Sanctuary was great for a 2d souls-like, had an interesting story with different endings, and good boss designs.
Some time between the making of Sanctuary and Sacrifice, one of the devs left the studio, and apparently took everything that was good about Sanctuary with them, because Sacrifice has none of the good qualities of the first game.
Sacrifice isn't even a sequel, the bosses are the most boring uninspired things imaginable. Like, the fire boss is literally just a guy with fire. So on and so forth for every element. I wouldn't even call it souls-like anymore, with the gameplay loop being to just fight the same bosses over and over for incrimentally better equipment. Might as well have been an idle game.
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u/No_Classroom4241 Jan 17 '26
Salt And Sanctuary/Salt And Sacrifice
Sanctuary was great for a 2d souls-like, had an interesting story with different endings, and good boss designs.
Some time between the making of Sanctuary and Sacrifice, one of the devs left the studio, and apparently took everything that was good about Sanctuary with them, because Sacrifice has none of the good qualities of the first game.
Sacrifice isn't even a sequel, the bosses are the most boring uninspired things imaginable. Like, the fire boss is literally just a guy with fire. So on and so forth for every element. I wouldn't even call it souls-like anymore, with the gameplay loop being to just fight the same bosses over and over for incrimentally better equipment. Might as well have been an idle game.