Stone 4 Souls

Ok, vamos lá! Vi uma postagem no facebook (sim eu uso isso) sobre um mano que passou 7 anos desenvolvendo esse jogo. Comprei para ajudar e resolvi testar para deixar meu review... O jogo tem uns problemas de alt+tab, simplesmente ele parece que perde o input tanto de teclado e controle. Não tem opção de reduzir o volume. Sofri com algumas paredes invisíveis no começo. Eu não gostei tanto do combate, achei que faltou mais inércia/impacto. O jogo é bonito e tem um grande potencial.

This is just a cheap low budget side-scrolling RPG hack&slash that has too many issues to recommend. To begin with, it is buggy with starting Steam-VR and often when you start the game there is either no mouse or keyboard control in the menu or no sound. There are also very few graphic settings and none of them actually save. The save system is also pretty bad because there are very few spots you can save. And returning to those save spots has you facing the same respawned enemies and bosses all over again. There is also lots of backtracking because there is no map to see where you need to go. There is also no voice acting or a difficulty setting and the entire experience just feels cheap.

Combat is awful. Not even a little bit fun.

Key #6 here. OK, so first of all this is a 2D combat platformer with soulslike attributes, it is NOT a soulslike metroidvania. Second, the UI is ugly. Third. The game is super boring since its completely linear, like a worse version of "Beyond the Ice Palace II". Just don't buy it. Literally hundreds of better games to play. It also eats the battery of a steam deck pretty quickly.

I'm going to give this a soft recommendation. I'm a bit bias because I love both Soulslike and Metroidvanias. This game could use a lot of work but it has some good bones. It feels more like a proof of concept. Some of the enemies blend in with the environments and can be difficult to make out. The running jump attack feels awkward to use because you just lose all moment and go straight down. The combat is pretty clunky and can be unresponsive at times. I do plan on going back to it at some point, but there are better games to play at this moment. If I didn't receive this item for free, I would have waited for a steep discount. The biggest pro is that it plays really well on the steam deck out of the box. A very small portion of the screen does bleed off on the sides though.

The game is very "linear" and while the graphics are decent I'd almost have preferred something lower quality if more effort was put into the overall gameplay. Also the UI clashes heavily as there is basically zero effort put into it. Combat is pretty mid, though I do like that you can easily switch between the lighter sword and the heavier sword. Stat progression is also pretty lackluster, and the story and writing are pretty low end. While I feel like this could be something "ok" to play if you have literally nothing better to do with your time I definitely wouldn't recommend it even if it's on a big sale. I am going to refund it in fact, which is a first, I've never actually refunded something on Steam before I think AND I got this at 80% off for only 2 USD. And btw this is coming from someone somewhat obsessed with metroidvanias and soulslikes.