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Lucah: Born of a Dream
A top-down hack-and-slash where Lucah must fight to reclaim their identity from the grasp of the Nightmare monsters that inhabit the dream-like land. Lucah: Born of a Dream features a hand-drawn surrealist artstyle and contains heavy themes relating to organized religion, queerness and suppression of one's identity through indoctrination.
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15 reviews found90
Switch Atlantic
Jul 8, 2019
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RPG Site
Aug 27, 2018
Lucah: Born of a Dream is a breathtaking adventure filled with well-crafted characterization that doesn't pull any punches in what is otherwise a linear experience. In delivering a very haunting atmosphere with an oftentimes depressing narrative that features multiple endings to unlock. Thanks to its esoteric world design and a satisfying combat system that gives you plenty of room to customize to your liking, this is one game I would highly recommend checking out.
85
Digital Chumps
Jul 9, 2019
Lucah: Born of a Dream is a neon crash of allusive storytelling, deliberate top-down combat, and distressed, manic ambience. Its indirect means of expression risks losing the player in its internal contradictions—it’s hysterical and tender, it’s demanding and soothing—but tenacious pandemonium is also its objective. Lucah: Born of a Dream seeks an audience that can relate to its world without needing to make explicit sense of its features.
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Nintendo Life
Jul 7, 2019
We’re aware that screenshots of Lucah: Born of a Dream really don’t do the game justice. That aesthetic is going to put off some potential new players, but look past the purposefully jagged looks and there’s something far more palatable beneath. With its slick and deep combat system and the unashamedly bleak nature of its allegorical story, Lucah uses its visuals to help bolster its unique identity and stand apart amid considerable RPG company on Nintendo Switch. Sure, it can be a little frustrating to navigate in places, but it’s a small price to pay for the elements that shine bright elsewhere in the darkness.
80
Killa Penguin
Jul 1, 2019
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Pure Nintendo
Aug 9, 2019
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SwitchRPG
Jul 6, 2019
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Video Chums
Jul 3, 2019
Lucah: Born of a Dream manages to accomplish what few indie games do by being both action-packed and mysteriously engaging.Lucah: Born of a Dream gameplay video → Dandy Dungeon Review Switch ★★★☆☆ Onion Games brings another one of their games to Switch in the form of the incredibly silly Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada. Dandy Dungeon stars Yamada, an aspiring game developer whose ambitions get the best of him as he pours his life into creating a silly puzzle-like dungeon crawler.
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Fextralife
Jul 16, 2019
A very fun 2D brawler with a striking art style, marred with an interesting story told very badly. Between the custom combos, the scoring system, and the hard optional dungeon there is a lot here for $15.
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Switch Player
Aug 22, 2019
Lucah: Born of a Dream is a ZX Spectrum-looking, Dark Souls-esque beat-em-up that is visually striking. The beat-em-up elements are strong, though its insistence on sticking to the Dark Souls formula brings the whole experience down, and feels out of place.
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