Feed The Pit

I've only had The Acolyte for 3 hours but if anything happened to her I would kill everyone in this cult and then myself.

no tits

Why are you reading this, go play this haha! Very interesting game. I think I'm most intrigued by the story. The gameplay is okay-I played on easy and still died a couple times and you have to restart the whole level when that happens although you can accept a card right at the start that crosses out a bunch of area making it not as brutal to start over. I do kinda worry about the next 2 acts though-this was fine but having to do the whole hunting thing with the cards for 2 more acts would become tedious. I'll do it because I'm too invested in the story but shaking it up a bit would be nice

SPOILER WARNING(I tried to be light on spoilers in case your eyes accidentally read it, so js try to skip past if you haven't played it yet) I apologize in advance if I sound like im rambling or have some bad takes, I never have written a review like this before, but this game deserved it. Please take it with a grain of salt. Genuinely one of my top games I've played this year. For something only having 1 act released so far, I've gotten more lore and theories than I could've asked for. The characters have such loveable personalities(except the medium, ♥♥♥♥ you for not liking acolyte's lemon bars) and are far more discernable than just special members of the cult. The cardmaster is also a nice difference compared to true assistants in how he actually doesn't agree with the church, but still listens to the cards(also rosemary is the goat) But the real treat to this game is the gameplay. For something as simple as closing in on a square with nothing but some cards, there is not a lot you would expect from it, yet Feed The Pit takes it and makes it one of the most enjoyable experiences ever. The unique items you can also collect are very useful(#icarusfeather) but also don't feel so overpowered that you need it to complete your mission. The balance is done well to where the items serve more as a quality of life than an absolute necessity to win. Worldbuilding might also be one of the biggest wins in this game(Shoutout Birb Gaming for my new favorite phrase from this game: "I LOVE BLUE WORLD!"). Carrister Valley is incredibly well designed with the forest changing to suit your new targets, but also not being overbearing to make it hard to find them. The church itself hits a home run on the cult feeling with the closet of belongings of the members of the church along with everything else. Then there's the pit itself, and damn that scared me the first time since I didn't see a single review or trailer before buying the game. The pit's clashing ideals with the Father also make for an interesting plot with how the father may be going crazy or warping the pit's wishes into his own. The backstory and mini games also are great, but that mini game walking through the forest-- Yeah I'm paranoid now. The backstory with the members is quite well developed for how short you actually see them, and this branched a ton of theories between me and my friend group. This game has so many positives that I could keep going. But I do have a few issues with the game that should be addressed, which are minor except for my first one: Balance of enemies. Correct me if I am wrong(I tend to be heavily ignorant at times), but enemy difficulty should increase the further in you go, and it feels more like a roller coaster than a linear line. First is the Spriggan, which is actually fairly difficult since you need to keep your head on a swivel for the whole mission to stay alive, but other than that it's not too bad. Then you reach the bunny girl, which is by far the easiest enemy in the game. I do think it could be cool if they brought her back with a much more difficult childhood game to play, but it's merely a suggestion. Then, you reach the flesh demon, and dear god that guy scared the sh*t out of me. He isn't as hard as the Spriggan, since you can js run to a portal and be fine for a bit, but jesus christ that first time he sprinted at me I nearly closed the game. Only thing I wished for from here is making enemy difficulty increase instead of it going hardest, then easiest, then pretty damn hard. This also leads into my second issue: portals. They make the enemies pretty much nothing more than a minor inconvenience, and they are pretty easy to open up if you do it within the first minute or 2. The solution here is much easier than the first problem, and it's to make portals teleport you to a specific portal on the map rather than you pick it. Now granted, I don't do game design so I have 0 clue how well this would work or if people like it, but I feel like it might be a bit better than js running to a portal to tp to cardmaster. TL;DR: Feed The Pit is one of the best games currently on the steam store, and at this price with all the content you get from this game(not including the 2 free updates in the works), there is no reason somebody shouldn't atleast give the game a try. Everything from the characters to the world to the pit is done so incredibly well and I am so excited to see what Act 2 and 3 have in store. And as always my dear cultists, FEED. THE. PIT.

Feed the Pit is easily one of the most memorable horror games I’ve played in a long time. The atmosphere is constantly unsettling, the characters are genuinely interesting, and the card-based investigation system feels unique rather than like a gimmick. What impressed me most is how the game keeps expanding beyond what you initially think it is, using its story, gameplay, presentation, and even the game’s menus to mess with your expectations. The mystery surrounding the Pit and the church kept me completely hooked, and by the end of Act 1 I had way more questions than answers in the best possible way. It gave me the same feeling I had when I first discovered Inscryption, where I constantly wanted to keep playing just to understand what was really going on. Considering this is only the first act, I’m incredibly excited to see where the story goes next. Feed the Pit is weird, creative, disturbing, and absolutely worth playing if you enjoy horror games that aren’t afraid to experiment.

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Getting real Inscryption vibes from this and I love Inscryption. Just a genuinely spine-tingling time.