Recent reviews by Davitri

Great game to remind me of why I hate roguelikes!

Visually, the game looks pretty good. The environments, enemies, and items all have a good look, though I thought that the player character looked a little odd but I couldn't pin why.

The gameplay is pretty janky unfortunately. You have to press the attack button almost frame-perfectly in order to continue your combo unless you sit and mash the button, which usually either ends with you stopping early and missing out on your next attack or going a bit too late and dealing with an unwanted extra attack. Pits are super inconsistent, having you fall in when your character is visually away from it after rolling over it (this is emphasized by the poison sludge in the second dungeon). Enemies in the game are also inconsistent with which ones deal damage on contact and which ones don't.

I found the shopkeeping portion of the game to be a major slog, unfortunately, since I thought it would be a really cool way to break the pace between runs. More often than not I would be frustrated that I needed to sell all the items I found before setting out for another run. The majority of the time is spent just sitting there waiting for a customer to pick something out, which honestly gets really boring after a while. Setting the right price for an item can be extremely irritating, as random events like high demand or a rich customer will prevent you from knowing for sure if you have the right price set for it. I do, however, appreciate that the items in the bestiary are sorted by price so that you can reference other items you've sold in order to get the price right.

On top of all this, there's a handful of recurring minor bugs that are sure to get under your skin. Half the time you press A to sell an item a customer is buying, the prompt will disappear and come back after a second so you'll have to press it again to sell it. I've also had a couple instances where I killed a boss too quickly and the boss just froze up and wouldn't let me continue, so I would have to restart my run.

The game is really cool and appealing conceptually, but all of that goes away once you actually start playing. Clunky gameplay with a few bugs coming up regularly, inconsistent enemy design, and a poorly implemented combination of genres just makes for a pretty disappointing experience.

goated with the sauce

wish i could be as organized in real life as i am in this game