Eternal Dread (2018)

Sometimes you can say a game like this has porn that makes it worthwhile, but that's not the case here. Eternal Dream is a third person action adventure RPG. "H-Scenes" play out upon death, in some scenarios, with the content being more on the extreme. The gameplay itself starts of pretty servicable. The combat makes sense, hit detection is fine, and so on. It's not until you get about an hour in that the massive cracks start to form. Grinding is one of the worst parts of this. You're forced to do it, either for money, exp to be able to hit things (Despite this being an action RPG), and to get new skills. Dungeons and bosses spam stun abilities, where 'get good' doesn't apply it's just 'get lucky or cheese the fight'. Finally the last dungeon the lights are turned off with no way to turn them on, which includes massive amounts of enemies packed together to ambush you, platforms you can't see to fall to your death and generally one of the worst experiences I've ever played. I only beat it because I modified my save file to give me max level and full stats. You wanna play this, I absolutely recomeend doing that, otherwise stay away from this product and find bett…

Eternal Dread is a grim, uncompromising indie action RPG that leans heavily into themes of despair, endurance, and survival in a world already on the brink of collapse. Developed and published by Hitbear Studio, the game presents a harsh vision of dark fantasy where humanity has largely failed, civilization has been shattered, and the few remaining defenders must struggle not for glory, but simply to keep existing. From its opening moments, it establishes an oppressive tone that informs every system, encounter, and design decision. The narrative backdrop is bleak and straightforward. Humanity has been devastated by powerful demonic forces known as the Elder Fiends, entities whose influence has corrupted the world and driven most people to extinction. Rather than casting the player as a chosen hero or legendary savior, Eternal Dread places you in the role of a fighter who survives through persistence and repeated hardship. Storytelling is largely environmental and contextual, delivered through atmosphere, enemy design, and the desolate spaces you traverse rather than lengthy exposition or cinematic cutscenes. This understated approach reinforces the feeling that hope is scarce and …

I gave this game as many chances as I could, but in the end, I have to say it is bad. I decided to start playing it about a week ago. I had nothing else to do, and I remembered that I had bought this game. One of my reasons was to go for all the achievements. Another was that I wanted to try a hack-and-slash game, since I’m not very familiar with that genre. I understand this is a low-budget title, so I lowered my expectations. But after twelve and a half hours, I realized I had had enough. The quests are terrible. Enemies are absurdly strong, and you need to grind to get stronger—which takes FOREVER. When I realized that, I thought: “Fine, this will be my killing-time game. I’ll turn off the in-game sound, listen to some music, grind a bit by killing goblins, and sometimes do quests.” But I couldn’t, because there wasn’t even an option to turn off the game’s music. (Maybe there was and I just couldn’t see it, idk.) If you don’t have any expectations and just want to try some small, low-budget and humble indie game, I can recommend this. But for me, it wasn’t good enough. If you are still willing to buy this game, You should definitely wait for the discount. 10 do…

Keeps crashing consistently in the Squalid Den (first dungeon) the moment I start fighting the veteran goblin at the first fork. Seemed fairly decent otherwise, but not at a level that would justify any real troubleshooting (if even possible).

Should've played this classic earlier; alot better than Eternal Dread 3 imo

Been trying to play this game for 20 minutes, and I keep getting stuck in menus. Can't exit the menus in shops at the starting base at all. I talk to a merchant, click shop, buy an item, and sit there dumbly clicking the "x" button to close the menu, and the thing won't close. Seems to be completely unplayable. Even got stuck in a save menu: saved game, next time I saved I tried to overwrite, but it wouldn't let me close the save menu. The only work around was to pick a new save slot, but I can only do that 4 times. I want to play this game, but it seems broken. Maybe when I'm less frustrated I'll go out into the game world and see what I can do without ever touching a menu, but I can't imagine that experience will last long. P.S. - Finally figured out that the hit boxes for ALL menu options in the game are displaced about an inch to the left of the actual button. For all buttons. All menus. Now that I know this I was able to start playing the game, and find it to be quite enjoyable. I still think the fact that where I have to click for buttons being displaced from the button itself is a pretty big issue, so I still don't recommend this otherwise enjoyable game.