The crafting interface is bad and the balancing I hope isn’t there yet, the Reiter stock did nothing and the Reiter barrel *reduced* accuracy. The primary weapons don’t feel very good to use, and while the ammo system that consumes reagents improves it (giving you elemental variants similar to how enemies have them), the only real difference and fun to use thing is the grenade. It’s not *bad* – it’s just not good either, and it’s definitely possible to get it into a better state over the planned six months of early access. The only deaths I suffered were from falling out of the world or into instant death goop – which is easy to do due to the floaty movement. It lacks impact, movement feels floaty, and the design results in very little challenge even on the highest difficulty. The primary problem in Remedium however is the combat – it just does not feel very good. The interface works but feels oversized, and the lack of tooltips or a quick menu to consolidate interface elements like the journal, map, known crafts, diseases and so on makes it feel empty and unfinished. The sound is also adequate and your weapons generally sound meaty which contrasts sharply with how little they impact enemies. The graphics, while not amazing, are mostly fine for a twin-stick shooter and destructible objects shatter satisfyingly, but there aren’t enough of them or other items in the world, leaving everywhere feeling like samey empty rooms and passages. Pleasant QoL features like right-clicking to go back to close menus sequentially are always appreciated. The options menu is full featured with substantial graphical customisation options to tailor to your setup, optional voiceovers and rebindable hotkeys, but only once you’ve loaded a game, not on the main menu for some reason.

They shoot lightning now?! The hardest combat I had in the game due to mobs spawning right on top of me. However, there’s very little to recommend in its current early access form with limited features, uninspiring gameplay and enough bugs to damage what little fun might remain. This new game gets some fundamentals right with some great QoL features for the genre. It uses the same grim post-apocalyptic Renaissance setting as their earlier game released in July this year, the roguelite auto-shooter Remedium: Sentinels. Remedium is a twin-stick shooter launching into Steam early access by indie dev Sobaka Studio and publisher ESDigital Games.

Instal REMEDIUM Sentinels