Vague Lizards
PIVKO GAMES · 2024 · Action, Comedy, Historical, Action-Adventure, Action RPG
PC
Positive91% · 22
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About Vague Lizards
Greetings to you brave Rus, troubled times have come to our lands!
This game is a dynamic third-person action thriller in the Old Slavic setting.
We had a misfortune, during the celebration of St. Andrew's Day, the sneaky Lizards stole all the Baikal Voditsa! We must confront this ancient evil and fight back once and for all. It became a real misfortune for our village, because Baikal Water has unique properties and heals people from many diseases. Alexey Bukhalov and Maxim Obosranov, our faithful friends and experienced warriors, decided to help us resist this ancient evil and return the stolen water.
Go through many trials and fight against various opponents to get back the water and protect the villagers from evil.
1. Fight different gangs of enemies:
- Use a variety of fighting styles and strategies;
- improve your skills and abilities to become stronger and more effective in battle.
2. Choose and upgrade weapons:
- choose the right weapon for each type of combat;
- Upgrade your weapons to increase their damage and effectiveness in battle.
3. Recapture lost territories:
- Plan and execute successful attacks on enemy territories;
4. Explore large and diverse locations:
- Explore new areas of the map by unlocking secrets and finding valuable items;
- Interact with the environment by completing missions and solving puzzles.
- A large arsenal of weapons to suit every taste: from small knives to massive axes!
- Interesting tasks: help all the villagers in the battle with the Lizards by completing various errands.
- Unforgettable rhythmic soundtrack, emphasizing fights with enemies, will not leave anyone indifferent.
- A huge number of factions of enemies: from small minions of lizards, ending with deadly dragons.
- Realistic melee system: each weapon gives a new unforgettable experience
This game is a dynamic third-person action thriller in the Old Slavic setting.
Plot
We had a misfortune, during the celebration of St. Andrew's Day, the sneaky Lizards stole all the Baikal Voditsa! We must confront this ancient evil and fight back once and for all. It became a real misfortune for our village, because Baikal Water has unique properties and heals people from many diseases. Alexey Bukhalov and Maxim Obosranov, our faithful friends and experienced warriors, decided to help us resist this ancient evil and return the stolen water.
Go through many trials and fight against various opponents to get back the water and protect the villagers from evil.
Gameplay
1. Fight different gangs of enemies:
- Use a variety of fighting styles and strategies;
- improve your skills and abilities to become stronger and more effective in battle.
2. Choose and upgrade weapons:
- choose the right weapon for each type of combat;
- Upgrade your weapons to increase their damage and effectiveness in battle.
3. Recapture lost territories:
- Plan and execute successful attacks on enemy territories;
4. Explore large and diverse locations:
- Explore new areas of the map by unlocking secrets and finding valuable items;
- Interact with the environment by completing missions and solving puzzles.
Features
- A large arsenal of weapons to suit every taste: from small knives to massive axes!
- Interesting tasks: help all the villagers in the battle with the Lizards by completing various errands.
- Unforgettable rhythmic soundtrack, emphasizing fights with enemies, will not leave anyone indifferent.
- A huge number of factions of enemies: from small minions of lizards, ending with deadly dragons.
- Realistic melee system: each weapon gives a new unforgettable experience
Remember Rus, we are not against lizard women! But AGAINST the lizard men!
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What Steam players say
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Players are deeply divided on Vague Lizards, with some praising it as a masterpiece that revolutionizes game design with its humor, characters, and folklore-inspired setting, while others criticize its janky animations, sluggish movement physics, and technical issues like characters getting stuck in geometry. The game's deliberately scrappy, self-aware tone and absurdist humor appeal strongly to fans of unconventional narratives, though its rough execution and bugs frustrate those expecting more polish.
A game that changed the way we think about video game narratives.2 found this helpful
Vague Lizards, developed by PIVKO GAMES and published by Radiance Star, is a small-scale third-person action RPG that leans heavily into humor, folklore-inspired absurdity, and straightforward hack-and-slash combat. Rather than aiming for epic gravitas or deep systemic complexity, the game embraces a deliberately scrappy tone, presenting itself as a rough-edged folk tale brought to life through exaggerated characters, eccentric enemies, and a world that feels both earnest and self-aware. The narrative sets the tone immediately with a premise that borders on parody. In a rural, Old Slavic–inspired setting, the local balance of life is disrupted when strange reptilian creatures steal the sacred Baikal Voditsa, a mystical substance tied to vitality and survival. What follows is less a grand heroic saga and more a chaotic village response, as unlikely warriors rise to confront the titular lizards. The story is intentionally simple, serving primarily as a vehicle to move players from one confrontation to the next, but its humor and cultural flavor give it a personality that distinguishes it from more generic fantasy plots. Gameplay is rooted in third-person melee combat, with players …1 found this helpful
absolute cinema
The Russian game industry is now divided into before and after the release of this game. I think this game has finally shown what a real game should be like. Everything in this game is perfect, from the characters to the dialogue, from the cucumber to the mead. It's a masterpiece for all time. My grandchildren will play this game, and their grandchildren will play it, because it's the best for them. I declare it a victory!
"СМУТНЫЕ ЯЩЕРЫ" - КОГДА ЭВОЛЮЦИЯ СЛИШКОМ УВЛЕКЛАСЬ ПИВОМ Физика движений - отдельный вид искусства. Вы бегаете так, будто его только что выпустили из бара в 5 утра. А анимация атак напоминает мои попытки поймать комара после трёх рюмок текилы. БАГИ ИЛИ ФИЧИ? Когда ваш персонаж застревает в текстурах(лестнице) - это не баг. ВЕРДИКТ: 12/10 БЕГА ПО ЛЕСТНИЦЕ
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