Hellpoint

I will do a quick Pros/Cons then dive into detail, but first as a big fan of souls-like games, I can easily recommend this to anyone who is looking to scratch that itch, yes it is not perfect, but it is an indie game made by an 11 person team with what I can only imagine was a small budget, so yes it has its flaws, but I look at the game like a rough diamond.
Pros:
- Amazing Setting (Occult Sci-fi)
- Cool And Interesting Mechanics
- Plenty Of Areas To Explore
- Awesome Gameplay
Cons:
- Bugs (Hit detection)
- Poor Bosses
- Lack Of Enemy Variety
- Difficulty (Too easy for me)
- Duplicate Loot
This game brings some pretty neat mechanics to the table, one of them being a Clock at the top left, some funky things happen at certain times, for example, 2 times a day there will be a storm, and during the hours of these storms enemies are stronger, drop better loot, spawn mini-bosses, and in some areas makes rooms fighting arenas where you fight waves of enemies and get some cool loot when you win. And then every day there is a ‘Black Hole Hour’ and during this hour secrets are revealed in many areas.
Another cool mechanic is that most weapons have EXP bars and the more you use the weapon the more it levels up and unlocks new abilities and gets stronger.
I also enjoy the gameplay this game has to offer, yes it has it's problems, sometimes hits just straight up don’t register, this is not a common occurrence but it does happen so be aware of that, also enemies sometimes hit you when they’re nowhere near you, and in some cases hit you when they’re dead!
The areas in this game range from very bland to very interesting, it is set in space so everything is made of metal, even the ‘trees’ don’t expect to roam around vibrant wilderness, but I do love the setting and the occult themes within it
The storytelling is told in an obscure manner, I get the general gist of the story, but games like this for me that is all I need, I play these types of games for the difficulty, which, unfortunately, the game does fall short of, I don’t know if it's just my experience with souls like games or if it's the fact this game is just easy, I still enjoy the game, I just wish it was harder, especially the bosses, I’ve have never gotten stuck on one and have killed them all within 1 or 2 attempts.
Speaking of the bosses, they are all just bigger versions of regular enemies, you kill a boss and then in the next area there are 20 of them running around but just smaller, the only difference being, aside from the size, it's that sometimes the boss version might have an extra move or 2, I like to think that is down to the small development team not having resources to design, animate, etc a whole new enemy just for one boss fight so they had to reuse assets to save money, that’s the way I see it but I could be wrong.
The most annoying thing in this game for me is the duplicate loot, I’ve come across so many duplicate armor sets and weapons, and it's even worse when you find the duplicate in a secret area, imagine you find a very hidden secret area, you get really excited when you find a table with a gold glowing orb on it, you pick it up wondering what it might be, and it ends up being the armor set you are already wearing! Yeah, I’d be pretty ticked off too because I was when this happened to me.
So yes, this game is not perfect, but to me, it is not boring, even though the flaws I’ve stated can be very annoying and the bosses are weak, I still enjoy the game and I would recommend it to souls like fans, the developers care about improving and fixing the game, they are very active in the reviews and discussions and I can tell how dedicated they are, they’ve made a great game here, and if they address the negative issues, it has the potential to be amazing.
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(I had to cut quite a lot out of this review because for some reason it just wouldn't post to steam and it wouldn't tell me why so i shortened it by a few paragraphs and then it posted so i'm guessing i hit the word limit)

I haven't reviewed a Steam game in years, but I feel like I need to give this one a nod.
To be frank, I expected to buy this and refund it within an hour but something about it truly did grab me. As someone with at least a thousand hours across the Souls series across multiple platforms, I've been extremely disappointed in Soulslike attempts like The Surge and Lords of the Fallen with their odd, floaty combat. Somehow, Hellpoint's weapons feel the more DS1-accurate than any other game I've played to this point.
It's far, far from perfect, with glitches and somewhat easy bosses abound, but something about its weapon feel and its sincerity has kept me glued to it. I love the strange story of the station and some of the art on display is top notch. I finished my first place through and immediately started going through NG+ to aim for a few areas I know I missed, and I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time just being summoned to help when the multi comes up.
Keep your expectations in check regarding this $35 indie title and you'll really have a neat time. I hope they get the buzz they need to continue supporting it.

Basically Space Souls, and a really good one. Perfectly captures that feeling of a new game where you don't know where to go, what to do, and how to build your character, and nobody else know either. Had a lot of fun just exploring stuff.
Graphics are good enough with some great views and overall design. Enemy variety is fine as well as weapon selection - STR and DEX weapons, ranged weapons and magic - the game allows you to try it all without having to fully commit to locking yourself in one direction which is great. I liked the way you can "master" a weapon for some nice and extra abilities e.g. a gun can become a grenade launcher or a shotgun. It's pretty flexible in terms of builds, and allows you to play around a bit resulting in either quite challenging game play or being able to cheese anything in the game on NG.
Level design is just great, a fully interconnected world with some good looking vistas and a TON of secrets. You can breeze through a location just to find out there's another location in a location, with a secret connecting it to previous one, and it's like that the entire game. Crazy!
My only gripe with the game is the horrible P2P multiplayer which just doesn't work. In 30-something hours of playtime I was able to join another player only TWICE. Couldn't play with my buddy and we tried everything, all the router port forwarding mumbo-jumbo which honestly you shouldn't be doing in 2020. There's couch coop but this isn't a real substitution to a normal multiplayer.
Other that that it's a great game, hard to believe it was crafted by just seven people. Fully recommend!

Dark Souls in space.

-Brilliant level design and art
- Creepy atmosphere and art
- Engaging combat mechanics
- Full online PVP and COOP

Free demo available ! - look for "Thespian Feast" (doesn't come with the latest patches and fixes tho)

I really don't understand the negative reviews I'm reading here. This game is great. The atmosphere is very well done and the combat is solid. A bit of a horror vibe like Bloodborne has, which I like a lot. Ran into a few bugs, but I expect these will be patched soon.
Just know that, when people call this Dark Souls in space, they're not kidding. Expect exactly that. However, this is a pretty solid Souls clone. Bosses are well designed and there are lots of secrets and interlooping paths. If you are looking for Dark Souls in a SciFi setting, you've come to the right place.

If you expect to have AAA quality in an indie game, then don't bother with this. If you are ready to embrace some jankiness, then Hellpoint is a gem. A rough one, but a gem!
Visually the game is ok, on a technical side it's clearly an indie game, but devs went with a realistic look, and they managed to pull it off. What really drives it is art style, it's a great mix of sci-fi, cosmic horror and kind of reminds me of E.Y.E. Great atmosphere all around, from tight and spooky corridors to giant and bright zones of cosmic gods. Atmosphere is also helped by good audio, especially ambient stuff.
Gameplay is where most of the indie clunkiness comes in. Some of the hitboxes can be weird, some weapons allow you to stunlock enemies to death, and some will just miss for no reason. But it's very clear that devs put a lot of thought into all of it, because it's fun despite those flaws. Animations are tight, impact from hitting enemies feels good, dodging is quite forgiving, but not too easy, enemies have good variety of attacks that are very clearly telegraphed, but not too slow and all of that leads to a nice and comfortable learning curve. So far game is a little bit on easy side (i also have a ton of experience in souls-like games), but i rather have easier game than some bullshit mechanic just for the sake of "difficulty". Closest thing that i can think of in terms of balance is going to be original Dark Souls and that's a very high praise. What concerned me most after playing demo is level design and platforming. And those worries came somewhat true. Level design can be quite hit and miss, there are some levels that are very compact, have nice and easy to remember layout and work really well. And then there are levels where i got completely lost. Some dead end levels too, that just stopped and lead to nowhere. Overall i think it's rather good, and after all i believe good level design is probably the hardest part for souls-like games. And with level design comes platforming. It's cool to have it in a game like this, but there are lots of places where it's not entirely obvious if you would make the jump or not, and it's really hard to tell if you need to sprint before jumping or not, which lead to a lot of deaths for me, because i felt like i need to sprint and ended up overshooting the platform and dying. I would really like devs to take a note from FromSoft book and instead of character dying just put him back at the place of jump with a little less health. So far i really enjoyed bosses i've met, but i wish dev haven't reused them as enemies in later parts of the game :(
Overall, it's obviously not a perfect game. Despite that, it's clear that devs put insane amount of love and passion for the genre into this game, and i can say that this is one of the better indie souls-like games.

Good souls game. Will not make people who don't like souls games like souls games. But people who like souls games will like this souls game. Souls Game