this game is fucking phenomenal. imagine a game that invokes that grand feeling MMORPGs like WoW have, complete with the questing and loot drops, but was actually fun to play. that's ATLYSS.

to be clear, this is not an MMO, just FEELS like one. it's sort of meant to be played with other people, but it's also completely fine solo, you're not missing out on anything by playing alone.

i really like how polished the movement and combat feels, it's super super nice and fluid. i also applaud this game for taking the time to make connections over 140+ ping not feel like shit, makes it so that both me and my friends can actually fully enjoy an action game for once!

what can i say? i love my moderately low-poly games, the visual style and overall presentation is top-notch. i especially like the little faithful-to-the-era details, like the quake engine-esque announcements in the upper middle of your screen when you complete a dungeon sequence or progress in a quest... hoooooh, it's good stuff.

i will say, i'm... kinda scared that this game will eventually one day be "finished". when i said this game feels like an MMO, i meant it, it FEELS like this would be the type of game to receive endless updates until time forgets it... but it's not. it's not a live-service game made by a developer who sees the player as little more than a statistic. it's made by somebody who wants to make a damn game... so there IS A DOWNSIDE TO PLAYING INDIE GAMES!!!

the game is still in early access, and even though there was an update recently, it was fairly light; ergo, no new areas. so, it's still quite a ways to go from being complete. i need not fret any time soon.

so yea, awesome game.

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...i was gifted it, for the record.