Death's Gambit

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 83 Ratings

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  • Summary: Death's Gambit is a challenging Action-RPG through which you explore an alien medieval planet filled with beasts, knights, and horrors. As an agent of Death, bound to his service, banish your fears and endure the struggle that lies at the heart of Leydia.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Vandal
    Aug 20, 2018
    85
    If you like exploring, fighting and challenges in a medieval setting, this is your game. You can tell it's a humble project with a tight budget behind it, but the results are very good.
  2. 3DJuegos
    Aug 20, 2018
    80
    Death's Gambit has potential and an impressive visual style, but an unpolished control scheme and combat tends to make things a bit uncomfortable in some occasions. There's potential with room to improvement.
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Sep 23, 2018
    80
    Death's Gambit is only a souls-like? At first glance the answer is definitely yes but it is also a lot more. White Rabbit manage to create a great but nevertheless fragile game which despite the flaws and the lapse of taste in some situations deserves your attention.
  4. RPG Site
    Aug 27, 2018
    70
    I like a lot of what Death’s Gambit has to offer, but controlling it is vexatious. The game does a decent job establishing a small, captivating story wrapped in a melancholically exquisite world. I wish Death’s Gambit found more of its own voice, since it truly does shine in the moments it tries something new and refreshing. Although it doesn’t necessarily take the concept of adapting the 2D Souls formula to the next level, Death’s Gambit is another solid shot at it.
  5. CD-Action
    Jan 9, 2019
    70
    There are moments when Death’s Gambit is a really good game that intelligently copies Souls and the likes, but to truly enjoy it you need to accept it as a collage of inspirations which doesn’t allow original ideas to shine. [11/2018, p.74]
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  6. PC Gamer
    Aug 22, 2018
    67
    The freedom, and the constant sense that I’d be surprised when I turned the next corner, somewhat smoothed over the frustrations of Death’s Gambit, but it’d be a stretch to say I enjoyed it as a whole. Figuring out the best strategy for each boss fight is satisfying, but actually beating them isn’t fun enough to justify the pain of battling the stingy stamina system. Throwing myself at the same boss 29 times in a row just wasn’t quite worth the hassle.
  7. GameSpot
    Aug 26, 2018
    60
    Despite its rewarding exploration and intriguing story, Death's Gambit is consistently held back by its combat, which lacks the responsiveness you need when fighting enemies that can kill you in seconds.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. XsigmaZ
    Oct 8, 2021
    10
    So i got this game very early and it was an absolute joy to play it. several times over the years i get back to this game just to make a newSo i got this game very early and it was an absolute joy to play it. several times over the years i get back to this game just to make a new character and try new speccs and stuff out. And ive been waiting for the dlc to drop for so long. And to my suprise basically every thing is improved. its like a whole new game and it is everything the old version was and so much more. Man this game is good… Expand
  2. BloodSoulsFan
    Aug 16, 2018
    10
    This game is fascinating and delightfully punishing. From the variety of weapon types, enemies, and unique bosses to the beautiful pixel-styleThis game is fascinating and delightfully punishing. From the variety of weapon types, enemies, and unique bosses to the beautiful pixel-style art and great music, this is a phenomenal and challenging (but rewarding) game.

    Pros:
    -Rewarding 2D platforming and combat with a mix of abilities depending on weapon types.
    -Dark Souls/Bloodborne style upgrade system with seemingly little for each character level investment but huge improvement over course of several level increases.
    -Deep Boss and world design, with unique bosses and enemies.
    -Amazing MetroidVania-style backtracking to discover more hidden areas and harder enemies.
    -Interesting and delightful NPCs with a centralized sanctuary

    (Nitpicked) Cons:
    -Hard to tell from lack of audio and tactile (controller vibration) cues when character is hit; must rely on visual cues only.
    -Control mapping is difficult to get used to but makes sense once you do.
    -Lack of PC voice acting despite non-customized PC.    … Expand
  4. Trevor9000
    Aug 14, 2018
    10
    Such a surprising title. I Iove the game and the genre. I bought this randomly and have to say it was money well spent. Fun and verySuch a surprising title. I Iove the game and the genre. I bought this randomly and have to say it was money well spent. Fun and very challenging game. I recently saw a review about the game being to hard. All I have to say is "Git Gud"… Expand
  5. superRomex
    Aug 17, 2018
    8
    I purchases this game because of all the buzz words surrounding it; Metroid-vania, Dark Souls, and so on.
    It does not disappoint. Full    I purchases this game because of all the buzz words surrounding it; Metroid-vania, Dark Souls, and so on.
    It does not disappoint. Full disclosure, I'm 3 hours in and only stopped to write this review. Graphics remind me of Flashback or Another World. The world, game play and control are 75% Vania, and 25% Metroid. The stat system and Items are a complete copy of Dark Souls. It's not that hard either. 20 bucks! Great game so far.    … Expand
  6. AstralPlay
    Feb 4, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Relativamente incompleto, o que se vê nos trailers, "nem se sente o cheiro durante o game". Porém é um jogo divertido e com uma história boa! O sistema de classes é simples porém eficiente!… Expand
  7. vaellicus
    May 19, 2020
    6
    It has a lot of potential, I played through all of it and got to the last boss of the maximum difficulty.

    The game is addictive but in the    It has a lot of potential, I played through all of it and got to the last boss of the maximum difficulty.

    The game is addictive but in the end, it is not enjoyable, you have the illusion that you are progressing and that the suffering has passed, and it is that mental trick that the game developers keep exploiting constantly.

    I find this kind of game deeply disturbing, because they could still have made an enjoyable game, but decided to make it painful, all the way.

    If you start this game you will probably play many hours, just as if you develop a masochistic need to cut your arm... in the end, the number of hours you spend on this does not mean it is something good.    … Expand
  8. Defoxx
    Dec 2, 2020
    2
    Картонная боевка, сама по себе игра очень скучна, не зацепила.
    Игра так же не русифицирована.    Картонная боевка, сама по себе игра очень скучна, не зацепила.
    Игра так же не русифицирована.

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