Trulon: The Shadow Engine
- March 1, 2016
- Kyy Games
- 10h median play time
Potential for a great, genre-defying game cut short just as this Steampunk adventure truly picks up any steam. Feels more like a demo of a game than the entirety of one, making the $20 price tag for the PC version a hard sell.
Get on Steam"Trulon: The Shadow Engine" is a steampunk-magic adventure RPG with a unique card combat system. Play as four characters with different abilities, unraveling an insidious plot and battling magic-mutated enemies in the kingdoms of Tripudia and Maelon. The game features a captivating original soundtrack and is based on a novel from award-winning author Jak Koke.
Reviews
- story42 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 79 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
- graphics22 mentions
- 73 % positive mentions
- 27 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay13 mentions
- 85 % positive mentions
- 15 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- stability6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- music6 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- character development2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- ads2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Trulon: The Shadow Engine Review – More Romp Than Journey
Potential for a great, genre-defying game cut short just as this Steampunk adventure truly picks up any steam. Feels more like a demo of a game than the entirety of one, making the $20 price tag for the PC version a hard sell.
60%Trulon: The Shadow Engine Review
Trulon: The Shadow Engine truly displays an interesting combat system and artwork that has some charm to it. Despite that charm, its animations are extremely dead, but that is far from the biggest problem in this version of the game - the dead animations would not have killed the game, only make it a little less enjoyable. The biggest problem is the fact that the game currently sits at a 0% completion rate going by trophy data, in this humble reviewer's experience. This is due to an error that breaks, among other things in the zone, one key NPC that is required to continue. It is very sad, as Trulon: The Shadow Engine shows some interesting aspects in the combat that would have been much more fun to leave the experience with rather than the broken mess it currently is thanks to the error.
10%Trulon: The Shadow Engine Review
Somewhere in Trulon: The Shadow Engine lies what could be a decent little RPG. The use of cards makes for an interesting spin on tradition. The somewhat bland characters and storyline are balanced out by quaint graphics and pleasant music. However, in its current state, this game is broken. It's far too easy to soft-lock it, or even ruin a save. Progress is constantly at the mercy of increasingly slipshod scripts. Attempting to play an RPG where potentially everything can go wrong is nothing more than an exercise in frustration.
10%
