There are two main things to know about Absolver: it's visually gorgeous, and its combat will ask more of you than most other games would dare. The game’s “combat deck” system lets players stack up ...

“Absolver puts players behind the mask of a Prospect, who has taken a sacred vow and chosen to join the Absolvers, an elite corps of combatants fighting to maintain stability in the world. Prospects ...

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Indie publishing label Devolver Digital have had a bunch of hits, from the super successful Hotline Miami to their "top selling and best reviewed game," The Talos Principle. It looks like the ...

Devolver Digital and Sloclap's Absolver has been doing pretty well since launch, and to make that even more obvious, the game has gotten a nifty 3-v-3 multiplayer update. Because the update comes to ...

I hesitate to call Absolver a fighting game. There’s nothing flashy, showy, or particularly fantastical about it; it’s just a character action game with incredibly strong presentation ad a brutal, ...

Almost every action game has melee combat. I’ve mashed on the square button thousands of times while playing God of War to mindlessly rip through enemies,. It’s satisfying on a very basic level, but ...

Absolver is a game about martial arts, but it also follows many of the philosophies inherent to martial arts — especially the concept of focus. Developed by Sloclap, a team composed of former Ubisoft ...

When Absolver opens, the player character puts on a mask. The mask is featureless, and apparently binding—a magical means of tying the protagonist to a new identity and task. They are to become a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. When I demoed Absolver at E3 2016, the control I had over how I fought was the most impressive part of the game. You personalize your character by ...

There are two main things to know about Absolver: it's visually gorgeous, and its combat will ask more of you than most other games would dare. The game’s “combat deck” system lets players stack up ...