Alder's Blood is a tactical-strategy RPG with an incredibly rich story that will have you hooked from the tutorial. Where it lacks a little excitement in combat, it definitely makes up for it with the narrative twists and turns that grab at your collar and refuse to let go. The world of Alder's Blood is dark and unforgiving, but it promises a unique challenge that gives you a sense of accomplishment when you finally emerge on the other side.
Alder's Blood
Shockwork Games · Apr 10, 2020
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Alder’s Blood is a stealth, tactical turn-based game set in a grim world, where the nature stood agains humanity and repelled the civilization. Use wide variety of weapons, stay in shadows and prepare deadly traps to survive in combat!
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- 7.0Alder's Blood is a functional game, beautiful, but not exceptionally exciting. On one hand, the game looks great and the writing, while clunky, can inspire a bit of wonder. The gameplay is, however, lacking, as you don’t get too attached to your Hunters, and you don’t do much hunting.
- Alder’s Blood is an intricately detailed game that draws you thoroughly into its world. It is immediately dark and mysterious and you can’t help but soak up the themes of loyalty and compassion, even in scenes of brutal slaughter, betrayal and fear. It is provocative and challenging in a way that hooks you and doesn’t let go.
- I wasn’t sure how it would before playing, and, even afterward, my thoughts on the matter still aren’t entirely concrete. However, I can say this with absolute certainty; Alder’s Blood is undoubtedly unique, and, if you’re fine wading through the problems that exist, like being challenged at every single turn, and don’t mind hanging around for the devs to patch things which don’t work as well as they’d intended (which they’re very actively doing right now, so good on them), then you shouldn’t have too much to lose by checking this game out. Even if things aren’t perfect now, this game’s dark and macabre game seems to have an at least somewhat bright future ahead of it.
- 7.8In Alder’s Blood, I loved to feel like a badass hunter, but the less empowering parts of the game were mostly frustrating. After many hours, I felt like I had seen what there was to see. The story remains compelling, but the gameplay loop starts to grow predictable. There are only so many mission types, and another kind of lumbering beast doesn’t drastically change what you are doing. But Alder’s Blood stuck with me in a strange way that few games do — I credit that to the imaginative story and the eerie tone.
- All in all, Alder’s Blood has all the right parts. Gameplay is solid, with an interesting story, and a variety of mechanics that keep things interesting. However, the difficulty being tied so closely to RNG-based wind means sometimes it really blows to try and finish up a quest. Matching that with inconsistent AI and you have an overall package that falls a tad short of the high expectations. A few minor changes could make this a really special variation on the Bloodborne formula.
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