Watching the trailer for Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic during the Frosty Games Fest, my first thought was of . Then the combat started and I remembered . But overall, I was reminded of the psychedelic historical movie . If it's not clear, these are all top-notch things to bring to mind.
Another surprise came in the combat, where it switches from first-person roaming like you're in the Elder Scrolls to [[link]] first-person menu combat like you're in Phantasy Star. And as well as the usual options to cast spells or attack, there's an option to talk to the monsters. Maybe this daemon would like to chat about the weather, or about metal? Yeah, OK. Let's see how the burning daemon Avnas feels about metal.
Talking birds are another recurring feature in the first area of Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic, and when I talked one of them out of combat by bringing up the Bible, then collected my XP (ending a fight by chatting still nets you points), that was when I decided maybe I should put this demo aside. Not because I wasn't enjoying it, but because I was enjoying it too much. This is a game I want to experience in full when it's done ("coming soon"), rather than in thin prosciutto slices.
If you want to try the demo for Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic you [[link]] can find it on or . There are arm daemons you can ask about strength who talk like Renaissance gym bros. It's great.