Hellboy Web of Wyrd

"Playing Hellboy Web of Wyrd was exciting at first but it quickly devolves into a repetitious formula that can easily put you to sleep."

"At first it is exciting to unleash the destructive fury of the Red Demon on the unfortunate enemies in the realms of the Wyrd, the first clashes are brutal and pyrotechnic to the point of predicting great things. The truth …"

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd is a genuinely enjoyable action title, but its lack of difficulty makes it challenging to recommend binging through it, as it starts becoming monotonous a few hours in."

"Overall, Hellboy Web of Wyrd is not offensively bad, but it surely suffers from a lot of issues that clash with the genre that it’s trying to emulate. The game is not compelling as a roguelike, and unfortunately falls short …"

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is a wasted opportunity to praise the great hero that Hellboy is. All combat mechanics work as well as possible, but they lack a lot due to their simplicity. The rogue-like aspects leave the feeling of …"

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd isn&s;t the worst video game adapted from comics I&s;ve played, but it certainly could&s;ve been better. Lance Reddick delivers a wonderful performance in what is one of his final roles. Similarly, the Hellboy universe is as …"

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd has some issues when it comes to the combat, but it&s;s still fun to play, and fans of the comics are going to love diving into a new story featuring the surly yet loveable demon."

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is a solid enough game even before taking into account the forgettable titles that have preceded it. The combat may be slower than expected, but the hits feel more meaningful. The bestiary is a little more …"

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd is a flawed game, from countless visual bugs to a clunky dodge, but the thing is that despite all this, the combat and overall package makes it one of the more fun titles I&s;ve played this …"

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd will delight fans with its visuals and Mignola-certified tale, but its roguelike nature and slow combat don&s;t make the most of the source material."

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd is a stylish nostalgia trip, paying homage to Mignola&s;s artistic genius. Visually appealing but limited in gameplay, it will polarize opinions based on fans&s; devotion to Red. While entertaining, it suffers from repetitiveness."

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd is, sadly, a giant wasted opportunity: the sublime artstyle wasn&s;t unfortunately accompanied by a gameplay that could do justice to the beloved hero."

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is an insufficient game in almost every aspect. Unfortunately, the love that the development team must have for the franchise is not matched by an action roguelike, slow, cumbersome and terribly poor in variety."

"Web of Wyrd is a fair roguelite that pampers Hellboy fans"

"Way of Wyrd&s;s shadow-heavy visuals perfectly capture the Hellboy aesthetic. Sadly, the game lurking beneath those shadows suffers from unambitious design, inconsistent mechanics, and occasionally devastating bugs. Fun can still be found in the Wyrd, it&s;s just harder to find …"

"Missed opportunity haunts every inch of Hellboy: Web of Wyrd. It&s;s simple to dive into and play but all too soon you reach the bottom of its shallow gameplay. Its roguelike runs are short and sweet, but its enemies aren&s;t …"

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd offers an immersive gaming experience with its unique art style and gameplay mechanics but has room for improvement in terms of pacing and combat mechanics."

"With a game that seems to have been forced to be something it was never conceptualized to be, Upstream Arcade shows just how challenging it is to create a good roguelike."

"Underneath the thick red skin of its unpolished exterior there is an entertaining and surprisingly sophisticated roguelike brawler to be found in Hellboy Web of Wyrd. It&s;s just a shame that sluggish combat, uninteresting lore and poorly executed exploration all …"

""Web of Wyrd is a compelling concept in need of further iteration and continuing evolution""

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is full of style and runs perfectly stable as is typical of roguelite games. However, unlike the greatest games from this increasingly popular genre, it lacks enough of a hook to have players wanting to experiment …"

"In this case, playing Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is a sacrifice for the story, and a sacrifice so great that you wonder if it was worth it. It wasn&s;t. The story is good, but even that only adds to the …"

"Web of Wyrd is clearly created by people with a reverence for Mignola&s;s work and impresses as an adaptation. However, as a roguelike and a brawler, it underwhelms."

"And still, there’s the bones of something great here. A mystical underworld to explore, secrets to unearth, terrors lying in wait in the darkness. A heretofore-unseen, fully realized original Hellboy adventure is screaming to be properly told, to be freed …"

"It stands as a visually stunning tribute to the Hellboy universe but struggles to deliver a gameplay experience to match."

"As a comic brought to life, Hellboy Web of Wyrd nails the narrative tone and art style that Mike Mignola perfected decades ago. As an action game, there are impediments to enjoyment, starting with the purposefully choppy animation and Hellboy’s …"

"It’s a dull, plodding slog that does a grave disservice to its source material, and you’d be wise to search out that source material instead of wasting a dollar or a moment on this game."

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd looks the part. It’s a gorgeous game and I was really hoping that it would deliver the vision for the character and comic in the same way that it captured the aesthetics. Sadly, instead, we got …"

"Between its sticky brawling mechanics, repetitive level design, and extremely low difficulty, Hellboy Web of Wyrd simply feels like an unfinished game that was early on its journey to greatness. There’s a heft to its combat, yet the controls aren’t …"

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd&s;s sharp art direction, warm voice performances, and goofy if basic combat struggle to shine through in a roguelike that is otherwise too messy in too many ways."

"Hellboy&s;s game is being slapped around by mainstream comics games as badly as Hellboy slapping mainstream comics."

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd has a handful of issues that somewhat mar what is otherwise an intense and rewarding experience – but they don’t completely ruin it. Like many roguelites, the core gameplay can become repetitive over time, and there …"

"Hellboy&s;s Right Hand of Doom is the star of Hellboy: Web of Wyrd, but this melee-focused roguelite lacks substance outside of pummeling mythical creatures to dust."

"Hellboy: Web of Wyrd probably isn&s;t going to make a dent in your game of the year list, but it doesn&s;t need to. In a year filled with absolutely incredible games that are reshaping the very nature of games as …"

"When it comes to adaptations, Hellboy hasn&s;t had a ton of luck lately. Hellboy Web of Wyrd certainly isn&s;t on the same disastrous level, but it&s;s underwhelming in its own respects. Hellboy and his world is a potential gold mine …"

"I wanted to love Hellboy: Web of Wyrd as a lover of beat-em up games but more so as a HUGE comic book fan, sadly the game just fell short in a few too many areas. As I said the …"

"While the story, visuals, and sound are great, there&s;s not much there to enjoy beyond that."

"Hellboy Web of Wyrd cleverly uses the roguelike genre to its benefit in creating a game true to the comics while still being fun to play for fans of the genre."