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No Place for Bravery is a challenging top-down action RPG with a minimalist pixel art style that will grab your attention from the moment you start to play through the intro segment that gives you a glimpse into what Thorn has gone through. Be sure to interact with all of the white pages you’ll find here and there during your time with the game since they will unlock additional lore for you to review so that you can get a better idea of what has happened before in this world. The difficulty ramps up at a steady pace as you progress through the game, and the choices you make along the way will matter, changing how other interactions play out. No Place for Bravery is out tomorrow on Nintendo Switch at a $19.99 price.

No Place for Bravery es una interesante pieza de orfebrería a la que se le ha querido dar una vuelta de tuerca que no es novedosa, pero aquí tiene el mérito de parecerlo cuando menos. Bajo un paraguas de un precioso arte 2D, en la forma de una aventura de acción, tenemos nada menos que una suerte de Sekiro. Un juego de corte soul like, que va más allá al apelar al combate directo y la falta de aditamentos, como mejoras de nivel de personaje, de armas, magias... para que la lucha calculada y precisa sea lo más vital. Todo embutido en una historia de fantasía, épica, decadencia y paternidad. Mucha ambición desde luego, a la que no siempre se está a la altura. Ritmo y situaciones desiguales, algunos problemas en esa combinación de combate exigente y habilidad, en su propuesta 'action-RPG', sin el RPG. Pero mereciendo con todo la pena para algo más que disfrutar de su trabajadísimo aspecto gráfico y sonoro.

No Place for Bravery surprised me in many ways. When I first started, I was ready for a gory festival of combat with a good story to go along with it. What I got was a beautiful, dark narrative that pushed me to reach the end credits far more than the promise of combat would have. The things I loved most are things I can’t talk about in this review for fear of spoiling the experience - No Place for Bravery feels fantastic to play, and Glitch Factory has created a story that will stick with me for years.

No Place for Bravery è un titolo ambizioso: cerca di proporre tematiche profonde, attinte tra l'altro direttamente dalla vita privata degli sviluppatori, all'interno di un mondo angosciante, nel quale il protagonista è costantemente spinto ad interrogarsi sul senso della fine; attinge a piene mani tutte le meccaniche utili da titoli quali God of War, i vari Souls e The Legend of Zelda; si propone infine come action-RPG (ma è anche più di questo) in due dimensioni, arricchito da una splendida pixel art e da una colonna sonora sinceramente memorabile. Direzione artistica a parte, tuttavia, si fa presto a dimenticare No Place for Bravery, in virtù di un gameplay tanto vario e tecnico quanto poco profondo, di una narrazione suggestiva ma breve e priva di grandi guizzi creativi, e anche di qualche problemino di ottimizzazione. Non parliamo di un brutto videogioco, ma di un prodotto complessivamente appena più che discreto, il quale avrebbe dovuto forse limitarsi a pochi spunti, insistendovi però convintamente. Potrebbe comunque convincervi: del resto, una possibilità non la si nega a nessuno.

Un action-RPG dotato di un'anima peculiare e sanguinosa, ma appesantito da qualche spigolo di troppo riguardo il bilanciamento della difficoltà e la pulizia del codice.

Our No Place For Bravery Review has us in a world where peril awaits on every path through Dewr, a harsh world of ruined beauty and violent tribes. In this game, you must contend with fast-paced battles filled with dodges, parries, and counterattacks. Making mistakes will be punishing and you’ll experience a lingering sense of fragility while facing the dangers of Dewr. Thorn, a retired warrior plagued by nightmares, stumbles on an opportunity for redemption after finding clues to his daughter’s disappearance from long ago. Survive rampant and violent battles in this 2D top-down action RPG, and discover the bone-chilling tale behind Thorn’s odyssey.

It's a shame that No Place for Bravery crumbles under the weight of its ambition. Should the performance and technical issues be fixed, it would become something I could easily recommend. The music, story, and visuals are all wonderfully crafted, and it would be unfortunate if this version ended the final product. Fortunately, it does seem like patches are in the works, but it remains to be seen how much of the above issues are fixed by them. Ultimately, No Place for Bravery is a promising title that may be able to live up to its aspirations with a little more work under the hood.

No Place For Bravery has some real strong points and I really enjoyed the story in particular, but they're counterbalanced by weaker elements within the combat that meant I wasn't really excited by the whole package. It's a decent effort that will kill a few hours, but not much more than that.