Berserker Girl: The Absolute Ultimate Test of 2.5D Action Glory or Oblivion

Hello everyone. Today we’re looking at Berserker Girl, a 2.5D side-scrolling action game scheduled to unleash itself on August 11, 2025. And “unleash” may be the right word – because based on this description, we’re either getting a lean, mean, platform-swinging machine… or the gaming equivalent of a half-cooked steak served in a dimly-lit diner that insists it’s “atmospheric.”

The Premise – Amnesia, Otherworldly Realms, and a King of All

Our heroine wakes up in a strange, otherworldly dimension – because of course she does – and promptly sets off to find the so-called King of All. Apparently, this enigmatic chap holds the key to sending her home. Along this roadtrip through someone’s fever dream, she’s tangling with shadowy nasties, platforming across surreal landscapes, and piecing together a narrative that oscillates between “beautiful” and “broken.” Yes, the amnesia trope is back, folks – you didn’t ask for it, but the narrative surgeon keeps transplanting it into every new action game as if it’s a vital organ.

Gameplay – Tight, They Claim

• ⚔️ Fast-paced, responsive combat and challenging platforming – Always a bold claim until you feel the input lag and cry yourself to sleep.
• 📘 Story progression through visual novel dialogue – Nothing says “fast-paced” quite like clicking through 20 dialogue boxes of existential pondering.
• 🧊 3D models in a 2.5D style – A lovely buzzword parade that can either mean “stylish and immersive” or “janky PlayStation 2 cutscene.”
• 👁️ Hidden lore scattered about – For players who enjoy replaying levels just to find that one diary page where a tree talks about sadness.

This blend of side-scrolling combat and visual novel narrative could either be an interesting hybrid or a mechanical Frankenstein with mismatched limbs. The combat being “fast-paced” is nice, but we’ve all seen too many games where “fast-paced” means “rush it out before anyone notices the AI forgot how to block.”

Worldbuilding – Surreal Meets Soft Rabbit

The developers – HyperSoftMongsilSoftware – apparently drew inspiration from a very soft rabbit named Mongsil. Cute. But I can’t help wondering if this is just a smokescreen for something more sinister. Just picture it: somewhere in the warren of gaming, a cabal of soft rabbits pulling puppet strings, deciding which mechanics make the cut. Why else would hidden lore be scattered in places no sane person would think to look?

The world is described as atmospheric and mysterious, which is great if it means it’ll make me feel like I’ve walked straight into a finely crafted dream… but not so great if it feels like I’ve wandered into a half-finished Unity project illuminated by one flickering light source.

System Requirements – Or, “We Honestly Don’t Know”

The additional notes literally admit the developer doesn’t actually know the requirements. That’s like your doctor shrugging halfway through heart surgery and saying, “Eh, I think that vein’s optional.” As a gamer, I appreciate honesty – but when your minimum specs look suspiciously like your recommended specs with a few vitamins thrown in, I start to wonder if there’s any QA happening at all.

The Verdict

Berserker Girl could – in theory – be a solid entry in the overloaded indie action-platformer genre. It has potential in its combat-platforming fusion, and the mysterious atmosphere could work well if executed with consistency and polish. But right now, this all reads as a collection of bullet points that sound good in a Steam description but collapse under the weight of reality – a bit like claiming your RPG has a “living world” when the NPCs just walk in circles ignoring the apocalypse.

We’ll see if it holds together when it launches. For now? I’m suspicious, cautiously interested, and preparing my medkit for the inevitable fall damage.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is entirely my opinion.

Article source: Berserker Girl, https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853640/Berserker_Girl/