Reviews

• flame retardant oak

  Jan 30, 2022

  got it on sale and had a good time with it. reminds me of the times i played pixel games on kongregate as a teen
• gamedeal user

  Dec 9, 2022

  Unpretentious little game with a simple system of growing one's character with RPG elements. The basic plot is simple and does not set any particular goals other than to propose a main quest and a few sporadic side quests. Special note to the music chosen, although a bit repetitive in the long run, a couple more tracks would not have hurt, on the contrary. Controls a bit to revise, it would have been nice also to give compatibility for controllers. Retro graphics appreciated, but perhaps about this my judgment is a bit biased, being a gamer since the very early 1990s. Basically a pastime, but I still give kudos to the developer for the work he has done. I bought it with a discount code, I don't feel like recommending it at full price.
• gamedeal user

  May 27, 2018

  A perfect litte time killer. It will only last you a few hours, but they charge very little for it and I'd say the price is more than worth the enjoyment, Pros: - The combat is very clean and decently intuituve - The difficulty curve is handled quite well. - The abilities are well thought out and are all mechanically distinct. Cons: - The three combat types (magic, ranged, melee) are a bit unballanced. Magic is quite OP, whereas Ranged is very underpowered. I stuck with magic for the entire game and only used melee when I needed to get health back, and ranged on bosses once to apply poison. - The game has a minor stability issue. After a certain amount of projectiles get fired in a single session, it starts to stutter. A quick reboot will fix the problem, and it takes quite a long time before this happens so it's not a big deal. - No gamepad support. A game like this would play better with a gamepad than KBM. If you do plan to play this game, take my advice: max out movement speed first. 9.5/10
• gamedeal user

  Aug 23, 2018

  A nice little game, can be challenging to beat the achivements especially the "zero deaths" one lol I can't see how people finish this game under 4 hours, there are a lot of reviews with 1-2 hour gameplay. They didn't finish the game, i bet.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 2, 2019

  Better than Diablo Immortal
• gamedeal user

  Feb 12, 2019

  Simple and smooth. Nostalgia :-)
• gamedeal user

  Apr 15, 2019

  Bought this on a whim when it was on sale for under a dollar. For that price I'd say it's okay. It feels like the product of a gamejam and not a fully fleshed out and polished game. That's why I'm giving it a thumbs down. This could have become a good game, but at this point it is not. Pros: - Nice soundtrack - Good atmosphere - Interesting ideas - Simple, but fun gameplay Cons: - Horrible user interface - Controls for QUERTY keyboard layout only. They do not have alts and are not rebindable - Unimaginative level design - Uninteresting skill progression - Boring achievements - Apparently not very long... but I already had enough after 30min
• gamedeal user

  May 31, 2019

  Diabolic is an 8 bit, top-down game where you play as a knight who needs to cut, shoot, and fireball his way through hoards of skeletons and other monsters to get to and defeat the dragon. Think of it like a cross between Gauntlet and Diablo. Difficulty is moderate. Beat it in under 3 hours taking my time. Good Points: - The music is nice - The combat is easy to figure out and the keyboard buttons are conveniently in the lower corner of the screen as you play - The monsters, while there aren't many types, can easily mob you and are a blast to get through. - Leveling up is straightforward and if you mess up, there's an option to reset your stats and use the points differently. - There's a dragon. Bad Points: - The Music is limited. Very limited. Expect the same song through the whole game. - While the keys are easy to find, there's no way to remap them and this can be a serious pain for people with different types of keyboards that don't follow the qwerty design. - The achievements are either badly translated or written poorly. For example, "Blow Damage from the Sword to the End" does not mean play the entire game using only a sword, it means 'level the sword skill as high as it can go'. This can be deceiving to achievement hunters who get the wrong idea on what the achievement is meant for. - I still don't have any idea what those glowing green crosses do. Do they heal? Are they a restore point? Can they be used at all? In summary, Diabolic is a fun little romp through SkeletonLand (re)killing your way to saving the land from a despicable dragon. It's oldschool in play, and a lot like other games of its genre. But the battles are tight, areas are challenging, and if you have nothing to do it's a great way to kill some time for an afternoon.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 30, 2020

  [h1]Summary:[/h1] [i](longer version below)[/i] I cannot fully say this game is bad, but it's not exactly something great, either. I recommend it only if you buy on sale, as it sells for really cheap. Overall it is unbalanced, and bland when it comes to skills and the overworld. [table] [tr] [th]Achievements:[/th] [th]Cloud Saving:[/th] [th]Trading Cards:[/th] [th]Workshop:[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]YES[/td] [td]NO[/td] [td]NO[/td] [td]NO[/td] [/tr] [/table] Click [u][url=steamcommunity.com/id/neon_cacti/recommended/] here[/url][/u] to see my other Reviews or follow my [u][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33254425/]Curator Page[/url][/u] for more recommendations. [h1]In-Depth:[/h1] My opinion of this game is torn between "meh" and "dislike". It is a very apparent amateur/indie game that tries to set the mood for something similar to the original Diablo games. Unfortunately the world and levels are quite bland, repetitive and they just feel a bit off. The story is practically in-existent and the little dialogue there is, is poorly written/translated. There are no settings you can modify, so controls, audio etc are stuck the way they were programmed. Thankfully the game is short so these nuisances don't last too long. The music was pretty decent however it simply doesn't match the mood of the game and the world that is otherwise quite silent. Skills and stats are nothing special, it is recommended you grind the first boss and then max out Magic for an easy clear of the game. Achievements are fairly easy to obtain.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 24, 2020

  Diabolic - a game-trip with RPG elements. We play for a knight who needs to get to the castle by destroying huge crowds of various monsters. Our main task is to perform the main and secondary quests, for which we receive certain awards. Our hero has special skills, divided into four categories, such as: characteristics of the hero, magic, sword power, long-range attack. These abilities must be actively pumped, because the complexity of the enemies increases with each time and you have to use your skills constantly. In the game levels we can find chests with different loot and coins that are needed to pump skills. The game will be remembered for its gloomy pixel graphics and relaxing music.