Runic Curse

Alexey Suslin

About this game

A group of travelers stumbles upon a storm on the high seas and is shipwrecked. Adrian, a member of the crew, wakes up on an unknown island that has been overtaken by the so-called "Runic Curse". It is Adrian who will have to find out what happened to his crew on this island with a terrible fate.

Key features:
- Dynamic combat system with stamina management and rolls, which give iframes.
- RPG elements: Level system with selective increase of characteristics, equipment, abilities for previously inaccessible areas.
- Many options for combining cold weapons and magic runes.
- 10 extensive locations with various enemies and bosses.
- Craft expendable runes and upgrade runes for weapons.
- More than 55 types of spells.
- New Game+ in unlimited quantities.
- Boss Rush mode.
- Customizable touch controls.

Portuguese localization: Leonardo Oliveira
Turkish localization: Dark Zaur

Ratings and reviews

Metroidvania goodness! I was almost ready to refund this game when I died twice to the first boss. Then I remembered this a Metroidvania style game so I replayed the first part of the map and leveled up. Once I leveled up the boss was easier to beat and I was hooked. I love the art style, just don't like the music since it gets too repetitive but still fun game.

For the low price, there's certainly plently of content here. Even if the music, plot, characters and art are all simply 'there'. The map, exploration and enemy variety is commendable. But I feel like the game has hit a grindwall around level 15. (Fighting the stone guardians.) Where the increasingly imprecise controls/spambush combat doesn't help the reliance on runes/spells to get anywhere. But it's worth a try. (I just struggled to want to see its conclusion.)

I really wanted to like this game. It does have a lot of good elements. But the controls and awkwardness around stairs when you are fighting an enemy, especially a tall one is just too frustrating. Too many times I have died around stairs due to the wonky affects of trying to jump, move around, roll, attack and everything in between. No matter what it is so difficult to get on and up the stairs. I could have an amazing run and it all be ruined because of a corner of a room with wonky stairs.

What's new

- Added Turkish language (Special thanks: Dark Zaur)
- Target FPS 120
- Increased the total number of rune shards
- Removed half of the traps on NG+2
- Fixed minor bugs