Early Access Review

From the same developer who brought us the quick rubbish asset cash grab known as 'Home Sweet Home' https://twitter.com/fabiogcunha who I flamed after analysing his twitter feed, thought he should have known better.Here in compensation I have been sent a game which not only confirms this fact, but after raising the bar somewhat since this seems to be the current pinnacle showcase of his developing career, leaves me with serious question marks as to his intentions or more rather as to his abilities in understanding what makes a good game.The improvement in comparison to his other cash grabs is that there is clearly some love and care placed into this one. Greater effort has gone into visuals which I chalk up to the fact that he has simply sold his Casio keyboard present in other games and used the money to buy better programmes and assets. Alas, my funny bone was looking forward to his Casio keyboard rendition of the theme music behind 'Dark Souls' even if my ears weren't.The extra positive for me that this b grade game gave me was a good laugh thanks to the whimsical concept of gameplay and the barbaric execution of the AI. On the store page he likens the game to 'Dark Souls' as if this was 'Dark Souls 4' in the making. He further makes reference to this inspiration by stating that the enemies within the game, you will need to be 'careful' of and that they 'can easily kill you'. Bull. The Ai are as clever as a Viking plastered in the tavern at happy hour. All 5 different enemies are easy to kill. Left mouse button is for attack and right mouse button is for defend. Problem is you can simply hold down right mouse button while attacking, meaning the enemies cannot get you. Plus they don't run away, they just stand there and take the lashing being delivered. Furthermore you can simply press F7 and all the enemies will immediately perish. Since there are only 5 levels, thanks to the F7 trick you can complete the game in about 30 - 50 seconds. Achievement hunters will then need to leave the game idle for about an hour to obtain the last remaining achievement from 3.The developer wanting feedback, seems to only be interested in making more levels, which only adds weight to something that is rather superficial and empty. There is no story, no game depth, no character progression, and no message point. Entertainment value is simply the foolish concept that this is a 'dark soul' equivalent.While the visuals in the last level is stunning, and future music (not Casio related) would add some spirit to the game. The real problem is the actual concept of being simply plunked down on a landscape to hack away at stationary horned lemmings is a clear see-through fact that the developer lacks imaginary talent.Borrowing gaming concepts is nothing new. Improving concepts is better. But for those that can't due to a lack of programming skill then humour is often able to bridge that gap by giving the consumer an exaggerated good time. But until this game developer takes a moment and ponders on what he is trying to achieve, what message he wants to convey, what experience he wants to give the consumer, what original and unique concept he can master. Unfortunately this game and developer will offer nothing more than a pretty picture here and there. Without a proper padded body, it's rather soulless.Below is the complete game thanks to F7...If you enjoyed reading this review please subscribe to my curator page. Thanks...