Thymesia

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6.9

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  2. Mixed: 18 out of 48
  3. Negative: 6 out of 48

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  1. last_of_us
    Aug 26, 2022
    5
    im a souls player fan
    & i finished games like elder ring & blood & darksouls
    but game is soo unabalanced on some bossess
  2. silverhero74
    Aug 19, 2022
    7
    Good game. A souls-like experience with a great setting and cool mechanics. can't wait to see what the developers make in the future ! Recommended !
  3. Wavew
    Aug 19, 2022
    0
    Que no os engañen las criticas compradas, este juego es: corto, lineal y aburrido. Con unas mecanicas de parri obsoletas y sin rejugabilidad.

    Faltan armas, armaduras y cualquier cosa que pueda dar variedad. Los escenarios son horribles y vacios, los enemigos se repiten, en 30 minutos te has aburrido.
  4. kurapika
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Well ..... I didn't expect it to be so much fun,
    Whats special about this game is the aggressive play style, i'm sick of fighting dumb enemies in souls-like games lately, and this game kinda fix it for me, tho it gets easier when you play it for a while.
    Pros: - Excellent gameplay - Good maparea design - Unique enemies and bosses - Intense adrenaline triggering combat - Good    Well ..... I didn't expect it to be so much fun,
    Whats special about this game is the aggressive play style, i'm sick of fighting dumb enemies in souls-like games lately, and this game kinda fix it for me, tho it gets easier when you play it for a while.

    Pros:
    - Excellent gameplay
    - Good maparea design
    - Unique enemies and bosses
    - Intense adrenaline triggering combat
    - Good leveling and upgrading system
    - Tons of weapons and Talents to choose from
    - It's Cheap ... i mean 10$ for this !! jeez can i buy it again ? lol

    Cons:
    - Poor story
    - Minor bugs
    - Very linear
    - It's sadly short (7 hours)
    yet if you are aiming to finish it with side quest and all you gonna get 20 hours maybe.

    I highly recommend it for """"souls fans"""",
    tho keep your expectation low, its a small project..
    you can't compare it to DS, BB, Sekiro, Nioh etc...    … Expand
  5. churros
    Aug 22, 2022
    8
    Pros:
    + great combat
    + responsive controls
    + good bosses
    + fast-paced

    Cons:
    - boring level design
    - reused scenarios
    - poor enemy variety
  6. Ggonzalo
    Sep 1, 2022
    8
    Thymesia es un juego que estuve esperando ansiosamente, ya que soy muy fans de los soulslike, y aqui va mi reseña.

    Como tal el juego es bueno, el combate es una cosa a la que cuesta acostumbrase, y tuve al final que jugarlo con mando, pero una vez que le pillas el truco es bueno. En si, el juego que tiene jefes interensantes, pero por otro lado, los mapas estan mal echos, y los faros    Thymesia es un juego que estuve esperando ansiosamente, ya que soy muy fans de los soulslike, y aqui va mi reseña.

    Como tal el juego es bueno, el combate es una cosa a la que cuesta acostumbrase, y tuve al final que jugarlo con mando, pero una vez que le pillas el truco es bueno.

    En si, el juego que tiene jefes interensantes, pero por otro lado, los mapas estan mal echos, y los faros muy alejados, haciendo que en muchas ocasiones se vuelva frustrante.

    La historia, tampoco es su punto fuerte, pero, al igual que su lore, esta interesante.

    Por ultimo, es un juego corto, en si tiene sentido ya que es un indie, y algunas veces el combate se puede sentir obsoleto

    En resumen, un buen juego, que te gustara si eres fan de este genero, pero que te decepcionara si vienes esparando un juego tan bueno como ds o bb    … Expand
  7. WanderinMelmoth
    Aug 26, 2022
    5
    It's a (very) poor man's Bloodborne. There are much better alternatives on the PC such as MORTAL SHELL or LORDS OF THE FALLEN. Thymesia is just an exercise in mediocrity: mediocre presentation (with absolutely no voice acting whatsoever), mediocre story, mediocre atmosphere, mediocre levels and mediocre enemy design. Why bother?
  8. hovo96
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Amazing game very cool gameplay,animations and physics. I don't know why this game isn't got popular
  9. HayateAlt
    Aug 20, 2022
    6
    It's alright. It's a lot like Sekiro with the deflection/parry combat systems with a unique twist on damaging the enemies but it feels as though that doesn't apply to you quite as much. Decent variety due to the different paths you can take with your character and the plague weapon mechanic is quite cool and a pleasure to use but the game seems to lack something. I can't quite say why butIt's alright. It's a lot like Sekiro with the deflection/parry combat systems with a unique twist on damaging the enemies but it feels as though that doesn't apply to you quite as much. Decent variety due to the different paths you can take with your character and the plague weapon mechanic is quite cool and a pleasure to use but the game seems to lack something. I can't quite say why but the core combat felt incomplete. As for level design, it's pretty good visually and it has the core philosophy of a souls-like with shortcuts and whatnot but it feels lacking, that's not to say that it isn't enjoyable cutting a path to the next boss or bonfire?(I forgot the name) but it's very rough. The bosses feel like the weakest part. There is not much variety in each boss's moveset and they seem to be poorly balanced. It's far from perfect but provides an enjoyable experience for 5-10 hours. Overall: fun souls-like but very rough round the edges and mashes too many mechanics that don't entirely work together. Great if on sale, alright if not.… Expand
  10. Bazza
    Aug 21, 2022
    8
    Combat is fun and rewarding; reave in particular is a very nice system that separates it from other Souls-like titles.

    Is it as good as Bloodborne? No, absolutely no way but given that the game was made by indie devs that are famed for the Worms series back in the 90s and early 00s, they've come a very long way and should be proud of this cult gem.
  11. watchm824
    Nov 17, 2022
    6
    Probably the weakest Souls Like game I've played lately. It was not very interesting to explore the world of the game. The situation was saved only - good fights and a short duration of the game.
  12. ErayTellezi
    Mar 19, 2023
    8
    Soulslike oyun açlığı çekenlerin şifa niyetine tüketmeleri gereken bir iş. Büyük çaplı değil, basit ve kısa bir oyun. Ama yaptığı işi çok iyi yapıyor. Karakter ve silah gelişimi olsa da rpg elementleri çok az. Bir tane silahınız var. Ancak özel yeteneğiniz sayesinde düşmanlarınızın silahlarını bir defaya mahsus çalıp kullanabiliyorsunuz. Böylelikle ondan fazla silahı kullanmış oluyorsunuz.Soulslike oyun açlığı çekenlerin şifa niyetine tüketmeleri gereken bir iş. Büyük çaplı değil, basit ve kısa bir oyun. Ama yaptığı işi çok iyi yapıyor. Karakter ve silah gelişimi olsa da rpg elementleri çok az. Bir tane silahınız var. Ancak özel yeteneğiniz sayesinde düşmanlarınızın silahlarını bir defaya mahsus çalıp kullanabiliyorsunuz. Böylelikle ondan fazla silahı kullanmış oluyorsunuz. Bu da oyuna souls oyunlarında olmayan bir element eklemiş.

    Bir diğer şey düşmanlarınıza vurduğunuzda canlarının azalması ancak pençe ile vurmadığınızda yaralarının iyileşip geri dolması. Bu yüzden normal saldırılarınızı yaptıktan kısa bir süre sonra bir kaç kez de pençe saldırısı yapmanız gerekiyor. Bu da yavaş ve defansif değil agresif oynamak zorunda olmanız demek. Ki oyunun oynanışı da bunu destekliyor. Epey hızlı bir karakterimiz var. Ne kadar hızlı olduğumuzu oyunun son boss'u olarak kendimiz gibi birisi karşımıza çıktığında anlıyoruz. Beni bir kaç saat uğraştırdı açıkçası.

    Oyun atmosferi ve görselliği güzel. Müzik yok gibi bir şey. Harita dizaynı fena değil. Bir bölüme sondaki boss'u kesip gidiyorsunuz. Ama o bölümde keşfedecek küçük yerler falan var. Üst katlar vesaire. Öyle dümdüz koridorda ilerlemiyorsunuz.

    Neticede iş görür derecede bir oyun. Çok beklenti olmadan oynanabilir. Türe eklediği bir kaç yaratıcı fikir de cabası.    … Expand
  13. apokalipto
    Aug 28, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  14. StIwY
    Jul 2, 2023
    6
    Everything is mediocre in this game. Soundtracks are dull, the lore is boring and basically non-existent ( just few text there and there which explains...nothing, not even cutscenes, most of phantom weapons are useless, very limited interactions between the only two characters in this game.....and is brief too
  15. BlimpyPebbles
    Jul 21, 2023
    5
    I don’t know how anyone who is a fan of Souls games can love this game. There is just too much wrong with it. I’m convinced people just flatout don’t understand games. Ok, look, the game does get some things right. Some of the combat is really good and satisfying. Other times, it is terrible. The overall aesthetic is pretty cool, too. They had some interesting ideas, but they didn’tI don’t know how anyone who is a fan of Souls games can love this game. There is just too much wrong with it. I’m convinced people just flatout don’t understand games. Ok, look, the game does get some things right. Some of the combat is really good and satisfying. Other times, it is terrible. The overall aesthetic is pretty cool, too. They had some interesting ideas, but they didn’t execute them well. Thymesia isn’t completely horrible or anything, but with a VERY inconsistent difficulty, overly-difficult bosses, a lack of weapons, poor and confusing level design, technical issues, hitbox issues, a broken leveling-up system and a very short runtime, I can’t exactly recommend it. When people give games like this 10/10, it gives the developer false feedback. When that happens, they won’t improve their game in areas that need it. They won’t succeed with future projects. Sometimes constructive criticism is a good thing. Team17 shouldn’t give up. They should work on the glaring issues, maybe get more funding and learn from their mistakes. They have the ability to do something great. Remember, it is ok to copy Souls games, but if you do, do it right. Not everything has to be overly-difficult and a tedious slog. Balance is key.… Expand
  16. aniketp41
    Sep 24, 2022
    0
    Not worth the time.... A lot of the level design is confusing as hell......
  17. Zallen
    Sep 9, 2022
    8
    Достойный Соус Лайк мутант, взявший в себя все геймплейные элементы из предыдущих игр Миядзаки и не только - атмосферу и элементы Bloodborne, смесь боя Dark Souls и Sekiro, а так же построение уровней из Nioh, хотя есть и что то новое. Боссы адекватно сбалансированы и бросают вызов. Из минусов скудный лвл дизайн - моментами даже душный, малая продолжительность игры и нулеваяДостойный Соус Лайк мутант, взявший в себя все геймплейные элементы из предыдущих игр Миядзаки и не только - атмосферу и элементы Bloodborne, смесь боя Dark Souls и Sekiro, а так же построение уровней из Nioh, хотя есть и что то новое. Боссы адекватно сбалансированы и бросают вызов. Из минусов скудный лвл дизайн - моментами даже душный, малая продолжительность игры и нулевая реиграбельность.
    8мь чумных докторов из 10ти.    … Expand
  18. GingerMeow
    Sep 4, 2022
    7
    Very nice Souls-like game! Not too hard for the newcomers. Not perfect, but ok
  19. MastroQQ
    Sep 5, 2022
    8
    Overall a really good action game, that finnally fuse the Souls-like mechanics, at Sekiro ones.

    Pretty fun to play, very scenic and pretty well optimized. I suggest to give this little masterpiece a try
  20. blooestofboys
    Oct 28, 2022
    7
    good game. a little iffy parry mechanic but its okay, not very good level design but i must say combat is MORE FUN than dark souls and sekiro to me. way more viable options and cool stuff to do, very nice!
  21. Shiresu
    Sep 20, 2022
    8
    It is a solid game, a lil short, but the base game is great, combat is fun and bosses are ok. Music and scenery are a perfect match.

    The base game is not very difficult. Extra content sucked a lot. Three of the extra bosses felt poorly designed. On of them as whole stage boss with zero threat to the player, the other two were way to aggressive with short windows to punish, turning    It is a solid game, a lil short, but the base game is great, combat is fun and bosses are ok. Music and scenery are a perfect match.

    The base game is not very difficult.

    Extra content sucked a lot. Three of the extra bosses felt poorly designed. On of them as whole stage boss with zero threat to the player, the other two were way to aggressive with short windows to punish, turning the fight in to a weary slugfest that lasts for ages.

    With some more love for the extra content, this game would belong to the better non from software souls likes.

    Playtime: ~6,5h for the base game and ~12h for a complete run    … Expand
  22. Midlanejunkie
    Feb 6, 2023
    10
    In my opinion the perfect Soulslike. The combination of new ideas (white and green bar, weapons, talent tree) and good old mechanics (deflect and dodge) make it really fun. It‘s fast pace, it‘s extremely hard. Bosses are designed nicely, graphics are great. Hope there will come more!
  23. Mixtrix
    Mar 30, 2023
    10
    Una maravilla lo recomiendo me encanto, es un juego chiquito desarrollado por un estudio pequeño, un juego con fallas y aciertos, unos combates de jefes geniales menos 1 que no me gusto, el escenario la verdad a mi me gusto y la variedad de enemigos me parece aceptable solo que el patron de ataques de ellos no varia, en cuestion de armas y eso pues no hay mucho jaja perooo pero lo compensaUna maravilla lo recomiendo me encanto, es un juego chiquito desarrollado por un estudio pequeño, un juego con fallas y aciertos, unos combates de jefes geniales menos 1 que no me gusto, el escenario la verdad a mi me gusto y la variedad de enemigos me parece aceptable solo que el patron de ataques de ellos no varia, en cuestion de armas y eso pues no hay mucho jaja perooo pero lo compensa con un arbol de habilidades genial que permite personalizar al personaje a tu forma de jugar, la historia como en casi todo soulslike vale pepino c:, solo se me hizo en falta que los personajes tuvieran voces y talvez cinematicas pero meh, lo recomiendo denle la oportunidad a ver si tenemos un thymesia 2 c:… Expand
  24. GioLaBot
    May 29, 2023
    5
    I state that I like linear games but the scenarios are repetitive and boring, little variety of bots, and the combat didn't excite me, even the movement seemed a bit back in time
  25. Young_Fawn
    Jun 21, 2023
    8
    A Solid Souls-Like Entry

    Thymesia, for me, can be described as a strange combination of Bloodborne, Nioh and Sekiro. Aesthetically it looks like Bloodborne and is about as fast paced. Combat is a bit like Sekiro, with a strong emphasis on parrying, especially on boss fights, if you don't learn to Parry, the Bosses will put you down very quickly. It's also not hard to learn, a lot of    A Solid Souls-Like Entry

    Thymesia, for me, can be described as a strange combination of Bloodborne, Nioh and Sekiro.

    Aesthetically it looks like Bloodborne and is about as fast paced.
    Combat is a bit like Sekiro, with a strong emphasis on parrying, especially on boss fights, if you don't learn to Parry, the Bosses will put you down very quickly. It's also not hard to learn, a lot of complaints in reviews I see are people comparing it to Sekiro and then complaining about parrying? Hello?
    The main Nioh aspect of it is the Plague Weapons which are a variety of different special attacks you can use and also the mission select, the game is not open world like Sekiro and Bloodborne, but level based.

    The game manages to succeed in the way that all games should, it's simply very fun to play.
    The enemy design is pretty basic but even the most bog standard guy can mess you up if you're not careful or you get too overzealous in your attacks.

    One thing I liked is how each enemy has basically two health bars, armour and hp. You need to get the armour down so you can get access to the HP and use different attacks for each, if you spend too long dilly-dallying and not applying enough pressure, their armour bar begins to regenerate. I think it's pretty neat.

    The side-quests are a must, yeah they're in the same level as you did before, similar to how Nioh's side-quests work, but you get a lot from them and some of the Bosses are strictly in Side-Quests only, so I'd highly recommend doing them, you also need their "Cores" for some of the different endings.

    I didn't really have many problems with the game, I see people complaining about frame rate drops but I only had that for the first 10% of the first mission, it was absolutely not a consistent flaw.

    Bosses are like how they are in most games of this genre, you get beat enough times to learn the attack patterns and then it just becomes about smashing them once you've got it down.

    The story isn't told to you straight up, it's all done through passages and notes you find on the ground, which give you an idea of some of the history of the level and how things came to be. Again, not to keep referring to other reviews, but I don't understand why people are saying it's a comparable to Sekiro or Bloodborne and then complaining that the story isn't told to you in an obvious manner. Isn't that one of the reasons those former games were praised? Everything seems a bit hypocritical.

    I guess my only complaint is that the game is quite short, you can probably finish the game in around 6-8 hours if you do all the side quests as well, but the game is only £20 so it's not that strong an argument.

    I highly enjoyed my time playing Thymesia, maybe I'll go back and get some of the other endings, it was a good little experience and I really hope in a few years we'll see a sequel which is longer with a few extra mechanics added to the game. It's a solid entry into the genre and it is absolutely one of the betters ones on the market outside of Fromsoft games.

    For what it is, it's a great game; something to keep you occupied for a day or two with a little bit of replayability but not a whole lot. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a game to scratch that souls-like itch which a lot of us have.

    8/10, a great game for what it is and you'll have a lot of fun playing it.

    Also: Abuse the dagger, it's OP.    … Expand
  26. ManHoof
    Jul 29, 2023
    6
    It's a good game. In fact, one of the best 3D soul battlers I've ever played (not from From Software).
    It has a good combat system, an interesting pumping system. Also, the bosses in this game are quite interesting and unique in some way. Of course, it's not the second Bloodborne, but it's a good game.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 43
  3. Negative: 2 out of 43
  1. Softpedia
    Feb 13, 2023
    70
    If you’re a veteran of soulslike games, you’ll find Thymesia enjoyable, yet frustrating at times due to some unfair mechanics. Unfortunately, this is not a welcoming game for newcomers to the genre, so you’ll want to skip this one if you’re finding games like Sekiro and Bloodborne too difficult.
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  2. Cubed3
    Oct 24, 2022
    60
    Thymesia is a nice diversion - something that can keep you occupied until the next great soulsborne game gets released. That is its curse. It's a good game, with fast and enjoyable action, but lacks the immersive story and atmosphere, as well as the quality of level design and combat finesse that is expected from such titles.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Oct 22, 2022
    67
    OverBorder Studio is probably capable of creating a rival to Sekiro, but their first game is just an experimental try.
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