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Risk of Rain 1 was the first game I ever owned on steam, it has shaped my taste in videogames ever since I owned my first PC and I find myself going back to it in my lowest times for a good ol' 3 hour run, it's like home to me. You wouldn't believe my excitement when I saw the announcement for Risk of Rain 2, like a kid at christmas.

Nothing made me more happy than seeing its success, seeing the dev's rightfully rewarded for putting their heart and soul into this game, it's almost as if you can feel it everytime you play just how passionate these devs were in the making of Risk of Rain 2.

I'm writing this review not only as a recommendation and as an effort to entice you into buying it and enjoying it just as much as I have, i'm also writing it to thank all those who worked on it and made it what it is, my favorite game of all time.

As the first videogame soundtrack i've ever bought the only thing I can say is thank you Chris Christodoulou, this album is worth well over $7 and should there ever exist a vinyl for this I know i'll be buying it asap

Undisputed greatest rythm game of all time. Unless they make a DJ Hero 3

Its been a few years and to be honest I havent even played in those few years, however, watching the developers continue their efforts in the face of all the negativity to bring the game to its advertised glory is certainly one of the most respectable acts i've seen from any Dev, and you know what.. I think i'll load it up again and give it a go.

The only review you need to read.
The reason i'm writing this review is unbridled excitement about the announcement of Risk of Rain 2, I shed a tear.
Devs, where do I pre-order?

PROS
-Pixel-esque, very stylized
-Longevity
-Soundtrack
-Playstyles infinite
-Immersive
-Story, although minimal and vague, very fulfilling
-Big damage numbers
-When the boss gets one shot
-The death messages
-The community, seriously the fanart is phenomenal
-So many secrets
-Hundreds of speedy little enemies with each their own FX going off as they endlessly flood in after you, while you with your hundreds of items, each with their own FX and uses going off as you drop half of them with one ability and damage numbers off the screen and every step you take, going a million miles per hour flying through the air, here comes 100 more and what the hell is that i've never seen that enemy wow I didn't know I could even take damage anymore why is it not dying quick use everything I have, oh ok I got it nice oh ok here comes 10 more love it, im dead. "rekt."

CONS
-Online Multiplayer requires port forwarding and a strong connection
-Lag/delay can be detrimental to survivability
-Friendships will be tested
-Performance on highest quality can get pretty demanding, it gets crazy
-The sinking feeling of finishing a run, like finishing a book, or a dog dying in a movie

Oh Risk of Rain, the first game I ever bought myself on steam, the first game I ever hit 100 hours in, the first game I ever bought the soundtrack of...

This is by far my favorite game on steam
I have broken this game many times with 5 hours sessions
I have unlocked every possible item, secret, ending, character...
I have done everything there is to do in this unforgiving game

And I ALWAYS come back.

The characters are unique in every way, the designs match the playstyles and their skills, and there is a character for everyone. Each level is randomly generated to an extent, although many variables, I do come across the same layout now and then, when i've broken the game and become it's God. However, the longer you go on you will find that the memorization of that map must be instinct, you need to know where you are at all times.

They do not lie when they say every playthrough is different, with hundreds of items you can pick up and variants of every enemy you face, each character and their different perks... they do not lie, EVERY game is different.

If you've read this far, you may as well buy it, and then buy it for your friends.