Salt And Sacrifice Review (Epic Games Store)
Our Salt And Sacrifice Review take us to a place called Altarstone, The Kingdom’s precious peace is threatened by the arrival of “Mages” – creatures of pure elemental malice. The Kingdom has responded by forming a Marked Inquisition, a cursed organization assembled of the condemned, charged with rooting out and destroying all Magic.
Salt And Sacrifice Review Pros:
- Beautifully dark grim graphics.
- 2.97GB Download size.
- Epic Games Store achievements.
- Full controller support.
- Character creator choices – name, 8 classes (assassin/cleric/fighter/duelist/highblade/paladin/ranger/sage), 12 crimes (alchemy/arson/blasphemy/brigandry/drunkness/forgery/heresy/lasciviousness/smuggling/sumptuousness/ursuary/vagrancy), male/female, hari/eye/whiskers/eyebrow colours along with hairstyle, 7 ancestry (dusk/highlander/Mountain/oasis/sun/wood/Valley).
- Powerful soundtrack.
- In-game cutscenes.
- Graphics settings – resolution, display mode, frame rate lock, HDR support, Hud scale slider, and menu scale slider.
- Blood – on/off.
- Action RPG gameplay.
- A love letter to Dark Souls-style games.
- 2D perspective.
- Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
- Can rebind controls for both keyboard and the controller buttons.
- The network interactions can be turned on and off along with optional password protection.
- Player marker choices – always-on, local co-op only, Co-op only, and off.
- Pardoners Vale is your main hub/safe space where you can use shops, blacksmiths, heal, and more unlocks as you play.
- The portal to take you to the world is controlled by runes, enter runes to open the door, and mission and found rune codes can be auto-filled otherwise you have free control.
- Button prompted interactions.
- Obelisks in the world can be touched to activate and with them you can rest and resupply, return to camp or nothing.
- Stamina-based system for jumping, attacking, and dodging.
- Scavenge resources from bodies, the environment, and mining.
- Dark grim atmosphere.
- Easy to learn controls.
- Salt is the currency used for leveling up and is dropped from enemies and items.
- Leveling up will increase stats and must be done in the hub.
- Tree of Skill is where you can unlock new abilities and buffs.
- You can pet the animals.
- Leave and read messages from other players.
- Enhance equipment allows you to upgrade all your gear with resources.
- For crafting recipes you have to hunt down mages with the portal.
- Mages act almost like a boss fight but first you chase them down, they can enhance enemies with magic and it all culminates in a face off.
- The grappling hook allows a lot more verticality.
- Bestiary fulls in as you fight new enemies.
- Factions support allows you to play PvP online.
- Craft and earn powerful weapons and armour from mages.
- Multiple choice encounters.
Salt And Sacrifice Review Cons:
- The tutorial approach taken is limited and often missed, it’s pop ups but you have to hit the very small stakes in the ground for them to appear.
- Hard to see enemies.
- Difficulty spikes.
- The main hub is so large it’s easy to get lost or confused.
- Does a bad job of introducing new players into the world.
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Salt And Sacrifice:
Developer: SKA Studios
Publisher: SKA Studios
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