Iesabel

Bee War-Ned...
Doo Not Buy...
Tiz Too Bad...

Despite the countless glitches like some of the maps being offset slightly from the actual GUI surroundings, and the in-town personal stash deleting items you attempt to store away, the gameplay itself is half-way decent. At least your laptop won't overheat [shrugs]. The intra-dialogue attitude problems between characters and NPCs is quite comical lol.

For the life of me, I don't know where all the negative feedback for this game is coming from. It was a fairly unremarkable Diablo clone, but there was nothing particularly bad about it. It was a decent enough mobile port, the controls were not bad at all, it had interesting enemies, and was at least average. I enjoyed it and finished it without any issue. Are there better games out there? Sure, but not for five dollars. Give it a shot. If you liked Diablo you should enjoy this. I liked it.

I do not understand all the negativity directed towards this game. Iesabel in not a sequel to Diablo LOD, it's just yet another simple hack'n'slash game, and it slightly resembles Diablo. The same resemblance would bear Sacred, Beyond Divinity, Divine Divinity, Titan Quest and loads of games. Why you're hating Iesabel for your own broken expectations?
It is small game with good gameplay, with some minor collision issues and couple of cheevos got broken. Otherwise it is pretty solid game for its price. Got it on sale -90% OFF - it's a steal.
Game works nice on Debian 9, no issues whatsoever. recommended for fans of old school RPGs and Diablo alike games, but don't put your hope high. It is small. cheap game, not intended to compete with Diablo. Don't buy it to give neg review because it is not a Diablo.

Overall a bad imitiation of a Diablo like game. The gameplay is alright. Controls are a bit awkward. Takes a little to get used to. Eg, aiming is not very accurate and requires you offset your cursor from the enemies a bit. Many of the graphics are too dark to see correctly and much of the UI needs some fine tuning to look more polished. Story is bland and voice acting even worse. If you really love hack n slashes then this may be worth a couple bucks. Otherwise go for Torchlight if you want a Diablo alternative.

Not as bad as they say. Once you get the hang of the game and, in my case, turn on the mini-map, the game becomes a lot of fun to play. I just wish I could go back an Act to complete all of the unfinished quests. :(

I bought this game after reading the reviews and thinking, "How bad can they really screw up an ARPG game?" I mean, its just point and click to move around and attack things. Not much more depth to these games than that.

Needless to say, I was shown exactly how you can screw it up by playing this game for 30 minutes.

1. Bad controls
2. Bad graphics
3. No video options
4. Horrible voice acting
5. interface looks like its from 1993
6. Animations are pretty bad
7. Combat is horribly slow, like its running at half the speed it should be.

If this game is the project of a couple of college students trying to pass game design 101, then congrats. This game just screams amature. It feels very unpolished, and I couldnt bring myself to play it another minute, despite only having played it for 30.

This game could be recommended if on sale, as it's fair way to pass the time if you're bored... or you've exhausted all the GOOD top-down ARPG options (series like Diablo, Dungeon Siege, Torchlight etc).

It has a few redeeming qualities - there's great music that creates a unique ambience. It also has some nifty, unexpected physics effects that add a bit more visual flair. The GUI (HUD, menus etc.) has some nice moments for a budget/indie game, with a pleasant aesthetic (jagged & illegible text aside).

Unfortunately, this game is a mobile port, and it clearly shows in the lack of polish and exciting content. I could imagine playing this on the bus on the way to work... but as a fully-fledged PC gaming experience, it falls significantly short of the competition. For that reason $15 USD (at time of purchase) may be asking too much, when there are similar experiences of higher overall quality for a lower price out there.

The basic combat is unresponsive, which too often results in awkward, unenjoyable experiences. Combat being the bread & butter of the game, this quickly becomes tiresome.
Its character designs are often poor, or just bland, and the quality of their models match this. And the animations of all of this is APPAULINGLY amatuer. This makes the game incredibly dull, rendering the world's inhabitants devoid of any personality or energy.

While the music is good, the sound assets are a joke, and have that overall "canned" feeling: terrible voice acting and sloppy effects. On the user experience side of the UI, there's a lot of work that could be done. Navigating the game's interface often feels unintuitive And there's very few in-game graphics options, with the absence of features like AA being particularly noticeable.

★★✰✰✰

I am writting this review because I see it on sale. This is a negative review. This game is bad. I really did try to like it. It just feels broken. The controls feel broken, the skills are unbalanced. I only played a few hours. I just did not want to try anymore. It just wasnt worth it to me. Grim Dawn, Path of Exile, just so many more out there that are really good. This feels like a lazy port. It fooled me because the video and store page made it look so good. Im giving this review to help my steam friends stay away from it. Also it helps me to really study before I get another unknow game.

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Rules tell me to be polite while writing a review for this game, and I'll try. It's very hard to do. This game is what you call PURE EVIL. When you love action RPGs like Titan Quest or Diablo, you go and make something like Path of Exile or Grim Dawn. But when you see those games getting support and want some too while doing especially nothing, you make Iesabel. This game is not just bad. It's one of the worst I played, and from my profile you can see I play a lot. I also had PS1 back there and PS4 now, plus Wii U and 3DS. I never seen such a catastrophy of a game.

The worst thing in Iesabel is the controls - and I can't explain it, it just feels broken. Your character moves whenever he or she wants, and you cant realize, what's blocking your path, because ground texture is like... I dont want to use the s-word here, but this is perfect analogy. Graphics is unappealing to say the least. Character progression is broken too - skills are not only stupid, but unbalanced.

Just do yourself a favour and dont support this kind of lazy "indie" developers. They should be punished, not supported.

***

Эта игра просто отвратительна, я давно не встречал ничего подобного. Когда кто-то пытается лениво склонировать Диабло и постричь денег на популярном некогда и переживающем второе рождение благодаря играм вроде Grim Dawn и Path of Exile жанре, получается нечто плохое. Но Иезабель - это не просто нечто плохое, это НАТУРАЛЬНОЕ ЗЛО.

Играть в эту игру просто нереально. Управление уничтожает любые попытки получить хоть какое-то удовольствие. Ваш персонаж движется как марионетка на веревочке, а уж какп рименять скиллы... Это даже не буду комментировать - это надо самому прочувствовать, НО НЕ СТОИТ. Более того, скиллы ужасны и несбалансированы, а количество персонажей то ли пока, то ли до определенного момента в игре равно ДВУМ, что не дает даже надежды на разнообразие. И, повторюсь, подбор навыков у этих двух классов уныл.

Словом, ни в коем случае не поддерживайте этих лентяев.

I'm generally VERY accomodating to most games. This game compelled someone who does not write reviews for Steam to write one, and unfortunately not for a positive reason.

Pros:
-Interesting concept

Cons:
-UI and overall presentation are awful to the point of near unplayability
-Bug ridden
-Poor introduction
-Broken game mechanics

Actually I could list 20 or more reasons to avoid this game. Please, don't waste your time on this.

Okay, first of all, I get it; This is a low budget, independent attempt to create an Action RPG exclusive for mobile devices and they've ported it to PC Platforms to widen their audience. Major kudos for people who put effort in this game, I really mean it. But, you see, when you develop a game or even any software on mobile devices, there's not much of an expectation because of the nature of mobile devices; Yet, when you port a particular piece of software that is designed to run on mobile devices, to PC Platforms, you raise the expectation bar pretty high. That's purely because a PC is much more stronger and a lot more customizable.

Now, why did I buy this game? Because I had a couple of bucks to spare and it was available on Linux - which is pretty much the biggest selling point for me, as we don't have many Action RPG titles. And, sadly, we still don't have that many good titles as they have on Windows.

I've read many comments and reviews about this game before buying it and I've realized that the game was in worse condition than this, as this is a PC Port. I can clearly see that they've made quite the UI Improvements, comparing to the Mobile Version of this game; Which is a good way to go but they should've made this happen at the time they were porting the game to PC. This is the main cause of the early negative user reviews and they are right, unfortunately, still the game's User Interface is pretty much useless and is still suffering from touch screen features.

So, there are porting problems but what about the actual game? - If you're a Hardcore ARPG Player, you will be disappointed. The game is painfully easy and has many design flaws; Not to mention bad controls. Playing this game with a mouse as a Witch, for me, was quite painful. That's why I don't use mouse, I use my keyboard to control my character and use my abilities; and again, since it's designed for mobile devices, you have the Option to turn on or off auto-targetting. - Which is ironically the best feature this game has because it's poorly designed for a Ranged Character.

Graphics aren't that bad. Not a challange, compared to other titles like Path of Exile, Grim Dawn or Diablo III. But it's okay; Not many ARPG fans do actually care about the graphics, rather than optimization of the game to allow players play the game at a higher level of smoothness and frame rates. - So far, I haven't encountered such a problem. Kudos for that.

I loved the Soundtrack. OST is probably the best thing about this game and it's pretty good, you may or may not agree with me. - It gets a bit too repetitive, though. Voiceacting will seem decent to a point. But, yeah, you'll get annoyed by it anyway. And, again, it's a low-budget game, I wouldn't use this as an argument. I understand.

Controls are.. well, not optimal. - As long as you bind your skills to the letters around your "S" key, which is the default Auto-Attack bind for the game, you're good to go. You really don't need to play this game with a mouse. Playing the game with numbers 6-9 is pointless, at least for me. - One other thing that will majorly bug people who'll choose to play this game as a Witch, when your enemy is near you; Your character will start Melee your enemy if you're using your Default Attack. Needless to say, it's weak and will most likely get you killed.

There's absolutely nothing interesting about Characterization and Building up your character. It's pretty generic and quite dull. - Story, so far, is too cliche. Storytelling is weak. Dialogs are badly written and you really won't care about the Lore, when your screen is filled with Character Dialogs, talking about nonsense. - It could be developed better. But, yeah, I don't think this is their selling point anyway, since it's a freaking Action RPG for Mobile Devices.

I really don't want to be harsh. But, again, when you port your game to PC, you'll raise the expectations and when those expectations could not be feed with proper features, your game will get downvoted for many many reasons.

But, let me be honest, I've had good time with this game. and the ability to play an Action RPG on Linux is always a good thing for me. Yet, this game looks undone. That's why I will not Recommend this game. - Until the development provide the proper fixes to the gameplay, this isn't a game that worths its initial price. But from a discount, yeah, maybe. If you have time to spare or don't expect that much, you might entertain yourself for hours, just to beat the game and get some achievements.

Iesabel might be a wasted potential. I'll never know. But I hope they learn from their mistakes and develop better games for PC. - Again, thanks for porting your game to Linux. It means a lot.

This game is really poor. It's an action RPG, like Diablo or Torchlight, but with very poor controls, cruddy graphics, and very little to like. I gave it about two hours and finally decided it's more painful than fun to play.

NO MULTIPLAYER.. WE WERE RIPPED OFF BY FALSE ADVERTISING!!

Bought a few copies so my friends and I could play together.. the multiplayer is diabled by the developers since January 2014.. yet its still listed as multiplayer in steam and on the developers website.

And the voice acting is absolute garbage.. so bad that singleplayer isn't even fun.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. I am going to say that again, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Not at full price. Not at half price. Not for a quarter of the price. DO NOT EVEN BUY THIS GAME FOR 90% OFF. Since this game was on sale for $1.49 at 90% off, I figured why the hell not buy it for myself and a couple of friends. It's $1.49! It has multiplayer! Surely this would scratch our itch for a dungeon crawler. Sadly, it didn't. I can't say whether the game is bad or not. I refuse to play it. What I can tell you is that if you intend on purchasing this for the multiplayer, DO NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE. I only paid $1.49 for this game, $4.47 if you the two gift copies I purchased. I absolutely regret it. The multiplayer in this game DOES NOT WORK. Not online, not with LAN. Seriously. It doesn't work at all, and if you read around the forums it doesn't look like it ever has. Don't make the mistake I did and assume that this game is worth a dollar. It isn't. The worst part is that even though the store page is a blatant lie and laden with misinformation, I'm not likely to get a refund.

Buggy, clunky, and lacking in depth. This is one of the few Hack 'n' Slash games I have tried that I never bothered to finish.

Sad that they never bothered to fix this. Absolutely one of the worst ARPG's I have ever played, if not the worst. I really tried to finish it in spite of its bugs, clunkiness, and shallowness; I just couldn't manage to do so.

I've tried to like this game but it simply has flaws. tons of them.

What exactly is lesabel?
An action-rpg like diablo or torchlight.

What are the major flaws?
Starting with the lack of mouse-over-information on many icons, over a missing stats screen (I can't even see the benefits of skilling dexterity since there aren't any stats like dmg/s, accuracy, block%, etc.), horrible voice acting (barbarian sound like a thirteen old trying to make his voice darker), flaws in questdesign (many quests aren't even listed - f.e. witch in swamps who needs ingredients - ingredients weren't listed there. gave her something random. she was bitching around. quest failed. wtf?), tons of clipping issues (prepare to get stuck (had to restart) between fences or to bump in everything), a pretty lame combat system with no autoattack and a confusing healthbar where you can't tell if you have 100% or 80% health and there are only 2 classes - barbarian and witch.

What are the minor flaws?
The menues overall seem to be unfinished - icons look pretty bad. There are only few color indicators for equipment, like a missing red color for gear you can't equip. The german translation is googletranslate + hasn't been translated at all - very bad job, really - if you can't get this done well stick to english but don't give us a sh*tty translation.
Well, and the graphics itself are ok, nothing more. Flora looks nice, enemies and main character have good animations. Some NPCs look like ps1-era, nevertheless.

What did I like?
The music and style overall. It's like a dark diablo with ambient music. Even though I haven't tried alchemy and other crafting skills due the lack of information overall there are many different ingredients like berries and enemy drops to collect for potions, scrolls and other things.

Overall:
I can't recommend this game after playing it for almost 2 hours. The flaws were killing my motivation within the played time to bottom zero.

Disclaimer: I've played diablo 2 for more than 1.000 hours. Titan Quest almost 200 hours. Torchlight 1 100% achievements. I know and like the genre but this game - sorry, no.

Finaly after latest patch I can recommend this game.

There are still some small bugs like a health bar or some other minor bugs, but in general game is quite good. Graphic is quite good, story also not bad. I'm glaad to say that after update game is finally playable and brings a lot of joy.

The game is definately a low-end Diablo-style game. But then, for a $15 price-point, I would NOT expect a high end game (with a notable exception of Van Helsing!). As other reviewers stated, there are lots of minor bugs and the voice acting is so flat that it is terrible.

When it works, the game can be fun and there does appear to be a good story in the background. The main problem was that there were times when a dialog box was supposed to appear and you are supposed to be shown some text from the story but when that dialog box didnot appear, the game was stuck. You couldn't do anything except CRTL-ALT-DEL to quit the game. That bug has since been fixed in a recent update.


User interface: 6/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 6/10 (too dark for my tastes)
Sound: 5/10 (music is repetitive)
Story: 7/10
Voice acting: 3/10
Stability: 9/10 (the game never crashed, but it did lock up numerous times before a recent fix; havent played since)
English: 6/10 (numerous small English mistakes. Some actully seem to add atmosphere, though; e.g., Conan the Barbarian)

sadly, can't recommend :(
BUGS BUGS BUGS!!!
inventory glitches, equipment issues, item selection seriously broken,
cut scenes/dialog that freezes, no tutorial, bad voice overs, ... etc etc etc.
graphics are decent 7/10
Audio (music) is o.k. 7/10
story had potential but contradicts itself 6/10
combat is unimaginative, repetative, unbalanced 6/10
UI/Interface is adequate, barely 6/10

This game is a bit rough, that much is true. But I'm having a lot of fun with Iesabel, and that's all I'm asking from a game. This is a fun dungeon crawler in the vein of Diablo III or Titan Quest. Indeed, it has a rough translation and some fairly awkward menus to grind through, especially when managing resolutions. Plus only two characters for use is kinda a step back, even compared to Diablo 1.

But I'm giving this game some leeway, due to the fact it started out as an iPad/iPhone mobile game. On those devices, this game is a freaking dynamo; it's easily one of the most deep 'hardcore' games on mobile devices. When ported to the PC, it faces much more competition, especially as deeper and higher budget. But I think that this game holds up well.

Whether you can forgive this game's roots and see it for what it is - that's for you to decide. For the price (I paid twelve bucks for it) I say go for it. It's surprisingly in-depth and really feels at home on a PC. Totally worth the price. Thumbs up.