Eternal Return

Release Date: 2017-02-23

Developer: Pathless Games

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

Price: 6.99

This game will crush you. Face merciless gameplay to explore a cursed castle discover the dark tales of its inhabitants and kill the gods of a decaying world. Eternal Return combines retro graphics and old-school mechanics with modern nonlinear level design and storytelling.Survive to ExploreSlow pacing combined with tight yet unconvential controls builds stress tension and horror during gameplay rather than taking a hack & slash approach. Players build their health stamina and arsenal up from nothing - and earn points by killing enemies to use special weapons to fight their way to the next shortcut.Discover a StorySpeak to NPCs find written messages muse over paintings and explore story-filled architecture to learn or infer the forgotten tales of the crumbling castle and its fading inhabitants - including yourself.Features:Starting with 1 health and 1 stamina to be built up by exploring for upgradesStamina management-combatUnique controls for toe-to-toe combatNo Air controls! (How do they do that anyway?)Realistically-paced attacks for strategy rather than spamming3 primary and 3 secondary weaponsGathering points to use secondary weaponsReturning to your place of death to recover pointsLooping level design around only one central checkpoint with unlockable in-universe fast travel for great immersionLocked doors and optional secret areasHardcore areas with invisible enemies and other crazy challengesSecret healing checkpoints to help further your exploration9 NPCs with voice acting and subtitles20 Levels13 Bosses50+ unique enemy typesDiscover phonographs to find the games soundtrack64 colors!Philosophy!So many jars and barrels that need smashing.