Anuchard

Ultimately, Anuchard is an intensely monotonous game that really only succeeds in its art design and sound. Nearly every dungeon feels the same, and every battle outside of boss fights feels like a mindless waste of time. The story is more ambitious, but it never culminates in something satisfying across its dozen hours of gameplay. This is certainly not a game that lives up to the pedigree of the Soul Blazer trilogy. But perhaps stellarNull can dust itself off and deliver something more impactful the next time around.

StellarNull is a name that may not be hugely recognised in the indie game scene just yet, but with their new release, Anuchard, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see them start to make a splash. Anuchard is a dungeon crawling RPG that leads you through mysterious areas to save the souls of people and animals who have wandered in before. It’s a pretty basic concept done by countless games in the past, so what can Anuchard do to set itself apart from the rest?

Anuchard is the striking new bell-bashing indie game from the folks over at stellarNull that is hitting a near-perfect tune. This RPG is an action-adventure sharing the qualities of a puzzle game and a brawler. Clang your way through dungeons as a charming little bell-tolling battler, in search of a way to restore the land.

Anuchard presents some interesting concepts, but is executed sloppily. While combat is extremely simple, level design is lackluster, and most puzzles are too easy, the final hour or so holds a lot of promise.