Thoughts about Halls of Torment after playing Early Access for about 25h:

I've enjoyed this survivorslike a lot so far. It follows the 'standards' of the genre fairly faithfully, if you've played any other survivorslike you'll be instantly familiar here, but there's a few things here that make this game stand out from the rest.

First is the 'feel' of the game, it's retro, but its very authentic about it as well. The visual and audio style really brings me back to loved classics like Diablo and Baldur's Gate.

Second, the game feels tight. There's so far around 7 different classes you can play, and their all have distinct play styles, and at least for the content currently in the game, they're all equally viable. You can just pick which you like the most and have reasonable success with it, whether its a melee warrior, archer, cleric or spellcaster.

That said, after the hours I've put in I'm pretty much finished with what the game currently has. I didn't buy all the upgrades yet and there's still a few achievements I can hunt, but the game only has three maps and no difficulty or challenge settings, so at this point every run is pretty much the same. This game has a great foundation but for its 1.0 release I think it needs a little more flesh in the form of more maps and challenges for the more dedicated player.

I'm hopeful for more and eager to see how this game develops in the future, but if you're eager for a new Survivors like game and don't mind the gamble of Early Access, you can do far worse than this. I certainly feel like I've got my $5 worth already from this game.

Thoughts about [i]Halls of Torment[/i] after playing Early Access for about 25h: I've enjoyed this survivorslike a lot so far. It follows the 'standards' of the genre fairly faithfully, if you've played any other survivorslike you'll be instantly familiar here, but there's a few things here that make this game stand out from the rest. First is the 'feel' of the game, it's retro, but its very authentic about it as well. The visual and audio style really brings me back to loved classics like Diablo and Baldur's Gate. Second, the game feels tight. There's so far around 7 different classes you can play, and their all have distinct play styles, and at least for the content currently in the game, they're all equally viable. You can just pick which you like the most and have reasonable success with it, whether its a melee warrior, archer, cleric or spellcaster. That said, after the hours I've put in I'm pretty much finished with what the game currently has. I didn't buy all the upgrades yet and there's still a few achievements I can hunt, but the game only has three maps and no difficulty or challenge settings, so at this point every run is pretty much the same. This game has a great foundation but for its 1.0 release I think it needs a little more flesh in the form of more maps and challenges for the more dedicated player. I'm hopeful for more and eager to see how this game develops in the future, but if you're eager for a new Survivors like game and don't mind the gamble of Early Access, you can do far worse than this. I certainly feel like I've got my $5 worth already from this game.