Ancient Mind

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Ancient Mind is a single player role playing game with a mystery theme. It was developed by HexagonNico and was released on November 20, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Explore a region of mystery and danger in Ancient Mind, a modern take on the classic top-down puzzle-action adventure. Explore dungeons, fight monsters, solve puzzles, and discover the truth about ancient legends. This game will put your spacial awareness to the test with a sequence of environmental puzzles, levels characterized by a non-linear structure made of keys and locks, dungeons full of…

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graphics3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Crisp and inviting pixel art with dynamic lighting and a fitting medieval soundtrack enhance the nostalgic Zelda-like atmosphere.
The game features an interesting dungeon-crawling structure with challenging puzzles and secrets that encourage exploration and discovery.
A unique and helpful hint system overlays clues onto the floor, assisting navigation and puzzle-solving effectively.

Combat is frequently described as awkward, frustrating, and unbalanced, with poor hit detection, limited attack directions, and janky enemy behaviors.
Dungeons reset entirely upon re-entry, forcing players to redo puzzles, fights, and exploration, leading to repetitive backtracking and high frustration.
Numerous quality-of-life issues exist such as clunky UI for item management, lack of map markers for unexplored sections, softlocks, bugs, and a problematic requirement to alter system time to progress.

gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay receives mixed feedback, with some praising its charming, classic dungeon-crawling and puzzle design, while others criticize trivial puzzles, poor quality-of-life features, unfair and buggy combat and movement mechanics, and problematic achievement implementation. Overall, it captures a nostalgic feel but suffers from technical issues and outdated mechanics.
- “Charming art style and fun gameplay loop!”
- “Loving the puzzles and enemy mechanics.”
- “It has trivial puzzles, terrible quality of life, unfair and bugged movement and combat mechanics, and may cause issues with your PC in pursuit of achievements—plus the hardest achievement is bugged and crashes the game instead of awarding.”
- “This game is actually pretty decent, but the gameplay feels outdated, like from 1997.”
- “It's like if you took the Zelda-like dungeon-crawling gameplay, removed all the fluff around it, and treated the dungeons more like individual levels in a platformer.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is minimal and often vague, with cutscenes that add little clarity, leading to some confusion. However, it encourages player exploration and discovery, which some find engaging. Overall, the game prioritizes dungeon gameplay over a rich narrative or character development.
- “The story is interesting and invites you to figure things out yourself; I've only cleared the game any% and haven't seen everything yet, but I'm really liking how it's turning out so far.”
- “One more thing: this game focuses mainly on the dungeon aspect of Zelda, so if there is one critique I have, it's that I wished it had more of a story, more characters, cities, etc. However, you will get a lot more dungeons than any Zelda game to make up for this!”
- “The game's story is a giant nothing sandwich, often bothering you with cutscenes that basically say nothing.”
- “You really lose the story after a while.”
- “This game focuses mainly on the dungeon aspect of Zelda, so one critique I have is that I wished it had more of a story, more characters, cities, etc.”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are praised for their crisp, pixel art style and charming, cute aesthetic, which significantly enhances the game's overall appeal.
- “Pixel graphics were crisp and inviting, the game's biggest strength for certain.”
- “The graphics and overall aesthetic is solid.”
- “Charming art style and fun gameplay loop!”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is generally well-received, with some tracks being memorable and fitting the medieval theme. It complements the lovely art and engaging gameplay effectively.
- “The art is lovely, music is great, level design and puzzles are super fun.”
- “Stock music was fine, and at times even memorable.”
- “Wither-level medieval soundtrack.”
- “Wither-level medieval soundtrack”