Apotheon

 PC
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 208 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 137 out of 208
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 208
  3. Negative: 25 out of 208

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  1. virgilivs
    Oct 6, 2021
    4
    As everybody pointed out, the main problem is how clunky it feels to govern your character. The gameplay bored me after a couple of hours, mostly spent fighting endless waves of enemies. Dodge, attack, dodge, you're facing the wrong way, roll, block, roll, weapon is broken, roll, attack, roll, repeat.

    The music didn't stand out particularly and the same goes for those visuals everybody    As everybody pointed out, the main problem is how clunky it feels to govern your character. The gameplay bored me after a couple of hours, mostly spent fighting endless waves of enemies. Dodge, attack, dodge, you're facing the wrong way, roll, block, roll, weapon is broken, roll, attack, roll, repeat.

    The music didn't stand out particularly and the same goes for those visuals everybody seems to be praising. There's nothing crazy about the art style, it's different than what you normally see, yes, but it also gets really bland after a few hours in.

    The one good thing I found about this is that it gets you into mythology...but then can't you just open a book and read about mythology yourself, or...watch a documentary?

    Unless it's free and you have nothing else to play, I'd say skip this.    … Expand
  2. VonSeux
    Feb 5, 2015
    4
    How strange, everything on this game feels AVERAGE to me, animations are too simple, everything floats on a weird way and the story is nothing interesting. It pluzzes me how the latest Shantae, a fully fleshed 2D metroid-esque game with so much care and polishing put into and actually good level design has worst review than this glitchy mess. I guess people got over-excited with theHow strange, everything on this game feels AVERAGE to me, animations are too simple, everything floats on a weird way and the story is nothing interesting. It pluzzes me how the latest Shantae, a fully fleshed 2D metroid-esque game with so much care and polishing put into and actually good level design has worst review than this glitchy mess. I guess people got over-excited with the "original" graphics, but the recticule all over the game gets annoying fast. It's like a mobile game with a few more content than expected from a free-to-play game.… Expand

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#83 Best PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Riot Pixels
    May 15, 2015
    50
    Apotheon looks beautiful, but it loses its charm in mere 15 minutes. The beauty can’t save the shoddy game design.
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  2. GameOver.gr
    May 1, 2015
    80
    Excellent and original visuals, well-implemented metroidvania elements, interesting mythological concept story, fast paced, varied battle and intriguing boss fights form the main assets of APOTHEON.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Apr 9, 2015
    87
    Constantly beautiful and surprising, this is a great combination of platforming, combat and atmosphere. [April 2015, p.71]
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