About This Game It Lurks Below is a retro-styled, 2D, action-oriented, survival RPG by David Brevik. Create a custom character and choose from several different classes to delve deep into the mysteries of what evil lurks below. Dig down and explore the randomly generated levels, find random items, and combat deadly monsters to get the answers.Though this game looks similar to other games in the genre, it plays very differently. It is a true RPG, with many stats and character classes. It is very reminiscent of other games made by David Brevik such as Diablo, Diablo II, Hellgate: London and Marvel Heroes. With eight character classes to choose from, randomly generated levels, random stats on items, secret areas, bosses, a survival talent tree and three different play modes, it delivers a very different and unique gaming experience.Are you ready to find out what Lurks Below?CREATE YOUR CHARACTERBard (melee) - Wield the power of song and screaming to best your foes in battle. With trusty sword and shield and specializing in passive area effect damage and buffs, the bard is a force of nature in the battle field. ⠀⠀ Cleric (melee + ranged) - Come prepared for battle with heavy armor and plenty of healing power. Choose to fight with a mace and shield or a ranged wand. The cleric is the only class who is given this choice. Paired with its high survive-ability, it is the class that will outlive all others. ⠀⠀ Enchanter (ranged) - Stun and lighting are the enchanters tools of choice. What better way to avoid damage than stopping enemies in their tracks. If that wasn't enough, the enchanter can wield the power of illusion and turn into a wisp and fly away.⠀⠀ Necromancer (ranged) - Wielding the skulls of the dead as undead minions, marks the necromancer as the games resident pet class. Pair this with powerful poison and cold damage and self buffs, means the necromancer is an undead friendly powerhouse. ⠀⠀ Paladin (melee) - Dashing into combat wielding a powerful two handed sword or hammer makes the paladin one of the most formidable melee characters in the game. Consecrating the ground, area effect purification and damage are just a few of the tools this powerful holy warrior brings to the table. ⠀⠀ Rogue (melee) - Slip past enemies by hiding in the shadows and then when the moment is right, stab them with the rogue's powerful dual wielding daggers. ⠀⠀ Warrior (melee) - Decide between defensive stance and offensive stance; both make the warrior an incredible beast in battle. While defensive stance focuses on survive-ability and offensive stance focuses on damage, both are incredibly satisfying, especially combined with the warriors whirlwind ability. ⠀⠀ Wizard (ranged) - Harnessing the power of the elements through powerful area affect spells make the wizard an unstoppable elemental force. Their spell set is rounded out with a drake companion and teleport. ⠀⠀⠀CHOOSE YOUR GAME STYLE⠀⠀Creative - Enjoy all the game has to offer in more relaxed setting. No need to worry about survival mechanics, though still have the benefit of the survival tree. Many of the recipes and building supplies are already unlocked, which makes it much easier to languish in the joy of building and farming the whole surface. With no invasions to worry about, the only monsters that will be encountered are below in the dungeon. Descent - Same difficulty as Survival, just without the survival aspect. For anyone interested in just thrashing monsters and getting all the loot. No survival tree, no hunger, and no fatigue.Survival - This is the original game design mode. Not that this makes the other modes any less valid, but most of the game is designed with Survival Mode in mind. This includes all the bells and whistles of surviving and the survival tree, paired with difficult dungeon challenges and plenty of invasions. Hardcore - Both Survival and Descent have a hardcore option. This doesn't change anything about the particular mode other than you get only one death.Choose what works best for you! There are no wrong choices!FEW LAST TIPS!Surviving is rough out here (unless you are playing Descent, in which case, learn to make potions!). Make sure to grab all the food you can find, cook your vegetable, chop down trees, dig up ore, craft some new armor, and start your farm.⠀⠀One last thing that will help with survival, inventory space and your characters fabulous look is to build up your town. Many new buildings will become unlocked as you travel further into the dungeon; don't forget to build them. And while you are at it, you might as well craft yourself some new armor as well. Oh and maybe a ring...and some potions.⠀⠀Now you are truly ready! We hope you enjoy the game as much as we did creating it! 1075eedd30 Title: It Lurks BelowGenre: Action, Indie, RPGDeveloper:Graybeard GamesPublisher:Graybeard GamesRelease Date: 29 May, 2019 It Lurks Below Full Crack [full Version] First off, I honestly feel like I have not played the game enough but here I am anyway. Next, ILB only launched because of lack of funds so while it is finished to a certain degree the creator is not done with it yet and so what I am saying now won't be very accurate in a couple years.So, Pros and Cons as I consider them.Pros: The devs have a livestream that starts around 11:45PM US central standard time, you can ask all you want there. They also have a official discord you can go to as well.Devs are still working on the game with mentions of multiplayer and skill trees for abilities and other things.The flow of gameplay is very nice early on and it doesn't feel like I have to grind away at mobs to get to items and levels until nightmare difficulty, so about level 37 for your information.ILB has much of the elements I love from terraria and ARPGs and makes it work.Very smooth FPS, I could run this and still have decent FPS on my trash laptop that can sort of use microsoft edge.Has plenty of game modes that allows me to play however I want.So many classes that even 16 hours in the game I cant play them all and get through to the first boss.Cons: Devs are still working on the game but sadly this means waiting for their work to be done and that could be a long time before what we want is in the game.You have to save and quit from your game and go to the main menu in order to use the options menu, it doesn't take long but still annoying.You can't skip the tutorial and it gets really annoying after the first few times.It feels very time consuming to get through the beginning in my opinion and that can be frustrating to someone like me who just wants to get into the meat of things and kill hordes of monsters.In summary: It is a decent game that has a lot of good stuff in it and more on the way but it is somewhat unpolished and needs some time before it is a truly amazing game.. I've been waiting to write this review, because I kept thinking that maybe I just didn't get It Lurks Below. I read so many reviews raving about this game being a beautiful mix of Terraria and Diablo, and after 9 hours of grinding...I still don't see it. Sure it may look like Terraria with lots of loot like Diablo, but it lacks the charm and enjoyment that either game has. There are so many baffling development decisions, like a single song on loop (as of today that was fixed, but why wait so long to bring in new music?); an overabundance of useless weapons making you meticulously go back to the surface and sift through 15 weapons with slightly varying numbers; 5 item slots making building anything more of a chore than anything; or my least favorite decision: an inventory menu that takes up the entire screen, yet a crafting and bank menu that requires you to go through multiple lists to find what you need. UI problems aside, the combat is too hectic to actually have any strategy involved, 70% of the time it will just be you stat checking mobs to the face, the other 30% of the time will be you harassing them from range where they cant hit you. Most every fight comes down to if you have previously found armor and weapons that will allow you to survive.Honestly, overall I just felt like I kept playing waiting for the game to start, I feel like I never experienced what people are raving about in reviews. Heck, what I played didn't even seem half as cool as what I saw in trailers. But I feel like after 9 hours, if I still haven't experienced any joy in a game waiting for end game content, the pacing is just not well done. There's a place for this game, if you're really into old style games you'll probably be into this, but I think it takes the type of person that still plays retro games like Diablo 2 to appreciate what this game offers, because anyone casual player who plays modern games will be more frustrated at It Lurks Below than enjoying the time spent in it.. David Brevik is the kind of developer that made me fall in love with Blizzard and spend so many of my hours on Diablo 2. I've been playing Path of Exile since closed beta, and ILB is another game that scratches that ARPG itch so wonderfully. I enjoyed Starbound quite a bit and this is really a wonderful game with a fantastic community. You only need to watch one stream of David and his wife JQ to see the passion they have for the game. It's come a long way since the early access days, and there's so much more to come! Incredible game given that there is only one developer.. It Lurks Below is a great action game with some light RPG elements and a few building features.I say light, because the choices are straightforward and very clear what benefit they will provide. If you increase the level of a skill it gets better. If you gain more attack power you hit harder. That being said, just like every game that has these features you will be able to find combinations of items that work better that others.One skill pulls in all the enemies of the room? Cleaving attacks are the best bet.Need to shoot around corners? Use your reflective wand, or arcing.The game can be punishing to newer players. If you don't know how to manage your farms, or you spend too much time before gathering more ressources you may end up starving to death. Thankfully the different difficulty modes help provide a better experience if you don't want to deal with certain aspects of survival.Descent is a great alternative, but you wouldn't be able to heal while you sleep. Passive recovery, potions and regenerative affixes are more necessary. You will also be missing the buffs that certain food combinations have provided.Creative has all the benefits of survival, without the hunger and fatigue.If potential time investment is important to you then consider the following.It only takes 4h to reach the bottom of normal difficulty, but that is not the end. Each new difficulty adds new attack patterns and monsters to the areas and bosses. It keeps it fresh and challenging.The crystal system adds an addictive loop to your gear upgrades. The hard choices come when you have a fantastic unique crystal, but also want a higher tier armor. What will you sacrifice?Rings need some love. Personally there are only a few that are interesting to me.At the time I am writing this review I have 170+ hours in the game and see myself playing for even longer. If you only want to go through everything once it is maybe 20-30 hours to get through all of the difficulties on a single character.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7m05WnqmCnE. Played this during early access, and now with full release it just keeps getting better.5 stars out of 5 :D. First off, I honestly feel like I have not played the game enough but here I am anyway. Next, ILB only launched because of lack of funds so while it is finished to a certain degree the creator is not done with it yet and so what I am saying now won't be very accurate in a couple years.So, Pros and Cons as I consider them.Pros: The devs have a livestream that starts around 11:45PM US central standard time, you can ask all you want there. They also have a official discord you can go to as well.Devs are still working on the game with mentions of multiplayer and skill trees for abilities and other things.The flow of gameplay is very nice early on and it doesn't feel like I have to grind away at mobs to get to items and levels until nightmare difficulty, so about level 37 for your information.ILB has much of the elements I love from terraria and ARPGs and makes it work.Very smooth FPS, I could run this and still have decent FPS on my trash laptop that can sort of use microsoft edge.Has plenty of game modes that allows me to play however I want.So many classes that even 16 hours in the game I cant play them all and get through to the first boss.Cons: Devs are still working on the game but sadly this means waiting for their work to be done and that could be a long time before what we want is in the game.You have to save and quit from your game and go to the main menu in order to use the options menu, it doesn't take long but still annoying.You can't skip the tutorial and it gets really annoying after the first few times.It feels very time consuming to get through the beginning in my opinion and that can be frustrating to someone like me who just wants to get into the meat of things and kill hordes of monsters.In summary: It is a decent game that has a lot of good stuff in it and more on the way but it is somewhat unpolished and needs some time before it is a truly amazing game.. Having played this game in early access for quite some time, I can admit the only thing that brought me to it was the Brevik's themselves. Being a life long gamer of D2 and 3k hours + in Marvel Heroes it is safe to say that I enjoy his products. **ALERT** I typically DO NOT enjoy these style games. They don't typically attract me so I bought this game with the sole intention of just helping them. HOWEVER, after playing the game in descent mode I found myself having a ton of fun. I made multiple classes, Bard being my favorite. I've been waiting for official release so I could see it at it's current best. If this game was able to draw me in, someone who traditionally doesn't like these games, that should say how fun and exciting the game can be. The Brevik's stream the game all the time and David is constantly updating the game with patches and keeping a heavy involvement with the community. If you took yourself and a significant other to the movies, it would cost you $20 which last 2-3 hrs. Spend 20$ and help support the Brevik's and have many many hours of fun in this AWESOME loot explosion, boss killing, mob destroying, crafting extravaganza and oh shoot, manage your inventory!! A+ product!
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