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Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters. Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
Eastern Exorcist is a action, rpg and side scroller game
developed and published by Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司）.
Released on July 07th 2021 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Russian.
It has received 6,485 reviews of which 5,494 were positive and 991 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64bit
- Processor: Intel i3+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
- Additional Notes: 16:9 aspect ratio Recommended
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A pretty cool game with great visual and sound design. Where those two really shine are in combat where every hit, slash, clank or bang feel VERY impactful. Other than that the general artstyle is also very well realized. There are many different playstyles defined by many different spell schools and such. The amount of content is also pretty pleasing as the game keeps on changing your enemies up. The story is alright I guess but I wouldn't expect much.
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Loved every second of it. Satisfying combat, beautiful design, interesting story and not too short.
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"On dark windy nights such as this can you not feel fear's chilling kiss? Caught somewhere between apprehension of the unknown and adrenaline pumping bliss!" Chinese devs have been killing it lately! Seems like I have to go to them whenever I want that old-skool unapologetic approach to game design. Eastern Exorcist is a fun hack n slasher thriller that benefits from an over-coat-layer of concentrated "scary-legends" folk-lore. Many creatures are intimidating or grotesque and the environments while often scenic are also desolate and unwelcoming. For all intents are purposes you are a ghost buster. But instead of using a proton-pack or a camera obscura you are such a bad-lad-chad you slice down evil spirits with your enchanted sword then absorb their energy orbs to become stronger! Sadly a mission goes very wrong after an act of mercy seemingly leads to the deaths of all but one of your closest colleagues. After being excommunicated for sparing the life of a frightened kitsune girl whom is blamed for this particular misfortune you vow that you will return the ashes of your fallen brothers to their home-towns. Thus begins your grim journey forward. I'll only say one bad thing about Eastern Exorcist which is the tutorial drags on way too long. What you did in the prologue is REPEATED AGAIN in the first chapter. It's obnoxious though perhaps the devs just wanted to be "really sure" you understood all the movement,attack,parry,evasion,purification finisher,and "charge up" options at your disposal. I see Sekiro come up again as a comparison but because I'm old as dirt the game makes me reminisce back to Onimusha. The way the game rewards you with flashy counters for doing perfectly timed parries and perfectly timed dodges plays into that perception a lot as do the "big spectacle" boss fights with either terrifying corrupted spirits or mythological monsters yanked straight out of the Asian cryptid bestiary! The difficulty is what you want it to be. Typically the game is very much a thumb-blister-twisted-sister but you can play it on casual until you get the hang of things! Eastern Exorcist lets you adjust the challenge as you go which is a really nice feature! The presentation has that "beautiful painting come to life" charm to it which will immediately ensnare gamers whom were big fans of Odin Sphere or Muramasa! Granted all of that is presented through a darker-lens because of those aforementioned "somber ghost stories about things that go bump in the night" shivers I mentioned earlier. Some of the lore and revelations revealed to you over the course of the game are not for the faint of heart.... You level up at shrines which is rather atypical of this particular genre. There is an expansive skill and buff tree that trickles down whilst you can even earn helpful artifacts by completing certain challenges. In turn those artifacts can be upgraded too. As can be observed,some of Nioh's DNA made it into Eastern Exorcist. Not that I'm complaining. To me Nioh evolved from games such as Ninja Gaiden and Onimusha so here we are coming full circle again. Nothing truly "dies" forever. A blessing considering I can never get enough of these interactive heroic-dark-fantasies with an eastern twist. Right now my swordsman is a "flying dagger build" tied to my dash which has been extremely helpful thus far! To go back to those Onimusha mentions in particular,there is a secondary female character. It's ironic I went with the male lead first as I tend to prefer the attractive female protags in these types of romps. However, I wanted to keep the mysterious kitsune beauty with the white-hair reserved for a secondary play-thru. The "best" for last as it were! (Of note both main characters have unique weapons and play styles with the kitsune wielding a naginata instead of a sword.) With a reasonable asking price (Under $20.00) Eastern Exorcist is worth a pick up,especially if you miss what Capcom,Vanillaware,and Tecmo used to put out during the PS2/PS3/X-Box/Xbox-360 glory days! Pros +Flashy frantic combat with many options at your disposal. (Counters,parries,evades,mystic techniques,etc) +Intricate upgrade and skill-tree system,especially for a more straight forward action spectacle hack n slasher of this ilk. +Game can be as unforgiving or forgiving as you want it to be. +If you enjoy macabre and chilling "lore" you'll be right at home here! +enemies and bosses come to you in many shapes and forms! They will keep you on your toes! +Two characters with their own distinct stories. +Shrines also have side challenges that yield beneficial rewards. Cons -Tutorial over-stays its' welcome. -Translation is just a bit "scuffed" but fortunately not beyond comprehension or immersion. -Some may consider Eastern Exorcist "Too short" but you can adjust the difficulty to make it more challenging and do consecutive "game +" play-thrus to "max-out" each character. Additional notes 1- Game is broken into chapters with each one being self contained. While certain chapters have side-quests and back-tracking I would hesitate to call Eastern Exorcist a Metroidvania. Overall it is shorter and more linear like the action spectacle hack n slashers of old. 2- Eastern Exorcist is NOT a straight up "Souls-Like" even though it has a couple similarities pertaining to that genre. 3- I recommend Eastern Exorcist to gamers into dark-fantasy,horror,and action adventures. Those whom appreciate a nice brisk "pick up and play" experience that will not demand too much of their time.
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This is a decent Souls-like action title that is pretty enjoyable, but is also slightly let down by some of the game-play execution, and suffers from occasionally brain-damaged plotting alongside dubious translation. As far as the mechanics go it's a straight-forward hack and slash, with modest combo potential, a parry, a dodge, a charge attack, and a jumping slash. Beyond that you have items that provide buffs to offence / defence, and magical skills to aid you in combat. There's just enough flexibility to experiment, and enough challenge in the combat to be satisfying, that the relatively basic level of everything is still on par with the likes of Elden Ring and the other FromSoftware titles. These games tend to only have a mild level of complexity and then it's generally just a whole lot of grinding to upgrade this, that and the other. Which is where this game gets it slightly wrong. It starts off hard and you have to level up to get anywhere, and then level up again, and then again, and again. That is the genre, but here what happens is that the first two or three bosses are really tough, but once you level up x amount of times there's a stretch where the bosses are fairly easy and I would beat them within only a few attempts. It's only when the game gets to the final bosses that the difficulty spikes back up, and by this point you can have almost entirely upgraded skills, so any more grinding is just for incremental increases. You know, the same as it always in this genre and it becomes slightly tedious to carry on at the level you're at, but also really tedious grinding to level up whatever remains. But I persisted and got to the end of the game. Only...it feels incomplete and unsatisfying to finish, with a villain who you beat without much explanation for their motivations, and then it seems like there's more content in new game plus, because the trailer shows another character entirely. Also there were scenes where I never saw them in the game, so I think it's a bit like Nier Automata and has extra levels / scenarios that open up upon completing it once. However: I can't prove that, because having "finished" it in 17 or so hours I really can't be arsed to play through it again to see if that is the case. The ending is pish, so if there is more to it then I would argue you shouldn't have to play through it multiple times just to get an outcome that has enough context to make it substantial. As is: the final result is rather flimsy, and along the way there were a couple of stupid moments that lessen what is an otherwise slickly produced experience. If I'm right about the extra content then that's added appeal for people who really like to extract all the "goodness" from a game, but personally I think if one play-through doesn't give you at least a moderately "complete" experience then the developers have failed at a pretty basic level. It doesn't make this a bad game, and generally it is fun to play, but balancing issues and a shonky narrative make this a slightly cautious recommended.
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Pretty solid and short action game. Quite a lot of skill variety and content to explore, especially if you do both character playthroughs. It's not very well balanced. There was one skill I felt was clearly superior to all the rest and helped me clear the game pretty easy. Good attempts at boss variety. And there's quite a lot of bosses too! Story won't wow but it's well paced and there's a couple fun characters and bits. I only did Xiahou Xue's story, I will say. Good game!
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Developer
Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司）
Publisher
Wildfire Game（无锡野火数字科技有限公司）
Release
07 Jul 2021
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