Profane
by Aethyna
Nov 26, 2019 |
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Adventure , Bullet Hell , CompetitivePlatforms:
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Alternative Software Profane is a hardcore bullet-hell game where you’ll battle challenging bosses in arenas in hopes of finding the source of the corruption that has gripped your tribe and cleansing it to save your people. The game has a pretty high skill ceiling and can be quite unforgiving but this makes every victory you earn so much sweeter! Play Now Similar Games Played
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Summary
Profane is a hardcore bullet-hell game where you’ll battle challenging bosses in arenas in hopes of finding the source of the corruption that has gripped your tribe and cleansing it to save your people. The game has a pretty high skill ceiling and can be quite unforgiving but this makes every victory you earn so much sweeter!
Plotline
Profane is set in a world called Eonora created by a being with the power of a thousand suns. This being also created life which it deems need controlling, and hence, it split its powers and put them into 7 Herald masks and gave these masks to the living vessels it created to use. Every one of the masks found a bearer, except one.
Unfortunately, the powerful bearers eventually became corrupted with greed and craved more power. A war between the Heralds erupted, but despite being pretty much equally matched, there was one rogue Herald who managed to defeat a few other Heralds and claimed their power as his own. The tribes living on the world became worried about the rogue Herald’s seemingly never-ending thirst for conquest and they decided that they had to put an end to his spree.
They managed to seal the rogue Herald deep within an ancient temple and despite the continuing battle between the Heralds which were considerately done far away from any civilizations, peace returned to the common folk of Eonora. However, this is not the end.
A mysterious corruption seemingly sprouted from the depths of the world and everything begins to die. Like before, the tribes had to unite, put their heads together and try to figure out a solution, but the temple at which they’ve congregated was a trap set up by the locked-up rogue Herald, probably as an action of revenge. It’s not mentioned how the rogue Herald managed to set up the trap though. Anyway, everybody basically got wiped out and the corruption spread its tendrils across the land unhindered.
However, there’s an island tribe that’s apparently blissfully unaware of all the conflict on the mainland. But like all good things, it is about to come to an end. The corruption has started encroaching into their island. A young adventurer from the tribe decided to take it upon himself to set off to the mainland to find a cure to the sickly corruption that has taken hold of his people.
It’s a pretty hopeless cause… that is until he heard the call of the forgotten Herald; the one that didn’t get a bearer. The Herald mask is willing to accept him as its bearer and together, they will have to face the corruption and its source, head-on.
The storyline in Profane is, in reality, a lot more confusing than what I’ve laid out here; it just doesn’t really make much sense and rely a lot on you to fill in the gaping holes in its story with your own imagination. Thankfully, Profane is a game that should be known more for its gameplay rather than the story so this issue isn’t exactly a big deal.
Gameplay
Now, Profane is a very challenging bullet-hell game where you battle various bosses in an arena (limited space to run around in) and hence, a lot of the gameplay involves quickly learning how a boss ticks, and figuring out how to avoid or counter the boss’s abilities. All bosses in this game also come in multiple stages so even if you’ve learned how to get through the first stage, you might still get mauled by the second stage, mainly because you are caught off-guard.
That being said, if you managed to do everything you must at an almost perfect percentage, you would be able to finally take down the boss and unlock the next boss fight (there are tons of them; every one more unique than the last)… but of course, this is easier said than done!
Even at the very beginning, the game doesn’t give you any illusions that it’s not a hardcore game; it is, through and through! The tutorial boss is enough to whip any slacker into shape since you can’t let your attention wander even a little here. Fights are fast, intense and can be incredibly hectic once the screen starts to fill up with seemingly hundreds of projectiles that intend on doing your character harm.
Profane also comes with a rather unique “health system”, by which I mean your character doesn’t have any health bar at all. Instead, every boss fight comes with a timer and your character’s health is basically the timer as well. In other words, you’ll keep losing health as you battle the boss because the timer will gradually tick down to 0, but you’ll lose even more health if you get hit by a projectile or the boss itself.
Furthermore, although you’ll battling these tough and challenging bosses alone, you will still have access to a selection of up to 4 abilities that you can customize before heading into battle. Abilities require “fuel” to use and you can get that mana-like orbs by simply dealing damage – they are random drops but the drop rate seems pretty okay so far. However, note that you’ll get to unlock a total of 10 abilities and every ability you equip will cost you time.
The map of the arena you’ll be battling in is deviously designed as well. Why do I say so? Well, the edges of the maps often have little alcoves that are sheltered by obstacles like rocks and stuff which, I’m convinced, are designed to trap the unwary. Due to this, it’s important to check where you’re running to as you dodge projectiles and shoot some projectiles of your own.
I also should mention that although the controls respond well and work incredibly smoothly, which is crucial in a game like this, it seems like if you’re playing the game on the old keyboard and mouse, you might be at a slight disadvantage. The positions of the keys (Numbers 1 to 4) you’ll need to use for your abilities are placed in an inconvenient manner and that is including the fact that you already have to use different sets of controls – one (WASD) for movement and one (arrow keys; to shoot in different directions) for shooting projectiles.
Plus, the game doesn’t respond to the numbers on the Numpad (num lock’s on), which would have been a pretty good alternative. Thus, I would recommend playing this game with controllers if you have them. If you don’t, you might need to rebind the keys to something more comfortable for you. Not to mention, it’d be nice for the game to “save” our ability selections. I’ve noticed that I had to equip the same ability before heading into battle every time I die and return to the “hub”.
Community
Profane is a single-player-only game and doesn’t offer any multiplayer options, including a co-op mode. Personally, I think the game would have benefitted from offering online 2-person co-op mainly because of how tough the game is to play.
Graphics/ Sound
The graphics in this game are pretty amazing, as long as you don’t get fooled by its cute appearance – the game is a lot more brutal in reality. Love the boss and arena designs as well. The sounds are fantastic here too, but I think it’s a real pity that the game didn’t include voice acting for the story intro. It would have mixed well with the wonderful background music.
Conclusion
Profane is definitely an aptly-titled game since the game can be relentless and punishing, which may or may not result in blurting out some form of profanity as you play. Besides the high skill ceiling, the somewhat confusing storyline, and the not-ideal default controls for keyboard and mouse players, the game is exceptionally well-made, has some pretty cool graphics and animations, and features a ton -and I do mean a ton- of unique bosses that will definitely challenge you.
So, if you love playing bullet-hells and would like a challenge, Profane is one game you’ll want to keep your eye on!
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