Serpent's Gaze

I know that this is just a 15 bucks game, but i do enjoy this so much at first. But seriously the balancing, combat and hitboxes. Need Serious Major overhaul. No Parry, No Backstab. No deflect. The block felt clunky. The combat could felt a bit jank sometimes. IIdk, maybe i got biased with others soulslike tittle and endded up putting unfair expectations. I do really enjoy this game tho, it's a great co-op with friends. But i really hope you guys make it through the early access era and release it with much more polished combat andd balancing. If the update coming better, i will change this review.

The game its pretty fun tho it still needs a little bit of polish, I have some suggestions/feedback: Deflects I believe implementing a deflect or timed block mechanic would make the combat even more fun. A timed block that would not consume stamina or health if done at the right moment, could also do some fatigue damage. It could also bring more ideas for seeds that benefit from perfect blocks/deflects and add build variety Revive Depletion When a teammate is down in the middle of a boss fight, it's nearly impossible to revive them. Instead of the revive progress resetting instantly when you get interrupted, adding a slow depletion to the progress bar would make reviving much more viable while still keeping it challenging. Fixes or QoL Please allow players to roll even while holding the guard button. Right now, guarding and not being able to roll out of it feels unresponsive and clunky.

Gorgeous art in search of a combat identity: right now it sits in the dead middle between power fantasy and skill expression, and satisfies neither. STATE: DROPPED AT HOUR 2, co-op with a friend, played on PC and Steam Deck. Early Access, so this judges the current state (as of July 2026). DESIGN INTENT A punishing co-op soulslike where roguelike blessings make every run a different build, and a band of friends slowly overpowers a hostile desert. WHAT WORKS The art direction is phenomenal: environments, music, and a level of visual clarity that most Early Access titles never reach. It ran flawlessly on both PC and Steam Deck for us (stable FPS, no bugs, no crashes), which deserves credit. Deaths are readable, telegraphs are honest, and the blessing ideas are genuinely original rather than the usual +X% stat sticks. WHAT BREAKS The combat toolkit is too thin to carry the genre's central pillar. There is no parry, no backstab, no perfect dodge: block exists but offers no counterplay reward, so with scarce and costly heals the optimal strategy collapses into pure defensive turtling and pattern memorization. Short weapons like the mace ask for risk the game never pays back. Meanwhile the blessings, original as they are, hit too softly and arrive too rarely: we beat the first two bosses without once feeling stronger, and our second run felt like replaying the first with no power delta. The Curse system, one of the signature features, barely registered in two hours. That is the dead middle: not enough power fantasy to feel growth, not enough combat depth to reward skill. WHAT I'D CHANGE One priority above all: pick a lane. Either lean power fantasy (blessings that come more often and hit much harder, so a run has an arc, the Windblown/Hades model) or lean skill expression (one responsive risk-reward defensive option: a parry, even weapon-specific, or a true perfect dodge). The cheapest first step is the former, since it is mostly tuning, not new systems. I think i would be fun: i played hades and sworn and i loved them. But i was missing the soulslike fighting style where tactics matter more than button spamming. Secondary: surface the Curse system earlier so new players actually feel it. Of course after deciding the lane. VERDICT Buy it if you want a beautiful co-op souls-lite with friends and you are patient with Early Access; the current price is fair for the craft on display. Skip it for now if you are a genre veteran (we have played every Souls game and plenty of soulslikes and roguelikes, so this game is aimed exactly at us). Wishlist it and check back. The art and the ideas deserve a stronger combat core, and if the devs commit to one identity this could become something special. So son't give up on this game! The art direction is crazy good, potentially you can keep creating new maps for years and keep the game (and your cashflow) alive. But dont forget the target of this game is someone that looks for a satisfying combat system more than anything.

2時間で終わったｗ 似てるなぁと思ったゲームはナイトレインよりセイクリッド3だよ！ 斜め見降ろし視点を3人称視点にしただけって感じがした。 ステージクリアしてくのも同じだし。 4面で終わりは短すぎるけど...。 プレイして1900円の値打ちはないｗ無料でいいんじゃないかなｗ 大しておもろいとも思わんかったのでＢＡＤでｗ

Def a fun rouge like, soul like game.

This is cooking out to be a masterpiece. Great combat (it needs more weight), great roguelike elements. Needs more content but its only just came out in EA.

Really good game