Elderborn is a Metal Action Fantasy Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, the barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. The player becomes a merciless slayer who will uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom, and forge their own destiny. This ambitious indie game, five years in the making, combines old-school single-player feel, a classic heroic story, and modern level of skill-based challenge. All this and more creates an action-packed, lore-filled, engaging adventure that will last 8-10 hours in a single play-through.
The former PC exclusive arrives on consoles a little too late, where its experience no longer feels as fresh and surprising as it did in 2018. However, there’s still plenty here to satisfy fans of Soulsborne games and action RPGs.
Elderborn offers a nice break when you just want to relax with an action game, chop up some enemies and enjoy the brutality. However, the game is relatively short and can be completed in under five hours, part of which will be the aforementioned puzzles.
ELDERBORN spent five years in development to include Steam Early Access, and it doesn’t feel like enough still. It’s an unremarkable, yet interesting bite-sized Souls-like that’s worth playing, but at a discount. There’s a lot of squandered opportunity here, but the small team at Hyperstrange clearly has passion and talent. ELDERBORN wears its influences...
Elderborn is brutal battles and heavy metal. Nothing more, nothing less.
Elderborn is an old-school slasher game that provides lots of fun in a very simple way. Feeling of smashing the hordes of monsters is incredibly satisfying. However, developers should work more on bosses design, fighting them is too easy. Another minus is leveling system which in my opinion should be more elaborate. Elderborn is good value for money...
