Verho - Curse of Faces

If you like Kingsfield type games look no further! This game was a ton of fun to play through and the zones have lots of variety and are rewarding to explore through. A good amount of quests for kingsfield/soulslike games that are satisfying and are typically easy enough to understand what you need to do to progress them. If this dev ever makes a Verho 2 or another Kingsfield game, count me in!

Замечательная игра, приятный геймплей, интересный эксплоринг, большое разнообразие оружия. Сюжет понятнее, чем в играх бабадзаки. Единственное, что разочаровало так это однообразие противников. Большая часть врагов, просто перекрасы старых

good

I liked it

Verho is best described as an uncut gem. It has a fair few flaws and rough edges but is really a fantastic experience at its core. I'm going to go into the good, the okay/neutral, and the bad but it's important to note that the majority is good but it's not realistic to go into as much detail on all of that as with what isn't good. So the good... a wide variety of genuinely interesting and fun weapons and spells, solid combat for this kind of game (combat doesn't tend to be their greatest strength imo), most of the areas are well designed and reward exploration, the world and lore are interesting, the visuals are great and the masks make for a very unique style, on and on. I'm listing these out in brief (and it isn't exhaustive) but I don't want to understate that this game is overall very good. The okay and neutral are things I think could go either way for a person, are a mixed bag, I was unimpressed with, etc. First off the voice acting is definitely a mixed bag ranging from excellent to amateur. None of it is so bad as to be a true issue but quality does vary a lot. Second, the boss fights. There are a lot of them for this kind of game and the quality varies a fair bit. I don't consider bosses to really be a selling point for games like this and do think the game would largely be improved if it had about half as many bosses and minibosses. That said, none of them left me frustrated or felt unfair so it's whatever. Third, general enemy design. With a few exceptions I will cover later, enemy design ranges from decent to mildly annoying. There are also a fair few reskins with minor mechanical changes later in the game but I can forgive that given the budget and time constraints they were under (not like we don't see larger devs do even worse in this regard). Overall a mixed bag for sure. Fourth, some of the secrets/puzzles. To be blunt, there are a couple that are the sort of thing you need a community effort or dumb luck to figure out and any normal person will need a guide. This doesn't bother me as the rewards aren't especially important and the whole thing falls into easter egg status for me. But I know it may bother some. Fifth and final, the story and characters. The story (not the world/lore mind you which is solid) is pretty average. Not terrible, not great. The characters are actually more interesting on average and I genuinely like a few a lot but I do think this is a case of your mileage may vary. I could easily see other people finding certain characters annoying or excessively tropey. The bad... oh boy there aren't many bad things but the ones that there are were properly awful for me. First of all, a handful of enemies are frankly inexcusably awful designs. I will avoid spoiler details but suffice to say there are enemies that can clip through terrain/objects to get to you and do so very aggressively for their most dangerous attacks. I cannot emphasize enough how frustrating and unfun this is. It ruined at least one otherwise very well made zone for me. A game like this really wants to reward creative use of the environment, even if it makes certain enemies far easier, and these enemies actively punish you for trying to do that. Second, the final area of the game is honestly awful. It's confusing to navigate but not in a "figuring out the trick/path" way but more "everything looks the same and connects in ways that are not at all intuitive." It's also kinda crap to look at. The four final areas share a general style but of the four, this one was the one I hated to look at. In defense of the devs, my understanding is these last areas were made under a ton of time/budget pressure so I can personally forgive it but I'm not going to lie about my experience. And... that's about it for what I would call truly bad. I can nitpick things sure but these were the only two things that seriously dragged my experience down. I encountered a few bugs here and there, mostly involving getting clipped through the map or into a wall, but they were few and far between. No crashes, performance was fine but a bit worse in endgame areas (played on Steam Deck using latest Proton GE release). The tl;dr here is an overall good but definitely not perfect game that I can comfortably recommend to people who are into the retro "King's Field like" subgenre that is steadily growing. It wears its inspirations on its sleeve and generally does them justice. I prefer Lunacid as an overall experience but that's not a mark against it as Lunacid is a top 10 game for me.

I love the atmosphere. The game was made with love, and care.

genuinely one of the best games I have ever played. Really glad I played this and gave it the time. Im thinking of getting all the achievements at this point.