Blood Radiant
Blood Radiant is a lovecraftian soulslike action-RPG. Explore a mythical island at the intersection of many space-times while you find weapons, battle eldritch abominations, uncover secrets, and talk to NPCs in a dark quest to achieve ultimate power.
The island is populated by strange creatures from other realms. They seem to be intent on killing you. Combat is difficult and requires precision. You’ll need to circle the enemy and dodge roll out of harms way as you manage your stamina carefully.
At the end of each level, you will be faced with a boss battle that will test both your wits and skill. A boss might seem impossible at first, but with careful observation and discipline, the bosses will fall to your sword.
Humans also live on the island, and they harbor many dark secrets. Speak with the locals to uncover dark knowledge about humanity’s true place in the cosmos. But remember that some say ignorance is bliss!
Treasure boxes placed around the island provide weapons, items, and power ups. But beware — the contents of these boxes changes with each playthrough. Killing enemies provides Radiance, which allows you to upgrade your characters’s strength, stamina, or health. The game is loopable with NewGame+, but you’ll need to play carefully to advance because if you run out of lives, permadeath kicks in and you have to go back to the beginning of the game.
- 15 weapons with different pros and cons
- 10 levels with 10 bosses
- NPCs reveal clues and lore
- 5 different endings
- NewGame+ loopable
Game Discussion
Steam User 6
Interesting concept, good dodge and parry mechanics. There are some issues when playing with a keyboard and mouse when accessing the menus, and for some reason it indicates it's a VR game upon launch
Steam User 2
It's pretty basic, janky and not much I can say on a technical level but it's been pretty fun. Kind of feels like a fever dream of a 90's PC game nobody ever heard about.
Fun indie game as long as you take it for what it is.
Steam User 5
this is insane. and i kinda like. tons of jank, tons of creativity, tons of fun
Steam User 1
The atmosphere is great, quirky NPCs, decent fighting mechanics. You get to become best bros with cthulu if you'd like (in one of the endings), what more can you ask for.
Some jank: upgrading weapons had weird behavior. But for an indie game (or even a souls game...) it wasn't too buggy. I only attacked off a ledge a few times fighting the controls.
Would recommend if you're looking for an indie souls-like with weird vibes.
Steam User 1
a great game. i think when some bugs are ironed out, its easily a 4/5 type of game. the graphics are just incredible, and its not obnoxiously hard like many in this genre tend to be, its just a lot of fun to explore and encounter enemies.
some reviews have mentioned the way weapons work, and i would have to agree with them, i dont like very much that when you pick up a new weapon it just completely replaces the one you have, and you cant go back to the one you had, and you lose all your weapon upgrades. maybe the idea is that by doing this, it balances out the game being relatively easy, but i noticed that when entering newgame+, you keep all of your weapon upgrades, so why not let the player keep them when they pick up a new weapon? since you can find the same weapon again in a chest later, it would make this system so much less punishing. or, at the very least, maybe allowing the player to alt f4 when picking up a new weapon but deciding they dont want it, or they did it by accident. its kind of crazy you can just ruin your save file by hitting accept on a chest you open.
BUT, i still think this game is great. for the type of game it is i think the price is a bit high, but if you like souls likes and are mesmerized by the graphics you see in the trailer/screenshots, it is a pretty good time. i will definetely return to this game after a few patches come out. thank you david disco for a timeless classic
Steam User 4
Cool Game