According to the devs, every asset was created from scratch, and that care shows in every frame.Īfter selecting your character class (and getting bodied by an overpowered boss monster in true soulslike fashion) you awaken in Pardoner’s Vale. Ska Studios have always had a recognizable art style – imposing architecture and grungy moppets – but it’s plain to see here that they’ve upped their game in the best possible way. Upon booting the game up, it’s immediately clear that you’re in for a visual treat.The design and detail are just ever so lovely: from the way firelight gives a soft glow to its surroundings in the twilight, to how fog wafts lazily over cobble stairways in a musty dungeon, it’s all just so utterly gorgeous to look at. But while the scale has increased and the combat and visuals are as slick as ever, there are some growing pains that only just manage to hold the game back from its full potential.

Like Ska Studios’s previous outing, the game features difficult combat, extensive equipment options, and hulking bosses to slay. Magic is corrupting the land, giving rise to monstrous creatures and ravenous undead, and the source of all of this destruction, Mages, must be hunted and their hearts devoured if the Kingdom is to survive. Salt And Sacrifice is a 2D metroidvania hunt-a-thon that casts you as a condemned prisoner in an imperiled kingdom. Inside the room will be the Ochre Fated Tome.A sidescrolling metroidvania with beautiful art and rewarding exploration, kept just shy of greatness by some frustrating design decisions Climb from one ledge to the other using your grappling hook and enter the room on the left. Go up the ladder and enter the hole on the left wall.

Next, climb the ledge straight ahead and then jump on the platform on your right. As soon as you enter, jump on the platforms and towards the exit on the right. There will be a hole in the wall that will take you outside. Head right and keep going straight on top of the platforms. Now start moving left until you reach the end and two enemies on top of the platforms. Keep going right and up while dodging the swords. Learn the timing of when the slicing sword appears and dodge them.

There will be slicing sword traps placed in this area. Go up the ladder and keep climbing on the platforms above. Start from the Tireless Exalted Boss Arena and head towards the left.

You will find the following Fated Tome in Bol Gerahn.

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