Testament: The Order of High-Human Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published July 13, 2023 · Updated July 12, 2023

For our Testament: The Order of High-Human Review, where we play a first-person single-player action-adventure game with bits of RPG and Metroidvania elements set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. It offers mixed combat with different possibilities and combinations by sword, spells, and bows while it is rich with platforming and puzzles.

Testament: The Order of High-Human Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
19.1GB download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Action adventure gameplay.
Graphics settings – brightness, resolution, max fps, v-sync, sampling method, sampling quality, motion blur, graphics preset, anti-aliasing, shadow quality, effects quality, view distance, foliage quality, and post-processing.
Three difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, can rebind controls, and set aiming sensitivity bias.
In-game cutscenes.
Subtitles setting complete with text size.
Excellent voice work.
First-person view.
Will get compared to Skyrim.
The compass at the top shows direction and mission markers.
The journal fills in and acts as a manual.
On-screen prompts and tutorial pop-ups.
Stealth is in the game and enemies get a bar above their head to show if they notice you or not.
Earn EXP and level up to get a skill point.
The skill tree unlocks new buffs and abilities and you spend skill points here.
You can see enemy health bars.
Can do stealth attacks and instant kills.
Breakable objects in the world.
Fantastic environment and world, it is so atmospheric and full of wonder.
Loot chests can be found as well as drops from enemies and breakables.
Insight is where you see loot chests, Collectibles, and enemy weak spots for a short time.
Discover beacons for fast travel.
Combat requires you to time and counterattacks.
The story, current predicament, and fighting are all narrated by your character.
Enemies have colored markers above their head that indicates their power level/difficulty.
A lot of platforming sequences.
When you die you go back to a checkpoint with all enemies still dead but the pickups reset.
Auto saves constantly.
Semi-open world feel.
The exp bar shows up every time you earn exp.
Puzzles throughout the game like the light deflection variants.
A radial wheel allows you to instantly craft and use items/buffs etc.

Testament: The Order of High-Human Review Cons:

Graphics settings have two entries for effects quality.
The menus are not that smooth with the controller.
Cannot change the button prompts so it’s set to PlayStation and I’m using Xbox for example.
No benchmark test.
Got stuck several times as the game wouldn’t always recognize button presses.
Had the game shuffle between controller button prompts for different consoles.
The performance is not great, especially in built-up areas or if a lot is happening.
Sluggish combat.
Everything has a hefty weight to it.
Changing weapons are two different buttons which is another little thing to remember.
You have to press a button to pick up anything.
Breakable objects all look the same by which I mean some are Breakable and some are not.
Enemies’ difficulty is just more health and harder hits.
The Ai pathfinding is a bit all over the place.
You cannot fast-forward or skip certain interactions and cutscenes.
Checkpoints are mixed as they can be common or far and between.
A lot of invisible walls.
Just had the controller flat-out refuse to do things and with the flashing of the button prompts changing it made a horrible user experience.
The general pacing is all out of whack with platforming sections going on way too long and the open-world style stuff is short.