later that night, I ended up fighting him in the middle of a crowd of people who just stood around us like we were in a fighting arena. I kept thinking there had to be some explanation coming for why this was happening or that there would be consequences for openly using magic in front of everyone, but that never really came across.
Maybe this is something that gets explained later, but at the point where I got to it, it just felt really strange. It made me question why I was being so careful about hiding my abilities earlier in the game when I could apparently just use them openly in front of a crowd.
The Fox Coffer Boss
The boss fight itself is where I think the biggest issue with the game currently is.
The previous combat encounters had taught me that I should dodge until the enemy gave me an opportunity to attack. The Fox Coffer, however, seemed to attack almost constantly without giving me much of an opportunity to actually do anything.
For what I assume is supposed to be an early introductory Coffer boss, having three health bars while constantly attacking felt extremely punishing.
I died on my first attempt, which honestly wasn't a big deal. I expected to die a few times while learning the fight. What I didn't expect was to then find out that dying means losing the upgrade I had and getting a random selection of new ones.
The Roguelike System
I don't necessarily think the roguelike system is a bad idea. I actually think it could work really well with this game. The problem I ran into is that the upgrades are random, and some of them seem to be focused more on free-roaming and exploration than combat.
The first couple of times I died, I was given upgrades that improved the free-roam experience but didn't really help me with the boss. That's great when I'm exploring Amsterdam, but when the thing preventing me from progressing is a boss that keeps killing me, it doesn't really help.
Eventually I got an upgrade that gave me two additional health bars, and I thought that would give me a better chance.
Then I noticed that the boss seemed to change his attacks and movement after each death. I understand the idea behind making a roguelike boss change things up, but it also made it harder to actually learn the fight when things I had already learned could change on the next attempt.
There was also one attempt where I skipped the cutscene to get back into the fight and the boss seemed to be able to attack almost immediately while I was still loading in.
The worst example was an attack where he rapidly swiped around five times in a row. On that attempt, he basically took all five of my health bars before I had a meaningful chance to react.
Then I died, and the next upgrades I received were once again mostly focused on free-roaming.
At that point, I felt like I had hit a wall and simply couldn't continue.
Why This Is A Problem For Me
I don't mind difficult games. I also don't expect to beat a boss on my first try.
What I do want is to feel like I'm actually getting better at the fight. I want to be able to think, "Okay, I died because I did this wrong. Now I know what to do differently next time."
Instead, my experience with this boss started feeling more like, "I died, hopefully I get an upgrade that helps me fight him, and hopefully his attacks don't change in a way that catches me off guard."
That's the part of the roguelike system that really frustrated me.
If I keep dying, I don't necessarily get stronger against the thing I'm dying to. I can get upgrades that help with exploration while the boss remains the exact wall preventing me from seeing the rest of the story.
I think there needs to be a little more player control over the upgrades, especially when repeatedly failing against a boss. Maybe give the player a choice between a combat upgrade and an exploration upgrade, or have some kind of guaranteed combat upgrade after dying to the same boss several times.
It doesn't necessarily need to make the game easier. I just think the player should have some way of improving their chances instead of having to rely so heavily on getting useful upgrades randomly.
Overall
The frustrating part about all of this is that I really want to keep playing.
The story is probably the part of the game I'm enjoying the most, and I really want to find out where everything with the Zandaris, the Coffers, Aaron, Noa, and Amsterdam goes.
But right now, the Fox Coffer is where my playthrough ends.
I don't think the boss needs to be made easy, and I don't necessarily think the boss itself needs to be completely redesigned. I just think there needs to be a better balance between how aggressive the boss is, how often the player gets an opportunity to attack, and what kind of upgrades the player receives after dying.
Right now, it feels like I can die, get upgrades that don't help me with the boss, go back in and deal with a boss that may attack differently than the previous attempt, and potentially lose most or all of my health before I even have a chance to react.
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI want to recommend this game, but I can't.
I love the art direction, and this game is filling a very specific gap in the market for me, I want to see more witchy games with strong female leads, that's why I decided not to return it.
Unfortunately, that's all positive feedback I have to give.
I understand the game is in early access, I am a usual buyer of games in early access and I understand an incomplete experience is to be expected. This game is very low quality in terms of bugs and clunky mechanics even for the early access standard. It feels like we are playing a rushed pre-alpha version.
Even worst than the game being buggy, it feels like the mechanics are not going to be that entertaining even when they more refined. The game seems pretty combat focused at some points, but the combat feels very repetitive, the nux mechanic doesn't seem that useful either after you all in the middle of it already.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tI love the art direction, and this game is filling a very specific gap in the market for me, I want to see more witchy games with strong female leads, that's why I decided not to return it.
Unfortunately, that's all positive feedback I have to give.
I understand the game is in early access, I am a usual buyer of games in early access and I understand an incomplete experience is to be expected. This game is very low quality in terms of bugs and clunky mechanics even for the early access standard. It feels like we are playing a rushed pre-alpha version.
Even worst than the game being buggy, it feels like the mechanics are not going to be that entertaining even when they more refined. The game seems pretty combat focused at some points, but the combat feels very repetitive, the nux mechanic doesn't seem that useful either after you all in the middle of it already.
I will keep an eye on future updates, and I would be more than happy to update this review if the situation changes, but right now, the game was very dissapointing.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tEDIT: The studio is now claiming that they will remove all AI from the game, but in my opinion the damage is already done and I can't even trust that their writing doesn't come from an AI instead of a real human.
I do not believe their lies, especially when the game director doubled down and said that he doesn't regret using AI, he only regrets getting caught.
Mister Patrice Désilets, if you think that being lazy and using genAI in your game is ethical and a valid option, then I think that warning people about your practices and not paying for your game is a valid option as well (hence the refund, thanks to Steam).
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I really wanted this game to be a success story, since it comes from an ex-Ubisoft employee that literally got bullied by Ubisoft and almost lost the right to continue developing it, but unfortunately I will never recommend this game because game director Patrice Désilets admitted that the team used generative AI so heavily during development that they eventually lost track of which assets were human-made and which were AI-generated.
“I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations of one thing, but I can’t have 75 different illustrators make a variation in three seconds.”. This is funny because he has also said that "those assets were removed and the final game will not use generative AI". My brother in Christ, you admitted that you don't know what is AI and what's not AI, it's impossible for you to clean your game now.
And despite all of that, and being found out during the demo, THEY STILL DON'T DISCLOSE THIS IN THEIR STEAM PAGE, WHICH GOES AGAINST STEAM'S TERMS OF SERVICE.
They used AI to cut corners because they think players are dumb and don't care, and they clearly don't care that genAI is unethical by default and has been built using stolen content either.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tI do not believe their lies, especially when the game director doubled down and said that he doesn't regret using AI, he only regrets getting caught.
Mister Patrice Désilets, if you think that being lazy and using genAI in your game is ethical and a valid option, then I think that warning people about your practices and not paying for your game is a valid option as well (hence the refund, thanks to Steam).
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I really wanted this game to be a success story, since it comes from an ex-Ubisoft employee that literally got bullied by Ubisoft and almost lost the right to continue developing it, but unfortunately I will never recommend this game because game director Patrice Désilets admitted that the team used generative AI so heavily during development that they eventually lost track of which assets were human-made and which were AI-generated.
“I can ask the AI to give me 75 different variations of one thing, but I can’t have 75 different illustrators make a variation in three seconds.”. This is funny because he has also said that "those assets were removed and the final game will not use generative AI". My brother in Christ, you admitted that you don't know what is AI and what's not AI, it's impossible for you to clean your game now.
And despite all of that, and being found out during the demo, THEY STILL DON'T DISCLOSE THIS IN THEIR STEAM PAGE, WHICH GOES AGAINST STEAM'S TERMS OF SERVICE.
They used AI to cut corners because they think players are dumb and don't care, and they clearly don't care that genAI is unethical by default and has been built using stolen content either.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 6\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThis game feels like it was assembled by an AI that was told to “make a video game” and then nobody bothered to check the result.
The design is painfully generic, the mechanics feel half-baked, and almost every aspect screams minimum effort. There’s a distinct lack of polish, personality, and most importantly actual human judgment. If AI was used in its creation, it certainly wasn’t used as a tool to enhance the experience; it feels like it was used as a substitute for having good ideas in the first place.
Everything about this game feels soulless and unfinished. The kind of experience where you can practically see the shortcuts the developers took. It’s not innovative, it’s not compelling, and it’s certainly not polished enough to justify the time or money.
AI generated mediocrity with a game attached to it. Hard pass.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tThe design is painfully generic, the mechanics feel half-baked, and almost every aspect screams minimum effort. There’s a distinct lack of polish, personality, and most importantly actual human judgment. If AI was used in its creation, it certainly wasn’t used as a tool to enhance the experience; it feels like it was used as a substitute for having good ideas in the first place.
Everything about this game feels soulless and unfinished. The kind of experience where you can practically see the shortcuts the developers took. It’s not innovative, it’s not compelling, and it’s certainly not polished enough to justify the time or money.
AI generated mediocrity with a game attached to it. Hard pass.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tWas this review helpful?\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t140 people found this review helpful\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.7 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: August 29\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tIt's a bit of a clunkfest here.... and I'd expect better from the group that used A.I on every part of development- wait, no I wouldn't?
First off, yes it's cheap-about the price of a meal. However, you should watch gameplay before paying for a meal you might not eat.
This game DRONES on and on, and normally I love story but everything seems drawn out as if to take a lot of time to walk from here to there and I'm just not down for that. I totally get there's pacing in storytelling however the first gameplay experience going from a very railroaded walking simulator of being a witch going into a walking simulator for a librarian isn't the hook needed to get people enthralled into the game right away and I think most people would have been able to tell you that.
Graphics are, well, they're rough. I can tell bits and pieces want to stand out to be pretty but then some other part of the scene just looks like trash and I'm wondering "When will it buffer or do what it needs to actually look like a game from 2026...or even 2020?"
The A.I usage really killed interest at first, then I realized I needed inspiration for a period piece I'm working on and this seemed perfect for it....however it didn't feel like the story was taking place anywhere other than a generic "Place". I'm really disappointed and I'd want to play more than the 40 min I've got here (Which I've accomplished nothing it feels like during) but it takes SO LONG to do NOTHING.
I don't want to wait past the time where I can't get the refund just to run into a bunch of bugs for an incomplete title.
Things to improve:
*Business Practice involving A.I
*Public facing communication
*Concept of a Story Hook and pacing for today's players
*Better expectations set for the state of game.
*Fire whoever said it was okay to have these long pieces of walking simulator where you cannot walk from the path just to hear story I'm forced to press forward until I can't then press the one button that will work to experience the game.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tFirst off, yes it's cheap-about the price of a meal. However, you should watch gameplay before paying for a meal you might not eat.
This game DRONES on and on, and normally I love story but everything seems drawn out as if to take a lot of time to walk from here to there and I'm just not down for that. I totally get there's pacing in storytelling however the first gameplay experience going from a very railroaded walking simulator of being a witch going into a walking simulator for a librarian isn't the hook needed to get people enthralled into the game right away and I think most people would have been able to tell you that.
Graphics are, well, they're rough. I can tell bits and pieces want to stand out to be pretty but then some other part of the scene just looks like trash and I'm wondering "When will it buffer or do what it needs to actually look like a game from 2026...or even 2020?"
The A.I usage really killed interest at first, then I realized I needed inspiration for a period piece I'm working on and this seemed perfect for it....however it didn't feel like the story was taking place anywhere other than a generic "Place". I'm really disappointed and I'd want to play more than the 40 min I've got here (Which I've accomplished nothing it feels like during) but it takes SO LONG to do NOTHING.
I don't want to wait past the time where I can't get the refund just to run into a bunch of bugs for an incomplete title.
Things to improve:
*Business Practice involving A.I
*Public facing communication
*Concept of a Story Hook and pacing for today's players
*Better expectations set for the state of game.
*Fire whoever said it was okay to have these long pieces of walking simulator where you cannot walk from the path just to hear story I'm forced to press forward until I can't then press the one button that will work to experience the game.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tWas this review helpful?\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t152 people found this review helpful\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
4 people found this review funny\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2.8 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: August 30\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tWasn't a fan
-Controllers were super janky (had to move my joy stick around in certain angles in order to be able to have the cat jump to the desired point"
-Story-line was a bit confusing and hard to grasp
-Not a fan of games that use AI\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t-Controllers were super janky (had to move my joy stick around in certain angles in order to be able to have the cat jump to the desired point"
-Story-line was a bit confusing and hard to grasp
-Not a fan of games that use AI\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tWas this review helpful?\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t208 people found this review helpful\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
9 people found this review funny\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t9 people found this review funny\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1.4 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 6\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDirect from Steam\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tProduct refunded
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe aesthetics and visual direction for the game are great. The fundamentals of the magic here are interesting to me, and I adore witchcraft themes.
With that said, the story felt like a jumbled mess. Not a first for me, and generally that's totally fine. What I'm more bothered by, though, is the developers and their hypocrisy when it comes to their use of Generative AI and their refusal to acknowledge this.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tWith that said, the story felt like a jumbled mess. Not a first for me, and generally that's totally fine. What I'm more bothered by, though, is the developers and their hypocrisy when it comes to their use of Generative AI and their refusal to acknowledge this.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tWas this review helpful?\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t84 people found this review helpful\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
2 people found this review funny\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t6 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(0.6 hrs at review time)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tAs it stands no i wouldnt reccommend this game, i\\ve only played a half hour and i\\ve encountered too many issues. With the fact that this game is in EA is taken into consideration, this game isn\\t giving a smooth experience. I see potential in the future for it to be a great game. Althoug tha twould require a lot more work.
I\\ve had a lot of screen tearing, Loss of dailogue audio. And crashes. My pc runs rdr2 and cyberpunk on max settings without the slightest issue. Yet this game is struggling. I look forward to many future updates. But for now i\\m leaving this game on the proverbial shelf.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tI\\ve had a lot of screen tearing, Loss of dailogue audio. And crashes. My pc runs rdr2 and cyberpunk on max settings without the slightest issue. Yet this game is struggling. I look forward to many future updates. But for now i\\m leaving this game on the proverbial shelf.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI am extremely sad to say that this game is not even close to being ready to be released, let alone early release. It was frustrating to play the game with this level of inconsistencies within the first 2.4 hours of playing. I am still hopeful for where this may end, but right now I had to quit.
The intro scene when walking into the group, standing around the tree. It is awkward that you have to continue walking into the crowd while the scene pans out. This would be much smoother if it were a cut scene.
I'm not going to lie... the animation in this reminds me of playing old-school GTA. It could be much better. When you're walking in the hotel, many NPC faces appear blank until you get up close. The cats in the tree look like they are barely alive and have mange...
The running command does not seem to make most of the characters, aside from the cat, go any faster. They lean forward, but it feels like the same speed.
The subtitles do not always match the dialog. When you turn the subtitles off in the accessibility menu, they don't actually turn off.
In the first combat, the tutorial screen had coding instructions, not the actual controller buttons. After dying, it fixed.
A big part of the spell casting is LUX and NUX. The initial combat tutorial should be had PRIOR to the combat requiring LUX and NUX. Yet in the gameplay, it is telling you about casting LUX and NUX, but not how to change them. Very confusing to literally learn how to transmute LUX into NUX almost immediately after.
The menu—why have a tutorial section with only the top including the definition of the term and then far below at the bottom how to actually do it? This is redundant, include them together: the definition and then how to do it. You already have multiple pages. Why does the game player have to look at the definition and then scroll to the bottom to find out how to actually perform the function?
Massive bug: Mast Elzeivr spell. The LUX/NUX in the corner would show for the cat but not for Noa. Then the spell would not show up. Reload, and it finally shows up. Yet the spell won't work in the combat.
Finally, why tf can I not save when I want to quit? I love the auto save feature, but there should be a manual save as well.
I honestly think I'm done playing until this comes out complete. My hopes were higher than they should have been, sadly. I love the concept of the game and where it could go. The story is phenomenal, but the gameplay is seriously lacking right now.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tThe intro scene when walking into the group, standing around the tree. It is awkward that you have to continue walking into the crowd while the scene pans out. This would be much smoother if it were a cut scene.
I'm not going to lie... the animation in this reminds me of playing old-school GTA. It could be much better. When you're walking in the hotel, many NPC faces appear blank until you get up close. The cats in the tree look like they are barely alive and have mange...
The running command does not seem to make most of the characters, aside from the cat, go any faster. They lean forward, but it feels like the same speed.
The subtitles do not always match the dialog. When you turn the subtitles off in the accessibility menu, they don't actually turn off.
In the first combat, the tutorial screen had coding instructions, not the actual controller buttons. After dying, it fixed.
A big part of the spell casting is LUX and NUX. The initial combat tutorial should be had PRIOR to the combat requiring LUX and NUX. Yet in the gameplay, it is telling you about casting LUX and NUX, but not how to change them. Very confusing to literally learn how to transmute LUX into NUX almost immediately after.
The menu—why have a tutorial section with only the top including the definition of the term and then far below at the bottom how to actually do it? This is redundant, include them together: the definition and then how to do it. You already have multiple pages. Why does the game player have to look at the definition and then scroll to the bottom to find out how to actually perform the function?
Massive bug: Mast Elzeivr spell. The LUX/NUX in the corner would show for the cat but not for Noa. Then the spell would not show up. Reload, and it finally shows up. Yet the spell won't work in the combat.
Finally, why tf can I not save when I want to quit? I love the auto save feature, but there should be a manual save as well.
I honestly think I'm done playing until this comes out complete. My hopes were higher than they should have been, sadly. I love the concept of the game and where it could go. The story is phenomenal, but the gameplay is seriously lacking right now.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tunplayable,
not hyperbole, iv been trying to proceed over totally broken terrain for 15 mins and give up, i defended this games playable teaser as it was justified free playable trailer but this costs money and is a broken mess that barely runs
this is my quit moment
have to move across water and jump over broken wood
no jump button or option, if there is it does not work and is not explained if it did work.
only way to proceed is to smash every button, hold L2 AND up at the same time to glitch the game to make you fly up forever until you pass through the broken geometry
do this until you run out of luck and can no longer get past every piece of broken mess of a level
this is the critical path not, exploring not trying to find bugs you get totally soft locked just trying to move forward and it did this on multi restarts and reloads. it was repeated every try on the single direction you can go
this is DEEPLY broken and impossible to proceed and in case i need to say it, if YOU did not get any bugs. it does not fix all the ones i got and likely many other got.
the problems go on, combat is nonsense where you will die from an enemy that has not spawned in, the NEW THHREAT DETECTED is obnoxious after the first one let alone every time you see anyone that looks at you funny.
this should have failed steam verification its not a playable game or product,
if it was free, i would expect to be paid to playtest this.
instead its yet another case of developers / publishers hiding behind the "early access" tab to get away with selling you broken scraps ,that they would not dare to show to internal publishing teams for funding, with no real hope of ever being finished.
While expecting you to pay to playtest it for them.
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\n\n\t\t\t\tnot hyperbole, iv been trying to proceed over totally broken terrain for 15 mins and give up, i defended this games playable teaser as it was justified free playable trailer but this costs money and is a broken mess that barely runs
this is my quit moment
have to move across water and jump over broken wood
no jump button or option, if there is it does not work and is not explained if it did work.
only way to proceed is to smash every button, hold L2 AND up at the same time to glitch the game to make you fly up forever until you pass through the broken geometry
do this until you run out of luck and can no longer get past every piece of broken mess of a level
this is the critical path not, exploring not trying to find bugs you get totally soft locked just trying to move forward and it did this on multi restarts and reloads. it was repeated every try on the single direction you can go
this is DEEPLY broken and impossible to proceed and in case i need to say it, if YOU did not get any bugs. it does not fix all the ones i got and likely many other got.
the problems go on, combat is nonsense where you will die from an enemy that has not spawned in, the NEW THHREAT DETECTED is obnoxious after the first one let alone every time you see anyone that looks at you funny.
this should have failed steam verification its not a playable game or product,
if it was free, i would expect to be paid to playtest this.
instead its yet another case of developers / publishers hiding behind the "early access" tab to get away with selling you broken scraps ,that they would not dare to show to internal publishing teams for funding, with no real hope of ever being finished.
While expecting you to pay to playtest it for them.
edit - reply for devs,
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI don't usually leave negative reviews, but I'll be honest, save your money. The gameplay loop is extremely repetitive and boring. Assassin's Creed 1 had the same issue with it's investigations, but at least the combat, cities, story and parkour made up for it. The combat is this game is just awful, especially when fighting the originals. I'm not sure who decided giving Noa only 3HP and each hit in a combo subtracting 1HP was a good idea, but let me assure you, it's not. While trying to learn attack patterns, boss fights typically turn into a repetitive dance of: Attack, lose 2 thirds of your HP because you failed to dodge every attack in a combo, drink a potion before the third hit kills you, repeat. If you run out of potions, good luck.
Dodging feels inconsistent, and there have been plenty of times where I felt like I should've dodged an attack but still got hit. But let's just give the benefit of the doubt and call that a skill issue, that's fine. What's not fine is that you're playing as a witch and to start with her only method of attack is to hit enemies with a stick? And her only method of defense is to dodge? No magic? And even if you do find a magic combat ability (yes it's random), the moment you die you have to sit through a cutscene, lose all of the abilities you've found so far in that chapter and replace all of them with a randomised seletion of new abilities. And the kicker is: THE GAME DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT EACH ABILITY DOES... Only after committing to a choice does it tell you what it does. And then it may not even have anything to do with combat, therefore it won't help you win the boss fight. And to add insult to injury, you still have to walk all the way back from your safehouse to the boss fight. If you die again, you have to repeat all of these steps each time.
Charging this much money for what is essentially a demo is insane to me. I'm 9 hours in and almost done with Act 1, keeping in mind I've also been taking my time and not rushing through the game.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tDodging feels inconsistent, and there have been plenty of times where I felt like I should've dodged an attack but still got hit. But let's just give the benefit of the doubt and call that a skill issue, that's fine. What's not fine is that you're playing as a witch and to start with her only method of attack is to hit enemies with a stick? And her only method of defense is to dodge? No magic? And even if you do find a magic combat ability (yes it's random), the moment you die you have to sit through a cutscene, lose all of the abilities you've found so far in that chapter and replace all of them with a randomised seletion of new abilities. And the kicker is: THE GAME DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT EACH ABILITY DOES... Only after committing to a choice does it tell you what it does. And then it may not even have anything to do with combat, therefore it won't help you win the boss fight. And to add insult to injury, you still have to walk all the way back from your safehouse to the boss fight. If you die again, you have to repeat all of these steps each time.
Charging this much money for what is essentially a demo is insane to me. I'm 9 hours in and almost done with Act 1, keeping in mind I've also been taking my time and not rushing through the game.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tThe start of the game is fine story wise. The AI thing left a bad taste in my mouth but whatever..
-The real thing that gets me is the fighting mechanics of the game just feel horrible. And I don't know if that is a me problem or if others are having the same issue. It just feels bland and not fun at all. To start off you need boxes for whatever reason to be around enemies to use your ability. If there are none around you, you have to just auto attack. It just feels weird.
-The lock on is so horrid, I don't even think the game knows what its doing at this point.
-The fluidity of swapping between different enemies also feels very off when locking onto them
-It all just feels so clunky. I also don't enjoy having wait 3-5 second for an animation to refill a ammo gauge to use your abilities again, it is quite obnoxious. It does the same thing when an enemy spots you, then again when reinforcements arrive.. I know its seconds but I feel like it just consumes and takes away from the emersion of the game.
All in all I would not recommend. I feel like they have something here in the story and the atmosphere of the game but the implementation of it all doesn't quite come together for me.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t-The real thing that gets me is the fighting mechanics of the game just feel horrible. And I don't know if that is a me problem or if others are having the same issue. It just feels bland and not fun at all. To start off you need boxes for whatever reason to be around enemies to use your ability. If there are none around you, you have to just auto attack. It just feels weird.
-The lock on is so horrid, I don't even think the game knows what its doing at this point.
-The fluidity of swapping between different enemies also feels very off when locking onto them
-It all just feels so clunky. I also don't enjoy having wait 3-5 second for an animation to refill a ammo gauge to use your abilities again, it is quite obnoxious. It does the same thing when an enemy spots you, then again when reinforcements arrive.. I know its seconds but I feel like it just consumes and takes away from the emersion of the game.
All in all I would not recommend. I feel like they have something here in the story and the atmosphere of the game but the implementation of it all doesn't quite come together for me.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.8 hrs on record\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: August 25\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tIt’s got a real opportunity to be really good, unfortunately being in early access, it doesn’t optimise very well just yet,
If you want to try on any hand held devices, I’d just wait a little. It just needs a bit more time and patching. 👍\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tIf you want to try on any hand held devices, I’d just wait a little. It just needs a bit more time and patching. 👍\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: September 3\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI see what the game is trying to be, but it's hard to get the full picture when textures look wildly unfinished, you waste minutes at a time just walking ACHINGLY slowly, there is so little to do as Aaron that his character feels like the writers said "Fine! You want diversity? Take it!" And sloppily tossing a history fanboy (rather than a professor) that walks like he has a bad case of jock itch at you. Movement freedom in kitty mode is frustratingly limited. Stray came out how long ago? There are so many cat simulation games out now that making the experience so rough isn't easily forgivable now, especially when you've dedicated a third of playtime to being a cat... That mostly being because you have to spend forever getting the right camera angle to go up pipes or jump ledges. The three healthbars and unforgiving combat could be forgiving if losing didn't mean skipping two cutscenes and walking all the way back from the safe house. I mean, we already have to wait through so much. Could the cutscenes and walking be done with until official release, at least? Just drop us back to right before the battle starts for the ezbats so that the entirety of this pre-release isn't making my Refund Karen alter-ego itch.
And morally... Really? THAT much AI? And where the heck is the CEO's PR team? Are they not getting paid enough to let the CEO know when to keep their mouth shut?\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tAnd morally... Really? THAT much AI? And where the heck is the CEO's PR team? Are they not getting paid enough to let the CEO know when to keep their mouth shut?\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: August 25\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI like the game's idea, but I can not accept purchasing a game that is not optimized even the slightest.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER - VRAM: 16 GB
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEarly Access Review
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted: August 27\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tI have never written a review on steam before but this game was so bad i felt compelled to write this. combat is awful, movement is janky, the pacing is deplorable and the controls are the worst. words cannot properly describe my disappointment I really wanted to like this game it looked like it would be good but boy was i wrong. I cant believe I'm saying this but i wish ubisoft won the lawsuit because they would have done a million times better than whatever this is which is saying something\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPersonal Rating: Slightly Positive (65%)
I sort of can and cannot defend this game it's current state.
So, the story is interesting, for sure something into it, and I'm glad that I got more of the Witch gameplay that I wanted from the demo.
The gameplay is pretty good and feels great, even given by my hardware limitations at the moment, which gets me into the biggest negative out there.
The graphics: Even tho the game looks awesome even in Low Detail, it's horribly optimised to the point of me not being able to reach 40 FPS. I play at 30-40 FPS, and the first boss was fought on 25 FPS.
TBH, if optimisation wasn't this bad, this would be a solid 90% rating.
I think it's fair for the discount price, but eh? I wouldn't put my soul on recommending 1666: Amsterdam.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\tI sort of can and cannot defend this game it's current state.
So, the story is interesting, for sure something into it, and I'm glad that I got more of the Witch gameplay that I wanted from the demo.
The gameplay is pretty good and feels great, even given by my hardware limitations at the moment, which gets me into the biggest negative out there.
The graphics: Even tho the game looks awesome even in Low Detail, it's horribly optimised to the point of me not being able to reach 40 FPS. I play at 30-40 FPS, and the first boss was fought on 25 FPS.
TBH, if optimisation wasn't this bad, this would be a solid 90% rating.
I think it's fair for the discount price, but eh? I wouldn't put my soul on recommending 1666: Amsterdam.\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
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