Slain: Back from Hell
Steel Mantis · 2016 · Action, Pixel Graphics, Gore, Platformer, Indie
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About Slain: Back from Hell
Battle through six cursed realms as Bathoryn, mastering three elemental weapons and learning enemy patterns to defeat deadly overlords in this gothic pixel-art action game. Heavy metal aesthetics and brutal difficulty combine with tight combat mechanics and no grinding to create a pure, punishing test of skill.
You control the fate of Bathoryn, a doomed hero in a Gothic world, who seeks to liberate six cursed realms from six deadly overlords.
He must battle his way through this blighted land, packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) into a stronghold, all the while defeating fiendish traps and vile monsters alike.
At the heart of every domain Bathoryn will confront a mighty foe - defeat it and his quest continues to its ultimate destiny. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely – mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades. And you will fail…
There are 3 key areas to be mastered in order to vanquish Slain: Back from Hell.
- Learn to wield 3 deadly elemental weapons, each one exploiting weaknesses in different enemy types. Each has a different combo, timing and use. Mastering quick switching between weapons is the path to victory!
- Glean the placement and timings of enemies and booby traps.
- Generate, conserve and unleash your Mana wisely.
Accompanied by the heavy metal visuals is an even heavier metal soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant (formally of Celtic Frost).
Features
- Challenging ‘elemental’- based melee and magical combat
- 6 hours of bone-crushing, metal-fueled mayhem & gore
- Choose from 3 unique weapons in your fight against the demon hordes.
- Full soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant formally of Celtic Frost. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m/
- Cunningly concealed secrets (shhh).
- Boss fights, mini-boss fights, sub-mini- boss fights & macro-sub- mini-boss fights.
- No laborious levelling, no tedious grinding, no wimpy crafting!
DLC & expansions
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Base game + 1 of 1 DLC at today's best prices.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] Dark, metal monster slashing in underworld. Gameplay similar to 16-bit action platformers. Lots of slashing, lots of slaying and lots of red. Visuals depending on the taste, overall well made. Some blops and blots of redness. Levels are straight forward, proceed to the right, sometimes flip switches and don't fall into the lava. Two CRT filters. Checkpoints between levels. Multiple different enemies. It's one of those games - learn pattern and enemies movement to win. For fans of 16-bit slashing it might be worth a spin. [/h1]8 found this helpful
It's very nice. Retro graphics are well done. Lots of variety. Environments are well designed.
Very satisfying Metroid Vania. 10/10 Art and music.
Just started the game, and beat the first boss, and I think it's worth checking out just on that. Definitely will be continue to go through this game on my ROG Ally.
An oldie but goldie. Glad Ive played it. Ive got the sequel on my wish list, ready to go!
Looks beautiful but really, really frustrating to play.
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