Thymesia

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  • Summary: Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. Digital Chumps
    Aug 17, 2022
    82
    Bottomline, Thymesia does not stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the giants of the genre, but it’s a great game in its own right. Though it falters some in areas like presentation, story, and level design, the combat and upgrade systems are a lot of fun, even if the enemy variety gets to feeling a little thin by the end. Personally, I hope we see a lot more from Overboard Studios and Corvus in the future as there is a lot of potential to be realized yet.
  2. Digitally Downloaded
    Aug 16, 2022
    80
    If you can handle the corners that were cut due to the budget, then Thymasia’s combat system is worth it all on its own. The game’s intriguingly dark setting and the exquisitely dark theme are more than good enough to pay attention to as well. There are certainly things that the development team could do with a sequel if this generates enough revenue to build on the foundations that they’ve created, but the earnestness that went into making this one distinctive from the other “Souls clones” is worthwhile either way.
  3. Finger Guns
    Aug 23, 2022
    80
    It is a little rough around the edges, which is to be expected from a small team and backed by an indie publisher. Stick with Thymesia however and you’ll make some good memories with it, hopefully with some care down the line to refine the experience.
  4. Destructoid
    Aug 16, 2022
    70
    Thymesia isn't shy about its influences, an admittance that helps and harms the title when inevitably compared to its legendary brethren.
  5. Gamer.nl
    Aug 26, 2022
    70
    Thymesia has copied a little too much from 'big brother' Bloodborne. The game has more than enough due to the phenomenal combat system. In this respect it is perhaps better than its two biggest sources of inspiration and such an achievement cannot but be rewarded. Even if it involves unabashed stealing.
  6. PC Games
    Aug 19, 2022
    70
    Even though the setting and many gameplay elements in Thymesia aren’t new for Soulslike-enthusiasts, the game’s enjoyable combat and progression show that the developers understand the genre. The versatile plague weapons are fun to collect and use, while the compact skill system allows for useful fine-tuning when bosses get difficult. And while they rarely do that, most of them offer unique and varied encounters. But the particularly hard bosses do exhibit some of the game’s wonky difficulty balancing and sometimes imprecise gameplay mechanics. Also, Thymesia isn’t a very big or replayable game, though the fair asking price somewhat alleviates that.
  7. Push Square
    Aug 16, 2022
    30
    If more of the game had the degree of polish that reaving does, the game could have been something special. The end result is a small-scale game with lofty aspirations that miss the mark. Stealing specials is great, but everything surrounding that is unimpressive.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 33
  3. Negative: 7 out of 33
  1. Beowulf0711
    Mar 18, 2023
    10
    Is this game Elden Ring? No. Is it a love letter to Fromsoft from an Indie Studio in all the right ways? Absolutely. It looks beautiful, playsIs this game Elden Ring? No. Is it a love letter to Fromsoft from an Indie Studio in all the right ways? Absolutely. It looks beautiful, plays wonderfully, and just feels great. It's absolutely worth a play, and I hope we get more like this in the future. Honestly, my biggest complaint about this game is that there isn't more of it. You can see the love the creators put into each area, and I think with a larger budget, these games could rival some of the greats.… Expand
  2. Mamosha
    May 20, 2023
    10
    Good game. I understand that developers have only bottle of cola and pack of ketchup for develop this game, but the idea is strong, gameplayGood game. I understand that developers have only bottle of cola and pack of ketchup for develop this game, but the idea is strong, gameplay is solid and I really like it. Hope they will have opportunities to make their next game with more budget… Expand
  4. Birdie
    Oct 30, 2022
    9
    For me, this is Bloodborne/Sekiro light. Instead of 50-100 hours you have 10-15 hours of pure and simple fun. Perfect for me after some longFor me, this is Bloodborne/Sekiro light. Instead of 50-100 hours you have 10-15 hours of pure and simple fun. Perfect for me after some long games. Great action mechanics and some new ideas. I think the length is perfect, it would probably get boring if it was longer. Unless they made something more with the great ideas and/or adding more. Mixing plague weapons or more skills etc. Maybe more regular weapons and parry weapons or options. Feather mechanics is fun but only used it for a few bosses. For a while a used the options when you jump to the enemy with the second feather thrown. I like the skills system because I could change it up after my needs. One boss was really hard so I changed my skills and strats and voila. Fun!… Expand
  5. C0QUINH0
    Aug 23, 2022
    8
    I don’t like so much the game in general, but I love THE GAMEPLAY it is frenetic and hard!
  6. uyeong
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    A game worth playing just for killing time. battles is a bit boring. But it's a game you can totally enjoy.
  7. Badgerryan27
    Oct 16, 2022
    6
    Does it live up? No. but does any "souls like" ever do? It was okay for what it was. A copy cat Souls game. Good mechanics and decent bossesDoes it live up? No. but does any "souls like" ever do? It was okay for what it was. A copy cat Souls game. Good mechanics and decent bosses and areas.… Expand
  8. maddiplomat
    May 26, 2023
    0
    Absolute trash in every way, the only motivation for playing is to laugh at it. If you are going to make a low budget game it better beAbsolute trash in every way, the only motivation for playing is to laugh at it. If you are going to make a low budget game it better be amazing to play. But they made a low budget game that is unpolished and also plays like trash. I should fine you for wasting my time, thank god this was "free" on PS plus. I'd rather replay BB/DS3 a 1000 times than waste any more of my time with this "game".… Expand

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