- Publisher: Nacon
- Release Date: Feb 4, 2021
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Mar 5, 2021I did have some nuggets of fun with Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood, but there's too much I can't ignore to recommend it to anyone, especially with the dawn of next-gen systems and titles that execute their concepts much better and simply look like what current games should be.
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Mar 18, 2021Not much more can be said about Werewolf: The Apocalypse: Earthblood, a good idea that deserved a lot more time and money invested in it. There's a "low-cost feel" in the models, text, dated textures and even how the levels' design is structured in biomes to give an idea of navigation, even though everything is essentially happening in the same place. These feelings were even more contrasting when I reminded myself that I was playing the game on a new generation console. It's worth it for the fantasy it explores, the possibility of shapeshifting from wolf to Werewolf, an enthralling creature that gaming has neglected for far too long.
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Feb 19, 2021The concept of being a werewolf, combined with the lore of the original tabletop RPG from White Wolf, is the perfect recipe to create a unique game. Unfortunately, what we got with Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is a mediocre game at best.
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Feb 4, 2021Playing as a Werewolf should be fun and exciting, simple as that. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood doesn’t come close to offering that. Between the dull and laborious Human and Wolf gameplay and the lackluster Werewolf gameplay, it’s difficult to recommend Earthblood to anyone. Above story and visuals, gameplay for this type of game should be king. Instead, Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood ends up being too sheepish.
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Feb 4, 2021An Action-RPG set in a gothic-fantasy-punk universe starring werewolves that tackles contemporary themes such as ecology was appealing, but Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood fails everything it does. Both technically and playfully, Cyanide's game is a real disappointment. The adventure is repetitive, the gameplay uninspired, the narrative reduced to its simplest form, and the execution antiquated. Only the soundtrack and the clashes between lycanthropes save this once-mythical creature from complete sinking.
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Feb 4, 2021Earthblood, then, has the essential components to be a righteous, fast-paced action game. Which makes it all the more unfortunate that it undermines itself with cumbersome stealth mechanics, especially on higher difficulty levels.
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Feb 22, 2021In theory, the story lends itself to a lot of nuance, but there are hardly any moral choices in the game. It makes your actions feel rather pointless and the game seems one long rollercoaster full of battles. If those fights were nice, we wouldn't have minded at all. But they're not.
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Mar 1, 2021The sorta-good news about Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is that it might just be one of those games that’s so laughably bad and over-the-top stupid that it’s almost, kind of, in a way…fun. I wouldn’t ever suggest paying full price for this game. I wouldn’t even suggest buying it unless it’s down to well, well, well below $10 (or maybe even under $5). But if you can get it for, say, two or three dollars? Then the laughs you’ll get out of all of this nonsense might just be worth it.
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Feb 4, 2021Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood fails to adapt his work to the video game as it would have been desirable. It is a title that to some extent is enjoyable and its limited duration of no more than 8-10 hours is a good endorsement if you are interested in giving it a try. However, you should not expect too much from its stealth system, the enemy AI is too scarce and the combats end up being repetitive and not very precise in its execution. On the positive side, I am left with the transformations in lupus or Crinos, especially the latter, as well as with the moments in which the program seems to want to do something different. I think that the lack of definition due to a specific style of play is what has ended up weighing down a title than I expected a bit more. [Not recommended]
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Feb 4, 2021Fun at times but also scruffy and repetitive, Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood lacks a bit of bite.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 45
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Mixed: 10 out of 45
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Negative: 25 out of 45
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Feb 6, 2021
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Feb 6, 2021
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Feb 6, 2021I really enjoyed this game. Imagine if they had the budget of ea what they could do.