Succubus is one of those games that take advantage of the controversy of its appearance and theme to create expectation. Many of these games stay at that, in a provocative style with empty and poor content. Madmind Studio’s game is lazy playable level and becomes very repetitive. You will only be able to play it if you really like the genre and are prepared to put up with how unpleasant it is.
When Mario Gómez asked me to do the Succubus analysis, I knew from the outset that the game was not for me. And no, it is not, but obviously our position requires us to do things that we like and others that we don’t. The new video game of first person action it’s full of blood, gore, inappropriate language, and death, and a lot of people won’t be able to take it.
This type of development they leave with controversy. A game that is not afraid of being naked, of dismemberment, that a penis will throw poison on you and heal you, to talk about “bitches” and “whores” in relation to female beings, among many other pearls. it will judge by much more than what it proposes at the playable level. Sure that Madmind studio is conscious, because it is inevitable and because they are the creators of Agony, a video game very controversial and that he was left alone in that.
Succubus It’s very disgusting, but I also admit that I thought I would bear it worse. I think it is so exaggerated and gross that it achieves the opposite effect: it even makes you laugh, because it borders on the absurd in some of its situations. But beware, it is the laugh within the most absolute of madness and many players are not going to be able to get close to it.
I want to finish the subject quickly: Succubus seems like a aberration At the level of setting and I don’t understand how this type of work is done, which does not mean that I would like it not to be done. It’s fiction, it’s a video game that talks about hell from a very crude position and does it explicitly, and that’s fine. Can do it. There will be people who appreciate it and I don’t think you have to go around thinking about censorship or anything like that.
By the way, speaking of the latter, the game is by default censored regarding the vision of genitals and sexual organs. If you want to remove the censorship, you have to download and install Succubus – Unrated, a separate DLC totally free that you can find on Steam or on the video game’s official website. Honestly, whether or not to see breasts or a penis is the least of the game.
All red (from the blood)
Succubus it’s very red as for the tonality of what we see. Our protagonist begins with a red suit, wings and hair (it can be fully customized), we shoot fire, many enemies have reddish tones, there is blood everywhere … It is hell, of course, and everything is dyed this color. There is only one bet here and it is on the red numbers.
Beyond this color, which makes everything even more visceral and difficult to digest, the game is a first-person action title very frantic and in which we will never stop killing. It’s easy to compare it to DOOM in a way, but I don’t think the same audience is interested in these games, especially since Succubus is lower at the gameplay level.
It is worse because of how it is resolved, but not because of the amount of things we can do: melee attacks, ranged attacks, magic attacks, kicks and other types of interesting combos. Something that certainly comes out of DOOM are the executions: when an enemy is low on health, their body flashes yellow and we can finish them off with an attack.
The game constantly pushes you to be using this mechanicBecause if we end up with the aberrations that we are encountering like this, we can recover life. Succubus has difficulty levels, so it is easy for you to adapt the game to your ability or taste, but even in Normal difficulty you have to play with your head, because it is easy to die if we are careless.
Succubus has a development very marked and repetitive, tire fast. They throw us at a screen and we have to overcome it in a very linear way. You have to get from point A to point B and on that way we will end up with hordes of enemies and, in the end, we will usually find a boss. They are somewhat more complex fights, but they have not seemed surprising to me either. At the playable level it seems to me a lazy game.
A very flat game
I don’t think that Succubus is just controversial and if you are attracted to frenzied action video games you may like it (if you fit in, I insist, the sex, the blood and how hard it is). But even though I don’t think it’s a bad game either i think to be highly recommended. As I said, it is terribly repetitive and its level design is bad good null. Go ahead, kill and bye.
The story is grotesque, but it doesn’t say much either. Our chimera Vydija He wants to conquer hell and for this he must destroy those who rule it, monsters with a horrifying appearance that will remain etched on your retina. The language is rude and there are constant insults and swearing. The game is for adults in every aspect.
If you want to praise his life, since the main campaign it’s not too long (and it all depends on the difficulty, in addition), you have the option of getting all the secondary missions that are requested in the missions (fulfill a series of extra objectives, go). In addition, you can play the screens in an online mode that will record your score and that of the other players, to trick you to get better runs.
In addition to all that, you can try to unlock the different appearances that you can put to the cave where Vydija lives or all the customization options of the protagonist. It is also interesting to improve the weapons and armor, and collect all the pages of the Bestiary, where you can consult information about the enemies that we are encountering.
A demanding video game in performance
I play on a PC with an Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti and the recommended one is on an RTX 2060. Yes, the game is somewhat demanding, but the overall performance is fairly good. I have been able to play at 60 FPS and 2K in Ultra with some adjustments in High. It is true that I finally had to lower the game to high settings because the GPU was working too much, but except for some FPS drops, everything is fine. If I have had this performance with this graphics card, I think it means that the game has a good level of optimization.
The game is demanding because graphic level looks good. It will not surprise you, but it is good. I have not liked the more “human” faces because they have little detail (including Vydija’s), but I think the game fully complies with this section considering the type of development it is. To level artistic is very good, because it really is distressing and makes you want to look away from many of the images that appear on the screen.
Succubus, nasty action
Succubus is not for everyone, because not even all lovers of first-person shooter games will be able to bear the surroundings of the game. Blood, gore, sex, insults, and an incredibly nasty tone around every corner make it a video game for people with a big stomach. For the rest, although it is very repetitive, it can be an interesting option for those looking for a game frantic and irreverent.