“ANOMALITH” is a survival third-person shooter set in Japan, steeped in the atmosphere of liminal spaces and Showa-era retro aesthetics. To search for her missing friend, a girl steps into a world writhing with anomalies.
Anomalith delivers an intriguing world and plenty of freedom to customise its arsenal, but stiff combat, repetitive exploration and an intrusive inventory system undermine the appeal of its otherwise enjoyable supernatural shooting.
ANOMALITH has no shortage of interesting ideas, but it clearly lacks the production quality needed to turn them into a compelling experience. While its combination of survival horror and extraction shooter mechanics is genuinely fresh and intriguing, almost every other aspect of the game feels mediocre. For a third person shooter in particular, its...
About the most damning thing I can say about Anomalith is how despite combining two different genres into one experience that it doesn't succeed in conveying either one in any meaningful way. The extraction elements are watered down with the ease of dropping off items, and the lack of true horror elements makes this more action horror than survival...
NOMALITH might deliver an experience that blends exhilarating fighting with the unpleasant atmosphere its concept promises. My main conclusion is that ANOMALITH doesn’t need to be a totally different game to succeed. It just has to make its existing ideas more challenging, diverse, and important.
Anomalith offers a compelling setting and fun combat, but repetitive exploration, uneven storytelling, clumsy menus, and technical issues hamper it. Not essential, but a worthwhile horror experience.
