Catacombs 1: Demon War

UPDATE: After this review and the following discussion, the developer quickly released an update to fix the balancing problems. So essentially, I've been paying 5 bucks to be his beta tester, thank you very much. The update fixes some of the problems, but not all of them; at least, you can't get through the game by simply spamming the same two attacks forever. We'll see what the future holds. ========================================================================= TL;DR: Don't spend money on this. It has like 2 hours of playtime, most of it boring grind. As the imaginative title "Catacombs 1: Demon War" implies, this is a wannabe. It's as if a ten-year-old had written a story named "War of the Stars" or "Master of the Ring" and were incredibly proud of it. Learning by repetition. The "novel-quality writing" is a veritable mountain of clichéd expressions and "plot twists" that are telegraphed with a hammer. The setup with the locked dungeon, the side quests (collecting vegetables f...

you dont get a very long game at all...and at the end of lvl 4 dungeon you beat the beast and it just ends....its just not very good at all for 5.00 game ...for .99 it might be ok...dont waist your money on this...there are much much better games out there for it.....

Really not much of a game. It seems targeted at the 9-12 age range. Simplistic graphics. Combat is mediocre at best. Weapons and armor are little more than temporary buffs for the characters. There is little to draw the player into the game or to keep his attention once he begins playing. I might give this to my pre-adolescent nephew or niece; if I had a pre-adolescent nephew or niece. Since I haven't I won't.

Great little Turn based RPG that has many features and items. Game is a little short, (I haven't finished yet) but definitely a great value for the $5 asking price. Many Weapons, armor and items to equip and use, there is also items that help with permanent stat increase above the normal leveling system. Turn based combat is smooth and easy to use. Combat at times appears to be a little easy but then you get into larger enemies and multiple enemies and it balances out. There is a nice magic system that has over a dozen spells to help in combat, which can be learned from an in town NPC. Lots of quests in all the areas to achieve and explore. Also has voice overs for cut scenes to help build the story. All in all its a great little game for the price and the thing that impresses me the most is the developer seems to really care about his game and is very responsive to suggestions and problems. Sounds like Achievements and trading cards are coming. Game has achievements in game at this ...

BAD things: 1) VERY short - about 3 hours 2) VERY bugged and glitchy engine 3) NOT intuitive interface: bad item management. Also hard to understand stat-system before you reach 1 lvl and spent first stat-points. Good Things: 1) Hard and randoomised, many variables - Is the most I like in this game. Is A VERY Huge plus. This is what is missing in modern games. 2) Good music. A HUGE 3 minuses doesn't beat 2 pluses - NOT reccommend

So I got this game when it went on sale for $0.89, and I still don't think it was worth it. The controls are glitchy at best. The story is what you would expect from a cheap title, so no complaints there. The gameplay itself seems repeditive and a little outdated. If it wasn't for the controls thing, I'd say the sale price would be fair.

Just finished the game. It is short as is stated and contains around 15 screens in total. I thought the story was totally ok and the writing was surprisingly good. There is a lot of variety in monster types and combats are quite nicely executed. The game - while not hard when I discovered I can flee from combats - was hardest in the beginning and I ended tha game at level 5. The only thing which got more frustrating was that the further you got the further you had to retrace your steps back to town to heal and buy spells. But that was somewhat mitigated by the fact that you could pick up town portal scrolls and also carry a lot of healing potions but most importantly escape combats with good success. The game is extremely linear though but the levelling is fun which gives you 4 stat points to spend. Items is interesting and looting is fun. Overall well worth the money and definetely on sale. It is said chapter 2 will be released early 2018 (still waiting) and you can then transfer...

While I had a good time from my 3 hour experience, it doesn't mean that this game is at least an average game. The only thing I loved about this game is the setting, the grim mood it creates and its music. Everything else is probably quite trashy.

This is a fun game if u like turn based rpg im going to buy the next chapters for sure

I paid 90 cents for this gem. Neat little RPG lots of randomized weapons and drops. I hope that the next two might propose a little less random for drops and a harder difficulty curve. I love getting strong gear but when a rat drops me something that gives me 16 power..... that a little overkill. I do recommend this game. Has geat potential. Sort of reminded me of Castle of the Winds