Relict
Cycana Games · 2024 · Action, Adventure, Singleplayer, Action Roguelike, Third-Person Shooter
PC
Positive91% · 11
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About Relict
Relict promises to be a thrilling fusion of genres, blending elements of third-person shooters, roguelikes, and tarot-based strategy. Set across three distinct planets—Koros, Thorm, and Serun—each characterized by its unique environmental challenges and aesthetic, this game invites players into a richly immersive universe fraught with peril and intrigue.
Explore various planetary environments:
Koros:
Once an oceanic paradise, now desiccated and barren.
Fight under the skeletal shadow of the creatures who once inhabited this planet as you encounter various corrupted sea themed life forms.
Thorm:
A frigid wasteland beneath a perpetually frozen sky.
Challenges include traversing icy oasis, treacherous crevasses, and frost-covered ruins of the people who once called this planet home.
Serun:
Charred remnants of a once-vibrant forest, teeming with burnt and corrupted flora and fauna.
Venture through the burning forests as you catch up to the source of the corruption and defeat unique fire themed enemies who once called the forest home.
Third-Person Roguelike:
Fast-paced and fluid combat emphasizing strategic positioning, reflexes, and resource management.
Randomized enemy encounters, and mini bosses add challenge and replayability.
Tarot Reading and Ability Acquisition:
Collect tarot cards throughout the journey, each representing a unique ability or grace from various Tarot Deities.
Perform tarot readings between stages to unlock new abilities, upgrade existing ones.
Abilities range from offensive spells and defensive shields to passive enhancements and utility skills, allowing for varied playstyles and strategic depth.
Objective:
Confronting Nuraxis:
With help from the deities, discover clues pointing towards Nuraxis, the true source of the corruption plaguing the planets.
Confront Nuraxis in a climactic showdown, battling through waves of minions and treacherous obstacles as you fight to lift the corruption once and for all.
Relict promises an immersive and challenging gaming experience, blending visceral combat, strategic depth, and mystical intrigue into a seamless and unforgettable adventure. With its captivating narrative, diverse gameplay mechanics, and stunning visuals, it's sure to captivate players seeking a fresh and compelling gaming experience.
Explore various planetary environments:
Koros:
Once an oceanic paradise, now desiccated and barren.
Fight under the skeletal shadow of the creatures who once inhabited this planet as you encounter various corrupted sea themed life forms.
Thorm:
A frigid wasteland beneath a perpetually frozen sky.
Challenges include traversing icy oasis, treacherous crevasses, and frost-covered ruins of the people who once called this planet home.
Serun:
Charred remnants of a once-vibrant forest, teeming with burnt and corrupted flora and fauna.
Venture through the burning forests as you catch up to the source of the corruption and defeat unique fire themed enemies who once called the forest home.
Third-Person Roguelike:
Fast-paced and fluid combat emphasizing strategic positioning, reflexes, and resource management.
Randomized enemy encounters, and mini bosses add challenge and replayability.
Tarot Reading and Ability Acquisition:
Collect tarot cards throughout the journey, each representing a unique ability or grace from various Tarot Deities.
Perform tarot readings between stages to unlock new abilities, upgrade existing ones.
Abilities range from offensive spells and defensive shields to passive enhancements and utility skills, allowing for varied playstyles and strategic depth.
Objective:
Confronting Nuraxis:
With help from the deities, discover clues pointing towards Nuraxis, the true source of the corruption plaguing the planets.
Confront Nuraxis in a climactic showdown, battling through waves of minions and treacherous obstacles as you fight to lift the corruption once and for all.
Relict promises an immersive and challenging gaming experience, blending visceral combat, strategic depth, and mystical intrigue into a seamless and unforgettable adventure. With its captivating narrative, diverse gameplay mechanics, and stunning visuals, it's sure to captivate players seeking a fresh and compelling gaming experience.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Really fun game! There is a huge attention to detail with the Tarot cards all giving you different abilities throughout the game, and it was super fun to figure out what loadout I liked best. I finished the whole game and I also was impressed with the different bosses and attacks they had. I saw it premiered at the Game Design Workshop show case last year and finally got around to playing it, great job guys! crazy that you made this in two semesters.1 found this helpful
Hi so like this game is epic! The level design is so unique and interesting, and the color schemes are really pleasing on the eyes :3. I also really love the cards and rogue-like gameplay. It is super fun to try different builds and abilities ! I would definitely recommend and also U SHOULD PLAY THIS GAME!1 found this helpful
"Relict" is an unusal third person shooter with some equally unique artwork and gameplay elements, but it's let down by a lack of polish, rather poor quality art assets (at least it's not an asset flip) and generally unengaging theme. The idea is that you're in space but shooting various weird and esoteric enemies using abilities derived from a tarot deck... yeah that's what third person shooters needed, tarot instead of bespoke level design. Insultingly, the developer used a bunch of AI slop on the store page. It sticks out like a sore thumb. The developer deliberately failed to declare their use of AI slop (even if it is just the store blurb). In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D visuals which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on. Instead, they decided that "Procgen IS content!" and lazily tried to …1 found this helpful
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