It took me 25 hours, but I finally did it. I beat Azra. It says that I beat Azra thrice in my savefile but that's only because it's counting wrong and it thinks I did it before he pulls out the final trick in his sleeve.What a masterful fucking game. I kneel. And I'm not done with it. Not even close. On to another 10 hours, at least.
>25 hoursbruh it took me less than 10
>>724936204Azra is so cool
>>724936348In general, I'm sick of "Villains whose motives are hard to find fault in and arguably better than the hero's". It's so overdone. But they really pulled it off here.
Shill me on it
>>724936519It's one of the best roguelites I have ever played (Top 5) and also one of the beast Beat Em Ups I have ever played (Top 10). The genre mixes flawlessly and it's actually insane it's never been done before. It looks gorgeous, has an incredible orchestral soundtrack and is very fun. I'm already hoping they make a sequel cause they hit a homerun here.
>>724936519go back to sucking dicks on reddit
>>724936519Also: The score ain't lying
>>724936204>roguelite
>>724936642does it play like castle crashers? i love that game
>>724936204You haven't even beaten Absolum yet, dude
>>724936282TO BE FAIR TO MYSELF, I am purposefully not upgrading this thing at this point. A second Mother's Grace, increasing its efficiency to 100%, epic trinktets becoming 5% likely to spawn, the bonfires giving you the special moves if you rest with 0 of them. It seems a bit too good. I intend to beat Azra with all the characters and Absolum at least once before I do these. Nah, you're right, though, I just suck lol>>724936790It's a good fit and all good beat em ups already have you restart from the beginning if you die anyway.>>724937021Yeah, just found out about his existence now. Kino.
>>724936204>>724936282Sounds like it's pretty short
This was the run I won with, by the way. Cider is mostly shit but having a bunch of rituals attached to gadgets and getting reuse gadgets infinitely is OP as fuck.I'll play more tomorrow and hopefully beat Absolum soon. Kino game.
>>724937684Fuck forgot webm>>724937632Perfect length imo
B-b-buuuut it’s wooooooookeeee!!!!!!!
>>724937776Yep. Hard skip. My time is already occupied to the max by non-woke games.
>>724937776It do be woke ngl, I can't in good conscience pretend it isn't just to sing its praises on /v/But god damn, is it good regardless
Does it get better than the demo?I see the potential, the core beatemup mechanics are really fucking good but the power ups and the roguelite stuff all felt very reductive and I lost interest
>>724936519The mother of everything is a pregnant black woman with an afro that you see every time a run ends. What more could you want?
>>724937965>but the power ups and the roguelite stuff all felt very reductiveCan you elaborate? Not sure what you mean so I don't know if I can tell you it gets better or not.
>>724938000I thought all the button were really good by themselves but then you'd get upgrades that rewarded just spamming jabs or something of the sort if that makes sense. While playing the demo it always felt like getting upgrades pushed you into a very specific play style rather than build up the toolbox of your vanilla buttons. I hope that makes sense.
>>724938119I see what you mean. Yeah, no, the full game is still like that. The rituals incentivize you to use certain moves so you end up having jabbing runs, special runs, running attack runs, etc. Not that you have to do it, but it turns those optimal.
>>724938119That's the fundamental issue with most roguelites. When they're buffing certain skills with damage increases or effects, it suddenly becomes about that skill over others, which is why they almost all suck. Many games would be better if they simply made a randomized game and gave you all the core abilities, but people get addicted to the gambling element and feeling more powerful some runs.
>>724936204>On to another 10 hours, at least.Let's see if you change your tune after that.
>>724938190>>724938289appreciate the answers anons! it's a little disappointing for me because I feel like these devs really understand how to make a really good bmup but I guess it can't be helped when roguelites are just so popular in comparison, I'll still get the game and see it from that side
>>724938289I think this game kind of mitigates that just a tad by letting you reroll skills at a fairly low cost. I've been going out of my way to try to always get new skills I haven't used before so that I'm always varying it up, but you could also do it to try to be versatile. Have a normal attack that is good at one thing, a skill that is good at another, a running attack that is good at another, etc.Not to try to be too reductive with "You control the buttons you press" tier defenses, but I think the game lets you specialize your character more to your liking than some other roguelites.
>>724938318Shit, man, even if I didn't play a single more second of this game, it'd be in my Top 3 games of the year easily. I have nothing against short games. If anything I feel games should lean towards being shorter. Sick of paddingslop.
>>724938505Have you unlocked all the rituals and character skills/arcana, yet?Midway point was probably the most fun I had with the game, after that my misgivings just kept on piling up. Anyway, try stacking luck and **chaos** rituals for maximum **HELPMENIGGERMAN accidents**. Ended one of these runs with 10 ultimates to spare because they just kept dropping like candy.
>>724936204You can buy items before you start a run under the arenaInvest in combo dice
>>724938781I unlocked all the characters and all the rituals now but the necromancy one. I've been chilling in Jaroba. I love the soundtrack there. I've beaten the Silver Queen but I have yet to try the area where you give the thumbs up password. I like repeating areas a lot before I try a new one.>>724938821>You can buy items before you start a run under the arenaI know. I barely do it, though, I prefer to save my crystals to reroll as many skills/inspirations as possible to try to really shape my build.>Invest in combo diceThe one that gives gold for combo? Yeah, that one is very good. I hope I get the one that lets me heal up to 150% health and the one that lets me heal companions by healing. I'd like to have a companion run.
>>724939004The game doesn't do a good enough job at differentiating your characters from the others so it always becomes a mess and it's impossible to tell what the fuck is happening
my problem is that none of the playable chars look cool enough and the drow bitch is not sexualized. In street of rage 4 I had blaze. I NEED a hot waifu
>>724939207Yeah some sort of outlines would be greatHalf the time when I play with a friend we stack minions, skeletons mostly, and it becomes a game of>Where the fuck am I in all of this
>>724939231>a hot waifusome lead to your normalnegroid cranium is what you need
>>724939313>Lizard King boss fight>4 companions and sometimes minions like skeletons and sometimes the slave too>Always get got by the wave moves because I never fucking know where I am
>>724939231>Cinder has a nice ass>It's a "they"
>>724939231wdym not cool?The dwarfs whole deal is that he has a gunFuck magic nigga, I got a flamethrower and a move that reloads my gun mid air which is also an air juggleThe designs overall are all pretty goodI need the female knight mobs to get some art including the undead variant
>>724939447you forgot>Today is the day you find out that Lizard king has a deflect move>Today is the day you decided to do a rose dagger run
>>724937881thanks for letting me know its good but woke. I might pirate it but I will not buy it.
The problem isn't merely the "woke". The problem is how bland and forgettable the cast is. De-sexed femwarrior, gender neutral ninjabot, tranny frog wizard, and the most generic Gimli expy ever conceived. Ironically the preggo nigga tree woman is the most memorable thing about the cast, but she isn't playable. Might have been more interesting if she was. At least it would dial up the weirdness factor. Everything about the casts design just screams "safe". Not horny. Just safe. No edges on that butter knife. Completely impossible to cut yourself on it. But that is the problem with a lot of modern woke projects. Their entire existence is avoiding treading on the eggshells of the microaggressed.
>>724940275I like the dwarf, though. He's cool.
>>724939231I can't believe this game was made by the French. Those fucking frogs are usually the last bastion of unapologetically horny in spite of politics. Seems they finally cucked.
>>724940342Congratulations. You were supposed to. He was placed there like an angler fish lamp lure.
Enjoy it while you can. I had a good time with it but I think I'm done replaying it for now needs more stuff. How are you finding the characters btw? I think my enjoyment was karl > Frog > Puppet > Elf, although that shuffles if I happen to get lucky enough for elf to be actually fun to play>>724938821Personally I just like having the points = money item. Let's me spend without a care.
>>724940425I don't know what you're getting at.
>>724940490>How are you finding the characters btw? I think my enjoyment was karl > Frog > Puppet > ElfI haven't played with the dwarf and the frog in weeks, so my memory is a bit murky on those two, but I seem to remember it goes something like:Frog > Dwarf = Elf > PuppetThe puppet is the one I finally beat the game with (I've been doing it in a lore kind of way, used the dwarf to beat the Underking, the frog to beat the Lizard King, the elf to beat the Silver Queen and now the Puppet to beat Azra) and she seems pretty shit unless you're doing highly specific gadget combos. She just seems so much weaker than the others in terms of damage.
>>724940854>She just seems so much weaker than the others in terms of damageI'm sorry, THEY*****
I have a question. So I have heard the troon frog has some dialogue in game about a sex change (because of the naturally occurring IRL phenomenon, yeah yeah, I know). Does the frog specifically use the term "gender" or "sex" when speaking about what changed? It would be funny if the frog said that its "gender" changed. I know most people can't keep all that commie lefty gobblediegook terminology straight anyway, but as I see it, that would more or less spit in the face of tranny ideology if a creature morphs from one sex to another and also changes "gender" too. Implying biological determinism. Based if that is the case.
>>724940960I don't think so. The characters speak of it as a frog sort of thing. Neither "sex" nor "gender" is used.Also, I'm 80% sure that it's a tranny voice actor. A man trying to sound like a woman.
>>724940727He's the token non-wokie, bait character. Meant to lure you in (though his default has blue hair, not that it's a big thing, but they can't resist leaving at least a small mark). They knew they had to have at least one that wasnt a complete fag bag or they might actually lose everybody.
>>724941148Of course it is. It's always that. Never the other way around either. What about the labels? Boy girl? Male female?
>>724940361They never stood a chance.
>>724940854Yeah fair enough. IIRC the reason for my rankings was >Dwarf - Easy to play, all his combos and no upgrade stuff flow well and his two main builds grappling and shooting are super easy to "luck" into and are basically auto-wins that feel satisfying no matter what>Frog - A lot of the same reasons, kit by default flows well but his OTG combo starter is on a dash attack instead. Not quite as strong but clashes super well, which is great except when you infinite clash and have to reset the fight against azar>Puppet - Lots of interesting shenanigans but trouble with clashing and the hook variants all being counted as the same move for overused move stale count sucks. At least it flows well>Elf - Really feels like she received the short end of the stick, by far the worst kit out the gate but has a lot of fun upgrades that turn an unsynergistic kit into something usable>>724940960Not quite sure. Conversation IIRC happens at the start of his quest, didn't keep track of the wording but he did confirm that he changed to a woman dropped some eggs then changed back to inseminate them because there literally was no one else left of his species. Actually now that I think about the elf is pretty much the only "standard" birthing process among the playable characters considering dwarves are literally made of magic rocks in a furnace
>>724941163The elf doesn't strike me as particularly woke either, to be honest.
I can't follow all this woke non-woke stuff anymore. It's like everyone is just speaking in tongues.
>>724941367I think the puppet was originally a normal human too before the cataclysm. I haven't done her questline yet, though.
>>724941367I hate the hook moves. Pretty much never use them. They suck at clashing and leave you too open. With the other characters, I use the specials a lot.
>>724941384>female warrior>not wokeThou shalt pick one and only one.
>>72493620425h for the first clear is a lot man. But its a great game, I think I had 20 hours on the clock after finishing everything there was to do (all achievements and character quests etc). Looks great, plays well and surprisingly interesting soundtrack, not quite what I expected from a brawler
>>724940490Its Drow > Karl = Frog > Puppet. Drow has my favorite moveset, good arcanas and good upgrades. Karl is otherwise good, but I dont like his arcanas. Frog has great arcanas but some weird moves. And puppet just feels weird to use, but because she attacks real quick she can really wreck shit if you get builds going.
>>724942094Oh well. It pays to suck in this instance. I got to enjoy more of the game for longer.
>>724939313You can turn on outlines in the options
The soundtrack is better than E33
>>724939531>the dwarfs whole deal is that he has a gunNigga are you retarded dwarf with gun is common fantasy trope, and those characters are in fact not cool they are boring as fuck and look more like background npc.Bad shill try harder next time
>>724941948You would have exploded when Xena and Red Sonja were culturally relevant
me and my gf beat it with all 4 characters and haven't looked back since. rougelike shit will always be trash, let me know when they add a fucking arcade mode and i don't have to hope for the moves i want to use. don't even get me started on the corny ass infinite combo lock elemental dogshit
>>724940960Dwarf says to frog "Weren't you a girl when I met you?"Frog says "I thought i was the last of my people, so i laid some eggs and then ... (fertilized) them myself to ensure the population survives."Which in my mind essentially equates to cloning, that would probably fuck up the gene pool a bit. Either way its a magic sex change.
You've been trying to shill this woke trash for weeks. Are you getting paid?
Coordinated Discord raid to shill.
>>724948005>>724948082>Game with 96% positive reviews needs to buy people to say something good about itYou are not as smart as you think you are
>>724946843>don't even get me started on the corny ass infinite combo lock elemental dogshitQRD?
>>724941948Play more beat em ups. You'd be surprised at how many playable females they are.
>>724946843So you beat it thrice? Sounds like you enjoyed it.
>>724936457I like his voice actorI like the whole game's voice acting, really
>>724948487It was good but the rouge like elements really hampered it. It has a ton of replay value, I will give it that - we didnt finish all the quests and will probably get to it at some point. We just both agreed that it would've been a much better game if we could just have our full movesets, or at least pick which ones you leave the base with. Going an entire run and only using your first arcana move because the second one they give you fucking blows is really wack. Theres also times where you can tell from the first draw of rituals that this run is going to be ass, and then just restart. As someone who grew up playing SOR since like 1994 its just not fucking cool, give me the whole game and let me play it, don't make me fight against RNG as well>>724948376If you get lucky enough to get a bunch of tornado and/or bubble upgrades, by the end of the game the enemies are fucking stuck floating in the air until your 300 hit combo ends and theyre dead. If you played the SOR4 DLC you would understand what I mean - the entire game is a stun lock juggle fest designed around EPIC combos with HUGE damage numbers, instead of just fucking fighting enemies until theyre dead. It really is more luck than skill based, even the last bosses are fucking helpless if you pull the right gachas
>>724948932By full movesets do you mean the stuff like the running attacks and the special grabs?They definitely should just let you pick two arcanas instead of letting one up to chance. That one feels like forced diversity.
>>724946619Nah, I remember when bimbo tiddy bikini armor ladies were in style. This is not that. I'll ask you not to gaslight me again, thanks.
>>724949341nta but those are still female warriors albeit
>>724949183Yes, I mean i don't want to have to play dwarf and fucking HOPE i get his finisher move that turns his light hit combo ender into a spinning fist. I don't want to pray I get the spiral drill for frog. Let me play the entire fucking moveset, every time - do not make me choose between two moves that I like and want to use, and then make me wish i had the other for the rest of the run. It doesn't make the game harder or more fun - it makes me want to play a better game.And choosing both Arcana should have absolutely been a thing, thats so fucking stupid I couldn't believe it. This game literally made me buy Dragons Crown Pro so i could play a real beat em up afterward as a palate cleanser.
>>724936204Pretty art and fun combat, but I refunded as soon as I realized it was roguelite shit, I'm tired of that shit gimmick.
>>724948005>Ctrl + F "Absolum" on the archives>0 resultsMan shut the FUCK up
I guess I'm not as hostile to roguelites as /v/. I don't play the vast majority of them, but sometimes the gimmick hits right for me, like in this game. I'm also looking forward to the Pokemon roguelite. It sounds like an enjoyable combo.You guys are as extremist in hating roguelites as I am in hating open world games kek
>>724949864It just kind of sucks that as a beatem up guy and not really a roguelike guy, this game has all the makings of being a great one of the former but gets dragged down in trying to be both
>>724948390I was mostly being facetious. Mostly. However, this game features a more earnest "warrior woman". It definitely takes itself more seriously than Dragon's Crown's "warrior woman". Those two things are not the same.>>724948005>>724948082I also detect something artificial about the positive comments here. Little out of place. Little fishy.>uhhhh, but the Steam score you bigot!Eat shit troon. Go cry to the discord or reddit that we weren't convinced. I was actually about to give this schlock a try. My buddy knows I like beat em ups and rogue-esque games, so he sent me this one. I could sense the woke from the art style alone, and from a youtube thumbnail no less. Before I was able to even identify which of the characters were supposed to be male or female, or whatever. That's pretty sad that it glows that hard with their intentions. Still bought it on Steam to play with my friend because he had read somewhere that crossplay was good to go. After attempting to join eachother in-game (it didn't work) we checked online, and found it actually wasn't functional at launch. So I refunded. Wasn't very impressed with the very short stint of what I saw either.
>>724949341There's no gaslighting. You said female warriors are woke.Next time, say what what you actually mean is "I don't like this character because I can't jerk off to her"
>>724950241Did female warriors ever exist in real life?
>>724950213You suck at detecting shills and it just comes down to "People are talking about a game I don't like"It must look artificial to you cause this thread doesn't suck ass, unlike most of nu-/v/ at any given time.
>>724948584I really like the snail-merchant. Sounds a lot like Alan Rickman
>>724948584>>724950591I laughed when I saw that the voice actress that voices the very African sounding goddess is the same voice actress that just has a normal voice for the woman gambler at the tavern>Alright, mademoiselle, for this role, you need to sound as foreigner black as possible, oui?
>>724950382Says you. I remain unconvinced, faggot.
>>724950980Not my problem, schizo
>bought my way to kicking Azra's ass by spamming thorn daggersDid I beat the game?
>>724951735They seem pretty OP, especially when you get that upgrade that has them be stronger the longer range they are.
>>724951735Azra is a bullshit boss fight and clearly designed to be beaten with bullshit. I'd like to see a youtube video of someone beating him "right".
>>724952464What even count as the "right" way anymore? Azra lacks a lot of defensive immunities. He's still vulnerable to throws so karl in particular can easily throw loop him while cinder's throw upgrade comes in handy too. He doesn't have super armor so counter-hit full combos can send him flying into the windows or a long range attack opens him up pretty easily, hell karl again can just gun him down. Its also piss easy to reach him with at least 2 dogs remaining or even more companions like the bandit queen or necro summons so he opens himself up swinging on them instead. Brome fucking outclashes him too, so its really just a matter of if you know your characters juggle combo route that avoids any need for OTG since he can tech the landing
>>724951112>not my problem>responds with booty blasted contempt when someone criticisizes the game with the tranny frog, and the black pregnant tree lady.Alright then. Don't get too mad at me. I wouldn't want my opinions on your dogshit game to become a problem for you.
>>724953240Just normal striking and parrying.
>>724953401No one had any trouble with the game getting criticized. And no criticism of it was answered with contempt ITT. There's 100 replies ITT and it's very easy to verify this.Only contempt I gave you was when you called me a shill. That is a normal reaction to being accused of that and you'd understand it if you weren't severely autistic, a newfag or both.
>>724952464I actually think he's on the lower end of the bullshit spectrum as far beat em up final bosses go, it's just that because of the roguelite structure you only get one shot at the guy after a 40+ minutes run, so it's a steep entry fee just to get a chance to learn the fight.
>>724954793Yeah, that's fair, I only faced him a few times, and I'm incentivized to just try to cheese him rather than have to learn his entire moveset.
>>724954329So we're tossing out throws and any form of mana use even though he bleeds mana?
>>724954789>when you called me a shillWell see now you really messed up. I never called you out specifically for being a shill at all now did I? All I said was that the positive comments looked fishy to me. I said that in response to others that were also negatively posting. It was you that said that I was bad at detecting shills.>herp derp da people that called me da shillLearn how to follow your reply chain better nerd.
I don't give a shit about your culture warI play good games. Absolum was one of them.You spend all your day arguing about polshit because your Xiaomi Poco phone in Indonesia can't run videogames, and no xitter isn't one.
>>724951735Thorn dagggers aren't even that broken compared to Time Magic, Infinite Skeleton Armies, or Super Bubble/Tornado skills. You took a relatively honorable route
>>724957334I much prefer thorns to skeletons, myself. Even if it's the durable super skeletons. Thorns are just so much easier to abuse in my experience.
>>724957557Maybe because I was playing 2 player and there was always a ton of enemies on screen, but I liked the skeletons because they pull enemy attention off of us and let us prioritize and clear them out more effectively. My gf fucking NEVER uses or throws items in beat em ups for some reason, but I was spamming the shit out of thorn daggers whenever I got the ability, especially if you take the ones where they do more damage based on flight distance. Almost every ritual in the game is OP if you max it out in a run, only ones i didn't find that useful were tidal wave (spreads enemies out too much) and the lightning skills (weaker than fire/water/wind)
>>724954329Hmm I can't really skip blessings and stuff since the game won't let me progress but I'll give it a shot
>>724957753Yeah, don't know in 2p, but in 1p it's just so much easier to abuse thorns>Use thorns on the pain in the ass armored enemies and bosses>Restock with the easier enemies that are left
>>724954329>>724958682>https://files.catbox.moe/yqn9iv.webmAlright heres what I managed to scrounge up basically beelined it to him. Very sloppy on my part I kept underestimating how low to the ground he is when not thrown but hey I do what I can. Accidentally freed a chicken from prison and since they're immortal they got in the way a few times which hurt me more than helped and as a compromise I tried to stay close to keep aggro on me. No blessings that spawn crap(or at least they're locked to arcana which I can't use) so just fire + lightning since necro shield never showed up. Upgrades were the grab rush, piledriver, reload and super arcana, tried not to use any of them but reload popped up a few times which ended up nerfing some of my hits and there were a few throws from when we accidentally ran into each other. Considering without restrictions the true final boss is a goddamn cakewalk I would have accepted losing a revive but I'm glad I managed to clutch it out
>>724959984I kneelAlright, I need to git gud at this boss. Really, I'm just kind of cheesing every final area boss past The Underking
>>724959984based
isn this the game with the tranny frog and the pregnant giant nigger?
>>724959984Well done!How the fuck do you dodge the tidal waves anyway? Just preemptively jump over them every time he techs?
>>724960487Ehh considering you lose a revive to the true final boss to even fight it I usually just cheese azra with whatever is available to my character. The dodge attack is pretty much your main way of starting a combo if you're not close enough to throw him into the wall. As for the others underking you said is fine but just to double check when he knocks you back for the fire shooting spam you're running at him to hit him in his blind spot and not just sitting in the corner yeah? The 2nd areas are both equal in rewards once opened up so its a matter of going to elf necroland if you're confident in your crowd control(the main boss also has HP drops surprisingly) or go swamp if you're confident at clashing.>>724960918Yep. Just adapted to jump attacking when he gets it since clashing with karl's headbutt(which I do on the swamp main boss) is not worth it due to his i-frames and the tidal wave doesn't cover the sky like the wind upgrade or spawns crap on the ground like the thorn upgrade
>>724957753I also suck at throwables. I'm constantly regretting not having used them when I find new better onesAnd also, I hate that the button to throw them is the same as the button to grab others or interact. I "misclick" too often.
>>724960679Yeah
>>724954793Technically the game only saves at the start of the boss fight room so if you really want to figure him out you could quit to main menu and keep redoing the fight. Not something I'd suggest considering you're probably rocking your own bullshit that can rock him by the time you reach him but hey who am I to judge
>>724957753Chain lightning feels very good. Its one of those skills that you can just pick and forget, and when it proccs it can just insta-juggle enemies and does nice damage
Is this parryslop?
Play as trannies saving black women
>>724965960What
>>724936519they made a male dark elf, then they made him a woman because they dont want ''traditionally attractive women'' in their game
>>724965823Not really. It has pretty good selection of defensive options, especially for a brawler
>>724967394Come on, the elf doesn't look male
>>724958682They should have post game stuff cost less so that you can fuck around with builds more. It's too easy to run out of crystals.
>>724969037I guess they didn't want players to just go ham with the cellar-upgrades. You usually get something like... 400-500 crystals per run if you go the distance, that means you can get 1 rare and 1 less-rare perk, or 2-3 less rare ones. Sounds decent enough for me. If you want to go ham, then you have to save your crystals from multiple runs, but I usually just bought the dice that turns combo-score into money and thats enough to have fun!
I have rogueslop fatigue
>>724959984Nice work
The game is fun. I like the random enemies getting added to encounters after you beat the game once. Keeps the game challenging. I reccomend this game to anyone who has even a passing interest in Beatemups
>>724971579I agree, shill-kun.
>>724972364You spend too much time at your computer, little friend.
>>724971579based>>724972364cringe
Im really loving it. Married, 36 with 4 kids and its a cool 30-45 mins per run, right after I put my wifes kids to sleep I can sneak in a run
>>724974061-Bob
Absolum is a game not for losers. Its made for people with life partners, families and responsibilities. Neet losers have enough games....this ones for us successful ones /v/. A toast!
I got a big dick and I enjoy Absolum
