The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu

Super cool game in concept. It puts me back to how games were made back in PS3/360 days which is a good thing. What I eman by that that it is straight to the point, mystery, no holding hands, has some rough corners that makes it better rather than worse. THe feedback from firing guns and fighting in melee are very satsfying However. This game suffers with a lot of painstaking bugs, issues in optimization and a very janky melee combat (devs said themselves this was more or less put in in the last minute) Which was 100% a good move becasue it would be a very strange without combat in a combat oriented game. Reaing their philosopy they have some very strange ideas about balancing the game and rather not wanted to havecombat,why? THe game became way more interesting that way. Why cant you block? THeir answer to that is ppl might become so good that they can overcome everything making the game not scary. Have you ever played darksouls gentlemen? I beleive you can have blocks and still have it skillbased/resource limit how long you can block. THe game has already so manydifficulties that sometimes it feels way too overwhelming with the illusions on top of that. THe caravan that follows you is sometimes incredibly frustrating as it sometimes runs away freom you.. why? Now I have to run after it... Why is it moving to other areas where I am not at? If this was intentional by the devs they should make it more clear to why that is. Otherwsie it wil lbe seen as a bug or a poorly written AI. When you play solo,which is doable and quite fun. However the AI companion you get is also incredibly frustrating of their AI. IT runs to other places where you are not at. This game rewards staying together... When you need to do a group thing, it does everything except helping you do the grp thingwhich ultimately locks you from reward areassince it doesnt know what to prioritize. Why cant you change inventory where the itmes sits so you can have your assigned hotkey on them? I have so much space but if I want to switch to my bow I need to press 2 and melee on 7 because that is where they were placed in my inventory slot andf I cant change it... Playing solo if you are unlucky there is a chance that the game could throw at you 10+ mobs at the same time and that is very brutal even when you are fully kitted with weapons and armor. THe game needs some seirous balancing in that regard. I would still recommend this game as I personally can look pass these issues and have fun and appreciate for what it is and hope they fix these issues and change their philosopy about the combat so it has the potential in becoming great. But not everyone will be able to look pass these issues and might transalte into a very frustrating expeirence. So if you wanna try, you will have an amazing expeirence of the world itself and the mystqiue at the cost of frustrating combat mechanics, bugs & poor optimized game. At its current state you will either love it and can look pass it like me or be frustrated and get overwhelmed by the jankiness, taking away that fun.

I think it's a very unique game and does things that other games have not. It has a few bugs , I love that it's cross play. Definitely don't regret buying. Keep up the good work!

it was fun with people definitely not a solo game

Evitatelo e aspettate che lo aggiustano (Se lo aggiustano). - Nemici immortali che ti uccidono in un colpo - Lobby che crashano -bug e compenetrazioni a palate - Hit box stendiamo un velo pietoso. La mia recensione cambierà ovviamente se vedrò da parte degli sviluppatori il giusto impegno, per il resto evitatelo.

RNG based bs instead of there being a skill ceiling or coherent mechanics. Random ahh throw up worm, random ahh tree whip, random ahh ♥♥♥♥ you cant react to that will end your current run like the random dude popping from the ground, the forest kidnapping you mid escape sending you way more back while letting the enemies know where you went immediately. Was fun for the first couple of hours but once you keep playing it the randomness get annoying instead of it being something you can play around.

Crazy? I was crazy once. They left me on an island A haunted island A haunted island full of tentacles The tentacles made me crazy

Even though this game could use a bit of polish in certain areas, I think it's a very fun exploration experience if you're able to play in a group of 2-4 friends. :) I'm leaving a positive review for support and hopes of this game getting a bit of polish, because it has good potential of becoming even better.