Exsys Preview (Steam Early Access)
For our Exsys Preview, we play a Beat ‘Em Up adventure that combines RPG elements and Fighting game-style Active Skill to create depth and nonlinear combat to help you survive and explore the world.
Exsys Preview Pros:
- Nice graphics.
- 1.23GB Download size.
- Full controller support.
- Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, screen mode, and graphics quality preset.
- Fighting gameplay.
- Opening tutorial explaining the basics.
- You have a kick and punch button and can do any combination of presses to do attacks.
- Quick access menu for items and healing.
- Plays out in a 2.5D game world. (think Little Big Planet)
- Inventory management allows you to select and swap out what four items you have in your quick select bar.
- Find and equip new skills which open up new moves.
- Each skill obtained shows a video clip of it in action and how to pull off the attack.
- Detailed and fluid-looking fighting animations.
- Unlock shortcuts.
- Stash boxes are all connected and you can save items in them.
- The worlds are huge with many routes.
- Items drop and have a white line coming out.
- NES of items pop up as you hover over it.
- Breakable objects are usually crates.
- Damage numbers pop as you hit them.
- World map level selects for picking your route.
- Each area can randomly have events pop up like do a combo before getting hot or kill X amount of enemies in a time limit and get a reward at the end.
- Save at Bonfires and/or on the map select screen.
- Actual hidden optional challenges where if you select it you go off into a new self contained instance.
Exsys Preview Cons:
- Barely any music and it makes it all feel empty.
- Many instances of falling through walls and ledges.
- No Steam achievements.
- Cannot rebind controls.
- Feels like all you do is burn through items for momentary bursts of energy and strength.
- The tutorial is very very basic.
- Doesn’t do a good job of explaining the unique fighting system.
- The game world goes a long time with not a lot happening.
- Had a few times where the enemies are Invincible or they hit me when they died.
- Random events can just repeat instantly.
- My abilities bar would constantly fill up with the same skills.
- No real in-your-face notification about getting skills.
- The constant need to put items in your quick menu is a pain.
- Invisible walls.
- When you die it just goes straight back to the main menu and that’s it no save or load.
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Exsys:
Developer: Charkrid Pornpitackchaikul
Publisher: peakwarestudio.com
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