Eresys Preview (Steam Early Access)
For this Eresys Preview, where try out a co-op horror game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Teamwork is key as players take on the roles of four cultists and face the terrifying entities together. With dynamic AI mechanics and unique enemies, Eresys promises to deliver a thrilling and spine-chilling gaming experience.
Eresys Preview Pros:
- Nice graphics.
- 17.82GB download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Graphics settings – resolution, screen, lock fps, show fps, v-sync, texture streaming, visual quality, anti-aliasing, and view distance.
- Video/game settings – brightness, a field of view slider, camera speed, smooth camera, extra delay strength, Invert axis, show Crosshair, hide user interface, hide player names, disable camera cuts, and reduced visual effects.
- Full controller support.
- Action-horror gameplay.
- Inspired by the works of H. P Lovecraft.
- The opening screen is text/image-based manuals for all the controls and gameplay mechanics, items, etc.
- Character creator – cultist, mask, and eyes.
- Full match search option.
- Game Options – offline single-player, steam multiplayer Co-op, friends only, public session, and LAN connection.
- First-person view.
- Really cool scroll lore interaction. The scrolls will float in the air and when you get close it unravels.
- Very atmospheric.
- Fantastic-looking worlds.
- Has a photo mode.
- When paused the menu shows your exact Coordinates.
- Many jump scare moments.
- A main hub (council temple) where collected cards, memories, and lore is stored and can be accessed.
- The Art especially on parchments and cards is really good.
- Excellent sound work.
- Death scenes from an Otherworldly is a cool cutscene.
- Any interaction parts show on your Crosshair.
- Spawning locations randomize every game.
- At the spawn point, you always have a small opening safe area where you can get the essentials like a lantern and cards etc.
- Safe houses and caves can give you safety from it all.
- The oil lamp/lantern always grants you some light but focusing it will burn oil and allow you to scare away any entities.
- Sound plays a huge part in the game and running and jumping around will alert the entities.
- Find landmarks and places of interest.
- Many ways to play the game.
- Online co-op supports up to four players.
Eresys Preview Cons:
- Cannot rebind controls for either the controller or mouse and keyboard.
- The cold open of having a screen of menus and manuals is not that inviting.
- Menus don’t always allow you to back out when using the controller.
- The mouse cursor stays on the screen when using the controller.
- The game is very choppy.
- Invisible walls.
- Expects you to read a lot of manuals and maybe watch videos and basically go out of the game to learn it all.
- No help on the game at all outside of the manuals.
- Takes a long time to get into.
- Had a few struggles getting into matches.
- Even in a single player, you cannot pause the game.
- Reading the text on scrolls is not always ideal and it could do with a click to read so you can get a more legible font.
- Flipping items you inspect is really slow.
- Visual effects even with the option turned on to dampen it is overbearing.
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Eresys:
Developer: Dragonis Games
Publisher: Dragonis Games
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