Developer Dillon Rogers already said that the melee combat is going to be reworked, so hopefully, you’ll have to bit a tad more careful in the final game. You can also block virtually every melee attack, so if you want to play the Gloomwood demo as a hack and slasher, you probably could. If you are spotted, don’t worry – your cane sword is a pretty formidable weapon and can kill most guards in three-four hits. You can then grab their bodies and hide them in the shadows, or use them to lure or distract other guards. You can sneak behind at least I assume their guards, though they don’t seem to be guarding anything in particular) and use your sword to stab them in the neck, insta-killing them swiftly. There’s also a button dedicated to sneaking, which makes you walk a bit slower so you’ll make less noise.īut unlike most other stealth games, Gloomwood doesn’t encourage you to avoid confrontation – just to do it on your own terms. There’s an image of a moon at the bottom of the screen, which tells you how visible you are – the fuller the moon, the easier you are to spot. You stay low, stick to the shadows, avoid noisy surfaces. All you need to know is that if anyone spots you, they’re going to try and kill you. The demo doesn’t give you any context whatsoever, but you don’t need one. Why am I sneaking around this weird Victorian city? I’m not sure. I snuck around the city streets, avoiding guards or stabbing them in the back with my fancy cane sword. I started playing the demo as I would any other stealth game.

It’s also a game with one, very loud, shotgun. After playing through its recent demo on Steam, though, I’m more convinced it’s a game WITH stealth. Gloomwood is first and foremost a stealth game.

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