These checkpoints restore your health when you are injured, and let you perform some upgrades. Levels have certain checkpoints known as Beacons, and these are similar to the Bonfires from the Dark Soul series. Right from the get-go, you can explore three major levels in the game while doing main quests and side missions at your leisure. But you do get access to a hub area where you can perform upgrades and level up what is known as the Philosopher’s Hill. Unfortunately, there is no character creation in the game. The fast-paced adrenaline-rushing gameplay of Thymesia is a direct inspiration from both Sekiro and Bloodborne. While playing through the game, we noticed that the story is not the key highlight of this game, rather it is the gameplay. Your job is to work with the Alchemists of Hermes and find a cure to this horrifying situation. His design will once again remind you of the hunters from Bloodborne. When the protagonist wakes up in the beginning, you find out that the kingdom has fallen and the virus has affected almost everyone.
You play as a man named Corvus, who is an extremely well-equipped combatant. This will in turn help you better understand the ending of the game, which can change based on the choices that you make. It is you, the player, who will fit all the lore pieces together and carve out a narrative for yourself. The whole narrative is quite vague, but you can find multiple pieces of information about what’s happening all around you as you explore the game world. The story is set in the vast kingdom of Hermes, which successfully fended off the plague for quite a while, but it was destined to fall eventually. The virus not only affects humans but also causes horrible mutations in animals.
The references that this game makes will be obvious to any FromSoftware fans.Īnother world is destroyed by a plague that has mutated people into living bloodthirsty monsters. The story and setting of the game are heavily inspired by Bloodborne. It should be noted however that the game takes most of its inspiration from Bloodborne and Sekiro, both of which specialize in delivering fast-paced action combat. This game however, is an overall average title that exceeds in some aspects but is subpar in certain other areas of gameplay, and our Thymesia review will entail both the pros and cons of the game. Some do manage to perfectly encapture the core mechanics, but others fail to deliver on even the basics of the FromSoft titles. Not every game is able to mimic a perfect challenging yet rewarding experience, that is also paired with top-tier level design, difficult boss battles, and amazing soundtracks. Games that take inspiration from the gameplay of the Dark Souls Trilogy are considered to be Souls-Like titles.
However, it is not a perfect Souls-Like title and we will get into that a bit more in our review. And over the years, we have seen a great many games within that genre, and Thymesia is only the most recent addition to that list. The Souls-Like genre was established and quickly gained popularity due to the release of extremely high-quality games released by the studio FromSoftware, which all follow an extremely specific template. Before we start our Thymesia review, let’s talk a bit about the games that inspired it.
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