Death Machine

I could not make much progress in the 7 hours that I played, I had maybe 50 different technical issues ranging from small bugs and movement polish to potentially game breaking problems like menu locks, movement locks, getting outside of the map, as well as severe issues with backtracking design, optimization, and enemy spawn logic, potentially adding hours and hours of artificial difficulty. The game is somewhat playable for the first 2 hours, but it gets much worse in my experience. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3642137205 (In this image I killed the boss, but the end of the fight did not trigger, funny thing I was also damage immune due to a different bug. Various softlocks and progression bugs like that are not uncommon here. I also have no access to some parts of the map because some bosses respawn and lock your camera to that area) Something that I find interesting, if you look at the negative reviews, many people gave up 30 minutes in based on the movement being stiff, so that alone was too much for some players, and that is only 1 of dozens of major issues that I have with the game. Also I see posts from like 2024 mentioning these things, and they…

genuinely love so much about this game, but the high amount of enemies hoarding on u pretty fast and the inability to revisit shrines combined with all the bugs in it right now make me not want to play much. I still do believe this game will be one of my favourites when its been polished though, and I hope you keep going despite all the negative reviews cause the game is genuinely amazing. btw the art is so pretty omg

Really enjoyed playing this game so far. The art style and music/sound effects are amazing! Everything was done with a lot of intention and is thoughtfully designed. A feat, especially considering this is a solo-dev game. The level of polish and dark atmosphere is evident to the start. It's definitely difficult, but it feels fair rather than frustrating. Looking forward to getting more into the story and gameplay as I continue to play.

This game is pretty sick! It's fun and has really good bones. Can't wait to get deeper into it. I think the controls need a bit of work but once that gets polished up it'll be really solid!

I can't really see what is happening in this game. The combination of the visual style and the overall darkness means this is visually kind of a mess. Seems cool otherwise but feels basically unplayable to me.

Good game but needs polish on the control's