Alchemy of the Earth

**DISCLAIMER** I played and reviewed the Demo of this game extensively, and have found zero improvements from the Demo. I do not believe this game is worth spending money on, or playing for free. Aw man where do I even begin with this slop? First off you can instantly tell the dev has no idea how to tell a story there’s zero structure no emotional weight nothing to make you care it’s like they scribbled vague ideas on a napkin and hit publish The open world? if you can even call it that just empty boring space with zero intention or design behind it it’s not immersive it’s not fun it’s just dead and ugly Character movement feels straight up broken stiff awkward no weight or polish and what kind of first person game doesn’t even show your arms it’s 2025 and this feels like some Unity tutorial asset flip The enemies are actual skeletons wearing armor that doesn’t even fit like seriously it clips floats and looks like trash there’s no thought behind them no variety no challenge just lazy lazy design And the spells man they don’t make sense they don’t feel good to use they’re just sparkles and sound effects with no impact or identity it’s like someone made a magic system with zero…

The character's boring monologue drones on like a bad audiobook narrated by a depressed and unmotivated old man, clearly too old to be on Discord or wherever the dev found him, but fortunately the mediocre bland/uninspired music drowns it out. It's this way too loud ear grating loop that sounds like it was composed in a free app by someone tone deaf. And the actual written dialogue itself? I am unsure if it was free or paid for, regardless, not a good choice by any stretch. I'm actually happy the music blasts over it because it's that embarrassingly bad. The world? Calling it, "open," is a joke because it's dead empty, no life, no vibes, just vast nothingness that arrived D.O.A. (dead on arrival for the uniniated) on Steam with 0 active players according to SteamDB. So much for those, "positive," reviews 😂 it really is impressive that this dev had to ask his friends to make them, I checked, despite all of them being negative and protraying a game they would not normally purchase, play, or give a second glance. Instead of adding a basic swimming feature which is easy when you have no visible arms, legs or body in general; you elected to make it so your character walks and runs on …

This game is clearly incomplete and not ready for release.

every design choice in this game seems to be made without understanding of how socially adjusted adult humans function

Needs more work, but not a bad game, needs to fix it's combat system, which is broken, or I'll change my review. Unfinished.

game has a beautiful world and enjoyable gathering, but major UI and control issues make it hard to progress. Skeletons spawn unfairly, combat is punishing, and the AI feels unfinished. Many menus and sliders don’t work, the game doesn’t pause, and cluttered notifications bury important items. With fixes, it could become something special.