THE DEEPEST CASTLE

The Deepest Castle has a few moments I enjoyed, but overall it feels dull and frustrating. The visuals are muted, the environments lack color, and the game’s best feature, the destructible environments, isn’t enough to carry the experience. My biggest issue is the stamina system. Your stamina regenerates painfully slowly, while enemies seem to have infinite stamina and never stop attacking. You can block and parry, but enemies swing so fast that you often get hit during the riposte animation. Combat ends up feeling unfair rather than challenging, and definitely not in the satisfying, intentional Souls‑like way. There are also design quirks that make the game feel clunky. If you fire your magic wand before fully entering a room, the gate can close and lock you out until you kill the enemies inside. Boss fights are even worse: tiny arenas, slow stamina regen, and sometimes no regen at all depending on your items. You end up unable to block, unable to attack, and basically forced to accept a loss. Compared to Cubes and Knights, this feels like a step backward. That game let you explore a large castle. Here, it’s: kill a couple enemies → walk forward → loading screen → kill a few mo…

The Deepest Castle is a really fun game and is just the right enough of depth for the price tag. I gave The Deepest Castle a shot during the Steam Next Fest and enjoyed the demo, so I grabbed the full game on release. The Deepest Castle has a lot of cool elements to it, and while it won't revolutionise a genre, it has enough in it to make it a fun experience. My favourite part is the secrets. There's a lot hidden within The Deepest Castle, including some puzzles that involve navigating some cool non-Euclidean geometry to get the prize. I had a lot of fun poking and prodding things to find the hidden secrets, and the game has some smart design choices that hint at the existence of a hidden room without outright declaring them. I think my biggest problem was understanding how the game flowed. One example was a locked door with a sword icon that appeared in every boss room. Usually, these doors open if you either own the item depicted on the door, or if you hit all the buttons with the same icon on the door. However, after looking for sword buttons and acquiring a different sword than the beginner item, it still wouldn't open. It took me a while to discover that it only stays open …

Awesome. I am always a fan of software rendering, especially for 3d games. The quality of this dev's games increases with every release. This is the best one so far in terms of both setting, graphics, and gameplay. One thing though: We REQUIRE more wagon driving.

This is awesome, another timeless masterpiece from the author. Sergey, keep up the good work!

Еще один достойнейший наследник king's field, лучшая симуляция ближнего боя от первого лица в видеоиграх. Музыки, конечно, не хватает, но в остальном - шедевр и более чем стоит своих денег.

it's not very often that a game will dare to be substantially different in the sequel—and, it is even less often that it turns out so well. Strongly recommend