You move with the typical WASD, and there are a couple of buttons that use the special abilities that you acquire. You will eventually have a substantial army which can overrun most enemies that you encounter. Every enemy you defeat increases your own army after all. While you start with only a few minions, your forces grow pretty quickly. The idea of controlling a horde of undead is fun. I think The Unliving has a good foundation in place. In some ways I think the game succeeds, and in others I think it needs some refining before the final version. The idea of commanding an ever-growing horde of the undead had promise. The main reason The Unliving intrigued me when I first saw it was due to the necromancy minion mechanics. When they are close to death, you can sacrifice a minion in order to gain a temporary special ability. Your minions have a limited amount of health though and will decay over time. Your horde of minions will move to the location that you click on and attack nearby enemies. Guiding your minions is rather simple as you just need to press the right mouse button to guide them. Then with the press of a button, all of them become your minions to guide. In order to resurrect an enemy you need to defeat all of the enemies in its group. You can resurrect any enemy you defeat to fight on your side. With the ability of a necromancer, you can raise the dead to help you. Since you are wildly outnumbered, you need more than just your own attacks. When you lose all of your health, your run ends. Once you lose a section of health you can only recover it my acquiring a special item. You will acquire additional special abilities in your run which use various resources you acquire from killing enemies. When you are ready you can then begin a new run from the beginning.Īs the Necromancer you have access to a number of attacks including a melee slash attack and a ranged attack. From there you can use the resources you earned on your last run to purchase upgrades as well as talk with your cult members.

If you lose all of your health you temporarily “die”, and return to your headquarters. You have one life to complete your mission. The Unliving is a mixture of a rogue-lite game mixed with minion control mechanics. To regain your memories and recoup your power, you must destroy anyone that stands in your way. In The Unliving you play as the Necromancer. The Unliving has intriguing potential, but has a few things it needs to work on before its final release. The idea of playing as a necromancer was interesting as well since each enemy you kill would just increase your number of minions. I generally like Pikmin style games though where you control a group of minions that do your bidding. I am not the biggest fan of rogue-lite games. When I first saw The Unliving I was intrigued by the premise.

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