Outliver: Tribulation

https://youtu.be/R05okcaUY3A Constant backtracking with an low detail map to collect various colored gumballs is not a generally compelling gameplay loop.

Alright. So, I've played enough of this to say that it works and that it is somewhat enjoyable. Outliver's gameplay is unique, combining dungeon crawling, souls like, treasure hunting all in one package that clearly took effort. Weapons need an empty chime. I would personally prefer the lead to not smile while being attacked by demons. Hopefully the level format changes because I could easily see the game getting repetitive. Also, the music cheapens the experience. Ambience alone would have been fine. I will update this review eventuality.

For an Indie souls-like, this is a decent attempt at emulating the formula. The bosses tend to be very forgiving, but the atmosphere in the hallway sections during blackouts helps keep the tension up fairly well. Not a fan of the lore dumps completely in text, but I can't really expect an indie team to spend the time and resources to integrate that better into the game when there are more important things to address. All in all, a nice little bosh rush-ish souls game.

Great game. I like that the game is more about fighting a small number of strong mobs rather than fighting many at once. I do wish the puzzles had more variety instead of all being riddles, but they are fine nonetheless. Also, I wish we didn't have to stay in night vision mode for like 90% of the time - it seems kind of arbitrary that it is required, and I feel like the game would look so much better in full color.

As a souls-like game lover, I definitely enjoyed playing this game a lot. I got familiar with this game first on Epic Games. Although I played the game on normal difficulty to understand the game story more, but liked the game so much that I bought the game key for steam also. Loved the story, spooky atmosphere, puzzle design and exploration. Moreover the shooting mechanic really gives a upper hand on the boss fights. The framerate might give challenges sometimes to adjust. But overall gameplay was smooth for me.

[h1] Some games strive due to an addictive loop structure [/h1] [b] Outliver isn't one of those games [/b]