Metamorphos

[h1] Dark Souls clone. Basic gameplay - dash and only weak or strong attack is available. Very buggy gameplay - fell off the map a few times (once when fighting with boss). General idea and setting is ok. Explorer abandoned desert city and catacombs looking for trouble. Guards have been turned into glass and corrupted began to reign the place. Music is good. What else? Skip if you're looking for something more interesting. [/h1]

Metamorphos is a short third-person action adventure that takes familiar ideas from Souls-inspired combat and places them inside a vibrant desert fantasy setting. Developed by Spicy Dice Studios and published by DigiPen Institute of Technology, the game originated as a student project, which makes the level of visual polish and overall presentation especially noteworthy. Rather than attempting to deliver an enormous role-playing adventure, it focuses on a straightforward journey filled with melee combat, exploration, corrupted creatures, and boss encounters. The story follows a legendary Guardian who awakens to discover that corruption has spread through the Temple of Amathani and its surrounding oases. The source of this disaster is Nafaset, the Defiler, whose influence has twisted the creatures and inhabitants of the region into dangerous enemies. The narrative is deliberately simple and mainly exists to establish the player's purpose. There are no elaborate dialogue systems or lengthy storytelling sequences competing for attention. Instead, the world itself communicates much of the atmosphere through ruined structures, supernatural corruption, hostile wildlife, and the contrast…

Cool small game, nice work! ^^

The game looks great, but the movement, camera and controls doesnt feels good. I played it till first 3 enemies and had to turn in off. Music in the menu is fire, so I left it playing for a while and finished my project.

A cool little student project. 30 minute thingie, fun for that duration

I have a soft spot for soulslike student projects, and after reviewing Bloodspear and Cervus Blade, I thought it was time to give Metamorphos a try. Unfortunately, contrary to those two other games, Metamorphos is little more than a shallow demo, with no levelling, no interesting mechanics, and far too many bugs for me to recommend. It’s undeniably graphically impressive, with its sand swept locales and huge Arab-inspired temple that’s slowly being corrupted by an amethyst rot. Your unnamed protagonist has the usual light and heavy attack, but the traditional dodge mechanic has been replaced with a dash that can be used both for evading attacks and zipping across ledges. It’s fun when it works, although it’s a bit finicky at times, especially on some of the narrower platforms. Combat is serviceable, apart from the enemies that throw near unavoidable firebombs at you. These seem to set you alight with a single hit and deal massive amounts of burn damage that I couldn’t find a way to mitigate. Your bonfire equivalent here are oases that respawn enemies and refill your healing item. And … that’s just about it. There’s no levelling, no additional items, weapons, or armour. Thi…