Thymesia

 PlayStation 5
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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 67
  3. Negative: 15 out of 67
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  1. sinantos
    May 29, 2023
    8
    The combat is much faster paced than the original souls games and very satisfying for the fans of the genre. There are few bosses but they are very well designed. The soundtrack is very good. The level design is not complex as in dark souls games. Even though it was a short journey I liked the story and everything in the game. I had fun while playing it. I can only criticize the game forThe combat is much faster paced than the original souls games and very satisfying for the fans of the genre. There are few bosses but they are very well designed. The soundtrack is very good. The level design is not complex as in dark souls games. Even though it was a short journey I liked the story and everything in the game. I had fun while playing it. I can only criticize the game for getting too much inspiration from the original souls games to the point of losing its own identity.… Expand
  2. 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, 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, andIs 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
  3. Sireffa
    Aug 26, 2022
    10
    Absolutely amazing game. Fight is speed and fair, not like Elden ring. Combined Sekiro and Bloodborne. For me Its game of the year. Thanks to developers. Not read review from some russian thiefs who stole the game. Zero review is like his brain, zero brain.
  4. n-swidan
    Aug 22, 2022
    8
    Fantastic game with amazing, fun, and challenging combat! If you like Sekiro, you're gonna like this too!
  5. CraigTheGregMan
    Aug 23, 2022
    10
    In my opinion, Thymesia is a better souls like than Elden Ring. ER is overall a better game, but this title takes the original Dark Souls credo of “Hard but fair” and does that better than any of the main line souls games. This is the only game where I went from dying to a boss 10+ times to eventually no hitting them. It’s fast, but it’s tight and accurate. I just highly recommend,In my opinion, Thymesia is a better souls like than Elden Ring. ER is overall a better game, but this title takes the original Dark Souls credo of “Hard but fair” and does that better than any of the main line souls games. This is the only game where I went from dying to a boss 10+ times to eventually no hitting them. It’s fast, but it’s tight and accurate. I just highly recommend, ESPECIALLY while it’s $23.99.… Expand
  6. 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 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. MaybeFor 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
  7. 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, gameplay is solid and I really like it. Hope they will have opportunities to make their next game with more budget
  8. DolanDark
    May 31, 2023
    8
    Solid souls like game that does enough to be different, level design isn't the best but the gameplay is good and smooth, not sure what some of the other comments are talking about.
  9. Uvmaister
    Sep 12, 2022
    9
    If your bloodborne itch needs a scratch this is a game for you. Excellent, fun and creative gameplay mechanics with dark and twisted environments. The developer walks a fine line between it not being overly difficult for a soulsborne game but also enjoyable even for a souls veteran. Well worth your time and money
  10. Jt0429
    Aug 19, 2022
    8
    Good-
    Great Combat; Interesting story; Reaving is a fun mechanic.
    Bad- Core skills locked behind skill tree progress is a bad choice. Thoughts- Ultimately, Thymesia is far from yet another indie studio trying its hand at imitating FromSoftware’s work. While it undoubtedly borrows a lot from the game that influenced it the most—Bloodborne—Thymesia does more than enough to end up    Good-
    Great Combat; Interesting story; Reaving is a fun mechanic.

    Bad-
    Core skills locked behind skill tree progress is a bad choice.

    Thoughts-
    Ultimately, Thymesia is far from yet another indie studio trying its hand at imitating FromSoftware’s work. While it undoubtedly borrows a lot from the game that influenced it the most—Bloodborne—Thymesia does more than enough to end up being little more than a pale imitation. It has quite a few great ideas that turn combat into a fun, fast-paced affair, and the story premise is quite clever. Even its story trappings of a plague in a medieval city play quite well into the core gameplay, with the Reave ability being especially fun to play with.    … Expand
  11. yas32er
    Aug 30, 2022
    10
    لعبة جميلة وبتحديات مقبولة ولها لمس
    ة مختلفة عن العاب السولز
  12. MrEBE
    Jun 8, 2023
    10
    Less than 26% of the player base killed the very FIRST BOSS !! Can you imagine ??!!
    Nothing else is needed to understand.. !!
    A great love-letter to the Souls-Like genre with even fresh and original ideas and mechanisms !.. but a souls-like.. not another Mario-Kart or story-mode enabled pseudo game ! Not a 10/10.. but just to balance with all the bad and very wrong reviews.. I    Less than 26% of the player base killed the very FIRST BOSS !! Can you imagine ??!!
    Nothing else is needed to understand.. !!

    A great love-letter to the Souls-Like genre with even fresh and original ideas and mechanisms !..
    but a souls-like.. not another Mario-Kart or story-mode enabled pseudo game !

    Not a 10/10.. but just to balance with all the bad and very wrong reviews..

    I prefered and enjoyed more finishing/platine Thymesia than Elden Ring (and I did platinum every From.. Sekiro being my #1 of the whole genre)
    But FROM is becoming like nintendo... the mass will buy the name despite...    … Expand
  13. Chi11
    Sep 18, 2022
    8
    I haven't had so much fun with a game for a long time until now. I am a huge Souls fan so this game was always under my radar and fortunately it did not disappoint me.
    The game plays very similary to Sekiro in terms of gameplay, there is only one play-style (with very limited changes) and it forces you to adapt to it. It feels fluid and great. When I finally got the hang off the    I haven't had so much fun with a game for a long time until now. I am a huge Souls fan so this game was always under my radar and fortunately it did not disappoint me.
    The game plays very similary to Sekiro in terms of gameplay, there is only one play-style (with very limited changes) and it forces you to adapt to it. It feels fluid and great. When I finally got the hang off the parry/dodge/feather system I felt like an unbeatable monster (until of course some big sword guy arrived) and IT FELT GREAT.
    The game looks alright. It clearly inspired from Bloodborne. Overall it looks pretty, it feels good to look at, but it won't be the graphics that you are going to remember this game for. However I must mention that whenever I stumbled upon some really messed up **** (like a hidden street covered in piled up corpses of common people) it was amazing. I wish they went for a more gory world.
    The bosses were great most of the time, weirdly even the puzzle ones. Unfortunately however the last boss didn't work for me. The concept was great, but the fight just wasn't satisfying. Don't want to get more into it in order to avoid spoilers.

    Overall the game is a strong 8. It has it faults sometimes (repetitive enemies, map design at the beginning, etc.), but it still holds up very well.    … Expand
  14. 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!
  15. hovo96
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Amazing game very cool gameplay,animations and physics. I don't know why this game isn't got popular
  16. Reydriar
    Nov 12, 2022
    8
    Very fun souls-like. I just wish bosses proved a bigger challenge and were more memorable.
  17. Ghoster
    Aug 29, 2023
    9
    Best SoulsBorne like game which not coming from Fromsoft or Team Ninja. This indie developer bring us good looking game (not 8 pixel ugly game like most indie today) which well play, have awesome combat and is not ripoff of any more known games. There is learning curve in combat but when you catch up plays great.
  18. goodgriff33
    Jun 23, 2023
    8
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. PLAY
    Oct 15, 2022
    40
    Thymesia makes us feel like the soulslike genre is completely played out already. A poor and needless Bloodborne substitute. No substance, little style. [Issue#19, p.81]
  2. Video Chums
    Sep 9, 2022
    61
    Thymesia is one of those games that you should take its reviews with a grain of salt because it's an obviously clunky game yet its combat can be super-satisfying for the very specific kinds of gamers that it's targeting. Everyone else will probably find it too irritating to play.
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  3. TheSixthAxis
    Sep 5, 2022
    60
    Thymesia is a game that show’s the developer’s potential, but doesn’t reach the heights of its opening promise. While the combat is fast paced and fun, it is marred by hitbox and timing issues, and the story and lore lack depth to draw you into the mystery of Thymesia.
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