The 2 “not sold” markets are read from the Steam price pass of Aug 31: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price in those. The 13 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
This game is like if Da Vinci put a big red circle around the Mona Lisa's face to make sure the viewer knew she was the subject of the painting. Termina has managed to gut Fear and Hunger of its... fear and hunger? With nearly unlimited resources due to the games abundant loot, the player will never have to worry about starving or going insane. Instead of torches to limit your mind drain, your player character is now bioluminescent and thus can see perfectly fine in pitch dark areas. Rather than having soul stones be a rare and powerful item that can totally change the course of a playthrough, they can be gathered in mass by killing an enemy and cutting its head off, then sacrificing that head to the new gods. Your only real limiting factor to growing your strength in this game is how many times you can visit the hexen. Which is 3 times before each day ends, by the way, so you can become powerful enough to rival even Gro-goroth within the first 3 hours of playtime, while missing little to no interactions. Got skilled at dodging enemies in the original? Too bad, it's much more effective to fight everything now, even an eldritch being beyond your understanding that should realistically wipe the floor with you. Want to find hidden secrets? Allow the fortune teller to tell you exactly where everything is. On top of that, you now have a map and map markers so you really can't get lost, even if you tried.
Even on the hardest difficulty, Termina is an average game pretending to be a difficult game. Truthfully its only real difficulty is navigating the menu, being obtuse and an objective downgrade from the original. The characters are okay I guess. In the main cast you have Jotaro Kujo, Transgender Enki, Grisha Yeager, a heroin addict, the mechanic from terraria, Rohan Kishibe, a treehugging cripple, and Karin. You start the game by being introduced to all 14 contestants at once. Good luck trying to remember their names. Luckily you can still kill every character so you don't have to be put in an awkward social situation. Each character has their own unique quirks, but they don't really fit the atmosphere and kind of just feel like someone shoehorned their OC into a campaign. I personally dislike having party members because it trivializes most fights, so the characters are definitely my least favorite part of the game.
One thing I will give Termina is that the map design and saving system is absolutely incredible. I don't like the hexen always being available on save, I think it should be harder to access, but having time pass when you save to make saving a bigger commitment was a genius idea. Furthermore, the map is astounding with secrets and shortcuts hidden everywhere. It's rivals even Lordran from Dark Souls 1. The artwork is beautiful and the lore is top notch, however I still cannot in good conscious recommend this game as a huge fan of the original. It feels like an insult to anyone hoping for a truly immersive experience, and far too often sacrifices established lore to pander to a more modern audience. If you are a casual gamer just looking to have fun, this game may be for you, but anyone who fell in love with the original would be better off turning a blind eye to Fear and Hunger Termina.
