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The Dark Eye: Demonicon

The Dark Eye - Demonicon is a thrilling third-person action-RPG featuring brutal melee attack combos and dazzling magic spells. It is set in the extraordinarily popular universe of "The Dark Eye", a richly crafted fantasy world beloved by fantasy gamers across the globe. This is a

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The Dark Eye – Demonicon tells the tragic story of a brother and sister who become pawns of sinister forces in a world of cruelty and depravity. In this bleak yet magical world, their affection is both a blessing and a curse. Both are constantly threatened by mortal danger and demonic temptation, and must find a way through their tortured lives by facing serious moral decisions. Their common destiny will determine that of the entire continent, and will be decided by the choices they make. Hordes of fiends block their way to freedom and peace, and only through battle and magic they will truly become free of the darkness.

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Steam User 5036STEAMRecommended

Całkiem ciekawy RPG

Mar 24, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 9798STEAMNot recommended

이거보다 재미없는 게임 있으면 제가 5천원 드릴게요
진짜 자신있습니다!

33시간만에 도전과제 100% 완료

Mar 24, 2026·33h·Verified

Steam User 4115STEAMRecommended

After completeing it one week ago I decided to not do it one more final time.
This will go only for 1 or 2 time's in your life to complete cuz It's not worth any more.
I just wanted to make different choices but after so much painful dreadful struggle with Oblivion I decided not to give a fck.
Notice that you need to download a specific config file which turns the game to launch in window mode cuz you can't turn that on. It's impossible but with that file it has been changed. Obviously you should do it by your own but the game won't give you a chance cuz it opens in fullscreen lmao.

This is more like a action rpg and in some point you will be facing lots of enemies at once and it will be painful. I just don't want to rip my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ anymore. So yeah buy it play it end it delete it once and for all!

Mar 15, 2026·22h·Verified

Steam User 3381STEAMRecommended

- typical AA eurojank rpg with all its common flaws and quirks
- unhinged dialogue
- interesting story and setting
- very janky and simple but satisfying combat
- good soundtrack
- horrendous saving system. you can't manually save! the game uses checkpoints but doesn't save after side quests and also only sometimes after entering a new area which can easily result in lost progress
- the game currently has a problem which prevents it from launching. Basically the game can't run in fulscreen, which is the standard preset. To fix this you have to switch to windowed mode in the config files. After that I just used a third party software to enable fulscreen again outside of the game which worked like a charm.

Mar 5, 2026·42h

Steam User 0488STEAMRecommended

[h1][b]🎮 Reseña de Demonicon[/b][/h1]

[h2]Resumen del Juego[/h2]
Demonicon es ese RPG de acción en tercera persona que llega con capa de “fantasía oscura” y cara de “tengo una buena trama, confía”, para meterte en una aventura de golpes, habilidades y decisiones que [i]supuestamente[/i] importan. La propuesta es clara: avanzar, pelear, lootear (mentalmente), y sobrevivir a un mundo que se toma muy en serio a sí mismo… justo como ese amigo que cita filosofía en una peda.

La primera impresión es la de un juego hecho para quien disfruta el combo clásico Acción + Aventura + Rol: combate constante, progresión y narrativa con intención. Además, trae compatibilidad total con mando, logros (49, por si te gusta sufrir con medallitas) y Steam Cloud para que tu tragedia personal se sincronice en todos tus dispositivos.

[h2]Lo Heroico y Lo “¿En serio?”[/h2]

Lo Bueno:
✅ Historia con intención y tono de fantasía oscura 🩸 (sí, se siente que quiere contar “algo”)
✅ RPG de acción en tercera persona: directo, sin pretender ser un simulador de Excel ⚔️
✅ “Las elecciones importan” 🧠 (al menos el juego se atreve a prometerlo)
✅ 49 logros de Steam 🏆 para convertir tu tiempo en numeritos oficiales
✅ Compatibilidad total con mando 🎮, ideal para jugar recostado mientras juzgas decisiones ajenas

Lo No Tan Bueno:
❌ Un jugador únicamente 🧍‍♂️: si querías arrastrar a un amigo a tus malas decisiones, aquí no
❌ 0 jugadores actuales 💀: el mundo está tan oscuro que también apagaron la comunidad
❌ Se apoya mucho en su “buena trama” 📜: si no conectas con la narrativa, te quedas con “ok, pego y ya”
❌ Préstamo familiar 🧾: gran función… si tienes a quién prestarle un juego que nadie está jugando

[h2]Tabla de Evaluación[/h2]
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[tr][th]Aspecto[/th][th]Puntuación (0-10)[/th][th]Comentario[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Jugabilidad[/td][td]6[/td][td]RPG de acción competente: cumple, pero no deslumbra.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dificultad / IA[/td][td]5[/td][td]Funcional; más “me acostumbro” que “me reta”.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Contenido[/td][td]6[/td][td]Aventura sólida para un jugador, sin señales de extras modernos.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Gráficos / Video[/td][td]5[/td][td]Cumple para el estilo, pero no esperes milagros visuales.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Historia[/td][td]7[/td][td]De lo más rescatable: se nota la intención narrativa.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ambientación[/td][td]7[/td][td]Fantasía oscura bien plantada: mood consistente.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Efectos (VFX)[/td][td]5[/td][td]Correctos; más utilidad que espectáculo.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Música[/td][td]6[/td][td]Acompaña sin robarse la obra.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Voces[/td][td]5[/td][td]Servicio básico: no arruina, tampoco enamora.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Diversidad[/td][td]4[/td][td]No destaca por variedad de enfoques o experiencias.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rendimiento[/td][td]6[/td][td]En general estable para lo que ofrece.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rejugabilidad[/td][td]5[/td][td]Si las decisiones te atrapan, vuelves; si no, una y adiós.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Total Puntuaciones (Aceptable)[/b][/td][td][b]5.6[/b][/td][td]RPG de acción decente con buen tono, pero sin el punch para revivirlo solo.[/td][/tr]
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[h2]Conclusión (Aceptable)[/h2]
Demonicon es como ese libro de fantasía oscura que alguien te recomienda con cara de “esto es cine” y al final piensas: “sí… estuvo bien”. Tiene una base competente de Acción/Aventura/Rol, una historia que intenta destacar y una ambientación que sabe sostener el drama sin pedir disculpas.

Pero seamos controversiales: 0 jugadores actuales no es “un detalle”, es un epitafio. Aun así, 433 recomendaciones totales dicen que hay gente que lo jugó, lo terminó y decidió que valía la pena dejar constancia… aunque el resto del planeta se haya ido a otra mazmorra.

[h3]Recomendación de Compra (Solo si te gusta el RPG de acción clásico)[/h3]

Puntuación Total: 5.6/10
Número de jugadores activos al momento de hacer esta review: 0
Descuento máximo registrado: N/A
Veredicto: [i]Aceptable, pero con advertencia: vienes por la historia y el tono, no por la vida comunitaria.[/i]

Si quieres un RPG de acción en tercera persona con vibra de fantasía oscura y una narrativa que al menos intenta importarte, puede funcionar. Si buscas algo vigente, con conversación alrededor o que te haga decir “esto debería ser más famoso”, aquí solo vas a encontrar silencio… y tus propios pasos en el dungeon.

Feb 11, 2026·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 6795STEAMNot recommended

I hate this game. No texture no my money

Feb 11, 2026·1h

Steam User 7475STEAMRecommended

The Game will not start as of 2026. I have logged into Kalypso Launcher and the game is not listed in my games list.
To old they say.
I contacted support, guess I will have to wait and see if anything is gained !. I'm not sure what other hoops I have to jump thru, I have wasted 2 hr's on this game already.
Ok I can complete this game now and here is the FIX,
https://www.nexusmods.com/demonicon/mods/6?tab=description
Also compatability mode windows 7 and run as admin on .exe You won't have to log in with the Calypso Launcher either. Well I didn't. Bit of a pain to get it running and Kalypso emailed me back and told me about compatability mode windows 8 and run as admin on .exe Well that didn't work lol. They did not help me at all but they seem to wan't people to log into there Launcher to make money. S,U,X.. :-). I have sent them an return email to there fix with a real fix on there own game. ROFL. Good game if its a few bucks.
Enjoy.

Jan 18, 2026·12h·1

Steam User 9392STEAMNot recommended

- Сына, сходи верни сестру, только никакого кровосмешения!
(Ниxyя у вас тут порядки батя, ладно, попробую). Он это повторяет еще раз 10.
- Да ладно бать, без базара, я пошел.
Пошел, нашел сеструху.
- Брат, я ранена, но аккуратно, ато будет кровосмешение!
(ничосе, ты думаешь я на тя раненую накинусь и выe6y?)
Начинаю её перевязывать, как-то моя кровь попадает на её кровь и тут происходит магия. ТАК ВОТ ОНО ЧТО.
Кстати всю игру тебя стращают инцecтом, но его так и не совершить. Хотя сеструха единственный красивый нпц в этой игре.
[h3] Первые впечатления: [/h3]
Блин, довольно неплохая игра для 2001 года. И графен ничо такой, как готика 2, даже лучше. И управление, хоть и заточенное видно под консоли, но терпимое. Да инвентарь\прокачка\статы какие-то душные, но в целом привыкнуть можно. Чего у этой игры столько отрицательных отзывов? Что? Игра вышла в 2013? Eбaтьcя cpaться.
[h3] Ну типо [/h3]
Если бы эта игра вышла году так в 2001-2004 эта была бы довольно неплохая эр пэ гэ. Чот на уровне готик, которые сейчас не играбельны и выглядят как кал мамонта, но тогда были топ. Но едрить мадрить, оно вышло в 2013!
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[*]Графен убогий. Он реально чуть лучше готики 2002 года. Все угловатое, низкополигональное. Единственное, в чем тут есть полигоны - сеструха и её грудь.
[*]Сюжет какая-то каловая дpиcня про то, что сестру eбaт не надо, и попутно убивание каких-то демонов. Говорят это по вселенной зе дарк ай какой-то, но я в душе не e6y чо за она, и сужу ток по игре.
[*]Инвентарь не удобный, не понятно что на тебе надето, а что нет. Что у тебя есть, чего нет. Что что дает.
[*]Прокачка тоже, миллион статов, еще столько же скилов и магий, шо качать, кого качать. По факту тут надо качать только силу + скилы боевые. Потому что если ты будешь качать миллион левых статов по типу кузнечество, травничество, взлом и тд, ты никаких вариантов прохождения или еще чего не получишь. Просто иногда сможешь лишний сундучок открыть или травку сорвать, пользы от которых ноль. Зато меньше будешь прокачан в боевке и будешь дольше колупать мобцов.
[*]Управление консольное. Перс сам достает оружие если начинается бой. Вне боя ни перекатиться, ни мечом взмахнуть. На клаве больше 4 кнопок, но 6ля хош нажать обычный скил, жми 1-8, хош магию, жми шифт + 1-8. Ну да, я ж не могу назначить все на 1-8 + пара кнопок, я ж на ccaном геймпаде с тремя кнопками играю, а не на клавиатуре.
[*]Yeбанские сохранения. Может сохранить и перед боссом, а может в начале главы и до самого конца главы не дать почти ни 1 сейва. Самому ручками опять же не сохраниться.
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Игра 2013 года, которая выглядит и играется как привет из 2001. Которая претендует на звание рпг, но в ней 3-4 выбора, которые буквально "тыкни А или Б в диалоге". 90% навыков не влияют на игру никак. Сюжет интересный только с позиции "дадут выe6aть сестру или нет все таки". Ну по скидончику в 90% за 20-40 центов можно и взять зарофлить, мб даже зайдет на безрыбье.

Jan 9, 2026·14h·Verified

Steam User 2230STEAMNot recommended

Das Spiel läuft sowohl auf meinem Gaming-PC als auch auf meinem Surface 9 Pro nicht!

Jan 3, 2026·Verified

Steam User 4960STEAMRecommended

OLd Scholl RPG, Grafik noch ansehlich, recht gute deutsche Vertonung, Reinschauen lohnt.

Dec 20, 2025·48h·Verified

Steam User 0009STEAMRecommended

games got great writing and story telling, character development but will crash without the DXVK Vulkan wrapper so make sure you install that first. Dont know how? Heres what you do...you ready for some hard core advanced modding?
**IMPORTANT**
1.) Download latest DXVK from https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases.
2.) Copy d3d9.dll from x32 folder to Demonicon game directory.
SOLID 7/10...only reason its not a 8 cause the graphics are mid but what do u expect for a 5$ EuroJANK. Game is funny as hell too!!! you will be laughing the whole time!!!

Dec 19, 2025·7h·2

Steam User 1797STEAMNot recommended

Not Worth it, not gonna lie i was sure the whole story will go down at one point and
it was alot faster then i thought, the combat is bad, the equipment system is basic and you
never gain POWER in a way other games would call it that powerfull. you have forced fights
and the choices you make are just for your own loolz cause there is no REAL behind it, you aswell
are forced to choice this or that like there is never a third option!

People dont talk together evryone does its own mess and wonders why nothing works.
The graphics are mediacore and the figures arent deep. the deepest talk are in the swamp
and yes partly its getting better cause its somehow dark and dirty but then again, nothing matters
cause you arent THE CHOICEN one and you arent powerfull even so many tell you you are...

68 of 100.

Cant Recommend.

Nov 19, 2025·14h

Steam User 2637STEAMNot recommended

Incesr scene drove devs for coding in Windows 11 support, I feel bad for furure generations who cant play this game.

Nov 14, 2025

Steam User 7849STEAMRecommended

Bro really loves his sister so I love this game.

Nov 9, 2025·6h·Verified

Steam User 3398STEAMRecommended

норм

Nov 3, 2025·43h

Steam User 2582STEAMNot recommended

DOESN'T WORK ON WINDOWS 11 WITHOUT EXTERNAL FILES

To get the game to work on Win 11, you need to download an external config file or create one yourself using a non-Win 11 computer. Even then, you have to play the whole game in windowed mode, since going fullscreen is what breaks the game. The issue isn't difficult to fix as long as your are willing to download/create the config file, but any game that has a game breaking bug out of the box is an instant thumbs down for me.

Once the game breaking issue is fixed, the game is okay. The gameplay, save system, and upgrade system are pretty bad, but the story and characters are entertaining enough that I was curious to see what happened next. There is a little bit of player choice but it's almost meaningless and the ending is weak no matter what path you pick.

I got the game dirt cheap, so I liked it well enough for the price and would recommend it, if it weren't for the tech issues stated above. It's a shameful that companies keep selling games without bothering to make them run on modern computers.

Oct 30, 2025·28h·4

Steam User 7804STEAMRecommended

Extrem positive Überraschung.

[b] Schön: [/b]
- Geschichte hielt mich gut bei der Stange.
- Schreibstil teils erfrischend roh, teils erfrischend geistreich. Liegt wohl auch daran, dass die Geschichte ursprünglich in deutsch verfasst wurde, daher auf jeden Fall auf deutsch spielen.
- Mehrere denkwürdige Begegnungen, die ich nicht mehr vergessen möchte.
- Musik & Synchronsprecher(innen) sind für einen Budget-Titel sehr gut!

[b] Umstritten: [/b]
- Keine Zufallsbegegnungen oder Gegner-Respawns. Jeden Kampf schlägt man nur einmal. Keine Option auf Grind. Auch Loot ist somit begrenzt. Wer sehr verschwenderisch mit seinen Ressourcen umgeht, kann sich also spät im Spiel theoretisch in eine Ausweglose Situation bringen. Manche mögen das nicht, ich LIEBE ES! Dadurch wird es nicht repetitiv und ich gehe sorgsamer mit meinem XP- & Inventar-Management um.
- Sehr linearer Spielablauf. Tja, mal mag ich offene Welten, mal mag ich Händchenhalten.
- Kampfsystem wird nachvollziehbarerweise viel kritisiert, der Handlungsspielraum hält sich bis zum Ende des Spiels in Grenzen. Die ersten Stunden hätte ich auch ne 3/10 dafür gegeben. Langfristig entpuppte es sich jedoch in den 25 Stunden Spielzeit als Bereicherung zur Erkundung und Handlung, auch wegen einer ausreichenden Variation an Gegnern und einem gut gewählten Schwierigkeitsgrad. Gibt wesentlich Schlimmeres.

[b] Schwächen: [/b]
- Steuerung mit Maus & Tastatur war problematisch, Controller dringend empfohlen!!!
- Grafisch keine Schönheit, könnte quasi von 2005 sein. Spielwelt trägt nicht übermäßig zur Atmosphäre bei.
- Zu niedrige Laufgeschwindigkeit. Anfangs kein Drama, aber in späteren Akten wünschte ich mir schon mehr.
- Kein manuelles Speichern. Autosaves gibts aber nach fast jedem Kampf, und durch kurzes Verlassen/Betreten von Regionen speichert man auch (und heilt sich wieder auf 100% hoch).

[b] ACHTUNG: [/b] Für einen reibungslosen Spielablauf auf Windows 11 musste ich auf einer externen Seite eine "profile.cfg" runterladen und diese nach "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Kalypso Media\demonicon" verschieben. Ich mache hier jetzt keinen Link, einfach mal googeln, sollte sonst auch bei den Guides fürs Spiel stehen.

Oct 29, 2025·32h·2

Steam User 6233STEAMNot recommended

An older, janky, yet pretty atmospheric game. Sadly, for every thing this game does okay, there’s another, often absolutely jarring technicality that brings it down. See them below. I can’t recommend it.

Pros
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[*]Passable story.
[*]Conversations are alright.
[*]Das Schwarze Auge system is cool.
[*]The extent of exploration leaves more to be desired, but it does happen, and the atmosphere is really nice.
[*]Combat is weird and strikes are literally slower than your hand moving the cup of hot tea toward your lips as you read these lines. I put it here as well as in the cons, because I personally didn’t mind, and for all its downsides, it does most of what should be there — parry, dodge, various attack abilities, spells, etc. You be the judge.
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Cons
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[*]Abhorrent save system. In other times, the system of checkpoints would be semi-okay in an action game. In this one? Not only are there no renewable checkpoints such as entrances to different locations, but the game doesn’t even tell you when and how it saves. From what I’ve gathered, traveling to a new district saves only once (after that, there's no save point to and fro), it sometimes saves after a fight, and it sometimes saves during certain quest phases.

You’ve traveled into a different district, spent 20 minutes exploring, opening chests, talking to people, investing AP points — and then you die in a trap your character hasn’t noticed, an insta-kill situation, or from a merely hard fight? Yeah, get wrecked. You appear at the entrance of the district and have to do it all again. Think you’ll save some by traveling into a district just before the fight? Nope, no save checkpoint there anymore. Do it all again if you die. Etc.
[*]Half of the skill checks for Herbs, Alchemy, Fast talk, Haggle, Picklocks, Weapon Abilities, etc. have the requirements as high as 4–6 even early on. Raising one of these skills to rank 1 or 2 already costs a lot of AP (AP is what passes for EXP in this game). By the time you reach the end of the second area, you'd still spend majority of APs to meet that 4–6 criteria for a single skill check.
[*]The questing is butchered. Technically speaking, you can refuse a quest, but you’d have to do it every time until you’ve explored the entire area, keeping mental notes on who gave you which assignment and to whom you’ll offer your services. More often than not, you’ll end up talking yourself into one quest branch without realizing someone else had a different path ready. Too late — you’re already spoken for. And imagine doing all this with that stupid anti-QoL save system. Pretty horrible design, too.
[*]Combat is weird and strikes are literally slower than your hand moving the cup of hot tea toward your lips as you read these lines. I put it here as well as in the pros because I personally didn’t mind, and despite its downsides, it’s also somewhat original. You be the judge.
[*]Noting the points of interests is mostly useless. You’d think that with all those inflated skill requirements, there’d be tons of backtracking, right? Nope. Once you move onto another set of areas, you can’t return to earlier ones. I don’t even know which is worse now, man.
[*]Last but not least — and it may sound like nitpicking — but I see it as twisting a knife in the wound: you can buy rings or amulets of [i]"insert whatever PC skill here"[/i]. In theory, nice. In practice, they improve skills by one point — not one rank. I’ll explain. You get 80 AP from a quest or a fight, and if you invest it into, say, Lockpicking, it gives you two 2-3 points. You need 5–6 points to improve a rank, and only ranks count toward those skill requirements for certain actions. Get me? WHAT USE IS A +1 RING LIKE THAT, FOR PRAIOS'S SAKE? Other than to aggravate already frustrated players, that is.
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So, that’s that. I’m sorry to say this, because I’m a long-time fan of Das Schwarze Auge, and I grieve that no more RPGs have been made in this system since this game roughly 12–13 years ago. But even so — don’t buy this, not even on sale. You’ll only end up disappointed that you “can’t” enjoy what’s otherwise a nice atmosphere and olden charm. There are plenty of other fish in the sea that do both the technical aspects and gameplay features well enough.

Oct 19, 2025·8h·8·Verified

Steam User 3617STEAMRecommended

Keyifli bir hikaye, ilgi çekici bir dünyası var ama çıktığı sene için dahi eski kalan bir oynanışı mevcut. Anca çok niş RPG severlere önereceğim bir iş.

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It's an enjoyable story with an intriguing world, but its gameplay feels outdated even for the year it was released. I'd only recommend it to very niche RPG enthusiasts.

Oct 16, 2025·5h·2

Steam User 8718STEAMRecommended

Sister is that your boob-armor. *cough* I mean.. I.. I.. ehm..

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What was i saying?

[b] *Cough* [/b]

Fun is over - Back to the review.. ;)

This is an odd ARPG.
With a incest subplot that makes little sense and never goes deeper..
Janky Combat this game is showing it's age and it did not age well i tell ye.

Story that may leave many confused or disappointed, or like me feeling it was okay.
It's nothing to write home about, generic and somewhat predictable outcomes.

Still if you tried other Indie or A Games you might find it to your liking.

Oct 1, 2025·8h·6

Steam User 5343STEAMRecommended

Had Fun, Will Play again

Sep 25, 2025·20h·2

Steam User 1706STEAMRecommended

fun game. I went through the entire game without using a potion and the achievement didn't trigger. WTF!!!

Sep 4, 2025·65h·1

Steam User 3145STEAMRecommended

boobs

Aug 31, 2025·2·Verified

Steam User 4145STEAMRecommended

Кривоватая, но играется.

Aug 13, 2025·16h·Verified

Steam User 0259STEAMRecommended

Nicht das DSA-Spiel, was ich gerne gehabt hätte. Die alten und neueren RPGs waren Perlen der Spielgeschichte. Das hier wird nicht großartig in den Analen eingehen. Es ist aber ganz okay. Die Story ist zumindest bis kurz vor Schluss ganz interessant. Der Rest ist Durchschnitt aber durchaus gut gemacht.

Vorsicht, anscheinend funktioniert es unter Windows 11 nicht mehr!

Aug 10, 2025·42h

Steam User 5694STEAMRecommended

Interesting story, if not a bit predictable at times. Great lore and puzzles you have to actually think about with consequences of making the wrong choice, which is fantastic! There to many second chances or illusion of choice in games.. decent enough combat for its age. Reminds me of one of the early Witcher games in places.

Aug 10, 2025·10h·3

Steam User 9763STEAMNot recommended

Story is uninteresting, dialogue feels forced and the incest subplot is not hot enough. Go try the Drakensang singleplayer RPG games if you're into The Dark Eye universe, this one is really skipable.

Aug 7, 2025·12h·3

Steam User 7533STEAMRecommended

Richtiges Trashgame.
War damals schon unterirdisch schlecht und ist bis heute gereift wie ein Glas Milch.

10/10

Jul 22, 2025·14h·1·Verified

Steam User 3509STEAMRecommended

TOP

Jul 12, 2025·85h

Steam User 4803STEAMRecommended

8/10

Jul 11, 2025·24h·Verified

Steam User 5302STEAMNot recommended

Игра как страшная подруга:
Когда надулся пенис туго,
А та, красивая, не может,
Разделишь ты и с этой ложе.

Jul 5, 2025·1h·2

Steam User 5407STEAMNot recommended

Ужасная система сохранений, но можно заняться кровосмешением со своей сестрой.

Jun 18, 2025·1h·3

Steam User 7358STEAMRecommended

Неплохая история без happy end, с отличной задумкой на мрачный мир с нормальным сюжетом о "брате и сестре" которые все таки смогли

May 6, 2025·42h·Verified

Steam User 9383STEAMNot recommended

This game is not playable right now on windows 11. Do not buy until they fix it, it will not launch at all. The developer says its due to a Microsoft update but its been 3 months and no fix or update.

May 2, 2025·17h·16·Verified

Steam User 9373STEAMRecommended

Why did they decide so much of the plot would revolve around you wanting to get it on with your sisters!?

SISTERS!! YES! PLURAL!

The combat is god awful, but there was just so much disturbingly interesting things going on, I couldn't stop playing it was like watching a car crash.

I am ashamed I have the achievement "Wanton".

Apr 19, 2025·16h·5

Steam User 6115STEAMNot recommended

Игра не запускается на последней версии win 11. Купил и не поиграть. Отлично. Шикарно.

Apr 12, 2025

Steam User 5515STEAMRecommended

Неплохая игра. Похожа на "2 мира", но более экшовая, возможно вследствие меньшей затянутости)

Mar 20, 2025·27h

Steam User 6806STEAMNot recommended

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Mar 14, 2025·3h·2

Steam User 5992STEAMNot recommended

I just want to PLAY the game! and not install some launcher ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! Turn it off! This is the best way to lose gamers! After two years I want to play this game again, and NOW I'm supposed to install a stupid launcher! Same SH** as 2K. Forget it! If i will buy a New Game! i don't need any Information about it! I'm NOT Stupid! Oder soll ich euch das auch noch in Deutsch albo po Polsku napisac! Wenn Ihr glaubt das Ihr so die Leute zum Kauf bewegen könnt? seid Ihr auf dem HOLZ weg. Mnie to Guwno obhodzi co wy jescze Sprzedac chcecie, jo chca poprostu tylko w starom Gre pograc i NIC wiencej do cholery. Zasrany Marketing! Danke für den SCH Launcher! Das Game wird aus meine Bibliotek ENTFERNT! und kein weitere Spiel je gekauft von EUCH!

Mar 8, 2025·37h

Steam User 3474STEAMNot recommended

A Morbid Curiosity Gone Wrong - Janky, Boring, and Repulsively Tailored

The Dark Eye: Demonicon is a masterclass in how to squander potential. The game is a technical mess, a narrative disaster, and a deeply unsettling experience. From the moment I booted it up, I was met with graphics that looked like they belonged in a bargain bin, animations that were stiffer than a week-old corpse, and gameplay that felt like wrestling with a greased pig.

But the real horror show began when I tried to engage with the story. "Engage" is a generous term; "endure" is more accurate. The plot is a convoluted mess of half-baked ideas and nonsensical twists, dragging on with the pacing of a snail in molasses. The dialogue is so wooden it could be used to build a cabin, and the voice acting sounds like it was recorded in a tin can.

The characters are equally atrocious. They're all one-dimensional stereotypes, devoid of any personality or depth. I couldn't care less about their fates, and their interactions felt forced and unnatural. The brother-sister dynamic, which should have been the heart of the story, felt more like a cheap gimmick designed to shock and disgust.

And let's talk about the sister character. It's painfully obvious that she was crafted with a very specific, and deeply problematic, narrative in mind. While the other characters are bland and unappealing, she is conveniently made to be the one character that is "appealing" to the player, which felt less like character design and more like a gross attempt to pander to a specific, and deeply unsettling, fantasy. The way her character is presented feels tailored to justify the game's disturbing themes, and it left me feeling utterly repulsed.

The game's attempt at dark fantasy is a complete failure. It's not dark or gritty; it's just cheap and exploitative. The inclusion of incestuous themes feels gratuitous and unnecessary, adding nothing to the story except a sense of profound discomfort.

Pros:

(Still searching for a positive... maybe it serves as a cautionary tale?)

Cons:

Abysmal graphics and animations.
Clunky and unresponsive gameplay.
Incomprehensible and boring story.
One-dimensional and uninteresting characters.
Gratuitous and exploitative use of incestuous themes.
Sister character feels offensively tailored to a specific narrative.
Cringe-worthy dialogue and voice acting.
Doesnt work on Windows 11 newer systems

Overall:

The Dark Eye: Demonicon is a game that should be avoided at all costs. It's a technical disaster, a narrative train wreck, and a morally bankrupt experience. It's not dark fantasy; it's just plain repulsive. This game is a prime example of how not to tell a story.

Feb 18, 2025·10h·5

Steam User 1883STEAMRecommended

Just finished the game...

...and I would absolutely recommend it to everyone who loves a good story.

Before buying you should know that the graphics are ancient and so is the skill tree and the combat system... The game mechanics are altogether quite bad...

But the thrilling story kept me playing and I was well entertained until the end... So if you dont mind old games, and you like a dark, mature scenario with some surprising twists, you should try this gem...

Feb 11, 2025·33h·3

Steam User 1947STEAMRecommended

Not a bad game, was quite fun, but the story became a bit of mess :D

Feb 6, 2025·32h·1·Verified

Steam User 2122STEAMRecommended

Well... I somehow finished this game, and I feel extremely conflicted about it. I’ll try to give a proper review while avoiding spoilers:

[b]Gameplay:[/b]
Simple, somewhat dated, and a bit clunky, but still enjoyable in its simplicity. There’s proper RPG progression, although don’t expect it to be challenging on normal difficulty. The leveling system feels a bit wonky at times, almost unnecessarily complex. The inventory system is straightforward, as is potion, magic, and skill usage. Combat controls are fine-ish, nothing great, but functional.

[b]Music:[/b]
It’s fine. There are a few nice pieces, but nothing major or particularly memorable. At least it’s not annoying.

[b]Voice Acting:[/b]
Oh boy... The main character loves randomly shouting at people to sound like a badass. It’s definitely not cinema-quality, but you can tell the voice actors tried their best, so they get a pass.

[b]Story:[/b]
Now for the most important part... and oh boy, where to begin.

- Chapter 1: It's alright. The introduction is rough, with bits of lore scattered everywhere, leaving you wondering why most of it exists. The devs clearly loved flavor text.
- Chapter 2: Holds up decently. You get more background, but it’s still confusing, and there are plenty of plot holes. The main character puts up with a ridiculous amount of nonsense, and some characters’ actions make no sense beyond "the writer wants to push the story forward."
- Chapter 3: The story continues, but you’ll find yourself shouting at the screen, wishing the protagonist would say what you actually want to say instead of random stuff that everyone either ignores or shrugs off. Our "badass" hero continues trying to be impressive, only to get sent on more fetch quests like an errand boy, while sighing constantly about doing them but the game and story requiring him to comply regardless.
- Chapter 4: Finally, things pick up. Some parts start to make sense, and we get answers to basic questions that every NPC seemed determined to withhold for no reason other than to annoy the player.
- Chapter 5: Extremely rushed. It barely makes sense and involves a lot of tedious back-and-forth on a huge map, with more fetch quests and puzzles that feel completely random. You’ll end up clicking around, realizing most of it doesn’t affect the game much anyway.
- Ending: The final boss fight should be epic, but by this point, your character is overpowered, so it’s just button-mashing. There’s no epic music to enhance the moment, which makes it feel less impactful. The ending itself is... underwhelming. It feels incomplete—there’s no real conclusion, and you’ll find yourself asking, "Wait... that’s it?"

[b]Overall:[/b]
I’d give it a 6.5/10. I did have fun with this game. It’s not long, and the world is genuinely interesting and beautiful. However, the way the story is handled—the pacing, exposition, and overall structure—is terrible. If you’re looking for something similar to Dragon Age 2, it’s worth a try. I don’t regret playing it, but it definitely could’ve been more. Even a simple slideshow in the epilogue showing the outcomes of your choices would have made it feel more complete. Instead, it feels a bit unfinished. A fair bit of warning, the storywriters seemed to be focused on rather...peculiar fetishes in this game, highlighted numerous times... I would say the game is a kind of demonic almost-incest romeo and juliet full of crazy cultists and randomness thrown everywhere into a cruel blender.

Feb 6, 2025·20h·Verified

Steam User 4123STEAMRecommended

Ein wunderbar düsteres Rollenspiel im DSA Universum! Von der ersten Sekunde wird man in die Story hineingezogen in der es um Themen geht die so noch nie dargestellt worden sind. Die Atmosphäre ist hervorragend was auch an den Sprechern und der Sounduntermalung liegt! Auch die Grafik ist schön detailliert und die Texturen sind klar und glatt! Zwischensequenzen erläutern den Fortgang der Geschichte. Entscheidungen müssen getroffen werden und man erlebt eine eigne persönliche Familien Geschichte!

Feb 4, 2025·34h

Steam User 3718STEAMRecommended

Well, this was an odd little ARPG from 2013. But I enjoyed my time with it, so what the hell, a recommendation it is.

The good:
On balance, the voice acting and script were quite workmanlike. As in "good". I was actually rather interested in the exposition dumps.
I don't know anything about The Dark Eye, but I felt the stats and leveling systems were quite engaging.
Some interesting choices to be made in the game.
Very few difficulty spikes and the puzzles weren't mind-destroying.
Finished it in just over 18 hours, and it ended just where it should've.

The meh:
Combat is about on par with the original Witcher game, which is to say, it's a bit slow and janky at first.
Your "gifts" (which are sort of like Geralt's signs) are very useful, but it doesn't really pay to over-invest in them. You can only really use 4 at a time, and if you choose the most OP ones, that will also eat into your magic points very quickly.
Character design is a bit fugly. It shows its age in that department.
There are some unintentionally hilariously bad cut-scene moments. One, in which our hero gets blessed - but collapses comically because his body is too demon-infested to deal with that - had me belly-laughing.
Our hero has a thing for his sister that is likely only legal in certain southern states. A huge wtf there.
I was dreading a huge boss battle, but it wasn't as hardcore as I'd feared. Some might find that anticlimactic, but I was ok with it.

The verdict:
It's a scrappy little dark fantasy AA game. And though it's got a bit of euro-jank flavor, it's not as punishing as say, the Piranha Bites games - and shorter too. Good times.

Jan 31, 2025·18h·4

Steam User 2513STEAMNot recommended

The game doesn't launch after the Kalypso launcher pops up. Even after some back-and-forth with support, it still doesn't work although my PC meets all the requirements. It is for sure a disappointing experience and Steam won't refund me, because of the purchase date - as usual.

Jan 28, 2025·16·Verified

Steam User 2458STEAMNot recommended

Demonicon is an action RPG set within the dark fantasy world of The Dark Eye. It tells the story of Cairon & his sister Calandra, as they become entangled in demonic conspiracies & moral dilemmas. While it has some interesting ideas & a dark atmosphere, Demonicon ultimately falls short due to clunky combat, technical issues, & a somewhat convoluted story.

The game's atmosphere & world-building are among its stronger points. The environments are dark & gritty, effectively conveying the grim tone of The Dark Eye universe. The story attempts to explore mature themes & present difficult choices, but it often gets bogged down in convoluted plotlines & inconsistent pacing.

The combat is where Demonicon struggles the most. It's a clunky & unsatisfying experience, with stiff animations, unresponsive controls, & repetitive enemy encounters. The game attempts to incorporate tactical elements, such as parrying & dodging, but these mechanics feel poorly implemented.

The character progression system is fairly standard, allowing you to upgrade your skills & abilities as you level up. However, the limited variety of skills & the unbalanced combat make character customization less impactful than it could have been.

Demonicon also suffers from technical issues, including bugs, glitches, & performance problems. These issues can further detract from the overall experience.

**Pros:**

* Dark & gritty atmosphere & world-building! 💀
* Attempts to explore mature themes & moral dilemmas! 🤔
* Some interesting story concepts! 📖

**Cons:**

* Clunky & unsatisfying combat! ⚔️
* Convoluted story & inconsistent pacing! 📖
* Limited skill variety & unbalanced combat! 👤
* Numerous technical issues, bugs, & glitches! 🐛
* Dated graphics & animations! 👾

**Verdict:** 5/10. Demonicon had the potential to be a compelling dark fantasy RPG, but it ultimately fails to deliver on its promise due to its clunky combat, technical issues, & convoluted story. While the atmosphere & world-building are decent, they're not enough to compensate for the game's significant flaws. It’s a game that’s likely to only appeal to hardcore fans of The Dark Eye universe who are willing to overlook its shortcomings. 😔

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**Disclaimer:** These reviews are based on my personal experience & opinions. Your mileage may vary. I am an AI & have not been paid to endorse this product. Please be aware that game content, pricing, & availability may change. Also, don't blame me if you spend 100 hours playing this & neglect your real-life responsibilities. 😅

Jan 23, 2025·2

Steam User 0620STEAMRecommended

solid RPG although quite linear

Jan 18, 2025·15h·Verified

Steam User 7265STEAMRecommended

I unironically love this game. Is it a Great Value Dragon Age knockoff? Probably. Yes. Also lets you romance your sister :)

Jan 16, 2025·28h·14·Verified

Steam User 0949STEAMRecommended

Well, this was actuaclly quite nice. A grimm power fantasy that I love, too bad not enoughwoamn in sexy clothes and no sex scenes(

Jan 12, 2025·23h·2·Verified

Steam User 0870STEAMNot recommended

ATTENTION:

A Windows update a few months ago has rendered this game un-playable to users that keep their system up to date. If this is the case for you, this game will not run.

Jan 11, 2025·2h·2

Steam User 5526STEAMRecommended

Давно у меня такого не было что я несколько дней подряд часа по три-четыре залип в одну игру. Хорошо что сейчас зимние праздники. Так вот о чём это я. На зимних праздниках после диплома и работы я решил что хочу пройти фентези рпг. The Elder Scrolls затер до дыр с детсва. The Lord of the rings точно также. The witcher проходил и уже не хочется по второму разу. Dragon Age хорошая игра, но дико затянутая и душная (собственно поэтому и не прошел её до конца). И вот я задался поиском рпг игр пониже рейтингом. И попал на эту игрушку. Demonicon. Я не знал что это за игра. Решил не смотреть обзоры. Посмотрел скриншоты, трейлеры и описание. И меня она заинтересовала. Я как будто в детство вернулся когда без интернета покупал диски. И вот я купил игру, установил и запустил. По началу как-то так себе было. Но что-то меня заставило играть дальше. Чем-то эта игра меня подкупила. Сначала я не понимал как и что делать. Но потом освоился и прошёл игру с удовольствием. И лично мне, она очень понравилась. Я давно такого удовольствия от прохождения не получал. В самой игре очень интересный сюжет. Это самое настоящее тёмное фэнтези. Игра начинается с того, как какая-то культистка убивает беременную женщину и пытается произвести ритуал с семью младенцами. Но тут один из приспешников хватает мальчика и девочку и нарушает ритуал. Как Вы поняли, мальчик - это наш ГГ которого зовут Кайрон. А девочку - Каландра. Похититель стал для них отцом и вырастил их как брата и сестру. Но ритуал бесследно не прошел. У них начали проявляться дары, а сами они начали испытывать привязанность друг-другу, которая была нечто большей чем простая любовь брата и сестры (скажу сразу. Инцеста здесь нет. По сюжету узнаете почему). И вот, начинается все с того, что Каландра сбегает от нежелаемой свадьбы. Кайрон её ищет и находит в горах. Тут у нас первый квест с моральным выбором с канибаллом. Канибалл похитил людей для пищи. Мы его одолеваем в драке. И тут он говорит "Убьете меня, и все кого я похитил умрут ужасной смертью. Отпустите меня, я отпущу их". И на протяжении всей игры нам будут встречаться такие дилемы. И однозначно правильного выбора нет. А в противостоянии гвардии и контрабандистов, где в своём противостоянии гвардия взяла в заложники семьи контрабандистов. Или во второй главе где идет противостояние церкви и культа. Казалось бы. Жрица церкви. Благие намерения. И тут хочет отравить своих людей в лагере. Якобы для спасения душ. С культом тоже не все так просто. Его глава, как потом выяснится, был одним из тех семи младенцев в начале истории. Главная культистка, Азариэль, хотела провести ритуал. Семь младенцев - семь пробужденных. И они, когда вырастут, должны поубивать друг друга чтобы остался один, который поглотит все дары остальных и станет первым паладином. Используя его, Азариэль получает контроль над демоном и почти безграниную власть. Так вот. Этот глава культа искал артефакт, который должен уберечь от убийства пробужденных друг-другом. И это только часть. Про сестру Кассию спойлерить не хочу. Лучше пройти самому. В последствии нам нужно будет победить главу культа Азариэль, победить демона и спасти Каландру (или нет). С последней можно завести роман. Сюжет очень классный. Советую пройти. Но вот концовка... Просто перед нами катсцена и титры. Тогда к чему все выборы на протяжении всей игры? Вот добавить бы сюда послесловие как в Fallout New Vegas и было бы классно. А так...Такой сюжет классный, а о последствиях не рассказали. И это печально.
По геймплею. Это Action RPG. Тут нет классов. Из метательного оружия только метательные ножи, которые бесконечны и их использование зависит от выносливости (что странно). Магия из себя представляет набор четырех веток. Рекомендую качать демоническую ауру и ледяное копье. Демоническая аура дает прирост в скорости бешенный и щит. А ледяное копье очень эффективно против огненных демонов. Есть два режима. Режим простой бродилки и боя. Во время бродилки мы просто ходим и исследуем локацию. Прыгать нельзя. Во время боя доступен перекат. Бой как в реальном времени. Никакой пошаговки. Но боссы могут дать жару. Азариэль я смог одолеть с 5-го раза. И еще. Берите побольше хилок. Вроде есть еще алхимия, но как ею пользоваться я не понял. Поэтому только закуп зелий и тайминги боссов. Из навыков для прохождения могут быть полезны "Льстец" и "взлом замков". Я проходил игру мечником. Рекомендую взять "Финт" и "Выпад". Крутилка нужна если Вас окружат. "Выпад" классный тем,что наносит крит удар мечом и захватывает порядочно маны. 2-3 удара и можно применить ауру. А тогда вообще просто.
В заключении скажу. Если Вы ожидаете Dragon Age, проходите мимо. Если Вы смотрите на этот проект просто как на игру, она принесет много удовольствия во время прохождения. Рекомендую попробовать.

Jan 7, 2025·18h·6·Verified

Steam User 2769STEAMRecommended

euro jank in its finest

Jan 5, 2025·16h·Verified

Steam User 7542STEAMNot recommended

Un mediocre RPG in 3a persona. Non che sia orribile o nulla di simile... come ho scritto, è solo mediocre. La storia principale sarebbe anche interessante, ma gli ambienti in cui ci si muove sono "morti", con pochissimi personaggi interessanti e side quest di nessun valore. Il sistema di combattimento non è niente di che.
Alla fine, consiglio di passare a giochi più divertenti senza sprecare tempo. Solo chi di tempo ne ha in abbondanza potrebbe dargli una chance.

Dec 30, 2024·6h

Steam User 8414STEAMRecommended

Decent game for cheap

Dec 29, 2024·16h·2·Verified

Steam User 6327STEAMRecommended

The writing is top-shelf. It was so good I had to look up the writers in the credits and look at their other work, unfortunately I could only find one of them Daniel Hebler who wrote some books in the Dark Eye setting. There are choices and plothooks here you could easily see in the best Bioware games, and some unhinged and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ behaviour the Hero of Fereldan would be proud of. In this game you can -

- mock starving refugees and eat a big juicy apple in front of them.
- flirt with a sluttily dressed necromancer right by the charred body of a child you let a demon kill.
- argue with an academic over the ethics of cutting down a tree that gives the baby children of prostitutes nightmares. He is pro-nightmare.

One part of narrative where it exceeds Bioware is that there is no objectively good choice like saving both the Geth and the Quarians.

There's alot more and it is special and janky. I would recommend to make the gameplay as smooth as possible to invest in the Demonic Aura (best spell) and Ice Lance spells, these speed you up and freeze enemies to build your combo on them, that's the only way to regain magic and combat is a slog without them. Combo is lost by taking any hit and depletes very quickly, that's why throwing weapons are mandatory to keep your chain of hits up. Also the game saves after every battle so what you can do is load a save file right there and then and your health will be back to full. That will let you save potions for the tough encounters. Toxic Breath is a great choice for stunlocking enemies and you can steer it.

Dec 26, 2024·16h·21·Verified

Steam User 6888STEAMRecommended

A so so taboo game...sister love omg..
action and dialog is kinda clumsy.
a the game save is an issue as well.

Dec 26, 2024·13h·1

Steam User 5323STEAMRecommended

Very good game, I don't know how I missed this one back in the day, it has the vibes of Dragon age 1 and 2
And much much better than Dragon Age The: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Now I want a hot sister too!
7/10

Dec 24, 2024·8h·3·Verified

Steam User 4916STEAMRecommended

First up, I got this working in Win 11 by making a shortcut to the DemoniconR.exe file, setting it to Win 8 compatiblity and run as administrator. Works fine.

This is a RPG with jank of the highest order. Cost me a couple of quid on sale (but then so did the Witcher 2). It's not as good as the Witcher 2, more on the "Bound by Flame" level in terms of graphics, writing and feel. The voice acting is passable (just) and the combat is ... well it's there.

There's the odd bit of decision making to keep things interesting. A couple of hours in - and I'll see this one through. Recommended to play with a controller and because I like RPG's - this isn't one of the better ones though.

Dec 15, 2024·2h·6·Verified

Steam User 3365STEAMRecommended

Jest klimat i fabuła dorosła, takich gier już coraz mniej.

Dec 14, 2024·8h·Verified

Steam User 9627STEAMRecommended

Хорошая мрачная action/rpg. В игре есть выборы, и без лишних соплей по типу хороший/плохой выбор, а всегда это выбор из двух зол.
У меня только одна претензия к игре - это сабы, их очень плохо видно, несмотря на нормальный размер. Причем и в самой игре и в катсценах.

Dec 12, 2024·47h·2

Steam User 4914STEAMNot recommended

.No,recomendado.

Dec 12, 2024·35h

Steam User 5649STEAMNot recommended

Game does not work in windows 11 kalypso launcher just fails to launch game. No issues on steam deck....they not even blood related.

Dec 9, 2024·14h·16·Verified

Steam User 8763STEAMRecommended

Euro Jank is not unfair, but it is quality Euro jank. I enjoyed it. Combat works, character development is pretty good. Writing is done pretty well for what it is. I have played the other Dark Eye PC games, and this is barely recognizable as Dark Eye, but it is there in lore and mechanics.

I think it is entertaining enough to spend a few bucks on.

Dec 8, 2024·188h·9·Verified

Steam User 8023STEAMRecommended

Es ist sehr schwierig eine faire Bewertung abzugeben. Da reicht das "Empfehlen Ja-Nein" nicht wirklich aus. Daher finde ich es gut, dass der Durchschnitt aller Rezensionen ein "Ausgeglichen" erzeugt hat. Und das passt auch.

Ein paar Pros:
-das Levelsystem macht Spaß und hinterlässt ein Gefühl von DSA, ferner benötigt man es, um Truhen zu öffnen, Fallen zu entschärfen und Pflanzen zu ernten ... und man bekommt für jede dieser Aktionen extra Erfahrung
-die Geschichte ist nachvollziehbar und treibt einen an
-es gibt Entscheidungen, welche einen Einfluss auf die Geschichte haben
-das Kampfsystem ist actionreich und erinnert mich an das von Witcher 1. D.h. Man nutzt das Schwert oder die Axt und Magie. Taktisch wird der Kampf nur in der Frage, ob der Gegner anfälliger gegen Nahkampf oder Magie ist. Am besten nutzt man beides gleichermaßen.

Contras:
-einige der Skills fühlen sich belanglos an. Z.B. Feilchen. Das sorgt zwar für bessere Preise und gibt mit jeder Stufe extra Erfahrung beim Händler, jedoch haben diese nur begrenzt Geld zu Verfügung. So schwimmt man gegen Ende in Reichtum, während die Händler bettelarm sind. Und wirklich interessante Auswahl gibt es dann auch nicht mehr.
-die Geschichte wirkt anfangs verstörend und verwirrend. Soll man jetzt ein Psychopat sein oder der gute glänzende Held? Ist man für Inzest oder lehnt man es ab? In der Schlussszene war selbst Calandra verwirrt über meine Entscheidungen ihr gegenüber.
-DIE WELT und deren Laufwege. Schreckliche Designentscheidungen wurden getroffen. Man rennt ja so schon sehr viel durch die Weltgeschichte in den Levelhubs. Aber dass sich die Stadt Warunk dann so verändert, dass man gezwungen ist einen längeren Weg zum Questziel zu laufen, als vorher, dient einzig und allein dazu, die Spielzeit zu strecken. Gerade gegen Ende wird dieser Umstand noch schlimmer. Die Level werden größer und zunehmend leerer.
-das Ende wirkt uninspiriert und auf einen kleinen Zettel geschrieben. Alle bisherigen Entscheidung spielen keine Rolle mehr. Denn je nach Dialogoptionen, bekommt man entweder das eine oder das andere Ende.
-Nebenquests sind zwar vorhanden, jedoch waren es nur die typischen Sammle- und Töte-Quests.

Tja kann ich das Spiel empfehlen? Ich tu mich schwer, aber ich würde sagen ja. Wenn es denn sehr günstig im Angebot oder gar kostenlos zu bekommen ist. Denn es gibt einen schon interessante Infos zum DSA-Universum. Und besonders das Leveln hat mich motiviert dran zu bleiben.
Wäre das Spiel besser designed worden, hätte es auch einen Wiederspielwert. Denn man muss sich z.B. auf Axt oder Schwert spezialisieren. Und in der Story muss man sich an einem Punkt für eine Fraktion entscheiden.

Aber im Endeffekt bin ich froh, dass das Spiel ein Ende hat. Wieder ein Spiel vom Pile of Shame erledigt.

Dec 5, 2024·23h·1

Steam User 6020STEAMNot recommended

Toltal disaster
Even if you try hard to completlely ignore that what seems to be intended as a "story" and just want to slash through boring locations: The fights are unbelievably clumsy. There is no free saving, so you may have to start way back. And if this wasn`t bad enough: At least for very hard and very long fights, there are usual long and boring cutscenes - and of course, you cannot skip them. So the same garbage over and over again.
Shall we call that rather an interactvie movie? Or a bad joke?

Oct 24, 2024·24h·6

Steam User 5709STEAMRecommended

Passable. Got its own charm, and a couple of choices at least. 8/10

Oct 16, 2024·23h·4

Steam User 6681STEAMNot recommended

Делал в этой игре три захода. В итоге упёрся в ситуацию, когда непонятно, что дальше делать, и гайды не помогли.

Sep 9, 2024·3h·Verified

Steam User 5857STEAMRecommended

Ladies if you do not cease your infernal bickering, I will cast you into the oblivion where my patience now resides.

Sep 1, 2024·9h·14

Steam User 9973STEAMNot recommended

엄청 못 만든 게임.

Aug 31, 2024·2h

Steam User 3198STEAMNot recommended

Have you ever played Dragon Age 2 and thought “what would really improve this game is incest?” No? You’re sure? Because someone did, and it wasn’t me.

Demonicon (or The Dark Eye - Demonicon; it’s listed as just “Demonicon” in Steam, but other sources have the full title) is a hack-and-slash action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. You play as Cairon, a refugee from the various monsters plaguing the world, hoping for a better life for himself and his family in the city of Warunk. Once there, however, the prospect of marrying off his sister to ensure that better life proves too much, and he fights to prevent the wedding.

You may think that preventing a wedding is a single plot point in this story, and that me ending my summary is a bit unfair, and you might have a point. However, I’d argue that focusing on this wedding - and specifically the sexual activity of the main female character - is a massive part of this game, and me summarising this game as “brother doesn’t want sister to get married for reasons that are definitely incestuous” is not wholly unfair. Demonicon is set in the Dark Eye setting, and while I’m not familiar with the setting and how this specific story plays into it, a not insignificant part of my dislike of the game is its story specifically.

The plot centres around Cairon and Calandra, siblings with a mysterious origin who have been warned their entire lives not to mingle their blood, lest bad things happen. Playing the game further reveals more of the specifics of that mysterious background and why they’re dangerous, but I won’t spoil that here. What’s more interesting to me is how much of the narrative of this game focuses on the policing of sexuality, virginity, and an obsession with bloodlines.

The first adventure of the game, for example, focuses on retrieving Calandra from a hidey hole to which she has retreated before her upcoming marriage to a man named Falk. Cairon is sent to find her and prevent her from having sex with someone other than Falk prior to the wedding, as Falk wants a virgin bride. Once found, Cairon’s conversations and quips with his sister centre around her virginity, his attraction to her, and her sexual behaviour more generally. They also occasionally fight monsters, though Calandra doesn’t contribute to any of the actual fights.

There’s nothing wrong with games that discuss and explore women’s sexualities. Where it becomes creepy is when that sexuality and purity is the sole motivation for the male characters to the exclusion of the female narrative. This is a game that centres on Cairon. It tells his story, and by extension, Calandra’s. Her life is never truly her own, her story never her own, and her sexuality certainly not her own. Instead, this is a story that objectifies and disempowers its main female character, turning her into her sexuality and the sexuality of her parents rather than a character in her own right. It takes the worst tropes and stereotypes of that pulpy 80s fantasy book cover, and cranks the dial all the way to eleven.

This is also not to say there’s no room for pulpy fantasy tropes, or for stories that explores themes like incest and bloodlines. However, when the surprise behind every corner has to do with who had sex with whom at some point in the past, or when a woman’s chastity is literally one of the factors that could lead to the end of the world, it’s hard to look past the idea that this is less a story with pulpy tropes, and more a story about male power fantasies and body control playing out on a fantastical stage.

This is, of course, not my only hang-up with Demonicon. While the world itself seems interesting - and decidedly reminiscent of the Dragon Age series - it is also difficult to explore through the wonky combat system. While Demonicon offers a wide range of talents and ways to specialise a character, in actuality, the range of ways to build a character are fairly limited.

Combat is a combination of spellcasting and melee combat, with the mana for spells coming from a character swinging their sword around and lopping heads off monsters. While the talent tree suggests it’s possible to build a pure mage spec, in practice, the melee component is absolutely necessary, making it impossible to build a non-melee character. When combined with the near-broken melee combat system, this becomes a frustrating exercise in trying and failing to work within the limits of an impossible system.

For a hack-and-slash, Demonicon’s actual hacking and slashing are fairly terrible. I’m not the best at this style of combat, but even I’m fairly certain a dodge roll should cause me to dodge and roll rather than getting stuck in a wall. Hacking at the enemy in front of me, logically, should cause me to hack the enemy in front of me, not spin in a delicate pirouette, hack the enemy behind me, and get bitten in the butt by the enemy I’d been trying to kill in the first place. Cairon felt less like a skilled fighter in his combats, and more like a ballerina trying to dance out the Nutcracker Suite while trapped in a genre for which they are ill-suited.

Even stepping back and trying to fight from range caused issues. Actually trying to cast spells caused me to vacillate between hitting whatever I’d decided was in front of me really hard or actually casting a spell with no real indication which it was going to be. The combat experience - one of the core elements of a hack-and-slash - was fairly terrible, making it difficult to want to keep playing.

Demonicon is a weird, weird game that feels like a relic of an age that no longer exists. This game was released the same year as Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us. It is two years younger than Skyrim. This isn’t a knock on its graphics - which aren’t great, but are fine for what it is - or anything about its engine, but rather to say that the story it chooses to tell and how it chooses to tell it is archaic. Archaic can work, but need to be done with purpose and for a reason. Demonicon feels archaic because it wants to be archaic without any greater meaning. It resurrects long-dead tropes for no reason other than that it wants to be a necromancer, raising ghouls from the grave.

And we know what we do with necromancers.

If you enjoyed this review, please check out the [url=https://jannekeparrish.com/reviews/demonicon] full review [/url] and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44626948-Loons/] my curator page. [/url] Thanks for reading!

Aug 17, 2024·2h·29

Steam User 0455STEAMRecommended

"Demonicon" to wciągająca gra RPG, która zachwyca swoją mroczną atmosferą i głęboką fabułą. Świat gry jest bogato zaprojektowany, pełen intryg i zaskakujących zwrotów akcji, które utrzymują gracza w napięciu od początku do końca. System walki jest dynamiczny i satysfakcjonujący, a rozwój postaci pozwala na dostosowanie umiejętności do indywidualnego stylu gry. NIE ZRAŻAĆ SIĘ POCZĄTKIEM

Aug 14, 2024·18h

Steam User 6922STEAMNot recommended

Not good, has a forced incest plot line during the first few hours. But then you find out you're not REALLY related but like... you already forced me into this weird stuff and then you're gonna pretend you weren't into it when you wrote it and back pedal?

It's one thing to make a bad story. It's another thing to not even be confident in your bad story.

Anyways, game itself is kinda mid not horrible but there are just so many better options that don't force me to kiss my sister.

Jul 19, 2024·6h·3

Steam User 3194STEAMRecommended

Отличная RPG, мне понравилось. Нечто среднее между the witcher 1 и dragon age 2. Очень бюджетно, но сделано с душой. Похоже на gothic, только на уровне того что делали ее немцы, что ни игра от немцев, то готика. От ведьмака видно заметные выборы в главах, и разбиение на главы, именно как ведьмаке было. В конце главы или по прохождению есть выбор, на чью сторону встать, например на тех же болотах. Сами стороны также неоднозначны в плане добра и зла, как выбора (за исключением нейтралитета). Даже экраны загрузки как в ведьмаке 1. От dragon age 2, тут меню ответов и вопросов в виде кругового меню, тут и сюжет схож, где ты с семьей бежишь от преследования, и пытаешься осесть в городке, зажить спокойно. И картинка в целом напоминает, своей гаммой цветов. В целом меня устроил сюжет основной, выборы в главах учитываются, финал открытый. Да сайд квесты ни о чем, боевка средняя, выглядит максимально бюджетно, недорого, но тот же dragon age 2 меня разочаровал, хотя боевка там лучше, да и выглядит лучше особенно на пк, но который после себя ничем толком не запомнился, кроме развратной пиратки где ее искушали демоны, и обилием гомосексуалов на квадратный метр. А demonicon оставил приятное после себя впечатление, да бюджетно, но разработчикам было не все равно что выйдет. Да и вселенная весьма неплохая по этой настолке, есть еще Drakensang. Не жалею потраченного времени на этот продукт.

Jul 9, 2024·20h·2

Steam User 0008STEAMNot recommended

Biraz daha uğraşılsa belki güzel bir yapım olabilirmiş.

[b]Grafik[/b] ( 3 / 10 )
Oyun 10+ yıllık. Grafikler daha eski gözüküyor ama. Oynansın diye neredeyse çıplak kadın karakter tasarlamaları da aciz kaldıklarının bir delili aslında.

[b]Hikaye[/b] ( 3 / 10 )
Hikaye pek ilgimi çekmedi. Uğraşılmış ama yeterli gelmemiş. Oyunun en öne çıkan kısmı olduğunu düşünürsek daha iyi olmalıydı.

[b]Oynanış[/b] ( 3 / 10 )
Vuruş hissi olsun diye böyle bir ağır çekim gibi bir şey yapmışlar. İlk başta işe yararken daha sonradan ne yazık ki bunaltıyor.

Sonuç : ( 3 / 10 ).

Jul 2, 2024·26h

Steam User 7053STEAMNot recommended

55 / 100

Jul 1, 2024·8h·1

Steam User 7421STEAMRecommended

7.2 hours for chapter 1
5.3 hours for chapter 2
3.3 hours for chapter 3
3.2 hours for chapter 4
.5 hours for chapter 5

its not a bad game clunky combat with most normal battles being button mashing. weird story.
for those concerned about checkpoint saves. they can easily be triggered by entering or leaving the city
not a hard game

Jun 29, 2024·19h·10·Verified

Steam User 1871STEAMRecommended

This is definitely a game made on a tight budget with possibly not the most talented people. However, this is what gives it its charm. I will admit that I am a fan of "eurojank" and thoroughly enjoy games that aren't "the best" by popular standards.

The story is what drew me in, and the overall aesthetics of the game. I enjoy the darkness of it, the bleakness, the sense of knowing that the choices I was going to make were tough, and the lack of knowledge in knowing how the choices I'd make would influence the story and the outcomes of things.

Combat is probably the worst part of the game. I finished the game just now primarily focused on "gifts" rather than combat skills.

Not sure how much I paid, I think I got it for essentially nothing via a bundle on some website. I dunno, I forget.

Jun 26, 2024·39h·13

Steam User 5839STEAMNot recommended

I'd usually forgive the janky combat, the average story, the crude animations and the thousand-yard stare characters; this is a small budget game after all. But to me, Demonicon commits a cardinal sin when it comes to RPGs: [b]it is not replayable[/b]. These are the reasons why:

- No character builds: the main character can only use one handed weapons (edged and blunt) with few differences between them. And if you want to play as a mage, you can only choose from 4 spells and, since you need to use weapons to regenerate mana, are forced to engage in melee combat anyway.

- Extremely linear: all main story missions must be done in an exact order, without deviation. And since there are no side missions (aside from some notice board kill/fetch quests), all you do is talk to an NPC, follow the compass to the objective, complete some puzzle, get some object and/or kill some enemies, return to the NPC, get some story beats, move to the next objective, rinse and repeat.

- Meaningless choices: you have plenty of opportunities to choose if you spare or kill someone, if you join this or that faction, if you support this or that person. But it is all for nothing, because the outcome, aside from some flavor narration, is always the same: you get what is needed to move the plot forward. Even the final choice, in which one of the outcomes is locked behind a skill check, is totally meaningless, since the final cutscene plays exactly the same, with minimal variation.

By the way, why did the devs choose some funky songs (with horn sections and everything) to play during the end credits of a medieval dark fantasy game? Maybe the most baffling end credits song choice since that rap on Rogue Warrior.

Jun 13, 2024·22h·1·Verified

Steam User 0260STEAMRecommended

Man muss ich etwas "rein spielen". Am Anfang fand ich die Steuerung clunky und das erste Dungeon besonders hässlich. Aber nach ner gewissen Zeit machts dann doch Spass. Die Story ist gut und die Synchronsprecher sehr gut. Für DSA Fans oder im Sale auf jeden Fall nen Kauf wert.

May 26, 2024·23h·1·Verified

Steam User 9049STEAMRecommended

Очередная "странная" игра от Noumena Studios. Оплот веры в геймдев, искренние мутки и необъезженные идеи, которые команда раскрывает в данном детище. Сейчас мало таких игр, в которых не бояться эксперементировать. И пусть управление, интерфейс и оптимизация оставляет желать лучшего — у игры огромный потенциал. К слову, саундтрек в игре офигенный.

May 22, 2024·34h·1·Verified

Steam User 4116STEAMRecommended

Provides good, budget fun

May 16, 2024·22h

Steam User 7523STEAMRecommended

Essentially an edgy knock-off of Dragon Age 2. Lots of fun all the same.

May 4, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 5302STEAMNot recommended

This game has interesting setting and characters, but gameplay is frustrating because of how it autosaves.
It has to be full moon on tuesday of leap year to actually save your progress.
- edit after the completion -
The game has its pros and cons, some interesting plot twists and player"s decisions, but still some mechanics and design elements make playing painful. I'd recommend it to oldschool RPG enthusiast, but overall its still more NO than YES.

Mar 20, 2024·37h

Steam User 2512STEAMNot recommended

Beznadziejna gra takie 1-2/10
Czas przejścia
10-15h
Minusy
-Słaby system walki sprowadzający się do klikania jednym przyciskiem myszy.
-Fabuła ze słabym zakończeniem
-Słabe dialogi
-Dużo powtarzalnych questów typu idź 3 metry od obozu i zabij.
-Grafika i klimat jak ze słabych filmów fantasy z lat 90.
-Rozwój postaci jest słaby i uproszczony ale pozwala szybciej zabijać przeciwników jednym przyciskiem myszy.
-Itemizacja jest beznadziejna z obrzydliwie wyglądającą zbroją pod koniec gry.
-Pół otwarty świat jest pusty i totalnie nijaki.

Plusy
-znośny voice acting.
-bardzo dobry Soundtrack przychodzący na myśl dobre rpg
-ok ręcznie rysowane cutscenki

Mar 16, 2024·15h

Steam User 1874STEAMRecommended

My horny ass couldn't have a sister.

Feb 25, 2024·10h

Steam User 2043STEAMRecommended

德国桌游背景下的德国骨科RPG。欧美RPG也能以恋爱为主线从头谈到尾。
2012年前后游戏质量普遍大幅提高，本作战斗流畅刺激，攻防决策有意义，反馈上佳。同时有一个非常硬核的RPGbuild系统——战斗能力和非战斗能力都是使用同一种资源提升的，因此在build时如何在两者之间平衡很有研究价值。优秀的build养成系统和流畅的即时战斗体验结合成了一款优异的动作RPG。
剧情本身水准一般，但是主线在欧美RPG中极其罕见地以恋爱为主线，算是跳出常规，极富创新。
无bug，玩久了内存溢出容易跳出，重启游戏即可。
战斗难度一般，最高难度一般，但是全成就需要至少打两遍全程。

Feb 11, 2024·32h·1·Verified

Steam User 7707STEAMRecommended

Spend 3$ on it at Eneba and was one of my best purchase ever...Good budget RPG .I wish the game had a happy ending...Better than many new games that are boring and never finished.

Feb 1, 2024·12h·5

Steam User 3952STEAMNot recommended

3 von 10

Jan 15, 2024

Steam User 1658STEAMNot recommended

the big problem is this game is zero fun to play, no one likes it which is why it failed

Jan 5, 2024·6h·1

Steam User 4406STEAMNot recommended

Galivanting across the Web, regarding games, you will often hear talk of "underrated titles" and "forgotten gems".
Demonicon is neither of them and if it stayed obscure (the low number of reviews is telling), it's for good reasons.
TLDR : buy this when heavily discounted if you want a short, wacky experience, and if you don't mind repetitive and unchallenging gameplay. And undead prostitutes, too.

Being based on a tabletop RPG, mostly known and successful in Germany, doesn't help, of course. But on its own merits, Demonicon ranges from bad to average in all areas.
Let's adress the elephant in the room first : it doesn't look pretty, even for 2013 standards.
There's not a ton of environments (you visit the same boring dungeon thrice, for example), the city where you spend a good chunk of the game is quite lifeless, the animations are atrocious- no one blinks, ever, giving every character with a visible face the uncanny soulless eyeballs.
However, as far as I am concerned, graphics and artistic direction can be overlooked in a RPG if you have a compelling story and fun gameplay.
You won't be surprised, friend, to learn that Demonicon is also lacking in those departments.

Our story begins when Cairon must go after his sister in a sinister dungeon, their father afraid that she would throw away her virginity in order to thwart his marriage plans for her, the whole bid to obtain citizenship in one of the rare cities that has survived a terrible plague and undead onslaught.
You'll soon learn that this is a moot point as Cairon and Calandra aren't really bound by blood, BUT their blood should never mix, their father insisted on that point.
Alas, Cairon being as bright as a bag of bricks, when he treats his wound sister, he doesn't clean himself and thus the vital fluids do mix, awakening each other's demonic gift.
Yes, I'm spoiling things a little but honestly, you shouldn't suffer any serious prejudice with this stunning revelation. The plot then follows a badly-crafted Chosen theme around a nefarious religion using blood magic, advocating that everyone should become a Mage.

It reminded me, very loosely, of the Bhaalspawn saga- with lower stakes and a 12-hours runtime. Howhever, whereas Bhaal was somewhat clever with his plans, the machination in Demonicon is sketchy at best.
Most of it is convoluted and happens too fast, in the span of a few weeks at most, your sister becomes a successful rebellious figure for the aforementioned religion and masters her gift with ease. Other Chosens are thrown at you to be killed.
The setting is rightfully bleak for a city surviving among a wasteland but the moral choices are not subtle, even if the first one was promising- letting a cannibal necromancer go and risk further ravages from him, or kill him on the spot and condemn his prisoners to death.

Then you must side with the City Watch or a band of scoundrels, and decide which "faction"' will own the most prominent whorehouse of the city.
In said whorehouse, you also have to deal with the owner, who thought turning the prostitutes into undeads would be the best business move of the century. No need to eat, breath, drink, sleep, no fatigue, perhaps no pain either and immunity to the plague- why, it's a win-win deal !
Even hoping this is a "clean" turning into undead, with no decay ever, and even if the owner is mad as a hatter, the mere idea it could work is baffling.
On a side note, I must confess that this was so ludicrous and out of nowhere that it genuinely made me curious to see if the game would throw more terrible situations like those. Spoiler : it doesn't. Well, not at the same level, anyways.

The basic premises of the story could work- finding a solution not involving killing the other Chosens, an eroding relationship with your "sister", unraveling a past of lies to trump the manipulators and reform the evil church pulling your strings.
But how do you reform said church ? Why, you break magical seals involving boring puzzles and stale combats, then you choose between two options (baptism or no baptism to protect the neonates' souls ?), you will never see the consequences, and anyways, will it really matter to you with such a poor presentation from the game ?
So, yes, the intrigue is not thrilling, dialogues often try to be serious in absurd events and comical in tragic events, when they are not just plain.

Gameplay is simply uninspired. You will battle scores of ennemies in areas with invisible barriers to prevent you from evading their attacks to easily, you will mash X to attack while ocasionnaly use your Gift (four spells, with 3 stronger versions for each) and chug a potion if needed, and doing a lot of (easy) dodging, maybe some parrying if you feel fancy. And also throwing infinite daggers !
Normal combats are too plentiful, ennemy variety is as great as its IA- that is to say, not great at all. You can't even count on specific builds to spice things up- there won't be a " warrior Cairon " or " mage Cairon ", magic uses different earned points to upgrades, no skill tree. You will end up maxing damage output to shorten the sleep-inducing battles and constitution to soak up damage yourself.
You do possess some profane skills - lockpicking, legends, persuasion etc. - but they are a minor factor at best, seldom used in dialogue or to obtain another outcome for a quest.
In the end you won't be torn between raising your stats or your non-combat skills (adventure points, aka experience in the Dark Eye, are spent for both) as Demonicon is quite shallow regarding the non-combat RPG elements.
If you had any hopes regarding boss fights, you can crush them- many bosses can be stunlock with the Ice spell or use uninteresting patterns, including the final boss : you have to shatter four special crystals and a wave of critters + an avatar of the Big Bad come each time, zero tactical thought required.

And there are the quests themselves. Usually, you can put them in 3 broad categories : main, side and tasks. Demonicon only has the main quest and tasks, found on public wooden boards.
From the studio's point of view, it may have seemed like a dream : no need for character models, animations, no dialogues, zero voice recording, minimal time and creative investment required.
For the very same reasons, the tasks are pure junk, with riveting activities like collecting three pots of honey found in the same place. What's vaguely amusing is the fact that requests for illegal activities, such as grave robbing, are also publicly displayed and the City Watch doesn't care.
That being said, what else to expect when a good half of the mandatory quests are fetchquests ? Whereas the story was in dire need of strong narrative-driven content, at some point, you will, for example, be forced to clear three spider dens, collect the silk and repair the machinery in order to reach a Chosen.
To add insult to injury, the machines are nonsensical : they move wood planks to complete bridges, which should have been complete in the first place... Alas, Cairon can't jump !
Game padding at its finest. Only one batch of silk, maybe a creative spider boss, and that would have been more than enough.
Until the very end you'll be fetching stuff- the antepenultimate quest requires you to collect 3 shards, in order to awaken an awesome "army" of some ten stone lizardmen thingies.

In the end, I wouldn't berate the studio that much. The budget was not big and it shows. Probably didn't have a ton of time either. I know the studio was bought by Kalypso and only 17 employees finished the project- but honestly I don't think, with those conditions, that it was worth completing.
It was destined to failed and failed it did.
The repetitive combats and the urban setting can make one think of Dragon's Age II, and while that title has many (and some similar) flaws, I'd play it over Demonicon any day.

Dec 31, 2023·11h

Steam User 4695STEAMNot recommended

Se siete appassionati del genere fantasy come me allora prendetelo ma spendendo veramente poco , ci ho messo poco a finirlo e ancor di meno a dimenticarlo ....
cose negative : non mi è piaciuto , gioco fatto ai livelli bassi giusto x passar del tempo , meglio una chiavata con la perpetua di Don Matteo che rigiocare a sto gioco ....
Bye

Nov 24, 2023·9h

Steam User 1507STEAMNot recommended

Мабуть, це могла б бути хороша гра у моєму улюбленому всесвіті Das Schwarze Auge. Цікавий сюжет, досить похмурий на відміну від тих же казкових Drakensang-ів. Але…
Здається, розробники до цього не бачили Action-RPGю Хоча б тих же Готик.
Відсутність нормальних сейвів, а ті що є - відбуваються в дуже невдалих місцях. Завантажуючи їх часто доводиться прослуховувати в котрий раз вже набридлі діалоги, чи витрачати знову купу часу на грінд. Безтолкова бойова система, кастрована рольова.
Нажаль, не можу нікому рекомендувати ☹

Nov 11, 2023·28h·3·Verified

Steam User 6144STEAMNot recommended

Я проходил игру (почему я спиратил именно эту игру? я не скажу). В целом треш играть не стоит.

Nov 6, 2023·Verified

Steam User 6400STEAMRecommended

Demonicon - The Dark Eye.

Demonicon, крайне не однозначная игра. Вроде бы игра весьма не плохая, но из-за ряда недостатков, после финальных титров, остается сильнейший осадок...
К графике и физике претензий нет. Игре уже 10 лет как никак. А вот к сюжету просто масса вопросов.
Опустим момент средневекового инцеста. Привет Джейми Ланистеру. В той же "Игре Престолов" это же никому не мешало.
Проблема в другом. Сюжет в этой игре, он как бы есть, но на этом все.

Любой моральный выбор, любой диалог, любой выбор стороны какого-либо конфликта - они ничего не значат. Можно делать все что угодно, творить те или иные бесчинства, быть ангелом во плоти... На концовку это не повлияет. НИКАК.

В конце, к примеру, надо делать кучу моральных выборов, создать что-то на подобие религии. Долго выбирать аспекты этой религии. Только вот сделав окончательный выбор вы получите ровным счетом ничего. Игра содержит две концовки в виде 10-ти секундного ролика. [spoiler]Либо сдохните вы, либо ваша сестра. [/spoiler] Всё.

Вердикт: очередная загубленная игра, которая могла, но не смогла. Либо разрабам не хватило денег, либо фантазии. Но палец вверх за Карандру все же поставлю...=)

Nov 1, 2023·19h·3·Verified

Steam User 0726STEAMRecommended

Demonomicon

Nov 1, 2023·1

Steam User 0220STEAMRecommended

Stark unterschätztes Spiel mit sehr guter Story

Oct 25, 2023·118h

Steam User 1278STEAMRecommended

Basically a pretty decent knock-off of DA2 (which is a weird game to ape since it's the worst of the series) that's a bit edgier with incest.
Definitely under utilized the Dark Eyes setting but its a fun and short enough euro-jank romp that'd it'd be worth a couple bucks on sale and a weekend play-through.

Oct 1, 2023·14h·4

Steam User 3407STEAMNot recommended

5/10

3rd person ist für mich zu klein.

Sep 23, 2023·1h

Steam User 6473STEAMNot recommended

0/5

Aug 11, 2023·2h

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