Absolver Reviews

Absolver is ranked in the 56th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
NEOsite
Top Critic
6 / 10.0
Sep 5, 2017

Absolver is a breath of a fresh air in fighting games genre. Deep system, surprisingly good fighting and addicitive multiplayer battles sadly are ruined by bugs and server lags.

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Fextralife
Castielle
Top Critic
8 / 10
Sep 5, 2017

Absolver seems to be a conflict of two games. In one corner you have the "Souls-like" world to explore cooperatively or competitively with other players, that seems to be the original idea of the developers. And in the other you have a hardcore fighting game that doesn't need a rich open world at all in order to be successful, which seems to be what Absolver evolved into. Many players will feel short-changed that the former was sacrificed to make way for the latter, and I anticipate that this game will have an extremely niche player-base. For 29.99 USD Absolver is slightly overpriced, but if you really enjoy a good fighting game, then this one is right on the mark.

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Drew Leachman
Top Critic
5.5 / 10.0
Sep 4, 2017

Absolver is a great and interesting game as a whole, but the biggest part of the game, actually playing it, is both frustrating and unbalanced.

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7 / 10
Sep 4, 2017

Absolver is superb yet flawed. Sloclap have some really fun and innovative ideas though, for some reason, they've built a gorge between players and their game. Like digging for gold, if you want to get anything of value from Absolver then you'll need to work hard and put in the time. Needless to say, those with a casual curiosity will likely find themselves completely turned off.

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6 / 10.0
Sep 4, 2017

While Absolver is up and down in a lot of places, the game just doesn't come together well. There's something about the underlying design that makes it feel disjointed. Most of this comes from the quasi-open world aspect, but the ridiculous level of grinding involved and the disconnected PvP mode makes Absolver feel like a game that's at war with itself. It certainly has the potential to be great though, with more of a focus on interweaving the PvE and PvP content as well as some expansions to the tight and narrow world of Adal and a very much needed mini-map system.

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
7 / 10
Sep 4, 2017

It often feels unrefined and unbalanced, but the uniquely tactical combat system, and Dark Souls influences, create one of the most enjoyably different fighting games of recent years.

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7.5 / 10.0
Sep 3, 2017

Absolver is great at its core, but it definitely needs more meat on its bones if it wants to stick around.

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Sep 2, 2017

Absolver comes extremely close to being an amazing game with its deep 1v1 melee combat and unpredictable player encounters, but where it falters is in, well, nearly everything else. The world feels lifeless. When more than one fighter joins a battle, battling becomes frustrating and clunky. There's a lot of potential with Absolver. But unfortunately, it's not 100 percent of the way there yet.

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7.5 / 10.0
Sep 2, 2017

Absolver's fighting system and weird blend of ideas make it a genre-defying gut punch of innovation. You'll be in amazement with how much you can customize the fluid combat, but its complexity and intentional design to be constantly altered might be off-putting for some. The same goes for those looking for more to do besides competitive play in an open world begging to be absolved of limited scope and content.

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GamePro
Top Critic
73 / 100
Sep 1, 2017

Absolver offers too little long-term motivation, but, however, has potential with its combat system and the exciting multiplayer dynamics.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 1, 2017

Sloclap has delivered one of the best indie games of this 2017. Although it lacks a deep and more interesnting story, it has unique combat and gameplay mechanics that are rewarded with a great progression. An amazing journey and a stunning game.

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7 / 10
Sep 1, 2017

It's a real shame that it's currently experiencing these connectivity issues, as Absolver is an otherwise great melee action game. The combat is deep, tactical, and wonderfully customisable, and interacting co-operatively or competitively with other players can be a real joy. Once SloClap can ensure players of a lag-free environment to play in, this will be a knockout multiplayer brawler.

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6 / 10.0
Sep 1, 2017

With so many different ideas mixed in with a compelling fighting system, Absolver should be better than it is but comes off as needing a lot more work to become truly great, letalone good.

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Sep 1, 2017

"Absolver" mixes a deep, smart and tough combat system with unpredictable multiplayer encounters.

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Aug 31, 2017

Absolver is an amazing game buried underneath a ton of server issues and bugs.

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3.5 / 5.0
Aug 30, 2017

If you can deal with a headache here and there, you have something special waiting for you in Absolver. It really is a fun experience once you get the hang of its complexities. But, if you're easily dismayed by issues in a game that requires precision, you may want to hold back, at least for now. I for one will be jumping back in, there are more martial arts for me to learn.

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Recommended
Aug 30, 2017

A one-of-a-kind blend of blood-thumping martial arts, combo curation and grindy multiplayer set in a ravishing wasteland.

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4 / 5.0
Aug 30, 2017

We may have to wait for Absolver's post-launch content and updates to see if it can truly becomes a legend among fighters, but even as is, it's a highly-entertaining brawler.

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85 / 100
Aug 30, 2017

_____________________________ “With over 180 attacks to discover, the possibilities are near endless, encouraging thorough experimentation and a high level of replayability.

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8 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2017

Absolver feels like a game of martial arts chess, where both your fighting skills and your mind at the same time.

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