I do hope they update the combat to have an upwards and downwards attack because against enemies who fly it can become annoying, instead of challenging, to try and hit them I also believe this would make the combat and movement of the game feel much smoother.Įxorcist Arts are your spells they’re cast using mana that you gain in various different ways, such as attacking, and use that to unleash a powerful magic attack depending on which Art you have equipped. Fighting the demons you encounter is fun and challenging especially against the bosses, however against the smaller enemies you fight in between it can become dull quite quickly this is because the enemies aren’t challenging (I died once to regular enemies) so it becomes more of a chore. The combat is not all too unfamiliar from the usual souls-like formula including parry, dodge, block, attack and magic commands.

Delving deeper into the NPC backgrounds and giving us more depth to the locations would be beneficial to the narrative and greatly affect the emotions of the player when going through large plot events that are currently told in 10 second cutscenes, skipping a lot of detail and preventing you from interacting with characters in the aftermath to learn more. Despite the game currently being incomplete and a few translation errors, the story is very well planned and has a lot of potential as it stands I am looking forward to learning more about the character stories beyond what has been offered so far. As you make your way through the game you come to learn of the dark pasts behind the characters and locations you encounter on your journey.

At the start of the game it quickly becomes apparent that things are not what they seem and your job as an exorcist is not an easy one. In the game you play as Lu Yunchuan, an exorcist sent to find and kill a demon terrorising the east. Also, the game is pretty difficult! While gamers are not unfamiliar with gorgeous looking 2D side-scroller hits such as Cuphead and Hollow Knight, the gameplay needs to be just as good as it looks for it to be a highly rated game. The gameplay is a clean 2D side-scrolling RPG with a hint of souls-like inspiration meaning you lose ‘Power’ upon death, have a refillable healing item and rest at shrines to fully heal as well as level up. With a Chinese inspired art style, each frame is hand-drawn Wildfire Games have served us a visually stunning game. Eastern Exorcist is, to put it simply, a work of art.

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