Allie<p>Apr 23, 2023 - Day 113 - NewPlay Bonus Review<br>Total NewPlays: 125 </p><p>Game: Absolver</p><p>Platform: Steam PC<br>Release Date: Aug 30, 2017<br>Library Date: Apr 7, 2019<br>Unplayed: 1477d (4y16d)<br>Playtime: 41m</p><p>Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game (apparently).</p><p>Other than the initial server login, nothing in the first 20 minutes of gameplay gave me any clue that there was an online component; this lack of information was something that was reflected through the gameplay.</p><p>You're a "prospect" wearing a magical mask, on the road to becoming an "Absolver"; there's a lack of clarity around what you're trying to do, and how to achieve it.</p><p>The initial 10 minutes of the game largely walk you through the combat process, but somehow the combat feels disconnected and sluggish.</p><p>The most annoying part of the process is that there are seemingly four different combat stances, but it requires a frustrating combination of two buttons to be pressed in a particular order, to switch stance, and then it kind of just... switches back?</p><p>I even gave it another 20 minutes playtime in case I was missing something, but combat was just as frustrating the second time around.</p><p>There might be something here that rewards persistence, but if it's there, it didn't hook me.</p><p>Absolver did not absolve itself; it's just:</p><p>2: Meh</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Absolver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Absolver</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThirdPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Melee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melee</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>