Nine Parchments
- December 4, 2017
- Frozenbyte
- 11h median play time
A game lovingly made by a studio with big ambition that, for the most part, succeeds. Single player and a lack of story are its downfall, but, none of that matters when you are adventuring with your friends and writing your own story!
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte! Runaway apprentice wizards seize the opportunity to complete their spellbooks by going after the lost Nine Parchments. As the would-be wizards rapidly acquire powerful new spells without learning proper safety measures, it's natural their hasty progress results in plenty of deadly accidents... Nine Parchme…
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Reviews
- gameplay258 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
- graphics187 mentions
- 71 % positive mentions
- 28 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- story172 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
- music75 mentions
- 59 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- replayability74 mentions
- 31 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- funny38 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding20 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- stability19 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 89 % negative mentions
- atmosphere19 mentions
- 68 % positive mentions
- 32 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- optimization10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
- character development9 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Nine Parchments Review – A Book Of Blank Pages
Nine Parchments is a difficult game to recommend as it’s a very average approach to a genre that has existed for some time now. While it’s visually appealing scenes are impressive enough to pique the interest of potential players, it's stale gameplay and painfully slow leveling system lack the fresh and creative experience that you’d expect to find here. Amongst a sea of games on Steam and the other digital stores, Frozenbyte have failed to include features that retain players’ attention in the long-term. There are no puzzles to solve, no secret areas to explore and no worthwhile loot to discover. Enemy encounters quickly feel tiresome and monotonous, with successful fights boiling down to whether or not you can identify an enemy by its colour. If you’re looking for a co-op dungeon-crawler with solid mechanics and a unique design, maybe pick up one of the popular favourites rather than this new title.
40%Nine Parchments Review
Nine Parchments can be enjoyable in small doses with others. Playing alone can feel depressing as the grind of pressing on feels strongly palpable. There really isn't anything wrong with the mechanics since it controls nicely and feedback is satisfying. The art direction is top-notch and fantasy atmosphere has a much more colourful Magic the Gathering vibe going on. It is the sheer unimaginative level design and pedestrian scenarios that will bore most people. There is very little variation from the first stages to the end game stages and there is desperately a need for something to mix up the action.
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