The WhatsNext verdict
For Fans of demanding top-down character action games who appreciate surreal, dark arthouse visual design.: Its kinetic, expressive hack-and-slash combat pairs deep Mantra customization with an unmistakable, hypnotic sketch-like dream world. Tradeoff: The scribbled art style can obscure combat telegraphs, and its cryptic allegorical narrative requires patience to parse.
What it does best
A singular nightmare-sketch visual identity
Fluid, weighty combat with satisfying rhythm
A bleak, hypnotic dreamlike atmosphere
What might put you off
Abstract visuals can obscure navigation and combat tells
Cryptic, dense storytelling
The setup
What you are walking into
A top-down hack-and-slash where Lucah must fight to reclaim their identity from the grasp of the Nightmare monsters that inhabit the dream-like land. Lucah: Born of a Dream features a hand-drawn surrealist artstyle and contains heavy themes relating to organized religion, queerness and suppression of one's identity through indoctrination.
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