A mix of Dark Messiah's combat and Arx's world building and interactivity.
Maps can feel a little convoluted at times and a bit empty, but overall a good time.

Has a lot of potential, I can see the vision. Can't wait to play more. The map design challenges you, the simulationist approach to things gives you opportunities on emergent gameplay. The atmosphere of the maps are great, just make sure you only use torches when you actually need them.

The stats are a bit nebulous sometimes though, requiring trial and error with builds. Search skill seems pretty underutilized, I wish it would also be used for "perception checks" for hidden switches, fake walls, destructible walls, buried chests etc.

Combat feels pretty punchy with solid animations and SFX, but I wish there was a real purpose to the directional attacks.

A couple ideas to add to combat, the first being easier to implement, the other is an unlikely wish:

Add a knock down effect to the player character if they are kicked while out of stamina. Makes running out of stamina more of a detriment to a players defense rather than just their offense (from weaker outgoing attacks).

Locational damage with armor factoring into damage received and deflect chance. This would work well with the directional attacks already in the game. Say the enemy had a helmet, overhead strikes on their head would be greatly nullified. If they had a shield in their left hand, and you swung from the right, you'd circumvent their shield, dealing more damage. Stuff like this would go a long way into improving the melee combat while still retaining the more calculating and thoughtful gameplay I believe the developer is going for.

Keep an eye on this one for sure.

VERY early access. Wait for release. Graphical issues, combat doesn't feel good, things are not explained well or at all, attributes/skills are confusing, inventory is painful, controller support is not fully implemented....etc....etc.... You go around and press left click or F and you will press F probably as much as you left click.

Just wait on this one until release.