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On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:10:37 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:

On 1/16/2026 8:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

* DeathKeep (via GOG)
https://www.gog.com/en/game/deathkeep

I have or had this in the box, I still never played it.
I'll pick up all the GOG games at least.

Long delayed side-note:

If, for whatever reason, you fall in love with "Deathkeep", there's
also a semi-prequel called "Slayer". Of the two, I think it's the
better game. It's more akin to "Eye of the Beholder" (the interface is
/very/ similar), except it has full free-motion first-person view, and
only a single character.

It does have one /teeny-tiny/ almost unnoticable disadvantage,
however, that may cause some issues for most gamers. "Slayer" came out
for the 3DO console only, which means you're either going to pay
through the nose to play it on native hardware, or 'travel the high
seas' (I won't judge you if you take the latter path!).

"Slayer" is, at heart, still a basic dungeon crawler. It doesn't stray
from that formula in the slightest, and as such its gameplay is fairly
shallow. I personally think its art design is nicer than that of
"DeathKeep" too (it just has better readability overall; "Deathkeep"
looks a lot muddier, visually). "Slayer" has nothing in the way of
story --the dungeons are all procedurally generated-- so there's no
point to it beyond hacking-n-slashing but if you enjoy that sort of
thing, it's not bad.

A LongPlay of "Slayer" if you want to se what it's like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs45MhrATzs

(it's a game that doesn't get enough mention, so I thought I'd take
the opportunity here)
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