Harebrained Schemes·Released Jul 12, 2016·Single player
Necropolis is a third-person action roguelike, set in a living dungeon that changes every time you play, filled with monsters, myth and magic, and lorded over by the mad mystical intellect known only as the Brazen Head.
Roguelike hack-and-slasher Necropolis offers intense combat and a quirky setting, along with repetition, confusion, and permadeath difficulty.
It’s a clumsy, dull, shallow, lacklustre trudge through cold soup. And fails at the most important aspect of any game in the genre: making me want to have another go.
Harebrained Schemes' roguelike action game hints at promising adventure but fails to dive very deep.
There's something captivating about games that keep their lore a mystery. In the same way a rarely glimpsed monster is …
Necropolis fails to capture the magic of its influences
Ghoulish creature design and fun combat are weakened by long boring stretches, clueless AI, and snickering obscurity.
