Arthurian Legends

This game asks and answers a very important question: What if Witchaven was actually good?

Noticed how modern 'retro-inspired' indie games, particularly 'boomer-shooters' are dime a dozen and worse than their inspiration for the most part? This is the exact opposite if you got burned out by Witchaven's antics.

It's like if Witchaven wasn't a massive turd. I find myself thinking about this game often and will likely replay it in future. I wish the creator made DLC or a sequel. Might be the most notable example of a hidden gemerald I can think of.

Lo, upon the horizon! Tall standeth a great title! With feel of old and looks to match. What could bring the downfall of such a title? Performance mostly, as well as a weird feel that only a botched engine could bring. Arthurian Legends should be, if there were justice, very high on the pantheon of old school shooters. It combines both novel features, mostly through being melee based with purposefully clumsy ranged combat, as well a very authentic feeling old school look and character. It has excellent pacing all the way through with a very good sense of design permeating all the way through it. Sadly, the choice of software that it was made in makes it a very hard sell, as not only is the performance absolutely woeful, the game has strange collision with items in the world. This makes Arthurian Legends a title that is mostly recommended only for the most obsessive FPS fans who are somewhat forgiving for poor performance. I normally reserve criticisms for the end of the review, but this absolutely must be confronted: This game is absolute hot garbage on a technical front. I know I sort of highlighted that above, but the engine pushing this, the 001 Game Creator engine, is really…

Well, after playing through the game I just can say that it's pretty damn good. It has that old school feel, and you can tell it's a game that wears it's inspirations up its sleeve. As many other players have said, it's Witchaven but actuallt good, really good in fact. But, it's nontheless a game developed by one guy, and that shows: you get stuck on geometry very often, some enemies are not really that balanced, some maps are really confusing to navigate, there is no map (as far as I know), no checkpoints either (you can lose a ton of progress). Still, an incredible effort was put into it and it shows. The sprites, the music, the handcrafted maps, the weapons, the secret levels, the secrets (not levels), etc. Everything is great. Also, I love those little nods like ''Ancient celtic secret'' or ''That's no ordinary rabbit''. Lo Wanging all the way to Camelot.

Softlocks every time it runs, cant even begin the first level. How is this even for sale.