The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

Forces you to type in level names, but the font is so god awful that I literally cant figure out what they want me to type. Completely stalled out the game for me.

Pretty good game with an interesting concept. It gets pretty hard near the end

The Textorcist is an extremely mixed bag. The concept on paper is fairly brilliant: bullet hell shmup mixed with a typing game. The only problem is, bullet hell shmups are too high octane to involve dodging AND typing, making Texorcist more frustrating than fun. The first few levels are fine, where the bullet patterns are relaxed enough to make it a fun venture, but during the endgame when it goes full Touhou Spell Card bullet hell, not so much. It's far too frustrating to juggle weaving through absurd patterns and going back to typing sentences that aren't often even in English.

Credit given where due: the elaborate exorcisms make for a unique challenge, and it would be fine if it was JUST typing, but when you have to type out long Latin scripture quotes and dodge bullet patterns that would make Marisa run for the hills, it becomes clear why some mixtures just don't work.

Beyond that, there's the story. Ray is not a likable character, he's not even a consistently written one. Sometimes he's vulgar, then melodramatic, and tries to sound tough, but he's just not very likable. Beyond that, the writing is atrocious. There's tons of typos, missing punctuation, and sentences just flow poorly together.

The presentation is impressive. There's gorgeous sprite work, lavish backgrounds, even some cool cutscenes, and I dug a few of the later boss tracks, but overall, the game is just too messy to make it an easy recommendation. If it had a stronger plot and more of a fair gameplay balance, sure, but as is, it's just an interesting experiment to dabble in, then run from. Maybe a job for the real Vatican to handle...

one of the better indie games ive played in awhile, i think indie games should focus on gameplay over writing and i think textorcist excels at that

amen

This game is REALLY fun and has a really unique charm in all aspects. the story is pretty fun to follow, good soundtrack and the hybrid typing mechanics with bullet hell makes for a fun challenge. Humor is just my cup of tea as well.

I will say, this game can be VERY hard so if you like a challenge you may like it. Once you beat the game, you unlock hardcore, in which you fight the suped up versions of each of the bosses with new move and a higher challenge. This is genuinely painful to play, with some of the hardest fights i've ever had in games, primarily speaking about the hardcore variant of the last boss in which I had to discover a cheese method on my own to beat it after 50+ attempts

one major thing to note is that the game by default has you toggle between typing and walking by holding down shift. this feels very annoying to swap between so i HIGHLY reccomend you create a AutoHotKey script to change shift to spacebar for comfort

It's a fun and experimental game, but unfortunately it's best played with both hands on the keyboard and your foot on your controller's thumbstick. Controls are just, awkward.

annoying

I HATE THIS GAME [10/10]

10/10 Legitimately improved my typing ability
10/10 would serenade my wife with the sound of smashing clicky keys long into the night again

hidden gem, hilarious and eccentric characters, some great trash story and a real challenge, all wrapped up by a crazy soundtrack and inspired visuals

good if you use shift controls i like to remap to fesd

Mavis Beacon didn't prepare me for this.

Incredible:
- keyboard only menus
- difficulty
- novelty
- responsiveness
- music

Stopped playing and uninstalled it as you have to go through the tedious interactive cutscenes EVERY TIME you want to challenge a boss.

Morbidware: please allow us to skip straight to a boss. The navigation and scenes are fun the first time but not the fifth.

DON'T... just don't.. first, ask yourself, why in the actual f*** would you ever want to play something like this after a day at work?!
The difficulty of this s*** is extremely hard and punishing, fkin insane!

This is an absurdly hard game that has no right being so difficult. Expect to have much more hours than me.

That said, to enjoy this game, you must be a good typer. As in, 100wpm+ touch-typing multi-tasking good. Unless you're a masochist, of course. Some parts of this game use Latin, so you can't rely on it being only English words.

The game itself is a bullet-hell of epic proportions, even if at times, a bit unfair. Ultimately, I enjoyed it using a mix of the arrow key controls and shift+WASD as required. The story didn't much immerse me but it wasn't particularly bad, and there is post-game content I'm currently in.

The bosses are sometimes poorly balanced, and honestly, the only boss I didn't beat in my first three tries was the one in the Vatican Gardens.

Overall, this is a neat little game, but satisfies a very niche typing - bullet-hell target audience. Just note that the final boss achievement is considered a <10% obtained achievement.

I've never realized how bad of a typist I was until I tried to play this game. I knew how to type, but badly. So badly, that I couldn't get past a very early scene in this game. I started to practice typing again after about 30 or so years, and I quickly became able to keep up with bullet hell and typing heaven!

Perfect bullet hell game if you love typing.

Had a blast!
I was not expecting to type latin scripture during bullet hell.
Very challenging and fun game.

The game was short, but sweet. If they release a sequel I will get it for sure

Probably the best Touhou instalment yet.

cringe

coooooooooooooool

My fingers hurt so much.

Has good humor.

Had to stop before defeating the 3rd boss.

It is not a game for me because I snapped my keyboard in half in frustration.

amen

good game
but it's too hard for me

a very very interesting take on the bullethell genre.

A perfect game for those who love bullet hell and typing games. You play a badass exorcist who tries to quickly read Latin Bible verses while exorcising demons from possessed people. How could it be more unique than this? The game mechanics are also pretty crisp.

Cons:
-Minor bugs: While fighting Enoch Varg, Varg casts a spell on us and forces us to read his vegan black metal lyrics. The game does not input the first letter of those lyrics every time. Also for some reason, the camera zooms in and stays there on the same boss in the final form.
-Lack of achievements: I challenged myself to complete the entire game without making any spelling mistakes, without dropping the book, and yet I did not get any achievements.
-Difficulty level of the game: This game is not for everyone. As someone who types 110+ words per minute, the game was difficult even for me. I can't imagine how someone who isn't very good at typing could finish the game.

very good game

This game is pretty niche. I like typing games and bullet hell games, so it was a no-brainer for me.

I didn't get into the story, but liked the gameplay enough. I think it's a unique blend of 2 genres that I enjoy, so I overall enjoyed it.

It has some frustrating elements, and if I was worse at bullet hells I think this game would probably be very challenging. I lost twice to 1 boss and once to another.

Solid 6.5/10 or so for me. Hard to recommend if you don't like bullet hell games, though.

It's a good game. I think it's pretty original and fun. I thought the final boss was easier than Cardinal.

Enjoyed it!

interesting

Don't Buy it

The first typing-type game, truly unique and revolutionary.

Seriously though, Gost is killing it with the soundtrack. It's phenomenol.

Game could be fun but right now can't recommend because of a game breaking bug that has hard locked me out of continuing the story.
- Eddie Murphy

fuck you matthew

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
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Bullet hell, words per minute typing, exorcist theme, pixel graphics, bitchin' soundtrack. what's not to like?? This game is as tough as nails though and will require a lot of patience and determination. If you like the challenge and enjoy everything i mentioned then you'll love this game. If you are horrible at typing and can't breach a 50 wpm speed this game will kick your ass, or if you don't know how to dodge shit - it's still fun but is also just as frustrating.

If you want something unique, this is the place. Typing has never been so chaotic! :)

Currently stuck with the hardcore version of the vegan metal band lol, Looks super impossible but I am slowly winning hahaha

I've been a sucker for bullethells and THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM OF A GAME...but...

Let's just say, instead of going for Hardcore Bosses, BossRush, collecting all relics, just complete the game once, go for the DLC and have some more fun playng this decently difficult (requiring good hand coordination), but incredibly funny and rewarding experience.
Music, visuals, characters and the story are all on point. The concept itself is also quite unique!

Still, it feels like the devs didn't put much thought into making enjoyable HC Bosses (us endgame players also need some representation!). Double hits (Cardinal shoutout!), absolutely undodgeable projectile spam (including the homing ones!), completely RNG, unbalanced attack patterns and dying in one hit make this more of a "Press R to Restart" button mashing experience, rather than an additional challenge. I've eventually completed it (painstakingly, safe to say), but all of the original love for the Lilith bossfight was irrevocably lost.

Great to improve keyboard typing skills

THIS GAME IS GENIUS! Everything is on point; the story, the gameplay, the music and the art. I am not even that great at typing and I am having so much fun. The dialogue reminds me a bit of Katana Zero. It's a very witty and sarcastic game with intellectual commentary about the world, the church and evil. I give it 10/10.

magda on top

typihg fast hard >:(

I liked it, but I'm decent at touch typing and a bullet hell beginner. ymmv. So many unhappy people in the reviews. I think many come in thinking that this will be a piece of cake - just a test of the typing skills they already posses like other typing games. It won't. It's not that much about typing (although it;s a prerequisite), there's still a game you have to play and you have to adapt (and it's a bit painful for the hands tbh).

Good news is that the game is very generous. Taking a hit with a bible in hand doesn't lower your HP (which you have, 3 hearts) AND gives you iframes. Enough frames to get your bible back and repeat forever most of the time. If you get your bible in time you lose almost nothing.

That doesn't mean it's easy, especially since it's nothing like anything else you have played.

Cons:
1. Wish your bible didn't have to bounce far away when getting hit.
2. When making typing errors, you're penalized for having to retype the previous letter(s).

Overall, enjoyable.

Textorcist - A typing game whilst also being a bullet hell.

If you’ve ever wanted to battle demons while typing like your life depends on it, "The Textorcist" is your game! It’s a chaotic blend of keyboard smashing and ghostly exorcisms that had me laughing and sweating in equal measure. Who knew saving souls could be so hilariously intense?

I have to admit, it got insanely difficult in the later parts of the game. So much so, that I invited my brother over to help me complete the game. I was busy typing while he was busy dodging. We'd have a shot of alcohol every time we'd die. After a couple of deaths, we were thinking this game was the funniest thing since Poop in my Soup.

This game is impossible to play on a laptop. You have to use the arrow keys to dodge bullet hell while trying to type out a sentence. And if you lose your book you have to start over again. I couldn't get through the first fight. I can type like a madman but I am not that coordinated.

Incredible concept, just that i can't feel my right hand anymore.
Difficulty wise, it's pretty challenging especially towards the end sequence, i hate how so many Latin words has the letter I in them, had to reach out to the other side of my keyboard with my left hand to write those words while dodging bullets with my right hand.
Would say it's worth it, it will really test your capabilities on multitasking.

Pretty sure I sounded like I was the one possessed with how i was mumbling words to myself trying to spell them.

Worth every penny.