Corpus Edax probably won't revolutionise the ImSim genre, but as a passion project by one guy who clearly wanted to make a cool game, it's a great title that I enjoyed playing.

Corpus Edax takes place in a futuristic setting where people are defrosted to perform their duty to society. Things look pretty boring for you, as you're resusitated to work in the food industry, but after you get a cryptic message from a rebel force that want to upend things, and thus begins your adventure.

The game uses a system similar to Fallout's SPECIAL, called AGNIS - that's Allure, Grit, Nerd, Intuition, and Strength. These then affect a range of skills which you can raise via performing big checkpoints or finding magazines in-world. In my playthrough, I went in on Grit and Strength, so I cannot attest to if an all-Nerd run is feasible or fun, but the game did seem pretty combat focused, so you may want some points in power.

So, how's the game? Well, it's a little rough on the edges, and I found a handful of glitches as I played. Also, no matter where you are in the game, civilians will quip on how hungry they suddenly feel and ask if you're "new here"; it seems the bank of NPC text is quite small.

However, I do really enjoy the combat. Corpus Edax does away with guns; instead, everyone fights hand-to-hand in a pleasing FPS punch-kick system. You can go in for combos or just do what I did and give people a hefty boot down a flight of stairs. If you enjoyed kicking people around in Dark Messiah more than you did fighting with a sword, you'll love this game.

There's also a good level of interactivity with objects around you when it's time to fight. You can chuck items at people, kick people through windows, and use the terrain to your advantage to punch people off of ledges for extra damage. Getting into fights feels really fun, and the developer has ensured that fights take place where you can either use environmental items, verticality, or both.

Will Corpus Edax win tons of awards for being the best ImSim ever? Probably not. Is it a cool passion project done by one guy who made something rough, but cool? Absolutely. I suggest you give the demo a go and see if you like the game as much as I did. Given how this was made by a sole developer, I'm really impressed by how many mechanics they managed to squeeze into the game.

Dark messiah but youre also allwoed to pick up many items and use them differently as weapons and it is better because of that i wish there had been more games to let you use all items phyiscs props as weapons as preferred this is a g o od
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