Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death

Steam Deck Verified

Zootfly · Action · Sep 20, 2013

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $4.99. It has been as low as $0.99.

90%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 131 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 101 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- hilarious end of the story
131 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Onto the gameplay, you've got all of the Hack & Slash basics handled nicely. 4 weapons, 4 magic abilities, diozens of combos and a simple and easy to follow progression system (you upgrade your weapons/abilities and through that also gain extra health/mana respectively).
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Not only that - but the art-direction + technical graphics are surprisingly actually good here, as well.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- good voice acting
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Marlow's non-stop barrage of action feels fantastic in the controls department with an XBox 360 Controller, playing and feeling very similar to the Darksiders series - which is fantastic!
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Sure, this is the most Unreal Engine 3 game ever made, but it runs perfectly on Steam Deck and likely all low-end PCs.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters131 reviews
Gameplay64 reviews
Graphics54 reviews
Audio31 reviews
Controls15 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Optimization6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat101 reviews
89%
Crashes29 reviews
72%
Difficulty20 reviews
100%
Bugs11 reviews
64%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $4.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
29
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.