Beard & Axe

When we first booted up the game we quickly became quite confused and puzzled as to the different controls as we somewhat expected the different buttons to be different than what the default layout appeared to be, thankfully this can be changed through the options in the game and as a nice added bonus and to our surprise the game also features the ability to use a Gamepad if one wished to do so. Unfortunately for us though we do not currently possess a functioning Gamepad and thus this review will be with the experience of using a keyboard instead, however seeing the ability to use a Gamepad if one wished to do so was a rather nice feature nonetheless. The game features a nice set of tutorials if one so wished to go through them each tutorial explaining the various different mechanics rather well and very detailed, it also allowed you to practise said mechanics if necessary which was rather useful. Each mechanic felt very fluid and easy to pull off often requiring a simple press of a single button which for someone new to PC gaming such as ourselves was very helpful. As we continued onwards we noticed that the game seems rather quiet with very little music, though this perhaps i…

I really wanted to like this game, specially since I got it for free from the devs. But sadly it's not good. * Way too grindy You're constantly forced to go back to dungeons you've already clear to get provisions. * Boring combat Combat is really dull, as it mostly consists of waiting around for enemies to come to you, striking, running - rinse and repeat The fact that you have to grind to even be able to use your ranged weapon doesn't help either. Enemies have no sense of strategy. Encounters constantly repeat with only the number of enemies changin until you get to a new dungeon. For more details - here's a video review: https://youtu.be/pcwAFR4sEh8

A very challenging and fun game with neat concepts. I really like the music and presentation.