Review: Hellpoint is inspired, but fails to live up to its own expectations

[Windows Central]

This is a game that gets in its own way.
A few months ago, I had the chance to check out a preview for Hellpoint, a game that took obvious inspirations from Dead Space and Dark Souls. I came away mostly optimistic since I love the Souls-like genre, sci-fi horror, and indie games.
I even went so far as to say, "it might end up being one of the better titles in this sub-genre." I stand by my assessment at the time; however, I would like to retract that statement as a whole. As fate would have it, I was proven wrong — Hellpoint is not one of the better examples of an excellent Souls-like, and it saddens me to say so.

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