Ravenswatch
Last updated: 2025-05-08
- Unique characters with well-designed abilities.
- Fluid, responsive combat provides rewarding experience.
- Captivating art style enhances the game's atmosphere.
- Multiplayer suffers from disconnects and crashes.
- Repetitive gameplay due to lack of content.
- Poor difficulty scaling and unbalanced enemies.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 74%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 25%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 78%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 22%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 3567
- Negative points
- 2546
- Gameplay points
- 548
- Perf. points
- 80
- Rec. points
- 957
- Misc points
- 163
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Unique, well-designed characters | The game features a diverse cast of well-designed characters, each with unique abilities, playstyles, and backstories. The characters are balanced and fun to play, and the game encourages experimentation with different characters to find a favorite. The characters also have unique interactions and dialogues that add to the immersion. | 97% |
| Fluid, responsive, rewarding combat | The game features well-designed combat that is fast-paced, fluid, and responsive. Enemy attacks are well-telegraphed, and the controls are smooth, making dodging and weaving attacks satisfying. Mastering the combat is rewarding and empowering, with a high skill ceiling that allows skilled players to excel. | 64% |
| Unique, captivating art style | The game has a unique and captivating art style, with a dark fairy tale aesthetic that is reminiscent of games like Darkest Dungeon and Curse of the Dead Gods. The visuals are well-crafted and create a specific mood, complemented by atmospheric music and sound design. The game also features characters from fairy tales and stories, such as Little Red Riding Hood and Aladdin, adding to the game's charm. | 49% |
| Challenging but fair difficulty | The game offers a challenging but fair experience, with multiple difficulty levels to suit different play styles. The game is easy to learn but hard to master, with a satisfying sense of progression as players improve their skills and understanding of the mechanics. The game also features a timer mechanic that forces players to make strategic decisions on how to best spend their time. | 16% |
| Varied enemies and challenging bosses | The game features a variety of enemies and bosses, each with unique attacks and mechanics. The boss fights are challenging and rewarding, testing the effectiveness of the player's build and skill. The game also features procedurally generated levels and random events, ensuring that each run is different. | 10% |
| Skill-dependent, strategic combat | The game's combat system rewards good decision-making on both macro and micro scales. Success depends on player skill in managing abilities, cooldowns, and countering enemy attacks. The game also encourages players to think about their build and adapt their game plan based on the character they play. | 7% |
| Excellent, atmospheric soundtrack | The game features an excellent soundtrack that is captivating and fits the game's atmosphere perfectly. The music is memorable and catchy, and the sound effects are well-integrated into the gameplay. | 6% |
| Comparable to Hades | The game is often compared to Hades, with many reviewers noting similarities in gameplay, art style, and roguelike elements. Some reviewers even found the game more enjoyable than Hades, while others noted that it successfully merges elements from other popular games like Diablo and League of Legends. | 6% |
| General praise for the game | These points are too general to be useful. They simply state that the game is good or fun, without providing any specific details or examples. Therefore, the importance score is reduced by 90%. | 3% |