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Prepare to be Slain! Will you accept the challenge...
Players control Bathoryn, a hero in a Gothic world, seeking to liberate the 6 great towers from 6 deadly overlords.
Bathoryn must battle his way through a doomed land packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) each tower, defeating puzzles, traps and monsters alike. At the heart of each tower, he must confront a mighty overlord. Defeat it and Bathoryn’s quest continues. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely – mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades. And you will fail…
There are 3 key areas to be mastered in order to beat Slain! The order of Slain! goes as follows...
- Learn to wield 3 deadly elemental weapons, each one exploiting weaknesses in different enemy types. Each weapon has a different combo, timing and 'ideal' use. Mastering quick switching between weapons is the key to success!
- Learn placement and timings of enemies and traps
- Generate, conserve and use your mana wisely
Accompanied by the heavy metal visuals is an even heavier metal soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant (formally of Celtic Frost).
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Features
- Unique puzzle-combat with non linear progression.
- 10+(?) hours of bone-crushing, metal fueled mayhem & gore.
- Choose from 3 unique weapons in your fight against the demon horde.
- Full soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant formally of Celtic Frost . /m/
- Secrets (shhh).
- Boss fights, mini-boss fights, sub-mini-boss fights, macro-sub-mini-boss fights!
- No leveling, no grinding, no crafting!
- Unique puzzle-combat with non linear progression.
For this post I thought wed have a quick look at how weapons are upgraded in the game. At current count there are 20 different tools of destruction to wield and each of these can be upgraded to make them even more lethal (and fun to use).
To upgrade a weapon, youll first need to collect the required number of Blood Metal. This is a resource item that can be found dotted around the levels, often in secret areas. This is what Blood Metal looks like (as a tiny and rather compressed GIF)
And heres Therion finding one in a secret area
When enough Blood Metal has been collected, youll be able to upgrade the weapon of your choice at one of the games checkpoint pedestals. Heres the Plasma Pistol one of the games starter weapons being upgraded
The effects of upgrading can differ between weapons for the Plasma Pistol, it increases the spread of shots, so once upgraded it goes from firing one plasma bolt to three
Plasma Pistol Rank 1
Plasma Pistol Rank 2
Weapons can be upgraded twice, from Rank 1 to Rank 3. However, to upgrade to Rank 3 another resource is required in addition to Blood Metal. I wish I could tell you more about that, but I really cant as I havent been privy to the information myself yet :)
Until next time, keep it metal.
Matt | Digital Uppercut
Wishlist here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/600130/Valfaris/
Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu 10.10+
- Processor: 1.5 Ghz or fasterMemory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ Compatible Card
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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