Appropriately Named
HIGH Lighting-fast runs. Innovative design.
LOW It’s hard as hell. Luck plays too big a role.
WTF Why are there so many explodey monsters?
Ring Of Pain Review
Tag: Roguelike
Going Under Review
Working Harder AND Smarter
HIGH A colorful, hilarious roguelike parody of startup culture.
LOW The framerate can be rough, especially in later dungeons.
WTF I really need a job.
Undermine Review
Going Deeper
HIGH It’s got that ‘just one more go’ quality.
LOW The slow-burn first boss.
WTF The soundtrack sounds like synth System of a Down.
Hades Review
Zag Out Of Hell
HIGH Zeus’ chain-lightning boons.
LOW The fourth biome is less interesting than the preceding three.
WTF Surely I’ll hit repeat dialogue eventually, right…?
Neon Abyss Review
Neon Gods
HIGH Blasting through gods like they’re nothing.
LOW The game has more content than playtime.
WTF Nothing for something is too often an outcome.
Rogue Legacy 2 Preview
The original Rogue Legacy was a masterpiece of super-tight movement, great combat and incredibly balanced enemy design. Every moment was a pleasure to play, and for me that was quite a few moments since I played the game from beginning to end five times.
Nowhere Prophet Review
Guiding Light
HIGH Intricate, polished systems. Excellent style and worldbuilding.
LOW Enemies whose troops abuse the “Taunt” ability.
WTF Why are Slay the Spire and Monster Train fans not talking about this?
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Too Much, Too Late
HIGH The satisfying throwing knife pick-up animation.
LOW Little variation in an overlong game.
WTF Undefeatable enemies!?
West Of Dead Review
Eastern Promises
HIGH The art style.
LOW When I don’t get the “Traitor” revolver.
WTF That economy.
Monster Train Review
The Best Kind Of Crazy Train
HIGH Easy to learn, lots of replayability.
LOW I can’t stop playing.
WTF Candles and plants seems like a bad team-up.
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