What’s different though? Why spend your hard earned moolah on this and not something else. “ So it’s similar to Dark Souls and I like Dark Souls ” I hear you saying and it’s probably what led you to this review.
Instead I kind of just stood there face to face with my attacker awkwardly wondering why for a moment before smiting them down with the righteous justice of my broken pipe. Trying to judge the responsiveness of the controls and my ability to slip back into the genre, the creature lunged and I pressed the wrong button (the sprint button is auto mapped to where the block button is … (excuses!)). Encountering the first enemy with my skills honed by a recent Sekiro run I patiently waited for them to attack. Hellpoint isn’t quite as unforgiving off the bat. Enemies can dismantle you in a few hits and there’s a big ugly monstrosity of a boss enemy at the end of each area but after a while the grind becomes second nature to the player and you essentially out level the opposing force if you invest your levels wisely. The reverse difficulty curve exists here in all its glory with very little tweaks but isn’t quite as unforgiving as it’s inspiration. From the combat system, the mechanics of collecting materials, Hellpoint ’s version of souls (Axioms) to the method of upgrading your arsenal it follows the formula invented and popularised by Mizayaki’s Dark Souls Series. There’s a lot of easy substitution in the premise. The poorly lit, eerily quiet, cold metal architecture almost screams “Danger” as you progress slowly forward through the first enclosed and fairly claustrophobic corridor to your first objective led by the scant directives offered at your activation moments earlier.Ĭlearly inspired by the Dark Souls formula, Hellpoint is one of a number of action RPGs released recently trying to differentiate from the crowd ( Mortal Shell being another – check out Matt’s Review). Instead a catastrophic event creates deep space havoc in Tiny Build & Cradle Games‘ “Soulsborne” inspired Action RPG Hellpoint.Īwakening from a bio pod in the depths of the aforementioned space station in a scene almost reminiscent of Neo’s release back into the real world in the Wackowski Sisters modern epic “The Matrix” its immediately clear all is not well on Irid Novo. Irid Novo was meant to be the pinnacle of human achievement, where the best of us could reach out to the universe and share our knowledge and in turn learn from the cosmos.
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