Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
REDEEMER is an intense Brawler where you will punch, hack and blast your way through enemies using fists, hammers, fire arms and even the environment. It grabs the genre by the throat and drags it into 2017 in brutal style by adding a deep melee combat system and numerous unique types of kills. Redeemer is the brawler for those who love brawlers and have been waiting for a modern take on the genre! Play as Vasily, an elite operative who once worked for one of the biggest Cybernetic Weapons Manufacturers in the world. Officially working in security, you were tasked with infiltration, assassination, extortion and even torture. When eventually the corporation decided to turn you into one of its cyborg soldiers, you manage to narrowly escape to a secluded monastery deep in the snowy mountains. For 20 years you tried to find peace and harmony amongst your fellow monks, but you are still too haunted by your murderous past to find either.
Game Discussion
Steam User 10
When John Wick retires to a Russian monastery… and still can’t catch a break.
You play as Vasily, a man who tried inner peace, but decided fists were better than forgiveness. The game is basically 6-8 hours of absolute mayhem, with melee kills so satisfying they might make your underwear musty.
It’s short, sweet, and brutally entertaining. Not perfect, but definitely fun. If you're into punching, smashing, and yelling “CYKA” through your teeth, Redeemer might be a game for you.
Steam User 4
The only issue I have with this game is that there aren't multiple sequels for me to enjoy. Must play.
Steam User 3
Story
Our hero is a man with a past that comes back to hunt him down, retired to a monk temple to start a new life, now he must fight back and kill those who destroy his present life.
Gameplay
Redeemer is a brawler/beat 'em up with top-down view mechanics that offers simple gameplay with a variety of tools to achieve our goal. Martial arts is the main weapon we use, but once we get our hands on fire guns of all kind among other tools, that goes out the window.
Gameplay in general is quite barebones, but satisfying for the most part, it is brutal and bloody, rough around the edges. It is very weird as the game at some point forgets it is a beat 'em up and it turns into a shoot 'em up and we barely use our fists anymore as new and more advanced weapons start to show up.
Graphics
In terms of graphics Redeemer does not offer much, it feels like a PS3 game when it comes to effects, graphics in general, nothing out of the ordinary and horrible things like invisible walls that forbid you to enter certain areas.
Same for effects, standard and nothing spectacular.
Sound and Music
Not much to say here, run of the mill music and effects, voice acting is at least decent.
The Bad
Redeemer is a fun game for what it offers, but the story and main plot are all over the place, it does a poor job at explaining what is going on, we fight normal enemy soldiers with weapons and suddenly we are facing all sorts of mutant monsters in a lab that goes on and on for multiple levels, all this leave you wondering at what point the revenge plot turns into a top down Farcry 1 game... seriously, it starts really good then the plot falls apart a little bit, it forgets it is a beat 'em up, it forgets about martial arts and it's all about new more murderous weapons, is this bad? well it depends on what you like and expect.
Conclusion
Rough around the edges, decent graphics and sound effects Redeemer is a good time waster, a mindless game that will offer a good time of killing for a few hours, do not expect a groundbreaking game.
Steam User 2
feel like Doomslayer in monk outfit:)
if something really bad about this game, it is the enemy is too weak even in hard mode
Steam User 2
A realy great game.
Interesting nearly constant fighting.
A great deal if you get it discounted.
Steam User 1
It's kinda fun, and often shows up with a hefty discount. Not long enough to get too repetitive. Not much of a story, but the punching bit is entertaining enough. Uses surprisingly much GPU for a 2017 game. Probably wasn't optimised very well, but relatively easy to power through today.
Steam User 2
Played on Rog Ally x2. (Says 55hrs played. I must have left it running somewhere. Gameplay was 10hrs max.)
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition has been on my radar/backlog for years it seems.
Anyways. The game is an isometric beat em' up/shooter with a whole bunch of levels, guns, melee weapons, violence and gore. Didnt really follow the story at all just ran around pummelling dudes and monsters "a la Kratos" style. It works. Simple and fun. And if you're here for a quick, cheap and fun game then its well worth your time.
Only slight issues I had was some stuttering in later levels on turbo mode surrounded by mobs and the final levels seem to disappear very quickly and seem to have a bit less thought put into them. First 10 or 12 levels are more maze like with different rooms and then it kind of rushes through to the end. You'll also come across plenty of perks and upgrades on your journey that make clearing out levels easier and a bit more chore like.