From The Dark

Since there is no reviews yet i guess ill be first. Is this game difficult. Yes. Is the game fun? Yes. The idea of being near blind walking around checking corners and always expecting something? A nice change compared to other games. For this price especially. Some downsides because i gotta (Might change but its early access so get some salt) Early game is rough when dying and losing your light source. running in the pitch dark not even a small light source is pain. Inventory management is something. grabbing every item is currently not of use since cant use weak items for anything (that i found) stashing stuff is nice but very limiting (I dont mind personally but others might i like the challenge) My 2 favourite features? Music and Enemy design. Unique enough wheres its rare. but not uncanny to be weird. just a nice setting and design. and the sound design (even if lacking outside of certain areas) is amazing.

I did not get this for free, he lies.

This game is likely a solo developer project, so if you (the developer) are reading this then please understand that the following criticism is quite harsh but honest. Try to learn from this and improve and expand. Starting off basic, the game is not very good looking. The lighting is poor, the artstyle is flat, the user interface is hideous and clunky, the animations arent great and the effects (torch flames, weapon swings) are especially awful. If it was just one or a few of these things then it might not be so bad, but unfortunately every aspect of the game does not look good. For how dark this game wants to be (more on that in a moment), the effects are fullbright and just stand out awkwardly. The dark is its own issue. I understand it might be the vision to have the game dark and revolve around light sources and gaining more light, but it's ultimately really poorly executed and severely not fun. Most of the game was me specifically saying "I can't see a damn thing" and like I said, the lighting style is really bizarre and looks out of place for the artstyle. A huge lack of sounds also exists in this game, with almost no ambiance, breakable objects in the environment just va…

I’ll likely write a more complete review once I’ve played more and understood the game as a whole. So far though, it’s been fun and seems to offer a solid gameplay loop. The start is difficult and a bit scary because visibility is very limited, but that improves the further you progress. Looting feels fun and rewarding, especially when you get something new. The only cons I can think of is -No reminders in tutorial which can be rough if you forget the current step -First boss is very easy to cheese(havent tried other) -No sounds on fireball spell(havent tried other) and neither on successful blocks But these are things that are fairly expected in early access

I'm enjoying the game so far but we need a storage box in town.