The Golden Eyed Ghosts is a dark fantasy soulslike heavily influenced by the legacy of Zelda adventures, set in the crumbling kingdom of Andromeda. As exiled warrior Orion, search for a way to restore his memories and unravel a terrifying conspiracy.
Controls and combat are very janky and there are no amount of updates that can fix that. Also, about half of the initial positive reviews (13 at this time) are made on accounts with Steam Level 1, not setup, and with 1 review on their account.
Official review.
Tl;dr game is decent, but was clearly rushed
First the cons: if you get through these, then the game should be fine for you.
Cons:
Game feels pretty polished up until Capital City. After that, you can literally walk underneath buildings, and all notes, say “test”.
Three quests are bugged, or needs some catalyst I’m unaware of to proc.
There...
While i am going to keep playing it, as it has some neat qualities, I can not in good conscience recommend this game due to some very poor quality of life decisions. For example the first boss (not sure since it isn't one of the big 4?) straight up auto targets you with no tell for attacks that relentlessly spam at you, i had to spam block to win, which...
- very hollow, like it's unfinished.
- some game breaking bugs.
- scaling issue.
- janky animation
I have been waiting for this game since the first open beta. The definition of a passion project. You can tell this game was made by someone that loves and understands video games. I can't wait to finish GEG and see what else the developer has in plan for the future!
