Morbid The Seven Acolytes Review (Steam)
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!
Pros:
- Awesome pixel art graphics.
- 526MB download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, and v-sync.
- Five save slots.
- Action RPG gameplay.
- Powerful impactful soundtrack.
- Books-found all over the place and they give tutorial tips.
- Breakable vases, boxes, and sorts.
- Combat-you can block, roll, and parry.
- Dark dingy locations.
- Puzzle elements.
- See enemy health bars.
- Shrines-act as respawns points, they respawn enemies, respawn all breakables, look at quests. Also acts as fast travel points.
- Stamina system in play for attacks and movement.
- Morbid menagerie–bestiary that fills in as you discover and fight the many creatures.
- Has an old school Diablo feel to it thanks to the setting and color palette.
- Full inventory management system.
- Sneak button for surprise attacks.
- Very difficult.
- Big epic boss battles.
- Clever genre-changing level up system.
Cons:
- A lot of learning with the combat.
- The view makes it hard to time parries and blocks.
- The color palette at times can make it hard to see items.
- Only one control layout.
- Bare minimum graphic settings.
- Difficult.
- Breakables generally have no loot.
- The map can feel hard to navigate.
