Verho – Curse of Faces was sent my way by Cobra Tekku Games and is an upcoming Dark RPG that you will be able to get your hands on July 30th. It is, however, available now on Steam. The best way to describe this game is if Kings Field or an Early Elder Scrolls Morrowind suddenly found itself much smaller with PlayStation 1 graphics and tossed onto modern consoles. This isn’t an insult; this was very much an intentional design choice.
The story is pretty straightforward; you find yourself in a land where everyone who arrives there loses their memory and wears a mask. The reason for this is that a curse has settled over this section of the world due to some sort of catastrophe that, for obvious reasons, nobody truly remembers. People have, of course, begun to piece some things back together over the last few hundred years. You are attempting to make your way to the old capital in an attempt to escape, like many others have tried and failed to do.
This brings me to the gameplay and such. I will say right out of the gate, it won’t be for everyone. Many of you have no desire to play a retro-inspired RPG that is a throwback to when games had no auto-save, so if you die, it’s right back to the last save point. If this is you, you can stop reading; nothing I am about to say will change your mind anyway.
For those of you still reading this, the game is a treat in many ways, graphically and in the sound; it is an amazing throwback. Obviously, it isn’t up to today’s standards, but for when it is trying to mimic the game is beautiful and fluid. When I died, I felt like it was my fault. Jumping feels nice, sword play, and slinging spells are more than just hitting a button. If you simply slash your sword, you do very little damage. You need to hold the swing button until the meter just about hits the top. If you time it right, you will do max damage. As an added bonus, you can hold a sword and a shield but not lose the ability to use magic.
The game, however, is not perfect. There is very little direction, which is fine, but the results of going the wrong direction are deaths that cause loss of time and progress. Worse, the in-game guide won’t tell you plenty of things it probably should. Luckily, the community is very helpful, as are the devs. They happily point people on Steam to guides people have made. The game is long enough to get your time out of it in one playthrough but short enough to encourage multiple playthroughs, which is good because there are multiple endings.
Now, is this game worth your money? This one completely comes down to how much you like retro-inspired games. For me, this was a 7/10 title. It is sitting at very positive reviews on Steam, and I think it deserves them. I enjoyed my first playthrough, and I will be playing it again. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
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