Fall of Light
Fall of Light takes the player into a dark world, where an old warrior leads his daughter towards the last remnants of sunlight. Only together will they be strong enough to defeat the enemies born from the…
Fall of Light is an adventure developed by RuneHeads, released 28 September 2017 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Fall of Light is
Fall of Light is an adventure game developed by RuneHeads and released in 2017. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
As Nyx, an old, retired warrior, evade the Shadows and find your way through the crooked corridors of gloomy dungeons, navigate the treacherous pathways of the darkened overworld and fight emissaries of darkness in long-forgotten temples. Many puzzles and deadly traps stand between you and your goal – to bring your daughter Aether to the last place on the face of Earth that still sees light.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 23 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Fall of Light holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and GeForce GTX560 Ti 1GB VRAM or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Fall of Light launched on 28 September 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Official trailer
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