Elderborn. The best games of 2020 you can beat in 10 hours

Release date: January 30, 2020
Developer: Hyperstrange
Genre: Dark Souls-inspired FPP hack'n'slash
Average time to beat according to howlongtobeat.com: 6 hours 50 minutes

An interesting FPP mix of Dark Souls with Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. That's Elderborn – a unique hack'n'slash, in which we raze hordes of enemies using all kinds of blades. In the game, we play as a character who defends a fantasy land from the hordes of the mysterious Golden Army. We traverse dungeons, ruins and open spaces, all dominated by somewhat gloomy, ominous visual style.

Elderborn offers extremely dynamic close battles, exclusively with melee weapons. It is also important to use dodges and blocks and the ability to recognize the weaknesses of opponents. These, in turn, present a fairly wide spectrum of enemies to kill, ranging from ordinary bandits, through scorpions, to zombies and other creatures. The somewhat outdated graphics are compensated by a dynamic heavy-metal soundtrack, perfectly matched to the atmosphere of the whole thing.

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Darius Matusiak

Graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Journalism. He started writing about games in 2013 on his blog on gameplay.pl, from where he quickly moved to the Reviews and Editorials department of Gamepressure. Sometimes he also writes about movies and technology. A gamer since the heyday of Amiga. Always a fan of races, realistic simulators and military shooters, as well as games with an engaging plot or exceptional artistic style. In his free time, he teaches how to fly in modern combat fighter simulators on his own page called Szkola Latania. A huge fan of arranging his workstation in the "minimal desk setup" style, hardware novelties and cats.