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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? (lemmy.world)

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 3 days ago

I saw Skald: Against the Black Priory was 40% off and I've had my eyes on it for a while, so I just went for it. Have played about 6 hours now and I'm loving it. The only thing I'm unsure of is replayability as it's feeling fairly linear and with only marginal decision making, but otherwise it's been really cool. You get the old school late 80s/early 90s RPG look but with a less clunky feel. It doesn't have the most beautiful sprite work, but I really like the art for the splash screens. The music is great and nostalgic and the display settings emulating period monitors via filters was a lovely touch.

The writing feels solid and the atmosphere of gloomy hopelessness and cosmic horror really works for me. Combat has felt fun enough - though fairly simple - and I don't think the game is long enough that it will become a problem.

Looking forward to seeing how it ends, but from what I've seen so far I'd recommend it to almost anyone. It's not that expensive either, even at full price.