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Psychojack8810 days ago

You are the Goblin Slayer

This game has a good mix of procedural and immersive take in a anime-fantasy. We don't have many anime fantasy VR games. The positives of the game is that it doesn't hold your hand. Battles are very unpredictable at times where you can get your weapons swatted aside and must think on your feet like a movie. The goblins, though small, can easily take you out within a few attacks. I like the unsettling quiet and the overall emptiness of the dungeon, making you feel so isolated and even fearful if you dial the brightness down. If there is a negative I would say the only real negative is a lack of a story and interaction with Cleric. The other is sometimes the physics act up, where the goblins skulls act like steel armor or weapons fly away despite no force applied to deflecting your blows. The game starts off each time with stealth first. You need to be careful as to how you handle goblins so you have enough health to save Cleric. Once Cleric is free the game shifts where you're feeling invincible and carefree, since Cleric is consistently healing you. I like the little tavern at the end of each level, I wish it was occupied with more, people, girls that we can save or fight alongside with. I see potential in this setup for more story based or roguelite games with more enemies/goblin types to face, more weapons with unique enchantments, different types of dungeons, bosses and more story involving Cleric or even more heroines to meet and save. (Would be cool if we had different classes or types of heroines, starting with Cleric herself, and a warrior and even a sorcerer as the difficulty ramps up. Maybe even have an upgrade system.) Exploring and hunting missions could be used. And you can bring along Cleric. I would love for an update for this game. It's straight to the point and has a good repetitiveness that immerses you despite the first glance of the game. I actually have successfully saved Cleric with no damage and now she's safe at the tavern.

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OctopusmanSep 27, 2024 at 12:37 PM

Phoned in combat system

The collision detection is practically make believe. After playing Sword and Sorcery, and Swordsman, I expected at least SOME realism in the weapons handling and combat. Hitting the enemies are seemingly up to some kind of invisible Dice Roll system, because you can walk up and stick a blade into a goblin and it will not register anything except your own disbelief that nothing happened after inserting a blade handle deep into some goblin ribs....for zero damage of course. This seems like a very easy problem to fix, considering these dingle berries also did Sword and Sorcery.

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Stiff_BoynanaApr 11, 2023 at 7:06 AM

The most interesting game I've played

Oh boy where do I start. Cleric and Goblins was a game I have no history on in terms of ambition to play, its a dungeon crawler with by far the hardest gameplay in my experience. In terms of the overall combat, the goblin enemies are very varied, they are literal statues when you try and attack them, on another note it is hard to determine when you are dealing damage, the physics work okay, armor and weapon collision need no prior input. Sometimes direct hits from blades will bounce right off as if their skin was steel. The weaponry slip out of your hand from fast movement or minor bumps in terrain which is profoundly irritating, also makes no sense when you can professionally flip bladed weapons with ease. However it is a great feature if balanced out more, perhaps enemies can disarm you instead or swinging too much will loosen grip. The weight of long weaponry is extremely heavy, needs more compensation. The physical gripping and force grip is very wonky, you cannot reach fully to the ground no matter the height setting which aces difficulty when picking up items in certain conditions. The force grab ability needs close proximity and precise targeting or perhaps it is not configured correctly. The cleric, a stressful and obnoxious figure. I am completely clueless on the nature of games like these but the cleric appears too unprincipled, she's pretty much invincible which makes her less of a priority, the goals and logic are in the sky and she makes really weird noises. The cleric walks out the tavern, gets kidnapped forcing the protagonist (player) to return the favour by rescuing the cleric. This scenario repeats in increasing difficulty. The gameplay needs variety, maybe traps and different enemies can be present in dungeons, a bit of story and reason can bring customers to invest in the game. There could be an upgrade system in which you increase strength, defence, armour, weaponry, abilities, etc. What is good about the game is the simplistic idea overall, the challenge is there and it is possible to win. You can use coins as landmarks, perhaps there should be a currency which is affected by said landmark feature. The adrenaline when the cleric is rescued and are both tasked with a hasty exit is awesome, the music and the potential power of constant regeneration brings out an inner berserk. With absolute determination this game can go places, and I just realised I wrote an unnecessarily long review. Do not take the cons into heart because I have hopes for this.

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PhilozuFeb 11, 2023 at 8:52 PM

My most-played game—intense!

The more I play this game the more I appreciate it. I can understand there being some low star reviews by people who didn’t play long enough or perhaps just missed the point of the game. At first the weapons seemed difficult to handle and keep hold of. And sharp ones can stick for a while in the goblins. But I learned that they can be picked up again easily at a distance with the grasp triggers and turned around in a hand when necessary by pressing A or X. (The weapons that another reviewer complained flopped around like noodles are actually long two-handed weapons that can indeed sometimes flop around if held in one hand—but they are still pretty effective when used that way.) Things will go wrong, especially in the hectic later parts of the game. But for me that is just part of the challenge and the charm of this game. Fighting the goblins is very tactical and the wounds on them accumulate. A particular tactic I’d recommend is to lure individual goblins into tunnels away from their companions as much as possible to fight them on their own. Some of the more beautiful weapons found deeper in the caves are also particularly effective ones. There are lots of nice touches like different food each time in the tavern from which each adventure starts. There’s a neat medieval town that you can see through the windows if you happen to get close to them. Very atmospheric caves, differently arranged every time. The goblins’ victim you are finding and rescuing is nice indeed and restores health magically during your remaining fights to get out of the cave after you find her. She does trip herself up and fall over a lot—even more than the goblins. Be patient with her. The structure of the game is great. In the first bit of the game you are rescued in the woods by the magical woman that you will later be rescuing in the caves, and then you find yourself in a tavern. On a bulletin board is a poster saying she has gone missing. You click on the poster and are in a complex and moody goblin cave looking for the woman. If you die from your injuries in fighting goblins, you find yourself back in the tavern and can start again by clicking the poster again. The caves are arranged differently each time you go into them. Initially the poster has a single star on it. If the rescue is successful, you return in triumph to the tavern with the woman who then leaves. When you look at the poster again you see that she needs rescuing again. But this time there are two stars on the poster and the cave will be even bigger, more interesting and more challenging. With four stars (for me only after weeks of playing) the game is awe-inspiringly challenging. The caves are enormous and elaborate. I don’t know how many further levels there are—but this game sure has great longevity. The developers seem to pay a lot of attention to the game. I’ve seen them add practice at fighting goblins, new weapons and increased numbers of health potion flasks to be found in the difficult later cave systems.

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