Great pixelart, creepy soundtrack, wonderful physics - but it's lacking the same action as the demo.

I wanted to like this game a lot, and after playing the demo I was pretty hyped for more of the same. However, the gameplay has become slow and tedious, and the few good combat scenes were shortly over with. It felt like the AI wasn't nearly as impressive as it was in the demo.

The puzzles and gameplay are easy and linear, with plenty of Metroidvania. The gameplay loop is as follows:

Enter room. Kill things in room. If you can't kill things in room, go the one or two directions you're allowed to move in. Kill things and pull switch. Go to newly opened door.

If you get disoriented, you can spend fifteen minutes trying to find where that door you needed was. In case wandering around aimlessly isn't your thing, they also added a clumsy human character to control to really slow down the pace of the game to a crawl and extend the play time.

Great pixelart, creepy and depthy soundtrack, wonderful physics, REALLY impressive marketing (the dev is currently playing the game dressed in a full creature suit). But where's the thrill? Where's the hunting? Each of the rooms where it's prey vs monster feels like it's over before it's begun.

I enjoyed the demo much more than the finished game.

(I should add I played the demo a few weeks ago. It's possible the game seems empty because the demo was basically the first hour of gameplay, but it really feels like all the extra rooms have spread the thrill of the hunt too thin like so little butter on too much bread)

Great pixelart, creepy soundtrack, wonderful physics - but it's lacking the same action as the demo. I wanted to like this game a lot, and after playing the demo I was pretty hyped for more of the same. However, the gameplay has become slow and tedious, and the few good combat scenes were shortly over with. It felt like the AI wasn't nearly as impressive as it was in the demo. The puzzles and gameplay are easy and linear, with plenty of Metroidvania. The gameplay loop is as follows: Enter room. Kill things in room. If you can't kill things in room, go the one or two directions you're allowed to move in. Kill things and pull switch. Go to newly opened door. If you get disoriented, you can spend fifteen minutes trying to find where that door you needed was. In case wandering around aimlessly isn't your thing, they also added a clumsy human character to control to really slow down the pace of the game to a crawl and extend the play time. Great pixelart, creepy and depthy soundtrack, wonderful physics, REALLY impressive marketing (the dev is currently playing the game dressed in a full creature suit). But where's the thrill? Where's the hunting? Each of the rooms where it's prey vs monster feels like it's over before it's begun. I enjoyed the demo much more than the finished game. (I should add I played the demo a few weeks ago. It's possible the game seems empty because the demo was basically the first hour of gameplay, but it really feels like all the extra rooms have spread the thrill of the hunt too thin like so little butter on too much bread)