Cralon

A game that knows exactly what it wants to be, and a small, endearing, and honest team that set out to make exactly this game. Players with a straightforward “loot and level up” mindset might be put off, but if you’re looking to dive into an interesting underground world and compact gameplay, this is the game for you.

Habe es im Steam-Sale gekauft. Gute Atmosphäre und Storytelling. Eine nette Abwechslung an Gegnern und Möglichkeiten zur Erkundung :)

This is a top tier immersive dungeon crawler. The game play is top notch. From the moment you are thrust into the dungeon, the environment envelopes you and invites you further. You know you are in for one hell of an adventure. The 3D elements of this game are top notch. After almost 30 hours exploring every nook and crannie of the dungeon, I can honestly say I am looking forward to heading back to Cralon and back into the dungeon night after night. This quite the adventure and one that I have loved playing.

Cralon ist genau das was ich erwartet habe, ein Spiel das einen fesselt und und eine geile gruselige Atmosphäre liefert, Die Questen sind sehr geil gemacht und die texte sind genau das was man von jemand aus der Pütt erwartet einfach nur herrlich lustig ( ich muss Kohle für die ARGE scheffeln) , selbst die Grafik entsprach meinen Geschmack .ich hab es komplett durchgespielt und bin nach wie vor begeistert. Pithead Studio hat echt gute Arbeit geleistet ich hoffe das es bald noch mehr von ihnen geben wird . Ach so eins noch das ist in meinen Augen wichtig “ Der Dummvögel Der all nötzer wesse welle sull effe Der klappe halde un ov et nötzer maache “

This ain't no easy review, mainly because there is no neutral option... I was really hyped for the game, but after finishing it, I have mixed feelings. I personally did enjoy the game very much for it's gloomy atmosphere, sound and setting. The (mostly) friendly, plant-like creatures struck me as really cool. But I have to admit: Though I did enjoy the game, I only did so despite it's flaws: - to few variation in items/assets in general, especially to few to have meaningful interaction with (e.g. why the hell can't Cralon use one of the many hats lying around?) - everything inside the mine shaft is kinda static - very clunky and basic combat (a tiny bit better after the first updates) - sometimes rather poorly written dialogues - Cralon's and Incu's German voiceover (the others I found great, but those two where just dispassionate and boring, don't know if English is better) - Cralon (the player character) is dumb as a post (e.g. I as player saw the story twist dawning right at the beginning - Cralon did not seem to get it, even as his antagonist Incu explained it at the very end) - Cralon talks way too much, also he explains everything the player can see for themselves (felt sometimes as if Cralon thinks players are somehow too dumb to get it) on other occasions (the murders in the morass for example) he seems to see things that are not really there (those should have been just placed as assets and left for the player to figure out) Also the game has all points the shop page promisses, but everything is just very basic. E.g. there are different factions, but they neither really interact with each other nor is there much interaction possible with them. All in all: If I could, I would give Cralon a neutral assessment. But since I had actual fun playing it despite it's shortcomings, I give a thumbs up.

This was my second playthrough of Cralon since I played the console version first. I bought it again because I wanted to support the developers. I was really looking forward to this as I loved Björn and Jenny’s work on their previous games. Even though this is very different to the big RPGs that they worked on before, it still has some of the great qualities that those games had. For example, the atmosphere is amazing and is brought to life by the dark visual style and interesting story. Another example is that the characters are interesting, and I really enjoyed talking to them. I had a lot of fun wandering around all the floors looking for things and completing the quests. The ending was another thing I loved and the hints throughout the game of what was actually going on added a lot to that. I’m really looking forward to seeing what Pithead Studio does next.

lol absolute jank. still kinda fun