Dread Delusion

If you really wanna play this game, make sure you have a playlist of good music to listen to because this game will only give you an 10 second track looping over and over again...

It was a breath of fresh air to see this game turn into what it is now; I was following Dread Delusion's development on social media, and I was hooked by the level of care the devs showed in every single post. If you can look past the simplistic combat you'll find a really unique world worth exploring and learning more about, and I found myself pushing past everything just to see what lay around the next corner. Despite the systems being admittedly rough, if any description of the setting draws you in, I urge you to play it and get lost in the world it builds for a little while.

It's a great retro-style adventure RPG with a strong focus on exploration and choices-consequences side of role-playing. Action elements, however, are quite limited both in combat and traversal. They still provide a solid basis for the overall experience, though. Dialogues feature little role-playing beyond the basic Yes/Polite and No/Rude options + Speech (or "Charm") checks, as far as I remember them, and yet the choices you make are interesting by themselves even if they are mostly binary. Story and quests regularly provide you with interesting ideas to ponder and problems to solve. Exploration is made interesting by both the diversity of locations and their structure (fun to discover and fun to explore). Inclusion of secrets/puzzles is also a nice touch, however, they are for the most part pretty simple. I also have to note that some of the limitations/oversights of this game as one can see them as, are in fact "retro"-related and cannot be assessed on their own. I'm not a big fan of this type of retro games, but this one made an impression on me. Overall, 9/10 if you are ready for a slower pace retro-style game

Bold choice to give the first enemies you encounter a 360 degree hitbox regardless of the actual direction they're attacking.

Very Morrowind-like, jank and all. This will absolutely scratch that itch if that's what you're looking for. The world is interesting and I loved going off the beaten path looking for secrets. Only downside for me was that the difficulty was definitely on the too easy side; combat is very simple and most of the spells and equipment you find do little to change up your play style or skill set. But overall, this is a fun journey with a rich world and interesting characters that is worth your time.

The gameplay might catch you off guard with it's simplicity - if you're a competent gamer you will stomp the combat. Where the beauty of this game lays is the story and the exploration. Exploration is the main mean of progressing your character. Story is great, often not afraid to present difficult choices. I found myself pondering the decisions in the hours past the gaming session. In short, this game has 'soul'. And its worth to give it a try.