I’ll admit it—I wasn’t paying much attention to The Relic: First Guardian when it first appeared on my radar. Another dark fantasy action RPG? Another game people immediately compared to Dark Souls? That happens every month. Then I watched extended gameplay, dug into the mechanics, and started reading developer interviews and community discussions. That’s when…
The Relic: First Guardian surprised me more than almost any action RPG released in recent years. I jumped into it expecting another Souls-inspired adventure with familiar mechanics, but after several hours I realized Project Cloud Games wasn’t interested in copying the formula—they wanted to bend it. Instead of chasing experience points or endlessly farming levels,…
The moment I saw The Relic: First Guardian, I knew it wasn’t going to be another forgettable Souls-like chasing trends. The ruined world of Arsiltus immediately caught my attention, and after digging through the game’s systems, technical details, and PC implementation, I became even more curious about how it would translate to Valve’s handheld. That’s…
