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Yahtzee reviews Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, a Souls-like action RPG with Napoleonic-era undead and a reluctant hero. Discover its strengths and weaknesses.

This is a review of the game Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn by Yahtzee. The game is set in an alternative world where fashion and technology stopped at the Napoleonic era due to an influx of undead from Hell. Players take on the role of a soldier who must team up with a supernatural being to defeat other supernatural beings.

The review notes similarities to Forspoken in its character dynamic and combat traversal focus. However, it criticizes the main characters for being boring and their dialogue uninspired. The plot is described as thinly spread, with a lack of focus in both world design and combat mechanics. The combat system, which combines melee attacks and guns, is found to be iffy, with unreliable parrying and enemies blending into generic environments. Despite these issues, the game reportedly does not present significant difficulty walls, largely due to the gunshot being a reliable interrupt.

The game's magic mechanic, involving a fox companion, and a side-minigame focused on collecting Pogs are also mentioned. The reviewer suggests the game felt shortened due to looming deadlines, with only four unique boss fights, one of which is awkwardly placed. The overall sentiment is that the game suffered from over-ambition, trying to do too much without sufficient focus.