Law of Demons

reminds me of demon souls

Fun and demanding passion project! This is a game that very quickly teaches you that you will be shown no mercy and given no quarter. If you run into a group of 5 enemies, you'll get stabbed to death from 5 different directions. Each battle requires patience, skill, and strategy. The combat loop currently is a bit repetitive, but there's enough loadout variety that I can try out different approaches to each fight to figure out what works and what doesn't. And the art style! Every texture and mesh is hand-crafted and creates a memorable surrealist world with a nightmarish atmosphere. Reminds me a bit of the best parts of the original Runescape, like I've accidentally wandered into an area way above my level and I'm simultaneously in awe of and terrified by the omnipresent danger. Worth trying, especially at the current price.

I would not recommend at this price for now. Really like the concept, and id love to see this polished more cause I love the artstyle, these types of games, and for a bit, I was having fun exploring, but for now, it should still be in early access and maybe have a demo up untill the castle and labrynth. TL;DR: Feels desolate, not enough sound design, decent souls gameplay... 4/10, 6/10 if you can ignore the weirdness. Visual Notes: The camera tends to clip through thin walls, like in houses and shacks. This could be intentional, but ramps and sometimes hills dont have any side textures and are pixel thin, so on some parts of the level geometry you can see through the ground, and any ramp is just super thin and looks funny. Theres not really a skybox and the land kinda looks empty and desolate. The npcs dont have any idle animations, making it a bit static, and (from what I can tell) the friendly npc's dont have much different poses than the enemies, causing me to be very slow when approaching anyone. Menus: 2/10. Menu visuals are 10/10 though, I personally love it Theres no volume slider. You cant change the prompts to an xbox, nintendo, or steam controller. The Blood mechanic isnt explained early enough (or at all, I still dont know what it does, pressing x clears the slots, but doesnt seem to do anything). Sound: 5/10 Sound is good, although very heavily compressed or just not good quality. Some sounds can be too loud, one in mind is the armour damage sound, even at 30% volume it still hurts my ears Needs more ambient sounds and music, with the desolate lands and unresponsive npcs, having no ambiance makes it feel even more lonely. Gameplay: 6/10 Its good, I personally really like it so far, it would be better with some better movement gear or maybe allow the weapons to have follow up attacks as combat does feel a bit sluggish and odd, and maybe give the player some arrows for the bow on pickup instead of having to find where they are to use it.

A good first attempt, looking forward to how it pans out!