No Rest for the Wicked

Item: No Rest for the Wicked
Rating: 53
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-02

Summary

Unique art style, level design, and atmosphere.
Engaging gameplay experience with good support.
Appeals to Souls-like and ARPG fans.
Clunky, punishing, and unbalanced combat system.
Tedious grind and unrewarding exploration.
Frequent crashes and poor optimization.

Categories

Action RPG Soulslike Combat Exploration Resource Management Base Building Crafting Cooperative Multiplayer Character Customization

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 70%
Unhelpful reviews: 27%
Protest reviews: 3%

53%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
47%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2567
Negative points: 3952
Gameplay points: 457
Perf. points: 228
Rec. points: 994
Misc points: 234

Point	Description	Importance
Fun, engaging, and well-supported Description The game is praised for its overall quality, fun gameplay, engaging mechanics, and satisfying progression. Developers are responsive and actively improve the game with frequent updates and hotfixes, addressing player feedback and optimizing performance. Many reviewers found the game addictive and well worth the price, even in early access. Importance 65%	The game is praised for its overall quality, fun gameplay, engaging mechanics, and satisfying progression. Developers are responsive and actively improve the game with frequent updates and hotfixes, addressing player feedback and optimizing performance. Many reviewers found the game addictive and well worth the price, even in early access.	65%
Unique art, level design, atmosphere Description The game features a unique and well-executed art style, detailed level design, and a dark atmosphere that enhances immersion. Combat is challenging but rewarding, with varied enemies and strategic encounters. Exploration is encouraged through interconnected levels, hidden areas, and rewarding discoveries. Importance 59%	The game features a unique and well-executed art style, detailed level design, and a dark atmosphere that enhances immersion. Combat is challenging but rewarding, with varied enemies and strategic encounters. Exploration is encouraged through interconnected levels, hidden areas, and rewarding discoveries.	59%
Stunning and unique visual style Description The game boasts stunning visuals, a beautiful art style, and detailed environments, often compared to masterpieces. Reviewers consistently praise the graphics, animations, and overall artistic direction, highlighting the care and attention to detail in the game's presentation. The game's visual style is a major highlight. Importance 45%	The game boasts stunning visuals, a beautiful art style, and detailed environments, often compared to masterpieces. Reviewers consistently praise the graphics, animations, and overall artistic direction, highlighting the care and attention to detail in the game's presentation. The game's visual style is a major highlight.	45%
Intriguing story and compelling lore Description The game features an intriguing and well-made story with compelling lore and characters. Reviewers found the plot engaging and looked forward to uncovering more of the narrative. The story contributes to the overall enjoyment and immersion of the game. Importance 13%	The game features an intriguing and well-made story with compelling lore and characters. Reviewers found the plot engaging and looked forward to uncovering more of the narrative. The story contributes to the overall enjoyment and immersion of the game.	13%
Good blend of game genres Description The game successfully blends elements from different genres, particularly Souls-like and ARPG mechanics. The Souls-like aspects provide a challenging but rewarding combat experience, while other elements add depth and variety to the gameplay. The game is considered a fresh and enjoyable take on the Souls-like genre. Importance 12%	The game successfully blends elements from different genres, particularly Souls-like and ARPG mechanics. The Souls-like aspects provide a challenging but rewarding combat experience, while other elements add depth and variety to the gameplay. The game is considered a fresh and enjoyable take on the Souls-like genre.	12%
Excellent audio and animations Description The game features well-done voice acting, excellent sound design, and impressive animations. The audio and visual elements contribute to a cohesive and immersive experience. The quality of the voice acting is frequently highlighted as a positive aspect. Importance 12%	The game features well-done voice acting, excellent sound design, and impressive animations. The audio and visual elements contribute to a cohesive and immersive experience. The quality of the voice acting is frequently highlighted as a positive aspect.	12%
Enjoyable for souls-like novices Description The reviewer found the game's difficulty to be moderate, unlike other Soulslike games like Elden Ring and Sekiro, which they found too difficult. The reviewer enjoyed the game, despite it being a Soulslike, a genre they didn't expect to like. The game combines the elements of Diablo and Soulslike games, which are the reviewer's two favorite game types. Importance 6%	The reviewer found the game's difficulty to be moderate, unlike other Soulslike games like Elden Ring and Sekiro, which they found too difficult. The reviewer enjoyed the game, despite it being a Soulslike, a genre they didn't expect to like. The game combines the elements of Diablo and Soulslike games, which are the reviewer's two favorite game types.	6%