Kingdom of Night

A fun romp with an 80's aesthetic. This game shines in the story and setting, and the unique way in which it all comes together, A somewhat open world and freedom of choice to pursue various side quests. The writing and the characters were not especially deep, but more often than not entertaining. The RPG mechanics are fine, but don't blow me away. The same for the loots. It would be nice if exploration and being thorough was more rewarding. I actually was unable to roll credits because the vendors have limited stock and I soft locked during the final battle. I tried to hack our save file and turn down the difficulty, but it was still a bit much. Perhaps I was underlevelled. The devs are great and actually supported a bug in the main quest by taking our save file and pushing a patch shortly after. There are a few small issues here and there, but overall it ran pretty well. Best enjoyed in co-op. So it gets major points for being unique, but a bit of polish and balance would push it over the top to greatness.

Great game with great nostalgia. The art, animation, and sound design were on point. Very well done and very fun quick gameplay. The story got a little slow and text heavy at times but fit the vintage vibe while. The story feels like a pretty quintessential 80's small town coming of age "Chosen One" story. There are some loose biblical themes themes throughout, but nothing divisive. Solid game.

This is one of those times I wish Steam had a number rating system or some kind of middle, inbetween ground. Cause that's where KoN fits perfectly. a solid 7/10. I generally had a good time with it, there is a ton of great ideas, elements that surprised me overall and the start, the setup, the world, characters are just excellent! There were a ton of tropes and references that did get a laugh out of me, or made me respect it when it tried being serious. (Also kudos for their take on a Necromancer! I didn't expect it to work in this kind of game, but it felt so good!) But despite those good points, there is a lot of pain points inbetween everything that really, REALLY let it down. The biggest issue? Combat. Frankly it's not great, at best I'd put it at "serviceable". It started off quite fun at first, little simple but nice animations and plenty to fight but that gets old pretty quick, especially once you start finding the really REALLY big hordes. And it's like that throughout every area. It almost feels like padding. I put about... 20 hours into the game? I reckon a good 8-12 of those hours was likely fighting stuff. And around the fighting is the amount of useless junk equip…

This is real - it happened to me when I walked to Dave's fast stop one night in 2015.

Excellent game looking forward to a sequel.

Great style and atmosphere. Fun ARPG with a campy 80's horror theme.