No Rest for the Wicked is the new proposal from the creators of Ori, a soullike with a lot of personality and difficult combat.
No rest for the wicked It arrived a few weeks ago in Early Access on Steam and thanks to the Editor, Private division, We had the opportunity to play there. After a few hours, 20 to be exact, we already have a first verdict to give you.
Moon Studio is one of those developers who takes things slowly. In their many years of existence, they have only released 3 titles to the market. The studio founded in 2010 released its first game on the market after 5 years, in 2015, and it was a masterpiece, Ori and the Blind Forest. It took another five years for a sequel to Ori to see the light of day in 2020, another great game Ori and the Will of the Wisps, once again they have given us a title of the highest quality and taken care of down to the smallest detail. Today, almost 5 years later, Moon Studios is back with No rest for the wickedfrom which the same sensations emanate, and although it is early access, the game exudes care, love and dedication everywhere.
Historia en No rest for the wicked
No rest for the wicked He offers us a simple but clear adventure. We are a Cerim, a member of an ancient order of holy warriors renowned for knowing how to cure the plague. However, this kingdom in which we live is plunged into a plague that we thought was extinct and which devastates everything in its path. To make matters worse, Regent King Harol has died and his son Magnus, whose ethics and performance are questionable, has taken the throne. Our future has taken us to Sacrament Island, the place where this scourge was born and where we will have to face all kinds of creatures.
Gameplay
Regarding its gameplay, No rest for the wicked It’s a classic RPG. We will have talents to distribute at each level up, and we will have a fairly wide variety of weapons and equipment at our disposal. This allows our character to function as a thief, warrior, mage, paladin, or a mix of all. The possibilities are quite wide and that’s appreciable. But don’t let its friendly and colorful appearance fool you, No rest for the wicked, It’s hell. This is a game that can look like an RPG because of the characters or a Hack and Slash or Twin Stick Shooter game because of its isometric perspective… nothing could be further from the truth.
No rest for the wicked it’s a like a soul, and the most difficult. The game presents a very thoughtful and thoughtful combat that will have us looking for “windows” of attack without taking much damage. Forget to press the button, because it will take you straight to the tomb. The difficulty of this Early Access release is very high, maybe even too high, but it’s a challenge for those of us who love these titles.
Like a soul on all 4 sides
With a fairly low stamina bar at the start, if you attack a lot it will go down quickly and dodging will be useless, eating a lot, but doing a lot of damage. With this gameplay like a soul
The enemies reappear after a long time, I didn’t understand the precise time pattern, but every 2 days, m ore or less (among those who pass through the game) the areas seem to regenerate with new enemies. Finally, to heal ourselves we will have to use recipes and cook food to restore life, we will have several merchants at our disposal to improve equipment, weapons, etc… and the entire city of Sacrament
Farming and farming
And that’s it No rest for the wicked forces us to farm in order to improve the city which will be our base of operations. So, in addition to harvesting mushrooms, plants and meat for healing recipes, you can cut down trees, unearth treasures and even chop ores to obtain precious metals, wood or equipment. With this, we will ensure that merchants are better and provide us with better services. The gameplay hides other facets that we will let you discover for yourself, but the most important thing is that the RPG part is great and the combination with the battle of souls is sublime.
Performance issues
Concerning the technical part, Moon Studios does not disappoint, visually it’s a Ambrosia gods in our eyes, colorful and dark at the same time, everything seems to have life and personality, even the most fragile of boards. There doesn’t seem to be anything cut and pasted to fill in, every piece of wood, every stone on the path, and every rock in every house seems to be carved and placed in a unique way.
It is true that performance on PC is not desirable, with many drops in fps and some visual bugs which are due to having a preview version in front of us. However, by adjusting the graphics section well, we managed to maintain a stable 60fps while playing at 4k resolution rescaled from 2k at maximum settings. We will see how it will turn out in its final version, but it is true that, since No rest for the wicked It arrived on Steam a few weeks ago and has been receiving regular patches every 3 days, fixing bugs and improving performance.
CONCLUSION
Moon Studios It seems that it is on its way to offering us one of the best titles of 2024. The fight for GOTY will be complicated this year, and despite the fact that its gameplay Souls is not for everyone, its visuals and its RPG aspect will encourage more than one to venture into No rest for the wicked and the plague of Sacrament.
Here you have our No Rest For The Wicked gameplay:
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