Dream Slayers

Started the game, bought starter gear and pickaxe. Got the quest to get starter gear and pickaxe. Existing ones didn't count. No more gold. Deleting character is not an option. Uninstalled.

Doesn't even work.

I want to start out by saying: Just because a game is free, that does not mean it has the right to be this awful and soulless. I have seen too many people say that there was so much time and effort put into this... Yeah there is no effort in this whatsoever. The only way this "game" could have taken around a year is if the engine itself was created from scratch, then after it was finished, they only came back to it every week for about five minutes each time. There is no effort, there is no way this took any less than a collective week, do not believe the lies and do not play it. The animations do not work, they would not look nice even if they did. The artstyle is the most generic of all fantasy-based games on steam. You start as an ugly character, and apparently there is a character creator but you have to actually play a chunk of the "game" to unlock that. Otherwise known as, they did not know how to put it at the start of the "game", and instead of putting in the effort to learn, they took the lazy way out to make a clunky barely-working editor later into the "game." Second worse game I have ever spent my time on.

seems pretty cool with a lot of considerations and relative level of polish. I couldn't ever get my punches to connect with an enemy so I'll check back later on it

Dream Slayers is a pretty ambitious extraction RPG that I found interesting because it combines dark fantasy combat with the pressure of deciding what loot is actually worth risking. I enter a strange dream world filled with nightmares, gather equipment and relics, then have to make it back out alive with whatever I managed to secure. I liked the tension created by knowing that everything I find is valuable, but losing a run can take it all away. The combat is built around fighting corrupted creatures, cursed knights and other nightmare enemies while exploring dangerous areas. I enjoyed the hack and slash style because it feels direct and responsive, and the fantasy abilities give me different ways to deal with enemies. The deeper I push into the dream world, the more dangerous everything becomes, which creates a nice temptation to keep going for better rewards. The extraction system is easily my favorite mechanic. I can find powerful weapons, relics and other useful loot, but only what I successfully extract becomes part of my long term progression. I liked having to judge whether I should leave with what I already have or continue deeper for something potentially better. That r…

Played this game with Jeep a few months back. We both think that this game is just heavily incomplete. There is barely any story, which is a core part of RPG. The enemies are very clunky and easy to mess (they literally shut down like a PC) amidst other disappointing mechanics. Still needs a lot more work.