Elium - Prison Escape

While this game is an interesting concept, it isn't very well executed. The controls are a bit clunky, combat feels stiff and unresponsive and the AI leaves a lot to be desired. This feels a lot like an early access title. There isn't a whole lot of content to speak of. It calls itself "randomly generated" but it's just a collection of a few dozen pre-made rooms cobbled together. The subtitles don't actually work,...

40 found this helpful, 2018-03-01

Review - Elium - Prison Escape === RATING: 4.0 / 10 === Overview Elium - Prison Escape is a roguelite first and third person action game in which we will impersonate a prisoner attemtping to escape a dark and forgotten dungeon. The story incipit is minimal, and begins the game with our unnamed prisoner, apparently veteran from some kind of conflict, standing in a cell for unknown reasons, and suddenly...

13 found this helpful, 2018-02-28

Severe lack of systems and variety. All enemies are of the same type and look the same, most of the equip you'll get will be theirs. Progress is also more watching numbers increase. Combat is in the vein of warband, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Chivalry and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, but less mechanically deep than any of them. It severely needs either more systems or more variety, for example ranged weaponry,...

10 found this helpful, 2018-03-01