

While playing Thymesia, you’ll spend your time going between “memories” to solve the mystery of the plot. This is a feeling that seeps throughout you have some freedom over your build, but you don’t get the chance to play as something akin to a tank or mage.

While fun, it does restrict how you tackle the game. Your character is quite a nimble little Plague Doctor. They’re tough 3rd Person Action RPGs that revolve around pattern memorization, quick reflexes, and even quicker deaths. You know the type by now Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and even The Surge. Thymesia is an action RPG very much in the style of “Souls”. Sadly the Plague Doctor aspect of the game feels underutilized due to the game wanting to match the tone of its peers. This isn’t helped by the way the bosses are presented, which I’ll touch upon later on in the review.

The story never really captivated me and none of the characters felt especially memorable. This is especially due to the fragmented state it’s told in due to Corvus’ poor mental state.

And wouldn’t you know it? The key to all of this lies within your fragmented memories.īecause traditional narrative storytelling is so 2000s, Thymesia puts the larger narrative into cutscenes and leaves the intricacies strewn around the Memories in the form of collectible notes.įortunately, this way of telling the story isn’t quite as obtuse as some games that put essential lore in the description of items it does require you to stop and put the pieces together. They’re the kingdom’s last hope at stopping a maddening disease. Thymesia puts you behind the plague mask of “Corvus”. This time around, it takes inspiration from Plague Doctors, while trying to fill a hole that was Borne a fair few years ago. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Thymesia is the latest title donning the mask of “Soulslike”. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
