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Darkless

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24%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
40% User Score Based on 10 reviews

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Darkless is a single player casual platformer game with fantasy, mystery and comedy themes. It was developed by Experimental Studio and was released on October 31, 2023. It received negative reviews from players.

Darkless looms over the Silent Mansion under the mysterious moonlight! Ghosts and spirits lurk, seeking to sow fear, but it could be that Nameless has unleashed more than he imagined. After being sentenced to the prison of a lamp as punishment for defying the powerful organization that rules the Mansion, Nameless is willing to do whatever it takes to defeat his enemies. Will you join him in th…

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40%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews
music1 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • The game has a charming family-friendly visual style with strong and bright colors and pleasant Halloween-themed music.
  • Controls are responsive, allowing precise movement including high and low jumps, making platforming generally solid.
  • Each level features unique gimmicks and the boss fights are varied, mixing platforming with arcade-style battles.
  • The game suffers from severe optimization issues including lag, screen parts covered in blackness, and no resolution options, making it unplayable on some systems.
  • There are multiple game-breaking bugs, including progression not counting during boss fights, requiring level restarts and causing significant frustration.
  • Poor camera control with forced auto-zoom in difficult sections reduces player control, and some levels are excessively frustrating due to poor visibility and design.

  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The graphics are widely criticized for being outdated and lackluster, resembling simplistic flash game visuals rather than utilizing modern 3D graphics. Despite this, some find the game fun, but the poor visual quality and technical issues detract significantly from the overall experience.

    • “The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?).”
    • “Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games.”
    • “Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now.”

  • gameplay

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay features responsive controls that enable precise movement, such as high and low jumps, enhancing player control. However, some mechanics, like the light visibility and the Tetris-style boss fight, felt ineffective or jarring, with bugs detracting from the experience.

    • “While a cute idea, I found that the light mechanic didn't make much of a difference to visibility and the first boss fight being a Tetris-like mechanic felt jarring and also bugged out where making rows stopped having an effect on the boss.”
    • “Onto the gameplay, the controls are responsive and allow for some fine-tuning of the movement such as high and low jumps and precise landings.”

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is poor, causing significant lag on less powerful PCs and making it nearly unplayable without high-end hardware or extensive tweaking.

    • “The optimization is so bad (had to brute force), if your PC cannot handle it, it will lag so much it will be unplayable.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music complements the game's setting with a fitting Halloween vibe and provides a pleasant listening experience during gameplay.

    • “The music fits the setting very well, having a bit of a Halloween vibe to it and is pleasant to listen to while playing.”
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Darkless is a casual platformer game with fantasy, mystery and comedy themes. Common tags for Darkless include free to play, indie, 2d, magic, linear and others.

Darkless is available on PC and Windows.

Darkless was released on October 31, 2023.

Darkless was developed by Experimental Studio.

Darkless has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Darkless for its music but disliked it for its graphics.

Darkless is a single player game.

Similar games include Mushroom Musical, Face It - A game to fight inner demons, Schein, Oozi: Earth Adventure, Pankapu and others.