Hero Siege is a game that wants to be Diablo 2. Sometimes it feels like D2, sometimes it sounds like it, sometimes it plays like it. But it's not D2. There's no real comprehensive story, so if that's what you need in a game, this isn't for you. The voice acting is meh, but that's not what this game is about either. There are also definitely still lots of bugs, so again, if that turns you off, don't buy this.

What's charming about this game is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. You choose a preset class which has a small tech tree which you will fill out before you're done with your first pass through the game. Those classes have range or melee attacks, and then you progressively get skills for your shoulder and trigger buttons. Sure, that's pretty typical. You gather equipment through gameplay, you get skill points to get better... yeah, yeah, yeah. What's FUN about this is the relics. You pick up random ♥♥♥♥ that does random ♥♥♥♥ for you, both passively and actively. You get one active at a time and one passive at a time. And honestly, by the time you're collecting these, you're probably going to be so BEEFY that you're just choosing what's funniest. There's one that turns all your enemies on the screen into green apples with a silly voice saying "Salummmmm" and another where a creepy stick man runs around giggling saying something dumb and following up with "Heeeheeeh, my balls are sweaty". He hits some things and leaves. One playthrough, I played an amazon with spears bigger than my character and threw them so fast you couldn't tell one spear from the next. THAT is what makes this game charming.

Once you beat the first playthrough/difficulty, you play again on the next level up. Rinse, wash, repeat. The levels are waves of enemies and the bosses sometimes have interesting mechanics. But if you're like me and you want to do every dungeon, explore every crypt, and finish every quest, you will be way overleveled and the cool mechanics will start to feel trite. Sure, you could just jump up a difficulty, but there are different main bosses. You don't get all the achievements if you skip levels. So realistically, it's probably run up its fun for me.

Also keep in mind it's HEAVILY bugged. If you play with other people you're in for a ride. Puzzles don't sync up so you have to do them separately... most of the time. Sometimes you can help each other. Sometimes lag will kill one or the whole team. And the hit box for leaving areas is atrocious. Seriously, I lost a ton of loot because one of us was trying to get our ♥♥♥♥ and hit the ladder out of a place. The worst.

But... I'm impressed. This very tiny dev team is still working on this. They're raising money by offering you skins and content to cover server and update costs. And honestly, I think that's cool. Yeah it's more money. But what it's adding isn't necessary. You're essentially saying "Thanks, dev team. Have some money so you can keep doing what you're doing." And I think that transparency is what makes me like them more than any of this. I think some day this game is going to be an absolute gem. For now.. it's a pretty fun game.

Also, keep in mind, this game can be played local co-op (where most of my hours went to before I bought the game myself) but it is WAY WAY WAY better played over the internet. That said, sync problems. Two evils. Pick one.

Hero Siege is a game that wants to be Diablo 2. Sometimes it feels like D2, sometimes it sounds like it, sometimes it plays like it. But it's not D2. There's no real comprehensive story, so if that's what you need in a game, this isn't for you. The voice acting is meh, but that's not what this game is about either. There are also definitely still lots of bugs, so again, if that turns you off, don't buy this. What's charming about this game is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. You choose a preset class which has a small tech tree which you will fill out before you're done with your first pass through the game. Those classes have range or melee attacks, and then you progressively get skills for your shoulder and trigger buttons. Sure, that's pretty typical. You gather equipment through gameplay, you get skill points to get better... yeah, yeah, yeah. What's FUN about this is the relics. You pick up random shit that does random shit for you, both passively and actively. You get one active at a time and one passive at a time. And honestly, by the time you're collecting these, you're probably going to be so BEEFY that you're just choosing what's funniest. There's one that turns all your enemies on the screen into green apples with a silly voice saying "Salummmmm" and another where a creepy stick man runs around giggling saying something dumb and following up with "Heeeheeeh, my balls are sweaty". He hits some things and leaves. One playthrough, I played an amazon with spears bigger than my character and threw them so fast you couldn't tell one spear from the next. THAT is what makes this game charming. Once you beat the first playthrough/difficulty, you play again on the next level up. Rinse, wash, repeat. The levels are waves of enemies and the bosses sometimes have interesting mechanics. But if you're like me and you want to do every dungeon, explore every crypt, and finish every quest, you will be way overleveled and the cool mechanics will start to feel trite. Sure, you could just jump up a difficulty, but there are different main bosses. You don't get all the achievements if you skip levels. So realistically, it's probably run up its fun for me. Also keep in mind it's HEAVILY bugged. If you play with other people you're in for a ride. Puzzles don't sync up so you have to do them separately... most of the time. Sometimes you can help each other. Sometimes lag will kill one or the whole team. And the hit box for leaving areas is atrocious. Seriously, I lost a ton of loot because one of us was trying to get our shit and hit the ladder out of a place. The worst. But... I'm impressed. This very tiny dev team is still working on this. They're raising money by offering you skins and content to cover server and update costs. And honestly, I think that's cool. Yeah it's more money. But what it's adding isn't necessary. You're essentially saying "Thanks, dev team. Have some money so you can keep doing what you're doing." And I think that transparency is what makes me like them more than any of this. I think some day this game is going to be an absolute gem. For now.. it's a pretty fun game. Also, keep in mind, this game can be played local co-op (where most of my hours went to before I bought the game myself) but it is WAY WAY WAY better played over the internet. That said, sync problems. Two evils. Pick one.