![]() You can pick up Hellpoint on GOG or Steam. Although the game has seen bug reports flowing in so it may be a while. Our own Liam has been given a key and will sharing his thoughts as soon as he has spent enough time dying constantly slaughtering his way through the mysterious space station. I’m not particularly skilled at these sorts of games so playing with a buddy sounds like a good way of having fun. It’s nice that the game will also launch with both local and online coop which is definitely a strong plus for me. It’s hard to say just how much freedom the game will provide but I can say that, given the demos and trailers we’ve seen so far, there’s a lot of carnage to expect no matter what. ![]() Stuck on a space station named Irid Novo, the game promises certain dynamism depending on the station’s orbit around a black hole as well as the player’s choices throughout the game. While there seem to be clear influences from games such as Dark Souls, Hellpoint appears to leverage its sci fi elements to its advantage, providing a rather distinct look from other games in its class.Īs seems all too regular when humanity sticks its nose where it doesn’t belong, the game is set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event know as the Merge. Hellpoint merges science fiction with the occult, putting the player at odds with the crazed and with inter-dimensional entities that seem to be hostile to normal life. This is one I’ve been keeping an eye on ever since its initial crowdfunding campaign and early demo. I don’t see the point of suffering through an inferior version of Dark Souls having already completed the original game.YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. I understand Hellpoint came from a small team and a tiny budget, but that cannot forgive the mundane and bad gameplay and level design. It is a very unmemorable cheap knock-off that made me put it down very quickly, whereas Souls kept me pushing through to the end. Blue Sun details the complete story of the Irid Novo space station, and includes. Overall, Hellpoint tries far too hard to imitate Dark Souls instead of distinguishing itself from Dark Souls. Hellpoint will arrive for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on July 12th, and along with it, the Blue Sun DLC. ![]() This doesn’t really work as well for Hellooint simply because the gameplay and visuals aren’t there to complement it. The story of Hellpoint also tries much too hard to imitate Souls by being cryptic and minimalistic in how it is conveyed. This was very problematic as when I entered the Embassy and met my first true OP enemy, it created a vicious circle of death and looping back for my souls, souring me on the game massively. What I found was most of the difficulty came from bad level design, having to traverse long, repetitive and confusing areas with only one ‘bonfire’ that I could find. It wouldn’t be a Souls-like without mentioning the difficulty. Curiously I wasn’t able to do back-stabs, which I’m guessing were not included in the game. The controls are almost identical and the attributes and stats function almost identical to Dark Souls. The brief experience I had with it left me with the impression that unfortunately it was just a poor-man’s Dark Souls again. Overall, the graphics make the game harder to enjoy and harder to play. This made me get lost a lot in levels due to each area looking so familiar that I couldn't tell where I was in a level. Where Dark Souls had compact and diverse areas, Hellpoint sprawls through corridor after corridor of familiar steampunk backgrounds. ![]() The biggest problem I have with Hellpoint's graphics are intertwined with my issues with the level design. The graphics in Hellpoint are not overly problematic other than some framerate issues. What is a problem for me is that Hellpoint plays more like a lower quality version of Dark Souls. Hellpoint aims to be a souls-like and this is not a problem.
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