This game has a lot going for it, as it incorporates a lot of what we love about roguelikes. Bullet hell. Tight movement. Surprisingly gratifying gunplay. Sparse but rewarding melee. But this game NAILS atmosphere. I struggle to think of many games PERIOD, let alone roguelikes, which manage to regularly pull me in with its setpieces, music, and tone. Areas feel open and empty as often as they feel suffocatingly claustrophobic, music swells and ebbs with each passing moment, in AND out of combat.

Solid 9/10. Beat the game at least once before you go into Tower of Sisyphus. Also, Hyperion? Peak.

This game has a lot going for it, as it incorporates a lot of what we love about roguelikes. Bullet hell. Tight movement. Surprisingly gratifying gunplay. Sparse but rewarding melee. But this game NAILS atmosphere. I struggle to think of many games PERIOD, let alone roguelikes, which manage to regularly pull me in with its setpieces, music, and tone. Areas feel open and empty as often as they feel suffocatingly claustrophobic, music swells and ebbs with each passing moment, in AND out of combat. Solid 9/10. Beat the game at least once before you go into Tower of Sisyphus. Also, Hyperion? Peak.