Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The player hacks through hordes of humanoid and monstrous enemies from an overhead view, with heavy blood spray, wounds and corpses left behind on screen.
The story turns on a world consumed by supernatural corruption, with named characters and settings destroyed; grim atrocity and betrayal drive the plot.
Demonic corruption and dark powers appear in the lore and in the player's monstrous transformation, and demons are named as forces in the world.
The dark-fantasy world uses grotesque, unsettling enemy designs and bleak, macabre imagery, though nothing hunts or startles the player.
Beast-type creatures are fought and killed as ordinary combat alongside other enemies.
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What it is
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is a dark-fantasy action role-playing dungeon crawler in the mould of Diablo, played from an overhead view across a three-act story about a soldier fighting a supernatural corruption spreading across the land. Play is built around clearing procedurally generated maps of enemy hordes and collecting loot to grow in power. Combat is frequent and bloody: the player cuts down humanoid and monstrous foes with heavy blood effects, wounds and lingering corpses. The world leans on grim, macabre imagery, demonic corruption and dark-magic themes, and named characters die as the plot unfolds. The game is now single-player only; its online multiplayer was shut down after release.
How it's framed
The game frames the player as a purifier fighting to cleanse a corrupted world, casting the violence as heroic struggle against demonic decay rather than glorifying cruelty; its darkness sits in atmosphere and stakes rather than in graphic focus on suffering.
Details
- Developer
- WOLCEN Studio
- Publisher
- WOLCEN Studio
- Released
- Feb 13, 2020
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