The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot is a very fitting name for the Dark Messiah of Might and Magic-inspired sandbox action game by solo developer Stéphane Le Roy. You sure do a lot of kicking: punting enemies off cliffs, booting their weapons out of their hands, and even lobbing barrels at them.
But there's a lot more going on than just kicking. After playing the demo for myself, it's got the bones of an immersive sim, letting you interact with just about anything to take out enemies—or avoid them—in a myriad of ways.
There's direction-based melee combat, letting you attack from specific angles, disarm enemies, and block. You can do stealth, which actually takes shadows into account, and you can create distractions or hide in barrels to pass by unseen. Hell, you can relive your Skyrim stealth archer fantasies if you'd like. There's even a magic system where you can blast enemies with different elements, create traps, infuse weapons, or even mind-control guards into walking off cliffs.
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