
Whispers of the Eyeless
Release Date: January 30, 2025 Early Access
Strategy, fantasy, turn-based, roguelike, horror, RPG elements, 2D, Polish, indie games, singleplayer
Steam
A combination of an RPG and a strategy game. Whispers of the Eyeless is about managing the cult of the Dead Gods. Our obligations include gaining new followers, maintaining their devotion, completing turn-based battles with enemies, expanding the sanctuary and taking full control of the grim city of Aranthor.
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[1:21] Whispers of the Eyeless - Announcement Trailer
The main pros of the game
- Art and Atmosphere: The game features beautiful artwork and a haunting atmosphere that resonates with players, drawing comparisons to titles like "Darkest Dungeon."
- Voice Acting and Narrative: The voice acting is highly praised, and the narrative is described as engaging and immersive.
- Cult Management Mechanics: Players appreciate the unique mechanics of building and managing a cult, which adds depth to the gameplay.
- Replayability: The game offers multiple ways to approach encounters and tales, enhancing replay value.
- Developer Engagement: The developers are noted for being communicative and responsive to player feedback, which builds trust in the game's future development.
The main cons of the game
- Short Campaign: Many reviews highlight the campaign's brevity, feeling more like a tutorial than a full-fledged experience.
- Repetitive Gameplay: Players find the combat and encounters can become monotonous due to limited enemy variety and repetitive mechanics.
- Balancing Issues: There are complaints about the game's difficulty, RNG elements, and the need for better balancing of mechanics and enemy encounters.
- Lack of Clarity: Several users mention that the game suffers from a lack of explanations and tooltips for mechanics, making it confusing at times.
- Tedious Gearing: Gearing and progression can feel tedious, with players struggling to find meaningful upgrades or impactful blessings.
The features or elements that are missing from the game according to users
- Expanded Campaign Content: Users desire more content in the campaign to prevent it from feeling too short or like a demo.
- Variety in Enemies and Stages: There is a call for more diverse enemies and stages to enrich the gameplay experience and combat encounters.
- Improved Blessings and Progression: Many players feel that blessings should be more impactful and that progression through the sanctum needs to be faster and more rewarding.
- Better Tutorialization: A more comprehensive tutorial or guide to explain the various mechanics and systems would help new players acclimate more smoothly.
- Balancing of Mechanics: Suggestions for reworking certain mechanics to provide more meaningful choices and reduce the reliance on RNG have been made.
Summary
- Overall, while "Whispers of the Eyeless" shows great potential and has many appealing features, it currently faces challenges related to content depth, gameplay balance, and clarity of mechanics. Players are hopeful for future updates that will address these concerns.
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Whispers of the Eyeless Description
Whispers of the Eyeless is a game on the border of RPGs and strategies, in which we lead a cult. It was developed by the independent Polish team Evil Gingerbread Studio, employing Michal "Venris" Cieczko and the authors of mods under the SFO: Grimhammer banner.
Story
Whispers of the Eyeless transports us to a grim fantasy world. The never-ending struggle for power, ancient secrets, and numerous dangers have brought the city of Aranthor to the brink of collapse. During the game we take on the role of the First Prophet, who arrives in Aranthor to bring to life the dark Cult of Dead Gods. It depends on us whether and at what cost he will manage to bring about the emergence of the gods of Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Gameplay
Managing a sect
Our main duty in Whispers of the Eyeless is managing the cult, which involves the need to recruit followers and get rid of enemies, as well as paying homage to individual deities.
When training cultists and assigning them tasks such as gathering resources, expanding the influence of the sect, or fighting rivals, it is important to pay attention to their unique features, which may prove useful.
We also need to take care of their level of dedication to our cause, as eradicating doubt from the minds of followers can prove to be very difficult. Maintaining this indicator at the appropriate level is facilitated by rituals, which additionally provide us with various blessings.
Turn-based combat
Our cult does not lack opponents (mainly followers of the Living Gods), so we often have to fight. The battles take place in turn-based mode, and during them we must not only use the abilities of the characters, but also make use of the powers of the Dead Gods.
It is worth remembering that conflicts, especially those in which we engage deities, "drain" our mental health. The risks involved are worth it, because victories provide us with influence and resources (on the other hand, defeat weakens our control over Aranthor).
City to conquer
The city that is the arena of our activities has been divided into districts, each of which can be a source of valuable resources and important alliances for us. We're talking about the Old Town, underground dungeons (where we can find relics and forbidden knowledge, but also dangerous traps) or the High City (inhabited by the elite of Aranthor).
Our command center, on the other hand, is the Sanctuary, which we develop as we progress according to our own whims, expanding it with such rooms as the reliquary (where relics are stored) or the hall of faith (for training students). The bigger our house is, the more blessings can flow to us, but on the other hand - the more we attract the attention of enemies.
Game modes
In addition to the standard gameplay variant, a Fate's Mirror module has been implemented in Whispers of the Eyeless, which enriches the game with mechanics from the roguelike genre. It offers scenarios and other elements generated randomly, as well as modifiers affecting the gameplay.
Graphics
The two-dimensional graphics of Whispers of the Eyeless are maintained in a style reminiscent of the Darkest Dungeon series.
Whispers of the Eyeless Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Evil Gingerbread Studio
Publisher: Evil Gingerbread Studio
Age restrictions: 18+
Whispers of the Eyeless System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD, 8 GB HDD, Windows 10