19 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 16.6 hrs on record (11.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 25 Jun, 2021 @ 8:13pm
Updated: 25 Jun, 2021 @ 8:19pm

An idle game which is not an "idle game"...
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527701503

As much as i like Loop Hero (in short now LH), as much i think its missing "somewhat". LH does a lot stuff automatic...but than if you think about it, if you would do it "yourself", the game might be not as "addicting" as it is right now.

Easy there boy, what you talking about?
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527701555

In LH, you try to save your lost world from the "void" as unnamed hero which has lost his memory - basicly the WHOLE WORLD has lost it wile the world itself is also missing now.

The whole gameplay from LH is basicly letting your hero walk in a big loop - yea, DUH, its called "LOOP HERO" i know. The problem is that he does that automaticly, next to fighting as well. The only stuff you do "manually" is placing tiles to "restore" the world tile by tile and equip your hero wile hes fighting or walking down the line.

And here comes the problem with it:
This is basicly the whole gameplay. You just sit there and watch your hero run in circles, place a tile from time to time and might equip better gear on him if enemies are willing to drop those - That is basicly it.

That cant be "all"...right?
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527701615

Not "really". If you done your loops you collect stuff on the way to build up a small city/village you and some people call home. Those actually effects the gameplay by unlocking passive abilitys or other playable classes or similar - basicly making the game easier the more you grind AND with that in mind:
The whole game is basicly running in a loop all over and over and over again just to collect resources to build up your said village to be able to pass the boss(es) which you "can" destroy wile you run the loops.
And here again, you do the walking and fights automaticly.

...But than why do you upvote it?
The problem is, LH is not a "bad game". As for "what" it is, it still makes fun but its more the kind of fun/kind of game which "keeps you busy" by actually learning how you play it best since it needs a lot strategy behind it. Where you place which tile. what tile does which thing, how should you gear up your hero and more stuff.

I actually would "compare" LH with an old more classic game like "Desktop dungeons" which also looks quite simple but actually needs some strategy to learn and actually beat. Its in the core basicly the same wile you run dungeons and kill enemies in a special order without dieing and farm for resources, in LH, you run in loops insteed of running dungeons wile you farm resources as well.

LH "CAN" be an easy and more relaxing game since the core of it is basicly "waiting till your hero does a thing" but if you learn how you play this game it can be quite entertaining to say at least.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2527701656

So how "do" i rate Loop Hero?
LH is a game which is sure not badly made and i somehow oddly "do" enjoy it. More or less just "chilling" there on my chair, talking to my friends wile my hero is killing monsters and does some things "CAN" be quite entertaining BUT im worried that some people might get bored of it way to fast since the core of the game is basicly a "waiting game". LH feels like an "Idle game" which is somehow "not" an Idle game. Still, if the game would have an opinion to place tiles and equip gear automaticly, it totally WOULD be an idle game.

Its hard to say "i recomment it 100%" wile im quite unsure how i could even rate such game coz it barely could count as such if the core is done automaticly.

So in my opinion:
Loop hero can be entertaining if you have nothing better to do and look for a game to relax. Is it worth trying? I say yes. Is it bad? It sure is not. Does it miss quite something? I would also say here somehow somewhat yes but else, i would say give it at least a try if you enjoy idle games which still keep you buzy for a good time. I mean, i basicly played my first sitting on LH nearly 11 hours in one sitting so...i cant complain.
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16 Comments
W.A. the Anum 18 Jul, 2021 @ 5:11am 
well as i said it is kinda an idlegame.
Barely Drenched 17 Jul, 2021 @ 9:14pm 
Good review. This is the game I play when I'm too tired and want to "play" something while watching a movie, or I'm too drunk to function well in playing something else.
W.A. the Anum 7 Jul, 2021 @ 12:04pm 
brah. why dont you try the game by yourself at this point? do you know what "spoiler" is?
shbouwhuis 7 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00pm 
Ok, you both completed a full loop. You're both at level 2.
Do you retreat or do you do another loop? :lunar2019grinningpig:
W.A. the Anum 6 Jul, 2021 @ 2:28pm 
good, good.
looks like a great touché moment hm?
Mayor Maybelle 6 Jul, 2021 @ 2:22pm 
Yes I do enjoy my privacy, good observation.
W.A. the Anum 6 Jul, 2021 @ 1:34pm 
and you like to have a privat profile huh?
Mayor Maybelle 6 Jul, 2021 @ 1:24pm 
You really like to use quotation marks huh?
shbouwhuis 5 Jul, 2021 @ 1:22pm 
Ooooooooooh, it is good to hear you can save during a run (it had me worried!)
In that case I'll add it to my wishlist.
W.A. the Anum 2 Jul, 2021 @ 10:13am 
a bug so it seems. you can just "leave" ina run and it saves where the hero was. i know AT LEAST it works if youre on the MAP and TOWN screen, i DUNO if that also counts if youre mid-battle.