Runic Curse
Action RPG in metroidvania style
Total ratings
4.25
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Challenging gameplay and unique enemy behavior
- Strong Metroidvania and Dark Souls influences
- Engaging combat system and variety of enemies
- Customizable controls and exploration-focused design
- Visually appealing art style with thoughtful level design
Cons
- Control issues, particularly with touch input and controller support
- Grindy elements and lack of clear resource allocation
- Frustrating difficulty spikes and unclear gameplay mechanics
- Audio bugs and performance issues
- Poor English localization and translation problems
Most mentioned
- Challenging gameplay
- Control issues
- Graphics and art style
- Grindiness of the game
- Awkward mechanics around stairs and terrain
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3.40
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-02 |  | | Pretty damn good game! It's a side scrolling souls like game. Only bad thing I see is it's a grindy game. If there were more resources along the way would make it a little better, but other than that, its damn good. Keep it up👍😁 |
| 2024-09-23 |  | | This is awesome. It's like dark souls in 2D castlevania platformer. Enemies do not have typical behaviors that we usually see in platformer games which is lame. In here, they are really challenging, much more in New Game+ (NG+). ~~~ The drawing art style in overall graphics is such a charming aesthetic, making it look like it was done with passion to make the game. ~~~ If you like dark souls and castlevania platformer, this game is a "must play" and one of the underrated ones. Glad I found this. |
| 2024-09-15 |  | | The buttons are way to small. I try to dodge, but my finger a slightly off, and my I do nothing. Also, you can't heal in combat, which is a huge problem. The combat system is good, enemies and bosses have a good number of actions they can use when fighting you, which I definitely didn't suspect. So, my backbone improved my performance, but spells do not work with it. Please fix that, and the game will be five stars. |
| 2024-09-06 |  | | First few minutes, bad art, shoddy translation, clunky gameplay, annoying tutorial, and the soundtrack is probably the worst thing about this game. Left an extra star because it isn't the worst thing on play store |
| 2024-09-06 |  | | Just finished my first playthrough. I'd give it a 5 but if you want to gather all the gear before you ng+ then it becomes a bit confusing where some things are. The map will say 100% but it only relates to the fact that you have found all the rooms. It doesn't track treasure and gear in any way besides the list they show up on. Other than that it's honestly a pretty good game. |
| 2023-11-19 |  | | It's really fun but needs the audio bugs fixed. I play at work on my 20 min breaks and when I pause and switch out of the app and come back on the next break all the audio is gone and I have to close and re open the app to get it to come back. |
| 2023-06-05 |  | | Was liking it a lot, but lowered a star because you can´t get the final runes if you beat bosses without a certain item IN A SECRET AREA, can´t go to where the boss was and use the item. or I don´t know how to use it. It means it needs a full re-start for a 100%. ALSO, losing said items seemingly make one area of the game inaccessible. LOST FOREVER in Metroidvanias is just plain bad. ALSO, it would be nice to have enemies to farm for weapon upgrades. |
| 2022-10-08 |  | | Pros: - Customizable controls - 1v1 fights are pretty fair; moves can either be dodged with roll or jump - Secret spots are done well; there are hints so that if you're paying attention you'll find them Cons: - No explanation for things that should be explained. For example with weapon shards, you want to specialize level 3 elements so that you can open doors. If you max out fire for all weapons, you'll miss critical upgrades. - 3+ enemy fights. These just devolve into: spam ability run away |
| 2022-08-31 |  | | For the low price, there's certainly plently of content here. Even if the music, plot, characters and art are all simply 'there'. The map, exploration and enemy variety is commendable. But I feel like the game has hit a grindwall around level 15. (Fighting the stone guardians.) Where the increasingly imprecise controls/spambush combat doesn't help the reliance on runes/spells to get anywhere. But it's worth a try. (I just struggled to want to see its conclusion.) |
| 2022-08-01 |  | | There is so much potential here but even on easy this game is impossible. The difficult level is punishing. I guess it's trying to be a Souls game with low-res graphics? The English localization is very odd, normally this can be overlooked but here you have no idea what the characters are saying at times. I guess if you like Souls games and 2D maybe this game is for you? If this is a one-person studio it's actually an impressive effort, please fix easy difficulty or add "noob" difficulty. |
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