Fans Say Nacon’s Latest Game ‘Hell Is Us’ Is “Tragically Overlooked”

Hell Is Us is a third-person action-adventure game set in the fictional, war-torn country of Hadea. Players take on the role of Rémi, a U.N. Peacekeeper who deserts his post to return to his homeland, which has been ripped apart by a brutal civil war and overrun by supernatural horrors following a mysterious calamity.

The game was released on September 4 and has received mixed reactions from players, with most comparing its performance unfavorably to that of Hollow Knight: Silksong, which was also released on the same day.

Fan Opinions

In a Reddit post under the r/gaming subreddit, a user uploaded a post titled, “Hell Is Us has been tragically overlooked. I like it as much as I love Elden Ring, and for the same reasons,” where they go into detail about gameplay factors they enjoyed and disliked.

They began their post with, “I’m around 12 hours into Hell Is Us. It came out the same day as Silksong. Hell Is Us has 1% of the concurrent players of Silksong, and I’m honestly really surprised.” The original poster also complimented the game’s style, “I loved the mystery of what exactly I should be doing when I played Elden Ring because you have to be quite involved, but at the same time, it’s not an overwhelming barrage of available quests in a giant open world. Hell Is Us does that perfectly, in my opinion.” However, commenters added, “Any game released the same week as Silksong should’ve been delayed. It was business suicide.” 

Others agreed they’re interested in Hell Is Us but are more willing to spend money on the game when it goes on sale, “I enjoyed the demo. But it was in the form “wait for a sale” category for me,” one user commented, “It will have my 20 bucks when it gets there, for sure,” another added. Others explained how the gameplay design falls short compared to other adventure-driven games such as Elden Ring, “looks like a great thematic game, but I wouldn’t call it ‘designed flawlessly’ as the combat system looks limited at best, and boring at worst,” a user stated. 

On the other hand, it seems players are enjoying the game’s combat for the most part: “I’ve enjoyed the combat so far, I’ve unlocked some cool drone abilities and a fair few weapon abilities for the different types of weapons you can upgrade to,” a user commented. Another user noted, “Played the demo and absolutely loved the feel of the combat, but hoped there would be more interesting enemies. I don’t feel like fighting shapes the whole game.”