KINGDOM of the DEAD

Very simple on mechanics and cool game. For that price and time I enjoyed every bit of it. Ofc there were few not completed assets but it more like personal (was exploring every corner of each map). Even standart enemies feel more dangerous then bosses , not talking about difficulty system that really changes how fast you beat level. In my opinion best here was soundtrack and minimalistic graphic only in black and white. Strong 9\10

I think this game is kind of the definition of mid, its overall not a bad game, but like it does nothing spectacular, it's just a doom clone but with nothing that made that game good. 5/10

красивая обертка, а игра ♥♥♥♥♥

no está mal

[h1][b]Kingdom of the Dead[/b][/h1] [h3][b]Time Played:[/b][/h3] 17 minutes [h3][b]Last Played:[/b][/h3] 13th of October, 2025 [hr][/hr] Coming hot off the heels from a massive disappointment, and seeing the amount of character, and atmosphere present in just the intro of this made me have high hopes...that were almost-immediately dashed to the ground the moment control was assumed, and while the first error was figured out and corrected, the second made the game literally unplayable to me. [h3][b]Yay:[/b][/h3] + Multiple selectable colour palettes, for those that don't like monochrome. + I found it to be dripping with atmosphere. + Making a talking sword the protagonist's companion was an interesting idea. [h3][b]Meh:[/b][/h3] ~ Nothing to report. [h3][b]Nay:[/b][/h3] - The game does not tell you this, but it rebinds movement in order of forward, backward, left, and right. I only figured this out after D made me go to the left. - Those who read the above and got excited, good on you for using what you do, likely as a result of knowing how to do as you can with a keyboard. Those who were confused, my wanting to have more keys at my disposal during August 2025 gaming saw me switching to ESDF for motion, and then summarily spending the rest of that month, and most of September learning how to touch-type/form words on a keyboard without looking at it. In this, while they give you an option for “next weapon” the game never tells you a key for “Previous Weapon” also exists, nor lets you rebind it in any form or fashion. This would be a flaw in, and of, itself, however, this key is – as a result of the lack of option to rebind it – hard-coded to E, meaning I swapped weapons literally every time even a slight forward with this configuration. “Okay, I'll just use WASD then, this game doesn't have that many buttons, and it should still be baked into mind, and comfy, right?” - The answer to the above is “not in my case” because one also moves what I deem to be “dysfunctionally slow” when not running, which is a Shift hold, not toggle. As such the “move hand one key to the left, and have pinky on Caps Lock (a key touch typing now makes me realise is, indeed, useful)” strategy pretty much needed to be “pinky on shift at all times” a configuration that caused physical discomfort in the beginning stages of the first level. Going through the files, as well, I found nothing by way of a config that would let you change this in text form, either. - In this little an amount of time though, the gunplay felt awkward... - ...and a massive frame rate drop occurred. - I'm also reasonably sure the alternate palettes would ruin said atmosphere... [hr][/hr] [h3][b]Verdict:[/b] I can find no other way to describe a game that does not even tell you a control exists, then does not even think of including the option to rebind it, than “unfinished”, and while it had some things going for it in the beginning stages, a seemingly-abandoned game that cannot be comfortably-played can only go in one category... [/h3][h3][b]Placed in:[/b][/h3] 6: Traumatically-Toxic