This is not one of those games about a cute witch who lives on a toadstool. Coven is about an angry witch who was burned alive and commits cannibalism for hit points.
I'm a sucker for a nice main menu gag, especially one where you transition right into a cutscene with no loading . The demo for the upcoming retro FPS,, kills it here by having the main menu overlaid on a scene of a crowd of medieval peasants staring at you. Starting a new game sees a priest come forward and light your pyre aflame, condemning you to a gruesome death. The first level then begins with you digging out of your own grave to get revenge.
Coven's weapon selection is solid, with a couple standard FPS offerings getting shown up by two stars. The"axe pistols" do not live up to their bad ass name for me. There's not a lot mechanically separating them from other FPS pea shooters, but the sound effect for their retort is sode rigueurThe default melee weapon, an axe and shield combo, is where the party's at.
Coven's crossbow is similarly sick, though you don't get it until fairly late in the demo. It's a one hit kill on headshots, and bolts will completely decapitate enemies, pinning their heads to the next wall. It's an absolutely gnarly effect, and similar to the axe combat never gets old. I'd also be remiss if I failed to bring up my favorite little detail in the game: its flashlight.
You can also eat up enemy corpses for health regen a la Cruelty Squad, an hp-restoring mechanic that's equally gross-yet-hilarious in Coven. Developer Gator Shins is also working on magic spells to round out your arsenal and really sell the"witchy" thing, but for the moment the only one available is a sort of"witch vision" for some light puzzle solving.
The demo's levels are very distinct from one another, with the first, a romp through an autumnal medieval village, starkly contrasting with the second, where you go deep underground into some pagan catacombs. They're both solid, well-designed shooter levels with ample secrets and backtracking, though the first one set in the village is definitely my favorite.in anticipation of its planned 2023 early access release.
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