Brume

EXTREMELY BUGGY!!! Brume is filled with visual and audio bugs, In an hour and a half of playing I’ve been out of bounds, I’ve towered over everything with elongated legs, my ui has disappeared, my inventory has gone blank and i’ve had to put up with a lot of audio jank, and a couple of looping audios that made me restart the game twice. I want to start off with this, because it’s the buggiest Sokpop game I’ve played and it does make the overall experience quite frustrating. If you have no tolerance for bugs then definitely don’t buy it. The level design is very meh, but I do like that it starts out pretty open and lets you choose from a couple of paths. Focused simplicity is one of sokpops strengths, but I do wish there was a bit more of environmental interaction. Also could’ve done with a rest point closer to the final boss. The combat is once again simple and a bit janky, but I still enjoyed it. I wish there was a bit more difference between the weapons and that it played a bit more with the strengths and weaknesses of each type and a tiny bit more enemy variety would have also been appreciated. Because some of the places are a bit cramped the camera can be a bit annoying as well. So with all the bad stuff out of the way. I still gotta say I really liked this one, as a dark souls fan I think sokpop did something unique with the formula that stays true to who they are, but that also nailed the vibes, cautious curiosity and feeling of achievement of a fromsoft game. The art style, music and atmosphere are spot on, and though understated I still liked the enemy design. It's a world with more potential in my opinion. I would love it if they ever decided to make a sequel that was a bit more ambitious, and lot more polished and bug free.

Underrated gem!

A very short, small game. A combination of basic attacks, blocks, and dodges to avoid getting bonked by one of the handful of varied bosses.

I enjoyed, despite nearly smashing my keyboard to bits a few times. it was fun, but probably would have been even more fun if the hit boxes were a bit more accurate, and the controls a hair less wonky. Still glad i sunk 4 hours into it, was fun.

Very good, but game broken when you quit and then try to load your save. I assume the game is very short, but it seems you cannot launch it anymore after you've started it unless you delete your save. It's a shame because it feels as if Tom van den Boogart managed to greatly summarize the emotions and gamefeel of a souls-like in this pocket-sized adventure. Good gamefeel, great graphics and setting, with subtle colors and crunchy pixels.

Ass.

Does NOT have full controller support, despite what the Steam page claims. You have to use the keyboard to navigate menus, and worse than that, you can't turn using a controller, only strafe. That makes it effectively unplayable with a controller. If you're not going to support controller input, fine, but don't lie about it in the features.

Fun