Wytchsun: Elleros Origins
- June 19, 2019
- Rampage Interactive
Get on Steam"Wytchsun: Elleros Origins" is an open-world RPG where you must prevent a cataclysm from destroying the land of Elleros. With multiple biomes and magical realms to explore, you can battle enemies, complete quests, and make choices that affect the story. The game features three towns, miles of open world, and six planes of the abyssal realms, with updates adding content regularly. Your decisions will shape the fate of the TriImperium as you play.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere, reminiscent of titles like Skyrim.
- There is potential for a rich story and diverse gameplay mechanics, including a variety of weapons and magic systems.
- Some players appreciate the unique character customization and the ability to summon skeletons, indicating a fun and engaging gameplay experience.
- The game is riddled with bugs and performance issues, making it difficult to play and enjoy.
- Many players have reported clunky combat mechanics and a poorly designed user interface, leading to frustration during gameplay.
- There are concerns about the developers' integrity, with accusations of abandoning the game and re-releasing it under different names to avoid negative reviews.
- graphics16 mentions
- 69 % positive mentions
- 13 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have received widespread praise for their beauty and detail, with many users highlighting the impressive lighting effects and immersive environments reminiscent of titles like Skyrim, but with enhanced visuals. Players appreciate the shiny, "wet" look in caves and the intricate designs of characters and mobs, contributing to an overall positive impression of the game's aesthetic. While some mention the graphics as a standout feature, others note that the game also offers a solid gameplay experience alongside its visual appeal.
“Graphics are beautiful, everything is affected with light and shadows, and it all looks like Skyrim but with better graphics.”
“The mobs are detailed corresponding with the great graphics, with different shields and armors, helping with immersion.”
“It has beautiful graphics and sounds.”
“Graphics that look 'wet' in caves; everything looks shiny.”
“Hand-drawn graphics and 2D pixelated games that get a lot of good reviews.”
“I have a computer that can run it on top graphics, so everything (including loading screens) graphic-wise seems to be good.”
- story11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The game's story has received mixed feedback, with some players finding it intriguing and enjoyable, while others criticize it as generic and unimaginative. Despite the engaging graphics and combat, the narrative fails to fully capture the essence of what makes similar games great, leading to a lack of emotional investment for some players. Overall, the story's execution appears to be a point of contention, with varying opinions on its depth and appeal.
“There are so many things that I love about this game: its graphics, its dungeons, its storyline most of all.”
“The story itself is intriguing.”
“What I really like is the storyline.”
“The story is so generic and unimaginative I actually started not caring after the first 10 minutes.”
“Now that doesn't have to be a bad thing for a game in early access, but it doesn't seem to capture the mechanics, story, or the heart of what made those games great.”
“The first major main quest that has you going to one cave and fighting a lizard tribe is not that fun when the lizard people keep popping out of the woodwork and you have to fight them back.”
- music7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with users highlighting a lack of basic options to adjust sound and music volume, which can lead to an overwhelming experience. While some appreciate the combat music's ability to signal attacks, others criticize the erratic track changes and repetitive loops that detract from the overall atmosphere.
“The music and sound, like the combat, have both positive and negative aspects.”
“The music can change tracks erratically; it also doesn’t seem to correspond to an area and just repeats a loop until you enter combat, where it is nice to indicate that you've been attacked.”
“My only gripe is the music.”
“It's missing basic options like the ability to turn sound and/or music down and/or off.”
“You aren't able to adjust sound or music volume (hahahaha, it is 2019, baby!!)”
“Another negative on the music side is that there are no controls to lower it, and it sometimes becomes too overbearing; you need to constantly fiddle with the volume to lower the game's sounds.”
- gameplay5 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The gameplay is currently considered rough and unpolished, with many users expressing disappointment in the mechanics and overall execution. While the game features a sizeable world and decent graphics, it fails to capture the essence of what made similar games enjoyable, leading to a lack of recommendation at this early stage.
“There is a sizeable world with half decent graphics; it looks like there could be a good few hours of gameplay to be had.”
“Too early in early access, and gameplay is too rough at the moment to recommend this.”
“After I played a bit, I watched gameplay footage of it and I only saw bad or very bad impressions.”
“This game looks good, but other than that, everything from the sound to mechanics is busted.”
- atmosphere3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is described as visually appealing and engaging, contributing to an enjoyable gameplay experience. However, some users feel that it lacks atmosphere entirely, indicating a divide in opinions on this aspect. Overall, while many appreciate the immersive qualities, others find it lacking.
“In my opinion, it's a very good-looking, fun to play, atmospheric game that already runs well (for an early access title). It seems to have been made with love and care.”
“It has very balanced gameplay and an exciting in-game atmosphere.”
“This game has no atmosphere at all.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users report frequent glitches and instability, particularly related to clumsy fighting animations, which detracts from the overall gameplay experience.
“These kinds of glitches are all over the place.”
“Mainly because of the clumsy fighting animation and glitches.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by the amusingly exaggerated facial features of the characters, particularly their eye conditions, which adds a quirky charm. Additionally, unexpected and chaotic encounters, such as being ambushed by bandits, contribute to a lighthearted and humorous experience, despite some areas of the game needing further development.
“The characters' faces are hilarious; most of them have esotropia or strabismus.”
“The world needs more work, like when I was walking around and a bunch of bandits just happened to spawn out of nowhere and beat the crap out of me, which was kind of funny in its own way.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game requires significant optimization, as players have reported frequent major stuttering and pop-in issues, even on high-end hardware like an 8-core i7 and a 2080 Ti.
“It needs serious optimization, as even with an 8-core i7 and a 2080 Ti, there was frequent major stuttering and pop-in.”
