- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Action
You wake up with no memory. Your day is starting off great! Nepenthe is a hand-drawn RPG with a terrible sense of humor. Set in the strange world of Carithia, you play as a mysterious bald dude who lost his memory. Yes, you read that right. Meet some very polite monsters, and battle both them and your sense of self-dignity in epic bullet-hell fight scenes!
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Unpretentious, contemporary, plot-driven and comic.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Digital ChumpsNathaniel StevensJan 20188/10Nepenthe is a solid indie game. It's a fun, complicated RPG that has brilliant moments backed up by unique art and music presentation. It does have some bugs to fix, but nothing yet that isn't manageable or gameplay disruptive.
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RPG SiteElizabeth HengesJun 20186/10Nepenthe is basically a a fever dream you had as a kid. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to you.
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GamingTrendElisha DeograciasJun 201850/100Nepenthe is half as good as its source inspiration, and while it's still in need of much more improvement, it is an ambitious first effort. While it suffers from derivative gameplay and a shallow story, it does have a unique presentation and some fine music.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Yitz
- Released
- May 17, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- RPG Maker MV
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 2 h main story
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 2 ratings.
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