Today! We found the corpse of "Idols Of Ash"
Flesh (Visuals):
Love the look, that pixelly, PSX look to it, the pit looked great, the "ghost memories" I enjoyed
Dismemberment (Difficulty):
Coming from someone who never played this kinds of games like white knuckle and such, feel like a medium difficulty on the normal setting, have not tried nightmare yet, its not too hard once you get the idea of the controls, I kept finger screwing up all over int he beginning, got easier the more I played and you learn the route, I used the mouse and keyboard but saw there was a controller option which, personally, would have been better for me but stuck to it
Infestation (Bugs):
Just the centipede! No other bugs I noticed
Corpse Integrity (Story):
Story was interesting, as you dive deeper, you get more clues... as long was you can make it to the kilns since they are your check points, once you make it to the bottom, you get the ending, but I liked it, each spot giving you another clue, I forgot to hit the tent at the beginning until I just jumped on to test something, but as you plunge, you get glimpses of memories and the reason why you are descending.
Something Off About It? (Ambience):
The ambience was not so much the chills and jumpscare build up, more about the panic of your next move, hoping to hook that rock as you free fall, trying not to becomes a splatter centipede slurpy, I found it panic/anxiety inducing and that feeling when you hit a bump or about to go down a hill on a coaster feeling in the human meat guts, ramping up when you hear the centipede gaining and clacking on the walls. I different kind of horror
How Long To Dismember (Playtime):
For me? Roughly 30 minutes with some deaths and knowing where to go, sadly my first run, my brainmeat broke and did not hit record, but feel 30 minutes is a fair amount, less if you know what you are doing
Value Of Meat (Price):
Was free I believe on Itchio when it first came out, snagged it before free is in the budget! And bought it also on steam lol
Currently on Itchio for $3.00 and Steam for $2.99 which for the experiance I had, feels like a good price, at this time, the dev is still dropping fixes and improvements, still active
Post Mortem Thoughts:
Idols Of Ash was rad af! Never played a game like this yet and it was a sweaty, stressful and awesome time, few times I am willing to go back and replay a harder difficulty in games, definitely these types, but this one has a draw for me to want to, everything play wise felt good, no issues, loved the look, the centipede was a pretty cool choice for a enemy and didn't realize it had hands and such until I was messing around and tried to pet it, easy a recommend and high rating. Great Job Leafy Games!