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Developer: Dodgeroll
Publisher: Devolver Digital
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Switch, PS4, XBOX One
Price: $14.99 in America
Release date: April 5th, 2016
Oh god, I just bought this game during the recent Steam sale to see if it would quench my thirst of a Rogue Lite game.I remember watching various people play this including Vinesauce's Vinny and a couple of of streams of northerlion. I was a big of of The Binding of Isaac and platinum god that game. Boy, was I in for a rough time.
So, after 15 hours so far put into the game, I have to say that I feel like I have been kicked multiple times in the sack to the point where I don't even know if I can reproduce anymore and no matter how much effort I put into it, I can't even reach the floor five boss. Compared to say, Isaac or Nuclear Throne, this game has a much slower pacing to it where the game wants you to focus on dodging multiple bullets on the screen while exploring randomly generated rooms. Much like other rogue lites or likes, your survival depends on, health, keys, armor, currency (Which in this case is bullets)and your ammunition which is the most vital to your progress. Well that and memorizing enemy patterns.
Bosses are fought at the end of each area and have quite a lot of HP meaning unless you have a decent gun with a good amount of ammo, you're going to be plinking away at their life bars with your starter weapon while you dodgeroll and weave through their onslaught of bullets for quite a while. That means you better have the patience to be doing this over and over again so that you don't die or even get hit once if you want that extra life up at the end of the battles. After playing through the first area multiple of times, I still get hit by the first area if I so much as don't perfectly dodge Gattling Gull's missile attack or The Twins cornering me against the wall. There are items that are called blanks that mitigate this by destroying all the bullets on the screen for a moment and you always start with two each floor.
Still, the only reason I keep playing other than the face I want to beat the first final boss fo the game (I know there are other final boss and endings) is to unlock the guns in the HUB area at the beginning. Depending on how well you defeat the boss, you get special currency that you can spend there to unlock new types of items and guns for the next run. It's my favorite part of the game because it's the only progress I am making at the moment so I feel like I am doing something to help my chances further. Funny enough, this is all after all those updates made this game easier, can't imagine what the game was like before then.
So, how are you guys enjoying the game?