Empyreal

"Empyreal is an ambitious game that struggles to turn its promise into a captivating experience. Its mysterious Monolith holds potential, but weak storytelling, repetitive combat, bland visuals, and frustrating exploration hinder the adventure. While creative character backgrounds and the apparition …"

"Empyreal, Silent Games’ new title, tries to do too much at once, but between misaligned ambitions and technical issues, it ends up failing more often than it succeeds."

"Empyreal is an interesting take on its genre with a unique focus on everyone’s favorite part of an RPG, dungeons. However, the simplistic combat is poorly balanced, with a difficulty curve that becomes very difficult as early as the game’s …"

"Empyreal&s;s ambition to do something different is commendable, but it&s;s ultimately the only thing it truly has going for it. While character customization and the Cartogram system are solid enough, the forgettable and generic story and characters, average and clunky …"

"Overall, Empyreal has endless potential to be a great game, and it can go quite far. The story does come off as a bit messy at first, but there is a solid plot. The rest of the gameplay could use …"

"Despite its flashy looks, Empyreal is a bog-standard ARPG that somehow lacks any of the things that make these games fun and interesting."

""Keeps making the journey feel pleasantly curated despite its semi-random elements.""

"Emperyal offers intriguing ideas and a solid artistic direction, but its story feels shallow and the combat falls short of expectations. Despite its innovative gameplay concept, repetition and simplicity take a toll on the experience. It’s worth a try for …"

"Empyreal is one of those AA games that come along once in a while. They’re good fun, great to look at and you come away wanting more. From unrelenting combat to ‘one more go’ at another Cartogram, another level and …"

"Empyreal is a solid action RPG with soft rogue-like elements that manages to swing above its weight where it counts, but still suffers from some noticeable jank. The game still plays well and offers plenty of replayability, including a secret …"

"Empyreal is fun in short bursts, but offers little to stand out or really pull you into its story and universe."

"Empyreal is a testament to Silent Games&s; ambition, offering an interesting mix of rogue-lite, souls-like combat and action RPG. While it excels in certain areas, such as combat variety and setting, it also has narrative and gameplay problems."

"Empyreal offers a fun combat if you can understand and manage the progression and gear systems, but other than that, the story, world and character design, and atmosphere feels empty and disconnected from the player and their avatar&s;s perspective and …"

"Empyreal offers a rich action-RPG experience with rewarding exploration and progression, but its weak story, lifeless NPCs, and clunky, chaotic combat mechanics make it less enjoyable than it could have been."

"Empyreal makes an undeniably striking debut but suffers from some baffling gameplay choices that turn the experience into an unnecessary frustration. While the lack of a thorough tutorial and a deliberately chaotic narrative can be overlooked, the overly punishing and …"

"I love the fact they hand-designed the levels, but the overall graphics might have suffered as the game certainly is nothing to write home about in that area."

"Empyreal is a decent ARPG, but really misses all its marks. It may have an interesting-looking world for an indie, but it clearly misses having a good story, engaging combat, or exploration. The game tries to be challenging, but only …"

"Empyreal has a great combat system with lots of opportunities to try something new. Hunting for better equipment is exciting, and developing your character is a rewarding feeling. But there&s;s not much else to do, and the shine wears off …"

"Empyreal offers a deep dive into a mysterious world with challenging gameplay and rich features. Dive in for a rewarding action RPG experience!"