Blessed Surface
- February 27, 2019
- Reki
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Reviews
- The game offers a unique and creative experience with a variety of mechanics and abilities that encourage experimentation.
- Exploration is rewarding, with a vast world filled with interesting enemies, items, and secrets to discover.
- Despite its rough edges, the game has a charm and depth that can hook players who enjoy challenging and unconventional gameplay.
- The controls and inventory system are clunky and unintuitive, making it difficult for players to manage items and understand mechanics.
- Many gameplay elements lack clear explanations, leading to confusion and frustration, especially for new players.
- The game can be excessively difficult, with high enemy health pools and punishing mechanics that may deter casual gamers.
- gameplay28 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
Gameplay is characterized by a steep learning curve due to awkward controls and minimal tutorials, leading to initial frustration with its many unexplained mechanics. However, once players acclimate, they can enjoy a unique and content-rich experience, particularly through the engaging boss rush loop. Despite its potential, issues like clunky UI, scarce item distribution, and some mechanics feeling unnecessary detract from the overall experience.
“Although the lack of information can be a source of frustration sometimes, it's also a lot of fun experimenting with the huge variety of mechanics and equipment.”
“There are secret mechanics abound, events that happen at certain times, and a world that feels alive thanks to the movement and spawning of its creatures.”
“Then slowly but surely you begin to understand movement, controls, physics, mechanics, weapons, armors, abilities, everything.”
“Tutorial elements are minimal - a big part of gameplay is figuring out how everything works.”
“There's no music, the UI is clunky, the item distribution is weird and a bit too scarce, many things don't really work like I'm certain they're intended to (certain items that you can pick up, specifically), the gameplay feels slower than it should.”
“Clunky as hell, unnecessary mechanics.”
- music8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally praised for its quality and ability to enhance the 8-bit aesthetic, with each area featuring distinct and enjoyable tracks. However, some users noted a lack of music in certain parts, which detracted from the overall experience. Overall, while the sound design is highlighted as brilliant, inconsistencies in music presence and gameplay elements were also mentioned.
“The music is great, and every area is a different banger. Heck, all of the sound design in this game is just brilliant.”
“There's no music, the UI is clunky, the item distribution is weird and a bit too scarce. Many things don't really work like I'm certain they're intended to (certain items that you can pick up, specifically). The gameplay feels slower than it should be.”
“The music really complements the 8-bit style the game is going for.”
“Relaxing exploration and music.”
- story6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is described as strange and enigmatic, contributing significantly to the game's overall atmosphere. Players find themselves intrigued by its complexity, with many elements remaining unclear, which encourages exploration through puzzles and side quests. Despite its oddities, the narrative is considered intuitive and engaging.
“The story is weird, the creatures are weird, the weapons are weird, and yet despite all of this weirdness, it's intuitive.”
“There are a lot of things I still don't understand about the game, and there are some puzzles I need to solve and side quests I want to complete.”
“I won't spoil anything, as the story lends to the atmosphere.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is intricately tied to its story, creating an immersive experience that enhances the overall narrative without revealing any spoilers.
“I won't spoil anything, as the story lends to the atmosphere.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is criticized for being buggy and lacking essential features, leading to a counterintuitive experience that many users find strange and unsatisfactory.
“It's buggy, it's bare bones, counterintuitive, and above all else, it's weird, weird, weird.”
- graphics2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics are characterized by a unique aesthetic that blends creepy, pretty, and cute elements, resulting in a predominantly weird visual experience.
“The graphics are a unique blend of creepy, pretty, and cute, creating an overall aesthetic that is mostly just weird.”
“The graphics are a mix of creepy, pretty, and cute, but mostly just weird.”
