Ravenswatch
Ravenswatch Review
Ravenswatch is a challenging and engaging roguelike action game that emphasizes strategic combat and character mastery. The game shines in its unique character designs and fluid gameplay mechanics, offering a diverse roster where each hero plays distinctly. The art style and dark fairy tale theme create a compelling atmosphere that many players appreciate. The addition of co-op multiplayer enhances the experience, making higher difficulties more approachable and fun when playing with friends.
However, the game is often criticized for its limited content, particularly the small number of maps and repetitive bosses, which reduce replayability after multiple runs. Many players find the difficulty curve steep and sometimes unfair, especially in solo play, with balance issues among characters and frustrating boss mechanics. Connectivity issues and lack of features like reconnecting to multiplayer sessions have also been noted. Despite these drawbacks, ongoing updates and free DLCs show developer commitment, and the game holds promise if expanded further.
Highlights
Players praise Ravenswatch for its distinctive and well-designed characters that offer varied and enjoyable playstyles. The combat system is fluid and satisfying, requiring tactical movement and skillful ability use. The art style is highly regarded, blending dark fantasy with fairy tale motifs beautifully. Multiplayer co-op is a significant highlight, allowing friends to tackle challenges together and enjoy the game’s difficulty scaling. The game also features a useful save-and-continue system, enabling long runs to be paused and resumed. Overall, the game's atmosphere, character uniqueness, and polished gameplay mechanics stand out as its strongest points.
Criticisms
Common criticisms focus on the limited content and map variety, leading to repetitive gameplay after several sessions. The difficulty balance is often described as
Pros
- • Unique characters each with distinct and enjoyable playstyles and abilities.
- • Fluid, tactical combat demanding skillful movement and ability timing.
- • Beautiful, polished art style with a dark fairy tale atmosphere.
- • Engaging multiplayer co-op that balances difficulty and encourages teamwork.
- • Save-and-continue feature allows pausing and resuming long runs.
- • Diverse talent and item systems enabling multiple build strategies.
- • Responsive controls and satisfying combat animations enhance immersion.
Cons
- • Limited map variety and repetitive bosses reduce long-term replayability.
- • Steep and sometimes unfair difficulty spikes, especially in solo play.
- • Balance issues with some characters being overpowered or underpowered.
- • Boss fights can feel chaotic, frustrating, and poorly designed.
- • Heavy RNG dependency on item drops impacts skill-based success.
- • Multiplayer plagued by disconnections and lack of reconnect features.
- • Griefing and no penalties for leaving multiplayer sessions early.
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About This Game
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About the Game
Ravenswatch is a top-down roguelike action game in which you play as heroes of tales and legends that must slay hordes of nightmarish creatures in nerve-racking fights. After the success of Curse of the Dead Gods©, Passtech Games returns with an improved formula and an addictive game experience with endless replay value. It can be played solo or with up to four players in co-op.
Play as 9 heroes, each with a unique twist and individual gameplay, including Little Red Riding Hood, who suffers from lycanthropy; Sun Wukong, the fallen monkey king; the Snow Queen with her evil powers; and many other familiar characters who have a darker side and are more violent than you might remember.
The Nightmare has invaded the world of dreams and is corrupting everything in its wake. Faced with this evil, the Ravenswatch is gathering heroes from tales and legends from all over the world to lead a crucial battle and restore the fragile balance. But the heroes themselves have been corrupted. How deep do the roots of this evil go?
- Explore 3 open maps filled with activities and inspired by enchanted forests and marshes, One Thousand and One Nights, and Arthurian legends respectively.
- Help the inhabitants of Reverie, such as the Three Little Pigs, Sinbad the Sailor and Morgan the fairy, and earn valuable rewards to help you in your future battles.
- Reveal the story of each character and Reverie, run after run.
- Ravenswatch is a meticulously crafted combination of a dark fantasy atmosphere with a comic book style.
To defeat the Nightmare and reach the final chapter, you will need a strong build, focus and/or excellent teamwork. You have 3 days and 3 nights to increase your power. Face the chapter boss when you feel ready… or when you no longer have a choice.
- In the purest tradition of the roguelike genre, Ravenswatch is a challenging game but fair, balanced and refined thanks to community feedback.
- Epic boss battles and over 50 formidable, uniquely designed enemies.
- With each level completed, you earn the right to choose a new talent and improve your heroes' skills. Combine talents, items and dreams to craft the most powerful builds.
- Even more fun with friends or using the matchmaking feature: explore the synergies and relationships between heroes with up to four players in co-op.
During your game, optimize your time and make the best use of the upgrades you earn. With each new run, explore a new map filled with activities and enemies. Unlock new heroes and new content from one run to the next.
- Over 200 talents, 50 magical items and endless build combinations.
- Randomly generated maps with a wide range of activities.
- 4 difficulty levels and customized game modes for an even greater challenge or to enjoy Ravenswatch at your own pace.
- Regular updates will add new free content.
10/10 – Try Hard Guides
“Ravenswatch is an absolute blast”
9/10 – God is a Geek
“A solid tried and true roguelike”
4/5 – Hardcore Gamer
Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.
