Drova - Forsaken Kin

Item: Drova - Forsaken Kin
Rating: 93
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-14

Summary

Immersive, captivating, Gothic-like world experience.
Meaningful choices and rewarding exploration.
Challenging, skill-based gameplay with progression.
Beautiful and detailed pixel art visuals.
Convoluted world design, poor navigation.
High initial difficulty, can be punishing.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 70%
Unhelpful reviews: 29%
Protest reviews: 0%

93%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
7%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4299
Negative points: 1553
Gameplay points: 649
Perf. points: 76
Rec. points: 1132
Misc points: 218

Point	Description	Importance
Immersive, Captivating, Gothic-like Experience Description The game is praised for its immersive world, engaging gameplay, and captivating story. Many reviewers draw strong parallels to the Gothic series, citing similar mechanics, atmosphere, and a sense of freedom. The game's pixel art style is also frequently lauded for its detail and charm. Importance 97%	The game is praised for its immersive world, engaging gameplay, and captivating story. Many reviewers draw strong parallels to the Gothic series, citing similar mechanics, atmosphere, and a sense of freedom. The game's pixel art style is also frequently lauded for its detail and charm.	97%
Meaningful Choices, Rewarding Exploration Description The game features a well-developed world with a compelling story, rewarding exploration, and meaningful choices. Players appreciate the freedom to explore and influence the world, with decisions having noticeable consequences. The game avoids common tropes and respects player intelligence. Importance 55%	The game features a well-developed world with a compelling story, rewarding exploration, and meaningful choices. Players appreciate the freedom to explore and influence the world, with decisions having noticeable consequences. The game avoids common tropes and respects player intelligence.	55%
Challenging, Rewarding, Skill-Based Gameplay Description The game offers a challenging but fair experience that rewards player skill and strategic thinking. It avoids hand-holding, encouraging exploration and problem-solving. The game provides a satisfying sense of progression and accomplishment. Importance 25%	The game offers a challenging but fair experience that rewards player skill and strategic thinking. It avoids hand-holding, encouraging exploration and problem-solving. The game provides a satisfying sense of progression and accomplishment.	25%
Beautiful, Detailed Pixel Art Description The game's pixel art graphics are praised for their detail, charm, and contribution to the overall atmosphere. Reviewers appreciate the smooth animations and well-designed environments. The game successfully blends retro aesthetics with modern gameplay. Importance 25%	The game's pixel art graphics are praised for their detail, charm, and contribution to the overall atmosphere. Reviewers appreciate the smooth animations and well-designed environments. The game successfully blends retro aesthetics with modern gameplay.	25%
Engaging Quests, Meaningful Solutions Description The game features well-designed quests with multiple solutions and meaningful consequences. The absence of quest markers encourages exploration and independent problem-solving. The quests are engaging and contribute to a sense of accomplishment. Importance 22%	The game features well-designed quests with multiple solutions and meaningful consequences. The absence of quest markers encourages exploration and independent problem-solving. The quests are engaging and contribute to a sense of accomplishment.	22%
Diverse Builds, Rewarding Progression Description The game offers a variety of weapon types, skills, and character builds, allowing for diverse playstyles. The faction system adds depth and consequences to player choices. The progression system is rewarding, with noticeable improvements in character power. Importance 17%	The game offers a variety of weapon types, skills, and character builds, allowing for diverse playstyles. The faction system adds depth and consequences to player choices. The progression system is rewarding, with noticeable improvements in character power.	17%
Fluid, Engaging, Tactical Combat Description The combat system is praised for being fluid, engaging, and challenging. It requires tactical thinking and rewards player skill. The combat feels impactful and satisfying. Importance 16%	The combat system is praised for being fluid, engaging, and challenging. It requires tactical thinking and rewards player skill. The combat feels impactful and satisfying.	16%
Customizable Difficulty, High Replayability Description The game offers customizable difficulty modes, making it accessible to a wide range of players. The game is challenging but fair, requiring strategic thinking and skill. The game provides a variety of options and playstyles. Importance 14%	The game offers customizable difficulty modes, making it accessible to a wide range of players. The game is challenging but fair, requiring strategic thinking and skill. The game provides a variety of options and playstyles.	14%
Living World, Reactive NPCs Description The game world feels alive and reactive, with NPCs having routines, reacting to player actions, and offering engaging dialogue. Player choices have a tangible impact on the world and its inhabitants. Importance 12%	The game world feels alive and reactive, with NPCs having routines, reacting to player actions, and offering engaging dialogue. Player choices have a tangible impact on the world and its inhabitants.	12%
Classic RPG with Modern Touches Description The game combines classic RPG elements with new ideas, offering depth and customization. The writing and humor add a charming touch. The game is a modern take on isometric action CRPGs. Importance 10%	The game combines classic RPG elements with new ideas, offering depth and customization. The writing and humor add a charming touch. The game is a modern take on isometric action CRPGs.	10%
Immersive Storytelling, Meaningful Choices Description The game takes a hands-off approach to storytelling, expecting players to piece things together independently. The lore is discovered through letters and notes. The game emphasizes meaningful choices and rewards attention to detail. Importance 7%	The game takes a hands-off approach to storytelling, expecting players to piece things together independently. The lore is discovered through letters and notes. The game emphasizes meaningful choices and rewards attention to detail.	7%