Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon

[h1]“[i]Well, if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: never pay more than 20 dollars for a computer game.[/i]” ~Guybrush Threepwood[/h1] So, here's a question for you, guys. Did you like games like [b]Might & Magic VI[/b], [b]Wizardry 8[/b] and [b]Wizards & Warriors[/b]? Well, this game is nothing like those. Only it is. In a way. See, [b]Frayed Knights[/b] is a parody game. But it looks so old school that it's really hard not to love it. Well, at least for the old farts like yours truly. Because modern kids? They'll probably feel like the game is plain ugly. But for those who remember the games above? It'll be a nice little surprise. Don't expect any depth here, though. What we have here is a pretty small and limited experience that ends with a cliffhanger (it's really, [i]really[/i] sad that sequel never happened). We have four pre-made characters who'll often say cheesy jokes, we have dungeons to explore, chests to loot and bosses to kill. Also, a lot of traps to kill you. You know... all the fun and adventurous... stuff. After all, the good adventurer is a dea... wait, that's from my evil manifesto. Forget you've read that. Anyway, that's pretty much it. Like I've said,…

I quite enjoyed my time with this game, and I will recommend it to those who enjoy a free roaming turn based "dungeon" crawler which doesn't take itself seriously at all. - The combat mechanics are very reminiscent of DND, with feats/skills/"metamagic" - The humour isn't too much, at worst no reaction from me, at best a good chuckle. Party banter is alright too. - The stars mechanic is dope! Really encourages you not to save scum/reload and just go with it - The exhaustion mechanic is also good - that way you don't just spam rest and since walking back to the village takes some time I'd rather be more cautious in my combat encounters. This coupled with the star mechanic works great.

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Had a lot of fun with this game, the environments are handmade and that makes everywhere fun to explore. There's a real feeling of setting off on long arduous and daring adventures with the party and seeing when it's the right time to retreat to the cozy town inn. I thought the balancing (the way I was playing) was perfect: I got almost completely wiped multiple times but just about clinched it in time. It's also quite funny. Not massively so but very workable and pleasant as entertainment. It's not perfect, as others have pointed out. The UI isn't great and I'm still hoping some day to see a part two to this game that fixes some of those faults. The travel distances being long wasn't a problem for me since I thought it was part of the "adventuring" that goes away if there isn't any long trudges.

There are a few issues I'm having with the UI that are driving me up the wall. I'm not exactly sure if I'm going to keep playing the game due to these. (1.2 hours at the time of this writing). 1) When you click on a menu your mouse teleports to where the dev thinks you'd want it. When you're done the mouse teleports back to where it was before you were in the menu. This is just like a micro annoyance that builds up over time and makes me never want to look at my inventory/character screen etc. 2) I have 20/20 vision but I cannot get the text at any resolution to not hurt to read. I *can* read everything but it just seems like WORK to do it and I can't quite put my finger on why I hate reading the manual so much. Also, the game refers you to a paper manual for some things which of course you don't have. 3) There are a LOT of spells and feats that you can use in battle. Here's how to cast one. Click the spell button, click spells, click the level range of the spell, click the spell, click 0-3 times to find your target, click cast spell. If you have a spell on one of the three quick cast buttons then you can reduce the amount of clicks you need down to 3-6. Given that 2 of your…

This is an retro 3D dungeon crawler RPG aping earlier games like Might and Magic, but with a comedy theme. To fit the comedy dialogue properly, you don't get to build your own characters. Explore the temple of the pimple god or something. The whole thing fits together in a very clunky way. Retro RPGs can be done well, Legend of Grimrock is a good example, but the implementation here falls flat. The developers seem to have retained everything that was clunky about old school RPGs, and didn't improve on any of it. If they could have kept what worked and modernised the things that didn't, this might have had a chance, but it falls short of the mark. Graphics are mediocre, controls are painful. Also, the writing is pretty bad and I cringed through the forced dialogue.