Death's Gambit: Afterlife

Its okey

太好玩了

Great ideas, bad (technical) execution. I love the atmosphere, the tone and humor, how the enemies and biomes are varied. The game has some interesting bugs, annoying visual glitches, and a HUGE UI/UX problem. The skill trees are very meh, although some specific weapons and skills make for nice combinations. Combat feels sluggish a lot of the time, especially when parrying is important. The mapping on joystick is... ehhh I'd still recommend this with a super heavy discount since the ideas are really cool to play with a bit.

Metroidvania imperdible.

tegrdhsz

Buen Soulsvania. Al principio el control del personaje se siente tosco, pero mejora rápidamente al encontrar power ups. Recomendado.

Death's Gambit is a tough sell to recommend. I first played this in 2019, and I hated it. This isn't a bad game per-say, but it can be very slow. Like Hollow Knight/Metroid/Castlevania... literally any game that deals with backtracking, you're not going to know what to do until you progress. Dying isn't that bad, and is expected - instead of losing currency as other reviewers have noted, you just temporarily lose one of your healing items, which stack; can be very forgiving in that sense. As of this review, I've played this about 2-3 times now. I love the VA and sound design for the areas/locations. Aesthetic is gloomy, but a lot of the characters have.... character. Very verbose. Specifics: level design is very forgiving. No fast travel at first, but you can use a horse for a horizontal high-way. Lots of secrets - npcs, weapons, healing, etc. unless you use a guide then you'll probably have to play again- especially [spoiler]because there's 2-3 (4 technically) endings which you can do one of them at a time. Assuming you comb most the game[/spoiler] I actually really liked my time - but unless you play by its rules, then it isn't a whole lot of fun. The game even critiques this at a few points, which I thought was a nice touch. Last, I really want to touch on bosses though. They aren't fun, or at least most aren't. I don't mind difficulty, but often times there are no safe areas. Personally, couldn't figure out parrying, so I ended up memorising attack patterns for dodging, which made learning tedious- I don't think this is how you're supposed to play. In any case, going back strength builds seem the most well balanced (axe, great-sword) and was the style I developed, though I also tried Wizard & Reaper for awhile. If you take anything away from this review though, I'd give varying advice depending on your personality. If dying's no problem, and you have about 10-15 hrs to kill, the game's main story (there's a rough story btw) should take about that long. Give or take - and, grinding doesn't appear to be necessary, but experimentation helps. So, again, if* that sounds too much, then don't get this game, otherwise, I think you'll find a gem - one I almost passed on as well.