Summum Aeterna

Summum Aeterna

September 14, 2023

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Summum Aeterna is a Roguelite game that combines world crawler mechanics never seen before in the genre with a fast-paced combat system and a unique 2D art style. Taking the role of the King of Darkness, a mighty, powerful, and badass warlord condemned to eternal life, you&s;ll explore uncharted worlds …

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75.9

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Critic Reviews (12)

Alan Murilo Pereira Duque Nintendo Blast Sep 2023
70.0 /100

Graphics

55.0

Gameplay

68.0

Story

38.0

"Summum Aeterna is yet another proof that mixing metroidvania and roguelite mechanics works when it&s;s done well. The many surprises and agile, addicting combat system are fun and compensate for the blunders in the story and the absence of difficulty …"

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Alejandro Morillas IGN Spain Sep 2023
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

70.0

"Summum Aeterna is a fantastic action roguelite. Demanding, frenetic and tremendously fun, it hides inside a great capacity for customization of the experience and many hours of fun."

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Chris "Atom" DeAngelus Worth Playing Sep 2023
85.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"Summum Aeterna takes a difficult Metroidvania and converts the basic ideas and characters to a roguelike. The result is a lot of fun, somehow managing to capture the best parts of the original game in a more digestible chunk. It …"

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Daniel Rubio NaviGames Sep 2023
80.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

70.0

"A roguelite with a well-built base and where the agile gameplay, visual style and challenges give a fun product for several hours. As the only downside, it does not stand out in anything over other titles of this genre, although …"

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David Fernandez Generación Xbox Sep 2023
78.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

75.0

"Summum Aeterna turns out to be that kind of video games that want to cover several things but something ends up escaping them. On this occasion, the Achilles heel of the game is its way of presenting random scenarios, which …"

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Gustavo Souza GameBlast Sep 2023
85.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

70.0

"Summum Aeterna doesn&s;t revolutionize but it offers plenty of tools to amenize the usual issues of the roguelite games. The Aeternum Game Studios made an effort to add many elements that reduce the feeling of repetition and the limited design …"

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Jacob Sanderson GameGrin Sep 2023
50.0 /100

Graphics

20.0

Gameplay

45.0

Story

30.0

"Summum Aeterna has some intriguing ideas, bogged down by unoriginality and unsatisfying combat."

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Matheus Yuan PSX Brasil Sep 2023
85.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

65.0

"Summum Aeterna is another fantastic roguelite. The title knew how to incorporate well all its influences and the result of this is a satisfying 2D action game. If you add all this "randomizer" side to the formula, the game can …"

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Mick Fraser God is a Geek Sep 2023
70.0 /100

"Summum Aeterna is a decent roguelike adventure with a great aesthetic and superb music, but its gameplay loop and protagonist left me a little cold."

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Mitch Vogel Nintendo Life Sep 2023
70.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

45.0

"Launch instability issues aside, it may be a bit derivative, but Summum Aeterna ultimately ticks enough boxes to be worth your while. Smooth combat, tough difficulty, and an interesting seed system all come together to make this one worth investigating."

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Ronald Goncalves Areajugones Sep 2023
80.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

80.0

"The exoskeleton of Aeterna Noctis solidifies a roguelite that, without a doubt, comes to reaffirm that the spanish videogame development industry is already of global quality. Despite essential limitations that take it away from greatness, Summum Aeterna boasts hundreds of …"

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Will Silberman Digital Chumps Sep 2023
78.0 /100

Graphics

92.0

Gameplay

84.0

Story

78.0

"Summum Aeterna is a good, but slightly difficult, roguelike that takes place in the universe of Aeterna Noctis. While it doesn&s;t fully succeed in its world crawling fantasy of selecting starting biomes with benefits and detriments, it definitely removes much …"

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