Apsulov: End of Gods

Humanity tried to unravel the mysteries of Yggdrasil through science, only for the gods to answer that hubris with horror. Its fusion of Norse mythology and science fiction creates a striking world, though the journey through it can feel somewhat conventional and occasionally exhausting.

It’s a walking sim featuring stealth sections, as well as more action-oriented moments as you progress and acquire upgrades. An extremely slow start holds back the second half of the game, which is far superior. I expected pure horror—like the studio's previous attempt—but it still features a fantastic setting that blends Norse mythology with science fiction, along with the occasional jump scare. Recommended.

Huh, imagine playing God of War, Hellblade and watching Stargate episodes actually paying off in some random game. I can more or less follow what's going on. It's like Amnesia Rebirth if it took place in the Stargate universe. Pretty good! Edit: almost finished with the game. This definitely has some Reynolds-esque scifi flavor to it. It's pretty rad, gameplay is different. It works, but it's different. The whole game is rather different. Also, important tip! To "shoot" enemies, you just charge your arm and release when the charge is full. The whole "Aim and shoot" thing is only for shooting long distance puzzle elements and doors. Just FYI!

6.2 For me this was a very solid 'decent' game, it's not really bad in any particular areas personally but it also never really excels in any way either. What is there is a nice futuristic setting with a pretty interesting viking mythology to fuel the narrative. The environments world isn't explored really outside of the facility and a select few other realms though which could have been interesting to see as it is a future. The monster designs are a bit of a mixed bag. After the initial areas the game does slow down a fair bit to then establish what is then the feeling through the rest of the game. One of the first monsters you encounter is then only used in one other area and I found it quite alright in design. But one enemy is used in almost every other, it's a fine enemy but not the most interesting. There is another enemy type but it absolutely spammed in the last act and it's still not too annoying but does get a little more tiresome as the game progresses. Personally the final antagonist is one of the weakest designs albeit the finale has some charm to it. On whatever the medium difficulty is, it wasn't over-bearing or annoying, the death mechanic reminds me a fair bit …

TL/DR: This is essentially Doom 3 (2004) without the action. It's also quite short and I finished it in 5.7 hours. Story: 7/10 Environment: 7.5/10 Gameplay: 5/10 World interaction: 1/10 Exploration: 2/10 Player choice: 1/10 Apsulov has a good but somewhat predictable story set in an interesting and well crafted facility. Unfortunately, there is very little to explore or interact with. It's pretty, but almost entirely static. Background story information comes in the form of PDAs, similar to games like Systemshock 2, Bioshock, etc. There are some side area to explore if you take the time to explore menus on elevators or break into various rooms, but not much. The gameplay consists of simply sneaking around mostly blind enemies and occasionally blasting one of them; all can be outrun. You will then backtrack to a charging station and continue. The player will get two choices to make in the game, but only one matters at all. There is no deviation from what you are ordered to do. It's a good game if you want a good story set in a cool environment, but don't expect anything more than that. I enjoyed this game and think it's worth every penny I spent on it. I'm looking f…

Its not great, its super clunky and pretty indie. The only good thing to like is the audio design, and there are some decent looking models. Everything else sucks, the animations, voice acting, and the aiming / shooting mechanics, its not very polished. It reminds me of penumbra in a lot of aspects, like the enemies and atmosphere, but I'd rather replay a 15 year old game than this again. The gameplay is mainly running around mazes trying to find stuff just to continue the story, theres no real deep lore here and the ending sucks.