Castle of Lord Velimir

Alright so this is mostly a first impressions review since, no offense to the dev, this *is* a Unity game, and I don't want any Unity games on my PC after the fiasco. I also received this game for free from the dev, which I appreciate, and I apologize in advance to them. First and foremost: this is supposedly a Soulslike game. It has a fixed, keyboard and mouse control scheme, with no controller support. There is *no* in game options menu; no volume options, no mouse input sensitivity. The UI is barebones at best; the Escape menu seems like it's a controls list, but it's missing a number of controls, including the Inventory button. The Escape menu will also appear *underneath* the inventory if you hit Escape with the inventory open. This one is more a "my PC" issue, but the game also had awful performance; under 10 FPS, in the starting room. Finally, a bug that I'm not sure the cause of but seems like something that should've been noticed: When attacking, your character will attack continuously, without further input, until your weapon is sheathed; it will immediately drain all of your stamina, and then continue attempt to attack whenever your stamina regenerates enough to do…

Absolute trash and asset flip. No any options or settings. No block\parry. Only zero gravity jump, zero physic. No target lock, camera and combat is awful. No any stats, no leveling, no exp etc. No weapon descriptions or damage (i got 10 in 20 min) - just a different pictures. Maps full of glitches and holes, so you always fall through textures. First boss has no any hitbox, and when he died his corpse continue to сhase and killing me. Game freeze even with 120 fps. Dev brazenly assures everyone that his game is good) https://youtu.be/i1MSVKfasMs

Nothing close to Blade-OfDarkness-Like games such as Blade Of Darkness, Dark Souls, Elden Ring. Not even remotelly close. Videos and Screenshots are suggestign this game even so remotelly is BladeOfDarkness-like as DarkSouls or EldenRing. And gameplay shows - its NOT. Its not a game even. Some technical demo - may be. Rough. Far from good experience. Refund.

The game has potential, but at this moment it lacks a lot of quality of life fixes that would make the game more enjoyable. Notably: -It is very easy to fall of the map, literally in the first corridor. -Lighting issues, it's either too dark or too light, no in-between, it lacks a proper dungeon feeling to it. -The lack of settings on the start menu is quite surprising to me. -It is not possible to continue the old save just start a new one if the game is exited. (As far as I could see) -The UI also feels wonky, and not responsive. -This could be an issue of my PC but I don't think so. Either way the level loading time is atrocious, developer probably didn't incorporate level splitting or any optimizations at all. -No checkpoints -Upon death, only the player resets, not the whole level, which enables the enemies to spawn kill you most of the time. Overall, these changes have to be made to increase the quality of the game, since I believe this is the developer's first game. I am giving a positive review, as a chance to fix these issues, as this isn't even a early access game and these issues should not exist in a complete product.

A game that is still in development and definitely deserves a chance!

Nice game, try it if you like action rpg...