Drova - Forsaken Kin

11 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.

“I love the retro feel of Drova: Forsaken Kin, but I found the early game a little too punishing to reach that point where it really hooks you. It often felt like an effort to come back to, and in a time when players are…”

“The opening is such a slog. Mashing through bad dialogue, picking up 50 items I don't care about yet, following footsteps in fog, bad combat. Get me out of here.”

“Good game - engaging story, rewarding exploration, and satisfying power progression. Some criticism: -Quests were a mixed bag. Some were great but were in between an abundance of fetch quests. Finding quest…”

8 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.

“The opening is such a slog. Mashing through bad dialogue, picking up 50 items I don't care about yet, following footsteps in fog, bad combat. Get me out of here.”

“Drova definitely reads like a Gothic love letter and is highly successful at that. The vast open world that rewards exploration and is only gated by you successfully killing or avoiding various monsters, the skill…”

“I was enjoying it until I ruined my save by accidentally choosing the wrong armor set. That's the strongest armor tier in the game, so there's no recovering from this. Lower tiers give you the option of buying the other…”

7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.

“The opening is such a slog. Mashing through bad dialogue, picking up 50 items I don't care about yet, following footsteps in fog, bad combat. Get me out of here.”

“First impression is that the gameplay is interesting, but visual novel level of writing just kills me. Maybe it will grow on me but currently I feel like the only thing that's missing are low quality anime portraits and…”

“Was my indie GOTY for 2024. A dangerous and detailed open world with engaging combat based around movement, attack timing, and stamina management. The story is on the weaker side, but it is serviceable enough and does a…”

4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.

“The opening is such a slog. Mashing through bad dialogue, picking up 50 items I don't care about yet, following footsteps in fog, bad combat. Get me out of here.”

“Good game - engaging story, rewarding exploration, and satisfying power progression. Some criticism: -Quests were a mixed bag. Some were great but were in between an abundance of fetch quests. Finding quest…”

“Just beat it. Awesome game. 10/10. These are the only cons: Weak music/ost. No locations listed on the world map. Travel takes a long time, even with the limited fast travel, and you don't get a real movement spell…”

4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.

“I love the retro feel of Drova: Forsaken Kin, but I found the early game a little too punishing to reach that point where it really hooks you. It often felt like an effort to come back to, and in a time when players are…”

“If you really liked Dark Souls and being punished for trying to explore, then this is your game. Playing on regular will have every fight taking 10 tries to beat, on top of kiting a solo enemy so that you wont die in 3…”

“I didn't buy Drova when it came out (of Early Access), even though there was a lot of fuss around it, because of all the comments regarding its difficulty. I'm not one for very punishing games, so I refrained myself…”