Absence of Light

Oh boy is this game a hot mess... slow, glitchy, erratic. I think I managed to complete it in half the time of other folks because it let me walk through the boss portal immediately in the last few areas without having to explore at all, plus there was a weird glitch in the first area where I leveled up every time I killed anything so I was super OP from the start. Honestly, I've played a lot of worse games, this...

1 found this helpful, 2026-08-23

Absence of Light is a dark fantasy action RPG that embraces the harsh combat, oppressive atmosphere, and unforgiving progression commonly associated with Souls-like games while presenting them through a smaller-scale indie framework. Developed and published by Boa Noite, the game places players in the role of a skeletal warrior reborn into a dying world consumed by darkness and corruption. The objective is...

2 found this helpful, 2026-05-09

It's not just bad, it's terrible. Camera has inertia, for some reason, so the view flies around. Zooming out doesn't improve this experience, like the dev suggests. The bugs are strange, for example: The main menu doesn't pause the game, so you can hear your sword as you click to change options. Spelling mistakes. It's hard to know how to describe how bad the whole experience is other than saying that it plays like a...

2 found this helpful, 2025-12-05