MÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme

In terms of audio, visuals, and lack of balance it's undeniably [i]MÖRK BORG[/i] so you either love it or hate it. Gameplay leans into simple, linear room-by-room side scroller dungeoncrawling with hack and slash combat. (Saw a review that called it a metroidvania and that's just undeniably, infuriatingly wrong.) Controls may seem "unresponsive" but I think that's the game forcing you into its slow, sludgy pace, and if you actually sync to it I think you can indeed learn how to play to not get the ♥♥♥♥ beat out of you as quickly -- though of course you are ultimately doomed. Weapons and items rarely feel awesome. It's a bit of a throwback to the oldschool arcade brawlers that were designed to kill you and extract your quarters, but here there's rarely much point using the option to "continue" and you can't play it with friends, so its mostly brutal solo death in procedural dungeons. Tough sell. You don't see that often nowadays outside of rogue-likes so I suspect we're gonna hear a lot of people whining about how it's too hard and there's no metagame or legacy progression. Haven't survived long enough to say anything about whether much of a story ever comes together but I quite…

Heresy Supreme is hella fun!! This game is brutal and like a 2D Souls game. If you like Mork Borg and Souls you need to play this!

The visual style and aesthetics are amazing. The atmosphere of a brutal apocalyptic tabletop RPG like Five Torches Deep is 10/10 for me. Low HP characters, constant supply shortages, challenging combat and a hostile environment all work really well together. I wouldn't call the difficulty unfair though. On the contrary, it's quite fair to an observant player. You can even use the negative effects of a hex to your advantage. For example, you can heal with items that would normally inflict damage. Keep in mind that the game is still in Early Access. There are some technical rough edges and it's still a bit lacking in content. Still, the game is fully playable from start to finish.

I was waffling between a thumbs up and thumbs down. Its not a great game but its a unique and rewarding experience. It does have a great vibe and the kill fast, die fast gameplay is neat. If you are a fan of Mork Borg or niche difficult RPGs, you may find a lot of enjoyment in the misery. It however feels shallow and underdeveloped. There are great ideas from the RPG but the RPG underbaked to begin with. This game needed to expand on the RPG mechanics more to give more varied gameplay. Some of the balancing is also extremely frustrating. 6/10

As a fan of the TTRPG, this game seems like it'll be exactly what I wanted when it's done. Until then it's fun to mess around: punchy gameplay, badass music, dead-on artstyle. My only problem is the bugs for now. They make it difficult to commit to a run, because it seems that the longer the run is the more the game breaks; though I hope that these things smooth out. The devs are pretty active, and often fix the bug that ruined my last run in their next patch, so I'm in for the ride :)

Its an amazing TTRPG, and its even more amazing to play it as a video game, soundtrack to DIE for, great combat. ALL HAIL THE TWO-HEADED BASILISK!!!