Immortal: Unchained

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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 79 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 79
  3. Negative: 28 out of 79
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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Sep 27, 2018
    6
    Immortal unchained
    Just A little too punishing for me
    Immortal Unchained is a 3rd person shooter souls like game where you play as your own created character from a choice of multiple claases across an around 8 hour long campaign where you run through every level collecting as many forgotten bits as you can throughout the world but mostly off of defeated enemies and using these bits to    Immortal unchained
    Just A little too punishing for me
    Immortal Unchained is a 3rd person shooter souls like game where you play as your own created character from a choice of multiple claases across an around 8 hour long campaign where you run through every level collecting as many forgotten bits as you can throughout the world but mostly off of defeated enemies and using these bits to level your character up. .as they work like souls.. and much like the souls games, dying means you drop them and its up to you to go recollect them without dying on your way back…
    And this game was just a bit too slow paced for me..
    I didn’t beat it..
    I don’t have the patience, but from what I did see, before this game beat me into submission, I can tell this is a solid game..
    Its has all of the right things going for it… there are hidden loot chests with new guns and scraps to upgrade these guns, enemy encounters are all a threat, this game is challenging from start to finish..
    There are boss battles, there are doors you can unlock to shorten paths to new areas…
    the hook of grinding and killing enemies is there… getting strong if a boss is giving you trouble for example…
    However I just feel like there is an unbalance that kept the challenge from feeling fun to me..
    As while these types of games aren’t something I typically see through to the end… I still enjoy them humbling me, chewing me up and spitting me out..
    Here is just felt like immortal unchained was a tad more on the frustrating side than challenging…
    For starters the loot system… weapons have certain requirements before you can equip them which is annoying… you cant build your character around yoyur play style… you have to build them around requirements of the better weapon you just picked up… and the grind for leveling up your stats to meet these requirements is just too much…
    leveling up 1 stat increases your overall level instead of each stat having their own separate levels… this means that if you ignore a certain stat and later on want to level it up even once.. its gouing to cost you thousands of bits instead of 1 thousand for example… its just frustrating and makes the grind seem not even worth it…
    But all of this aside, enemies are just far too spongey… im a huge believer that no enemy in a video game should eat up multiple clips… there are times its forgiving like in borderlands.. but that’s only because there is ammo all over the place… in immortal unchained.. theres no ammo.. anywhere.. it only refills when you go to a save point which respawns every enemy in an area like a campfire in a souls game…
    this is frustrating because by time you make your way back to the boss that just killed you, you’ve got practically no ammo and have to rely on melee…
    But even still I could look over this if reaload speed wasn’t so god awful slow…
    The time it takes to empty a clips is almost identical to the time it takes to reload the clip.. its just unnacceptable and makes combat feel frustrating.. its ridiculous…
    all of the things are here to make this an enjoyable game.. but it sets out to punish you because that’s its goal.. to just be difficulty.. it succeeds in that, but youll need to be a gltuten for punishment to get the most out of this game
    I give Immortal Unchained
    a 6.0/10    … Expand
  2. chuchel
    Oct 3, 2018
    3
    a soul with mechanical shooter badly carried, rough and graphically very poor ....
  3. wasikiro
    Sep 9, 2018
    2
    I created an account just for this. I have never written, and probably will never write another, meta critic review. But since this game currently has "universal acclaim" I felt it was necessary that at least one dissenting review on here.

    About me: I love Soul games. I played Demon's, all three Darks, Nioh, and the Surge. I even love poorly implemented janky as heck Souls games.    I created an account just for this. I have never written, and probably will never write another, meta critic review. But since this game currently has "universal acclaim" I felt it was necessary that at least one dissenting review on here.

    About me: I love Soul games. I played Demon's, all three Darks, Nioh, and the Surge. I even love poorly implemented janky as heck Souls games. See above, I played Demon's and the Surge.

    This is a bad game. Not a bad Souls game. A bad game, game. I bought it at launch, I played 10 hours. I uninstalled it in rage. Note I played on PS4 pro.

    The graphics are like PS3 era. This would be acceptable if the game didn't suffer from tons of texture pop, stutters and low framerates during the most basic operations.

    The game focuses on ranged combat. This would be amazing if every single enemy didn't have about 30% more range than you do and be able to kill you in 2 or 3 shots. It takes time to go in and out of aim, reload is canceled by every single action so you constantly find yourself dry trying to get one or two hits in.

    The weapons are limp and uninteresting, the constant actions delay leaves you desperately wishing your character would do anything you ask him. Like if you aim and shoot, get ready to wait 1-2 seconds before it registers reload or use item. This happens on every action.

    I got as far as an area in which you had to fight multiple teleporting enemies who could easily shoot you from twice your range and could kill you in a single volley. That's like, whatever, Dark Souls man, git gud. Then they started teleporting reliably into the geometry where I couldn't shoot them but they could shoot me. There is no reason to suffer this game. Go play literally anything else.

    The negative reviews on Steam are real. Obviously I can't comment on the PC release, but I can't believe it's better than this by any margin.

    Also the Lore and Cut-scenes constantly talk up there being 9 planets and 9 realms or whatever. You get exactly 3. There are gates for more in your hub, but I don't know if they are planned DLC or never going to be done or what.

    Finally ever boss fight, all of them, is just target lock, hold right on the stick, walk around them until they do an animation so you can shoot their back. Rise & Repeat. So the hallmark and most fun of most of these kind of games is just also limp and boring.

    I think it's rather telling the game has no like real reviews at all yet from review sites. So I hope this saves someone else from making my mistake and spending $50 bucks on this.    … Expand
  4. H1senberg
    Sep 9, 2018
    8
    This is a very good, very NON-AAA game. Its unique in that its the first Soulslike to focus on guns (although you also have a melee weapon), which, after playing, makes you wonder why it took so long. The first couple hours are okay, the boss fight being a high point, but after that you will find yourself playing just as you would a Souls game. The interconnected regions, the challenge,This is a very good, very NON-AAA game. Its unique in that its the first Soulslike to focus on guns (although you also have a melee weapon), which, after playing, makes you wonder why it took so long. The first couple hours are okay, the boss fight being a high point, but after that you will find yourself playing just as you would a Souls game. The interconnected regions, the challenge, dropping your experience where you die, and then fighting your way back to regain it.
    The game is obviously made on a smaller budget. It lacks the great polish of a From Software game, and the graphics are subpar (im playing on a PS4 Pro with a 55" 4K Smart TV). However, the gunplay is pretty well done. There are lots of different guns as well as melee weapons, each requiring certain attribute levels in order to use. The worlds are well done, with shortcuts to open up, just like you're used to.
    There are 6 classes to choose from, each with different starting stats and perks, as well as a particular weapon focus, although you dont have to stay that way. I leveled up my strength the most so far in order to unlock the shotguns i had found (which has been a blessing for doling out better damage).
    You can choose male or female, hair style and color, skin color, tattoos and color for face and body, or none at all, but you cant change the face or body type of the character for either gender.
    I have put 9 hours in, and find myself thoroughly enjoying the game. Im happybi bought it. Its $50 instead of $60. Probably should be $40, but im fine with it, as i said, im happy with my purchase.
    I bought this day 1 along with Spiderman. Now im not going to tell you its better than Spiderman, because its not, but ive split my time with them evenly so far.
    If you're a Souls fan, and looking for a fix, you might just be happy with this game. For people like us i find its a bit of a surprising gem. If you're the type who easily finds things to complain about in games, im not sure if its for you. This is only my third review on here ever, over the years, but i felt this game deserved a fair chance.    … Expand
  5. Neessa
    Sep 14, 2018
    4
    The more you advance in the game, the more you discover how many bugs it has and how unfair it can be. Die hard Souls fan here and I know how to differentiate difficulty and bad design. If you want to avoid being disappointed with another Souls wannabe (is this you Lords of The Fallen?) drop immediately all your hope to play a good Souls-like game.
  6. ps3hero
    Sep 17, 2018
    10
    I am 30 hours in and I think hit 60% of the game. It is a "AA" title, so in the end just 30 devs were working on it and yes you see it in the graphics, but it's still good looking and VERY athmospheric. Gameplay is "Demon's Souls with guns" set in a Scifi setting - I love it, looks awesome and the fights are very difficult what I like. Most bad reviews talk about the technical flaws - lookI am 30 hours in and I think hit 60% of the game. It is a "AA" title, so in the end just 30 devs were working on it and yes you see it in the graphics, but it's still good looking and VERY athmospheric. Gameplay is "Demon's Souls with guns" set in a Scifi setting - I love it, looks awesome and the fights are very difficult what I like. Most bad reviews talk about the technical flaws - look behind it and enjy one oft the best game since years.… Expand
  7. SirMaestro
    Sep 14, 2018
    10
    Love the game! Put about 14 hours into it so far and it sure gets challanging further in and I love it for that reason. Further game modes and bugfix patches has been annonced by the developer and I'm looking forward for this.
  8. Agedeon
    Sep 9, 2018
    9
    Awesome game,a real good challenge!,and the atmosphere us amazing.A great surprise !
  9. BahkirOFF
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Don't have 4:3 resolution support D:
    Bad color gambit

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  10. helicoptersky
    Sep 8, 2018
    9
    Bought it on PS4 today and the game is interesting and really challenging. I have played it 8 hours now totally and really enjoying it. Its a game that needs to be played for a few hours to get it right. First hours was a bit weird but after the cool boss fights I can recommend it to my friends.
  11. Yzothateg
    Oct 9, 2018
    0
    Crappy generic music, boring bosses, regular enemies masked ass bosses, lag and crashes and buggy as hell. This game gives the illusion of choice but the truth is, you can't win without a snipe rifle since the levels are so unfair and unbalanced that you will have to snipe enemies that have snipe rifles in a narrow hallway or you can't proceed. Imagine Megaman but make every stage 10 timesCrappy generic music, boring bosses, regular enemies masked ass bosses, lag and crashes and buggy as hell. This game gives the illusion of choice but the truth is, you can't win without a snipe rifle since the levels are so unfair and unbalanced that you will have to snipe enemies that have snipe rifles in a narrow hallway or you can't proceed. Imagine Megaman but make every stage 10 times longer so it takes you 1 to 3 hours to get to the boss and when you finally reach it it's a childs play. This game is horrendous, I love soulsborne games but this is a horrible way to try and cash in on it . I would go so far as to call plagiarism since so much is stolen directly from dark souls and dark souls 2. It should be illegal to sell this unstable piece of garbage. I have played early access games that are more stable. It's pathetic. Let's hope toadman will never make a game again. I don't care it's a 20 people team that developed the game. They developed a turd and try to charge you money for it. Get a job I say, a real job because game development isn't your cup of tea and it never will be.… Expand
  12. Anthor
    Jan 6, 2019
    7
    Immortal Unchained es un juego infravalorado que tiene como único punto en contra un port en consolas bastante mediocre y el cual necesitaba 1 año más trabajo y optimización para mejorar modelos y texturas así como no omitir todas las sombras de los objetos como las han omitido en estas versiones. Una lástima. Podría haber salido mucho mejor. Por lo demás es un grandísimo Souls-like yImmortal Unchained es un juego infravalorado que tiene como único punto en contra un port en consolas bastante mediocre y el cual necesitaba 1 año más trabajo y optimización para mejorar modelos y texturas así como no omitir todas las sombras de los objetos como las han omitido en estas versiones. Una lástima. Podría haber salido mucho mejor. Por lo demás es un grandísimo Souls-like y original con su variante TPS. Divertido, desafiante, bien diseñado y muy recomendado para todos los amantes del género. Es un juego de 7 o 7,5. De Notable sin lugar a dudas.… Expand
  13. cupubem
    Sep 10, 2018
    9
    Cool game. Its Dark Souls with guns basically :). Looking forward for more DLCs later to level up my character and unlock more weapons.
  14. Arcerdo
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    A dark souls with guns sounded like a good idea, but this is not how you do it.
    It feels clunky to play, story is utter nonsense that tries to be way too clever for its own good, but keeps tripping over itself.
    Its biggest flaw, is that it is just plain boring. I had to force myself to finish it, hoping for some form of resolution but instead the ending felt like a slap in the face. It    A dark souls with guns sounded like a good idea, but this is not how you do it.
    It feels clunky to play, story is utter nonsense that tries to be way too clever for its own good, but keeps tripping over itself.

    Its biggest flaw, is that it is just plain boring. I had to force myself to finish it, hoping for some form of resolution but instead the ending felt like a slap in the face. It just hurts to play.

    Skip this one, you'll thank yourself later.    … Expand
  15. yaminotenshi1
    Jun 17, 2022
    0
    is a **** game, boring redundant tedious they took all the **** part of the souls genre and put all together here... is just trash...
  16. tmillet2017
    Mar 22, 2019
    8
    September 2019: The concept of an action RPG shooter, with some Dark Souls mechanics mixed in, sounded very intriguing to me. In my opinion, it mostly worked out quite well. I've spent about 30 hours or so between two different characters and have enjoyed my time. Given that this game comes from a smaller developer, I can look past a lot of the minor shortcomings in the game. ISeptember 2019: The concept of an action RPG shooter, with some Dark Souls mechanics mixed in, sounded very intriguing to me. In my opinion, it mostly worked out quite well. I've spent about 30 hours or so between two different characters and have enjoyed my time. Given that this game comes from a smaller developer, I can look past a lot of the minor shortcomings in the game. I certainly think the game has a lot of good things going for it (i.e. good level design, varied enemy and weapon types, challenging gameplay).

    However, what is unacceptable to me, is how many times the game crashes. This needs to be fixed immediately and should have been addressed prior to release. I can't get through a 2 hour session now without it crashing at least once. The problem is, it doesn't automatically save your game as you progress from checkpoint to checkpoint unless you manually quit from the options menu. Now, I find myself having to do just that every so often in order to keep from losing all my progress. It's incredibly frustrating to lose 30,000 in bits and 30 minutes of my time, because the game decides to crash.

    If it weren't for the crashing issue, I'd probably give the game a 7.5, whereas right now it's probably closer to a 6.5. It's unfortunate. It seems as though they rushed release and it resulted in a game brimming with potential, but too unpolished to be considered good.

    March 2019 Update: The developers have now made many bug fixes, added a New Game +, added more weapons, balanced the weapons and stats, and added a new free DLC called "Mask of Pain". Given these improvements, I've increased my rating to 8.0. If you are an action RPG fan, give this game a shot.    … Expand
  17. BITESCREEN
    Nov 14, 2018
    6
    Gute Soulslikes gibt es viele – doch nur wenige gehen über die bloße Kopie hinaus. Immortal – Unchained jedoch entfernt sich ein gutes Stück vom großen Vorbild Dark Souls, indem es mal eben den Shooter mimt. In puncto Spielgefühl funktioniert dieser Wechsel bemerkenswert gut, denn auch in Toadman Interactives knallhartem Action-RPG entsteht ein Großteil der Faszination durchsGute Soulslikes gibt es viele – doch nur wenige gehen über die bloße Kopie hinaus. Immortal – Unchained jedoch entfernt sich ein gutes Stück vom großen Vorbild Dark Souls, indem es mal eben den Shooter mimt. In puncto Spielgefühl funktioniert dieser Wechsel bemerkenswert gut, denn auch in Toadman Interactives knallhartem Action-RPG entsteht ein Großteil der Faszination durchs Immer-wieder-Sterben und gleichzeitige Lernen. Außerdem ist der an Terminator-erinnernde Dark-Sci-Fi-Look irgendwie gelungener als noch beim deutlich dickeren The Surge. Leider nerven technische Probleme wie Glitches, Ruckler, Textur Pop-ups und korrupte Savegames genauso wie echte Unregelmäßigkeiten im Gameplay: Viele Bosse frustrieren durch einen unfairen Stun, außerdem unterbricht der Feind jederzeit eure Nachlade-Animation. Insgesamt unterhält Immortal – Unchained Genrefans dennoch – vor allem wenn die anfangs lahmen Levels durch smarte Shortcuts immer komplexer werden.… Expand
  18. Souls-Lurk
    Sep 20, 2019
    8
    This game is SO underrated!

    If you love ‘souls’ you need to play this. If you can get past the indie production values, there is a gem of a game here. The level design is superb... bettering equivalent souls-like efforts like Nioh, The Surge and LotF... and rivalling From’s games. The game world, atmosphere and lore are also surprisingly good all things considered. Difficulty...    This game is SO underrated!

    If you love ‘souls’ you need to play this. If you can get past the indie production values, there is a gem of a game here. The level design is superb... bettering equivalent souls-like efforts like Nioh, The Surge and LotF... and rivalling From’s games. The game world, atmosphere and lore are also surprisingly good all things considered.

    Difficulty... very! I’ve hit a few ‘walls’ during my play through and I’d imagine that this has a lot to do with the low review scores. Thing is though, it brought me the closest I’ve been to the way I felt playing Demons Souls all those years ago. Reaching the next obelisk (bonfire/arch stone) with only a sliver of health, no healing items a little else left in my inventory. There are some tense times when you take the next corner hoping it’s a checkpoint and not an enemy with those scan5 resources remaining.

    Great game.    … Expand
  19. Hackslashshoot
    Jul 11, 2023
    10
    I bought this game a while ago ... forgot I even had it. I have been playing Elden Ring for the last 2 years haven't had any desire to play any other game. I found it in my desk drawer and was like meh why not?!! It has been 3 days and I have put 22 hours in. I just beat Arden.The developers were on to something with this bad boy. I have played just about every souls ripoff out there.I bought this game a while ago ... forgot I even had it. I have been playing Elden Ring for the last 2 years haven't had any desire to play any other game. I found it in my desk drawer and was like meh why not?!! It has been 3 days and I have put 22 hours in. I just beat Arden.The developers were on to something with this bad boy. I have played just about every souls ripoff out there. This one is by far the best. I have no idea why it is not appreciated. It is in my opinion a 10 out of 10. THIS GAME HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM ONLINE PURCHASES Absolute gem!!!!!!!. I have beaten all of them from code vein to salt and santuary . I know these soul ripoffs have balancing issues and areas that are just unfair and dumb. After the 2nd area not so much. No guides or youtube to help so if you need your hand held dont bother. If you enjoy single player action rpgs that will challenge your button mashing skills get this game before it disappears.
    I have a feeling this game will be on ebay for a stupid amount of money one day    … Expand
  20. Mondyjoy
    Sep 19, 2021
    1
    Tried it, really really wanted to like it but no. Stay away! Guns do nothing, melee do nothing, no stamina, get nearly no "souls" for leveling up "which is expensive!) And levels will not make any difference at all... You got ammo and the enemies EAT your ammo, so what happens after that? Well nothing! You can't do **** They can shoot from the otherside of the map with almost aimbot. Don'tTried it, really really wanted to like it but no. Stay away! Guns do nothing, melee do nothing, no stamina, get nearly no "souls" for leveling up "which is expensive!) And levels will not make any difference at all... You got ammo and the enemies EAT your ammo, so what happens after that? Well nothing! You can't do **** They can shoot from the otherside of the map with almost aimbot. Don't run, they will somehow hit anyway. Weapon dmg scale instead and won't do **** since some weapon scale on maybe both so you have to level both. But ya again leveling takes years! I hate this so damn hard. I really tried. I played for about 10 hours and got NOTHING from it. Waste of time. Giving it a 1 because it COULD be good but sadly far from it...… Expand
  21. Jilllloyd23
    Jul 12, 2023
    8
    Immortal Unchained is not a perfect game but it nails the slow punishing combat of the original dark souls far better than more popular “souls with guns” games such as Remnant:from the ashes. The game design can be punishing to unfun levels as the game goes on but the gameplay, design and different builds are all memorable and interesting.
    It’s really frustrating that Xbox and PlayStation    Immortal Unchained is not a perfect game but it nails the slow punishing combat of the original dark souls far better than more popular “souls with guns” games such as Remnant:from the ashes. The game design can be punishing to unfun levels as the game goes on but the gameplay, design and different builds are all memorable and interesting.
    It’s really frustrating that Xbox and PlayStation have delisted this game as it’s so much better than most of what’s on their store. But you can still play it via steam.    … Expand

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49

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2019
    55
    Although I’m a huge fan of shooters, I had to force myself to play Immortal: Unchained. The game clumsily tries to marry two formulas: an action game built around firearms and a soulslike. It does some things right – the atmosphere is intriguing, the dismemberment system works fine, boss encounters are done well and the character development system is solid – but it failed in the most important aspect. Immortal’s cardinal sin is its mediocre gunplay, which makes shooting boring and therefore turns firefights into drudgery. [12/2018, p.54]
  2. Impulsegamer
    Oct 12, 2018
    56
    Whilst an admirable attempt at offering a fresh take on what is already becoming a fairly staid genre, Toadman Interactive has unfortunately missed the mark when it comes to one of the most crucial elements of making these games work.
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  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Oct 1, 2018
    50
    Immortal: Unchained is a souls like third person shooter game developed and published by Toadman Interactive. The idea of a souls like with guns is amazing, but the way it is developed, it looks like a set of beautiful non-original ideas stuck together.
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