Dread Delusion

by Lovely Hellplace, DreadXP

The Developer Says...

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Players Like...

❤ Exploration and World Design

Players consistently praise the joy of wandering the game's interconnected environments, discovering strange landmarks and hidden secrets. The diverse biomes, ranging from mushroom forests to undead mausoleums, evoke a surreal, otherworldly atmosphere. Reviewers highlight the flexible traversal system, which allows players to rapidly navigate the environment and avoid tedious backtracking. Overall, the game's world design invites deep exploration, with a sense that every visible point of interest can be reached and uncovered.

❤ Quests and Narrative

While the main questline is not yet fully implemented, players highlight specific quests that presented them with difficult, ambiguous decisions with meaningful narrative consequences. The game avoids rigid quest markers, instead organically integrating objectives and characters through exploration and conversation. Reviewers describe being invested in uncovering the history and mysteries of the setting through environmental storytelling, books, and NPC dialogue, praising the game's unsettling, occult-inspired narrative.

❤ Progression and Character Development

The game's "Delusion" progression system, which rewards exploration with XP-like upgrades, is praised for incentivizing discovery and offering flexible character customization. Players note that non-combat skills like Charm, Guile, and Lore are viable alternatives to combat, allowing for a variety of playstyles. The relatively simple combat is well-suited to the exploratory focus, complementing the core loop of uncovering the world's secrets.

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