Depths of Fear: Knossos is quite an interesting game. Certainly worth the two dollars I spent buying it on sale. The game is quite flawed though having been developed by only one person I believe. In fact before the recent patch it was literally unplayable, crashing to desktop often. The patch did squash many bugs and I was able to finish the game yesterday.
The graphics are rough, the animation janky. The ambiance is very good though. Gameplay is serviceable but nothing special. However, the sound design is perhaps one the best things about the game. The sounds of the various monsters are frightening and atmospheric. The music is great, reminiscent of 80's cult horror movies at least that is what it made me think of. It actually reminded me a bit of Hotline Miami soundtrack. The developer is quite skilled at sound work I thought.
Depths of Fear: Knossos is a rogue-like dungeon crawler. Or perhaps rogue-lite is a better term for it. You are the legendary Theseus thrown into the pits of Knossos and you must defeat the Minotaur and escape. There are several mythical monsters you must defeat including the Hydra, Medusa, and Cerebus. Each monster you defeat gives you a gold coin and when you have enough coins it unlocks a sword and you can then face the Minotaur.
Before you can defeat the monsters you must first go through the randomly generated dungeons trying to find a key to escape. You find money you can use to buy various weapons and books used to by spells by worshiping at shrines of various gods. The monsters are stalking you and cannot be defeated. You can kill them but they just respawn. You must hide or run for you life. This is quite tense and enjoyable adding a bit of survival horror to the game. There are zombies and skeletons roaming around sometimes too. Escape from four of these levels and you move onto an arena level where you face the monster. It can then be defeated and you can retrieve the coin.
I have a passion for greek mythology and this game really did the myths justice. Quite a unique game that I was glad to experience.
The graphics are rough, the animation janky. The ambiance is very good though. Gameplay is serviceable but nothing special. However, the sound design is perhaps one the best things about the game. The sounds of the various monsters are frightening and atmospheric. The music is great, reminiscent of 80's cult horror movies at least that is what it made me think of. It actually reminded me a bit of Hotline Miami soundtrack. The developer is quite skilled at sound work I thought.
Depths of Fear: Knossos is a rogue-like dungeon crawler. Or perhaps rogue-lite is a better term for it. You are the legendary Theseus thrown into the pits of Knossos and you must defeat the Minotaur and escape. There are several mythical monsters you must defeat including the Hydra, Medusa, and Cerebus. Each monster you defeat gives you a gold coin and when you have enough coins it unlocks a sword and you can then face the Minotaur.
Before you can defeat the monsters you must first go through the randomly generated dungeons trying to find a key to escape. You find money you can use to buy various weapons and books used to by spells by worshiping at shrines of various gods. The monsters are stalking you and cannot be defeated. You can kill them but they just respawn. You must hide or run for you life. This is quite tense and enjoyable adding a bit of survival horror to the game. There are zombies and skeletons roaming around sometimes too. Escape from four of these levels and you move onto an arena level where you face the monster. It can then be defeated and you can retrieve the coin.
I have a passion for greek mythology and this game really did the myths justice. Quite a unique game that I was glad to experience.
