Engrossing and Addictive
posted by robertdmoores (PASSADUMKEAG, ME) Mar 9, 2012
Member since Mar 2012
It's no surprise that all the reviews are hit or miss - this is a game you will either love or hate. If you love it, it will be because it's unique, challenging, and occasionally heartbreaking in its relentless determination to kill you, and then kill you again, and then kill you again, every time hitting you with something that you weren't expecting. If you hate it, it will be for all of those same reasons. This is a game for players who don't mind devoting a lot of time to figuring out an almost esoteric gameplay mechanism. You invest a lot in learning this game, or you don't succeed at it. Every weapon, spell, and armor behaves differently - a fencer with a rapier fights in a completely different way than a warrior swinging a sword. You have to find the playstyle you like and then really devote yourself to it. You have to be prepared to wander into an encounter swearing at the TV and insisting that it isn't possible to win... and then you have to win anyway. You have to be willing to replay the same level repeatedly (monsters respawn every single time you die), and you can't rush through no matter how impatient you get, because death means you lose everything you've been fighting for. You have to learn something from every mistake you make, and do it right the next time. If that doesn't sound fun to you, don't bother with this game, because it really is merciless toward casual play. But if all of that appeals to some part of you hungry for a challenge, this is your game.
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