An alright little game :)
Reviews for "Mark Of Darkness"
Saved games just disappear, really liked the game but to spend time levelling a character and then log on again to find it's gone is a real no no for the rpg genre
ThunderFoxGames responds:
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, it'll be fixed in the next update.
Well...i just accidentally hit home from the pause menu...lost 5 levels and a lot of gameplay..I'm done playing this one. More frequent autosave would have been nice. Good game up until this point though. Couple glitches like flying through the air and falling through the ground but it fixed itself instantly.
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I played your game for quite some hours so here is my review. its a nice effort for a 2d flash rpg but it has it's weak points too. lets get to the pros and cons. i chose assassin class, and i dont regret it at all cause it seems i made the best choice. the game can be quite addicting for some time. so i found myself getting to 28 level with quite decent equipment too. the addition of the abilities for the character came in quit handy. i specially adore the swift movemement ability of the assassin. for a long period of time you move like the wind. its incredible how much time you save with this. its also good for fighting giants. well the characters and areas are well drawn and pleasant/tolerable to the eye. the fighting is simple, but requires skill too. good timing, good learning of opponents attack and defence patterns etc. but to be honest after these hours the game became a grind fest. after a point you become too tired of the kill 10 giants type of quests. and its not a quite creative grindfest either. there are some bugs here and there. opponents that block with their blade in front if you hit the from behind. points where you can kill easier your opponents. for example i found than when you bring an enemy to a deadend/wall etc. and you get stuck there in the corner with him, he cant block or anything and you can kill him easily. another thing i found strange is although i moved up to the third area the shops had almost lame equipment most of the time. the best equip i wear till now i got the from the wild pigs (!!!) in the kill the wild pigs that infest the farm quest. oh and by the way the quest was bugged and could not be finished. the quest giver just dissapeared. but i admit i got some awesome drops from the pigs. also i didnt like than every now and then you found these chests that opened with a premium membership, and that you can get super equips only in the wheel of fortune game. so we have:
pros:
nice music, art, and core gameplay.
some skills though the skill system could be implemented even better
fun gamelpay for a period of time
cons:
some bugs
the opponents require little to no strategy. just swiftness. and the attack/block pattern is almost the same for all of them.
grindfest (nuff said), some creativity on the quests part would help.
the premium membership stuff and the lack of any good even if expensive shops.
the fact that the assassin the class that i chose for example have only one attacking move. seriously? you want me beat a hole game with only one stabbing thing?
when i got at the point of the four handed giants although i made three breaks through the day, i decided i had enough of this game, and i decided to write this review.
you get three for the hard work and initial feeling. good night, good luck and wish you better success in the next one ;) bye.
The game is good, but sincerely it has too many bugs and Sneaking behind enemies isn't something too rewarding, it is interesting at the beginning but it gets way too boring as the game progresses.
ThunderFoxGames responds:
Would you care to elaborate about the bugs?