Watcher Chronicles 12+

A well made salt and sanctuary alternative

8 bucks for this game is a very fair price. Combat is decent, the game is well put together, I’ve only encountered 1 bug. When farming souls or whatever the currency is called. Sometimes the arrow marker will get stuck, and block the pause menu. A quick restart will fix it. Story isn’t really existent, just spawn in a tomb and kill things. You meet some side characters along the way. Wish the story and lore was more in depth. As far as a mobile salt and sanctuary style game. Really couldn’t ask for more. Developer did a good job cross utilizing the world map, regions are seamless, a lot of encouragement to explore. My main issue with the game, is you have to be aware of where your hands are, if playing with a touch screen, if any part of your hand is touching the screen when you try to do a command, it doesn’t register, or it spazzes out, and you’ll be rolling when you don’t want to be. Monster hunter freedom unite was the only mobile game I’ve played, that didn’t have that issue. All n all a great job done by the dev. Haven’t beaten the game yet, hit a wall with one of the bosses, which is what I like about a souls style game. Hoping there’s a ng+, will edit when I finish my first play through. Currently level 80. Update: Don't grind umbra! Made the mistake of farming, now I face tank everything.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for reporting that UI bug. It’s fixed in the latest version!

Interesting idea not fleshed out

This is one of the rare souls-like genre games that exists for mobile Giving it already a interesting concept however I cannot give it fills stars for lack of customization early on, you do not have a option of weapon and are automatically given a bow and sword with later on being given weapons the only souls-like aspect is the difficulty of the bosses there is no extremely complicated system but it would be interesting to see parry implemented early on this game however has a interesting combat system with stamina and a large amount of variables that is involved in combat. 4/5 I would recommend this game

Major potential

I played through the free area of the game, and to my surprise, it wasn’t bad. Already off on the right foot compared to most games on the App Store claiming to be a souls-like. The controls felt a little clunky, but judging by the multiplayer section I’m assuming the game is meant to be played on controller; which I imagine would feel much better. The style of the game is great, and the combat is surprisingly enjoyable. I would love to rate this game higher, but I don’t think I can give it higher than 3 stars if I can’t justify paying for it. I really enjoyed what I played, but I definitely didn’t see enough to want to pay $8 when I was done. That doesn’t mean the game isn’t worth $8, and if the free section had been longer it is very possible that I would have changed my mind. However with what I had access to, I don’t think I would’ve been willing to pay more than $3. Either way, awesome to see a souls like on mobile with some heart in it. I hope to one day be willing to pay what the developers ask, but for now this is all I have to say.