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Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a souls-like, metroidvania and rpg game
developed by White Rabbit
and published by Serenity Forge.
Released on August 13th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.
It has received 5,273 reviews of which 4,299 were positive and 974 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 32bit
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ 2.9GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/ AMD Radeon HD 6450
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows Compatible Sound card
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1) go to an area with a robot dog believing its easy 2) accidentally go too close 3) boss hits you with massive explosion 4) wake up at the wierd statue with a guy roasting you for dying 9.5/10 would do it again
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Don't let my low playtime fool you, i've beaten this game multiple times. This is one of the best 2D Soulslike Metroidvanias of all time and it's not even debatable. The Bad: - It's a bit glitchy here and there, but i've never had something truly gamebreaking. - Standard Keybinds are whack, but you can reassign them easily. - Some Bosses have some weird hitzones & bs instant attack animations. - Sometimes when you drop an Item, it just vanishes lol. Don't accidentally drop items. The Mid: - Bosses are pretty easy early on, but they eventually get a lot harder. - Zone layouts can sometimes be a bit confusing even with the Minimap. - Grinding is sometimes required. The Good: - Top 5 2D Metroidvania Gameplay ever honestly. It's super fun & addicting. - Progression is super clean and imo. borderline perfect. - Buildcrafting is really good. You have a LOT of options on how to play your char. - I like the Story & Writing, but i know that's extremely subjective. - Actually good Mouse Support for a 2D Metroidvania. Very rare in this Genre. - The Metroidvania Aspect is REALLY FKN GOOD. A lot of Hidden Items, Backtracking, Interconnected Paths. IT'S SO GOOD. I love this game. It's honestly a really good 8/10 to me.
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Good : [*] Many classes [*] Good visuals [*] Good music [*] Funny [*] Nice bosses Bad : [*] I got lost and had no idea where to go lol (me issue)
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I am so glad I gave this game a second try, and I advise others to do so as well. The story is top tear and last boss is amazing villain that you really love to hate. The game makes you really care for the characters, and I did tear up once or twice for them. Props for the voice acting for that. Their are a lot of choices to be made, that encourage replay ability. As an example you can literally side with the villain in the end. I would say this game has made it as my Number 2 Metroidvania of all time.
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The TL;DR Positives: [*]Gorgeous visuals. [*]Classes/abilities are fun to experiment with and most of the collectibles are at least worth finding to try out. [*]Excellent dialogue and voice acting (for the most part.) [*]Great sound design. [*]Story is somewhat predictable, but is still thought provoking and a joy to experience, even for subsequent playthroughs. Now for Criticism. But before going any further, here are My System Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7800X CPU @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Not high end modern system to be sure, but decent enough that you would think that I shouldn't have any technical issues running this game. Performance & Stuttering Issues: [*]You can do some online searches for how to address these issues, but the TL;DR is that Ti cards have been known to have particularly bad performance issues with Death's Gambit. But they can be addressed... to a degree. Regardless here's what you should know going into this game. [*]FPS tracking will not help you because the performance issues typically don't directly affect the frame rate at all. During some of the worst instances of performance/stuttering that I experienced, my frame rate was consistently at a steady 55FPS at worst and capped out at 60FPS during most of my play time. [*]Death's Gambit Afterlife is a memory hog and you can expect it demand at least 50% of your system memory during combat especially boss fights, which are particularly poorly optimized. [*]Steam Link is likely to make these issues even worse, and if you haven't setup your steam link settings to maximize game performance already, you should, because this game deserves to be played on a big screen. [*]The temptation to button mash can be overwhelming, and even with button buffering it can be weirdly effective because input delay/failure bugs can occur during combat. However, button mashing can make performance and stuttering issues worse, especially with player or enemy abilities/attacks that generate VFX with more complex animations. Input Delay/Failure Bugs and Button Buffering: [*]You are guaranteed to experience seemingly random button input failure and or delay at least once and it typically occurs during intense boss fights. I usually encountered the issue during the heroic forms of bosses. Possibly one of the best examples of this problem is the Tundra Lord Kaern boss (even during the 1st fight,) because the player needs to alternate between ground slams and air dashes. It's a boss design that would otherwise be interesting if it weren't so plagued by this issue. The Phoenix Rider boss is another great example of how performance issues combined with button input delay/failure can really burn the player experience. [*]Like many modern games after the early 2000s, Death's Gambit Afterlife has mandatory button buffering imposed on its controls. This is to discourage button mashing and to keep the player from bugging out the game with button mashing or sequence breaking button precision karate like they're playing in a GDQ. Button buffering, in my opinion, is dumb and a cheap cop-out from designing more stable gameplay. It is already bad enough that air-dash and ground-slam are locked to the same button press, but the button buffering combined with button input delay/failure bugs can cause massive frustration even when game performance is running perfectly. [*]Unfortunately, there is no fix that I know off to effectively address these button input delay/failure issues. You can try remapping your controls to see if that helps you. Best suggestions I can offer is do what you can to correct any performance issues first as these will only make your input delay/failure experiences even more soul-crushing, and then be prepared to die around 5 times at the minimum to any bosses where these issues manifest with the goal of getting a feel for the optimal button input strategy and timing rhythm for said fights. Final Thoughts: Death's Gambit After Life is absolutely worth playing for any souls-like fan and for any 2-D Action Platformer fan. If you like this game, try Salt & Sanctuary 1 too; you'll find similar appeal and issues with both. Personally, I would not bother trying to "git gud" at this game, because so much of the late game content challenges are poorly optimized and some bosses are so cheesy they give some of the worst ATLUS games boss fights a run for their money. Instead, if you want to unlock different ending options that are challenging, such as the breaking the death contract and no-save-point-run, save yourself some time/energy and install a mod to make the game easier. I certainly won't judge you for it.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife received 4,299 positive votes out of a total of 5,273 achieving a rating of 7.91.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife was developed by White Rabbit and published by Serenity Forge.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is not playable on MacOS.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is not playable on Linux.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Death's Gambit: Afterlife. Explore additional content available for Death's Gambit: Afterlife on Steam.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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19
Developer
White Rabbit
Publisher
Serenity Forge
Release
13 Aug 2018
Platforms
Remote Play
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