Daemonica - an interesting but slightly lacklustre game.

User Rating: 6.8 | Daemonica PC
By Whippet_basic | Review Date:
Daemonica's strong point is its setting and background. Those alone made me decide to buy it. You hero is a part of a special group who can speak to the souls of the dead. He uses this power to track down the worst killers that humanity has to offer. To do this he needs to use his potion making abilities to brew up a potion that will, essentially, kill him. He can then command the daemon that comes to collect his soul to take him to a special place where he can try and contact to soul. To make successful contact he needs some information about the departed - when they were born, how they died and what their driving force was in life.

All of this sounds fascinating and it is, but soon after starting the game I started to see the cracks. The first is that this game looks like it was made about 4-5 years ago. The graphics are dated and there are no cut scene movies. In place of where you might expect a cut scene movie you get a page for of dialog which is read out by the main character let down. If you demand only the finest in graphics then steer clear. If your imagination is enough to compensate then go right ahead.

The second problem I have with the game is with the simple combat system and herbs. Scattered around the village you are investigating are various herbs that your character can collect and turn into potions. As well as the potion that lets him speak to the dead, you can brew up healing potions, sleep potions and other potions you will discover along the way. Some of these are needed to complete quests during the game while the healing potions are needed to restore health if you get hurt during combat. Combat is fairly simple, you use one mouse button to attack and the other to block. You are forced into a number of fights during the game - its a fairly simple matter of reflexes and timing but arguably it has no place in an adventure game. That leads me to the gripe I have. A number of herbs can be found at the start of the game and at the start of each chapter a new batch will appear. However, their numbers are limited which means you could find yourselves out of the herbs you need to either heal yourself or continue with the plot. That isn't a particularly welcome thing, considering you might not have a save game that will restore things to before the game become impossible to finish.

Daemonica might look a bit ugly but its worth a look due to its atmosphere if you like adventure games.

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