• Store
  • Home
  • Discord
  • Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Youtube
    • Instagram
Green Man Gaming Blog
Green Man Gaming Blog
  • Store
  • Home
  • Discord
Home
Articles
Features

Lunacid Is A FromSoftware Throwback Like You Wouldn’t Believe

August 18th, 2023 Jason Coles Features

Share

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr
Lunacid Is A FromSoftware Throwback Like You Wouldn’t Believe

When you mention FromSoftware, everyone automatically jumps to Dark Souls, or maybe Elden Ring now, given how monstrously popular that game was. However, before they started Soulslikes, they made a variety of other games. While I’d love to turn this into an article about Lost Kingdoms, I’ve yet to find an indie game that properly draws inspiration from it. Instead, this is about a game called Lunacid, which is very heavily inspired by King’s Field, a series of dungeon-crawling action RPGs that FromSoftware made all the way back in 1994. 

Lunacid is as close to a modern-day King’s Field game as you can get. It’s set in a world where a gigantic beast came from the sea and covered the Earth in a poison fog, and now everything’s basically gone to poop. As a result of this, anyone who’s even slightly off gets chucked into The Great Well, and that’s where you come in, as the story starts with you being thrown in. 

From here, you get to choose a class, then you walk around in first-person and explore the Great Well, always working your way down, and fighting off strange beasts and monsters on the way. It’s important to note that, while you do a fair bit of fighting in Lunacid, it’s not really the focus. 

The focus here is on exploration, wonder, and some incredibly cool moments. Your class will dictate a little bit about how you fight, but the basics are you walk in, hit something, walk away before you get hit. You get some cool spells along the way too, but you have to be careful when using them as they require time to charge for the most part. 

The game even tracks the real-world luna phases for some its mechanics, and that’s the kind of cool that old-school games could never manage. So, if you want to try out an old FromSoftware game, but want it to have some modern sensibilities, then please do yourself a favour and jump into Lunacid. 

  • Tags
  • indie game review
  • Indie Games
  • lunacid
  • Main

Share

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr
Previous article Mothergunship Turns You Into A Running And Gunning One-Person-Army
Next article Videoverse Is A Touching Throwback To The Internet's Early Days
Jason Coles

Jason Coles

Jason likes to focus on roguelikes and co-op games; in a dream world he'd make a living writing about Dark Souls. As well as being a writer he also does personal training and accounting and can occasionally be seen on other people's streams. Being a big fan of fluffy things means he has two cats, both of whom refuse to let him sleep, but at least they are cute.

Related Posts

GTFO Everything you need to know - Updated

GTFO Everything you need to know - Updated

September 26th, 2023
The Best Indie Stealth Games

The Best Indie Stealth Games

September 20th, 2023
The Best Indie FPS Games

The Best Indie FPS Games

September 20th, 2023
Shoulders of Giants is an incredible roguelike where you're a frog on a mech

Shoulders of Giants is an incredible roguelike where you're a frog on a mech

September 20th, 2023
Superliminal Will Bend Your Brain Into New Shapes

Superliminal Will Bend Your Brain Into New Shapes

September 20th, 2023
Orx is a tactical roguelike tower defence game filled with cool power ups and interesting decisions

Orx is a tactical roguelike tower defence game filled with cool power ups and interesting decisions

September 20th, 2023
Latest Articles
GTFO Everything you need to know - Updated
Articles

GTFO Everything you need to know - Updated

0
The Best Indie Stealth Games
Articles

The Best Indie Stealth Games

0
The Best Indie FPS Games
Articles

The Best Indie FPS Games

0
Shoulders of Giants is an incredible roguelike where you're a frog on a mech
Articles

Shoulders of Giants is an incredible roguelike where you're a frog on a mech

0
Superliminal Will Bend Your Brain Into New Shapes
Articles

Superliminal Will Bend Your Brain Into New Shapes

0
Timeline
Sep 26th 4:50 PM
Articles

GTFO Everything you need to know – Updated

Sep 20th 4:49 PM
Articles

The Best Indie Stealth Games

Sep 20th 4:47 PM
Articles

The Best Indie FPS Games

Sep 20th 4:44 PM
Articles

Shoulders of Giants is an incredible roguelike where you’re a frog on a mech

Sep 20th 4:43 PM
Articles

Superliminal Will Bend Your Brain Into New Shapes

Sep 20th 4:41 PM
Articles

Orx is a tactical roguelike tower defence game filled with cool power ups and interesting decisions

Aug 31st 4:06 PM
Articles

Indie Game Roundup – September 2023

Aug 31st 4:05 PM
Articles

All Robocop Games Ranked

Archive
About us…
GET TO KNOW US

About Us

Careers

Refund Policy

Help & Support

Terms and Conditions

Need our help?

Open a web ticket to contact our Customer Support team. We’re here to help!

Copyright © 2022 Green Man Gaming Blog All Right Reserved