Coridden Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · February 10, 2025

Coridden Review, Become the beasts you defeat in this action-packed RPG! Equip and upgrade both your human and beast forms and shapeshift between them anytime. Venture out solo or ride together in co-op on a journey to uncover the dark secrets sealed away inside a legendary city.

Coridden Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
14.13GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – v-sync, fullscreen, resolution, quality, textures, and max frame rate.
Three ways to play – local, host game, and join the game.
Four game difficulties – Explorer, standard, brave, and veteran. This affects enemy health, loot quality, etc.
Four playable characters – Jai, Devi, Lilly, and Eshan.
Supports up to four player Co-op.
You can have multiple saves of a character.
A full 3D game world.
Storybook-style cutscenes with in-game sequences, and character interactions.
Action adventure gameplay.
Opening tutorial area and then pop-ups as you play.
A full 3D game map and you can place your own markers.
Melee and ranged combat, aiming ranged is a twin-stick shooter control system.
A highly detailed game world full of vibrant colors.
Shapeshift is where you can get the spirit of an animal or creature and then become them when equipped.
Each creature has its own skill tree for new abilities and buffs.
Ai and Co-op partners can jump on you as creatures and fight alongside you.
Loot chests can be found.
Big boss encounters.
Maya is your AI assistant in the game.
Loadouts for your creature can hold a ranged weapon and an accessory, whilst you can dual-wield weapons, a ranged weapon, a helmet, and an armor piece.
Earn exp and level up to get points to put into – power, fragmentation, stability, battery, and element.
Weapons and armor have a level and rarity to it and this makes it really easy to know what is better than the other and equip them.
Great voice work.
Five classes are available to assign – Custom, guardian, Hunter, hellion, and Surge.
Stamina/energy goes down with running and fighting.
Fast loading times.
Each enemy shows health bars and damage numbers pop up.
Find, activate, and use fast travel points around the map.
With the right stick, you can aim obviously but you can also swirl it fast to do crazy actions.
Fantastic fantasy-themed locations are full of secrets and wide open.
The mini-map fills in with objectives and points of interest.
Save when you want.
Find checkpoints all over the world.
Food plants will heal you whether you are a creature or a human.
Cool slow motion kills on bosses.
Buy and sell items at the vendors.
You can take on many optional side quests, you have full quest management.

Coridden Review Cons:

The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.
When using a controller I couldn’t get many of the graphics drop-down options to work.
Early game the stamina is so small that combat becomes a real pain.
Slowdown and stuttering happen a lot more in built-up areas.
You cannot pause the game even when playing in offline mode. (I found you can but it’s a faff as you have to bring the map up and then press a button)
The world is beautiful and open but there is just no reason to explore it all as it’s empty and doesn’t have secrets or chests.
The loot management is simple enough but you check loot a lot and it’s kind of tedious.
It’s not always clear with its mission markers which makes it a chore.