Flappy Bird styled gameplay with centipedes and Drum and Bass. Oh boy, what a potential mix for epic failure. But there's none to be found. Instead the devs put a LOT of care into the idea and created a stellar execution. This seems to be the first title from Dark-1, so extra credits! Odium is an audio-visual experience that's very trippy, but you get that from the screen/vids alone. What you don't see from the videos is that the gameplay and the button presses you make are pretty much in complete sync to the music. When done correctly, it's easier to get the orbs and dodge obstacles. Due to the drum and bass tempo it's a very fast game. There's leeway in the first few levels but at 10+ there's so much obstacles turning only visible in close proximity that you can't really dodge by reaction alone. The key is to have faith in the beat and get the right angle to flow through the tight obstacle course. The music and different breaks in speed work really well in the game and it's fun to...

I hated this game to be honest. Only reason I kept playing was for a couple achievements to save my stats just a bit. The physics are odd and you get punished for using the one control you have in the whole game by losing points. There is no way to predict how high/low the eye will go with a short push on the control since the screen will suddenly tilt out of nowhere. Then you can just sit back and watch youself crash into a wall - Wonderful, sigh. Very luck based and frustrating!

Been following the development of this game since Dark-1 presented the game on the globalgamejam few years ago, its really a different game since then in a positive way. I just bought it and have only 20 minutes in the game, but for now I think it is a really interesting concept - gameplay wise, awesome soundtrack (they should sell as separate dlc/ost caz its really good), great art and animation. It's really hard, but challenging, it reminds me of super meat boy in that way. You should definitely try it out! (I might update this review when I pump up the play time numbers )

I played board games with the game devs last week and promised them I would support their first Steam game and buy it. I wasn't about to back down on that promise. The game itself is decent, though. Just read the description and you know pretty much everything there is to know about its "smartphone-inspired" gameplay. If you play games in short spells, you got nothing to lose, plus the price is difficult to beat given the content you'll be getting. The music is also cool and worth a mention. Oh, and if you tend to get dizzy easily, you might want to think twice before playing Odium, as things tend to get fast, spinny and flashy a lot.

The nightmare levels are several minutes long and do not have checkpoints. Some of them have extremely finicky sections near the end. This leads to hours and hours of playing the same boring level just to get the occasional attempt at the part that is actually difficult. Do not do this to yourself.

I kinda liked this for the first few hours, but: - Awful hitboxes at times. You get killed by stuff that's not even near you. Especially noticeable with things flying by, or hitting you before visually reaching you. -. Lots and lots of cheap kills by stuff that quickly jumps in your face. These can only be countered by memorization, since your character literally cannot switch direction quickly enough. I don't appreciate being faulted for simply not having retried enough times. - Drum'n'bass bores me, but to each their own. There are many things I did appreciate though: - the 3-2-1 countdown you get when unpausing is welcome - nice visuals - the way the action is synched up with the music is pretty good - the multiple ways to ace a level - the unlockable skins

Fun, challenging and great looking game. Some levels are crazy, but the more you die the harder you try.

I worked on the prototype of this game for a short while few years ago, and I am absolutely stunned how much the game has progressed since then. Love the attention to detail on each level the team has put, and the quality of each song. Absolutely recommended for the great audio+visual gaming experience.

Prepare to die a lot.

sure okay