Easily one of the best roguelikes I've ever played. Phenomenal visuals, an equally great soundtrack, and gameplay that meshes together into one of the most fun combat systems I've played in quite a long time. There's a real massive sense of polish to all the content here too, almost no part of the game feels unfinished up to the current final boss, where the game blatantly says you've beaten the final hurdle that early access has to offer.

The amount of build variety you can have is already quite massive despite the reserved selection of weapons on offer, but it's how those weapons interact with each other that really adds so much of that spice. Having powerful and invincible attacks you can only access by using the opposite weapon is an incredibly smart way to encourage weapon, build, and gameplay variety. Deciding whether or not to take a weapon depends on not only what I'm replacing, but also with how it directly interacts with my other weapon, and that feels pretty neat.

Truthfully there's not a lot here that would give away that this is early access, so the fact it's getting a drastic amount more in the coming months is extremely exciting.

The only downside it has right now is it's Sudden Death mechanic, where having all other teammates die in co-op makes the last player die in one shot. Not only is it a distinctly unfun mechanic that discourages co-op, but it also goes against what's shown in the animated trailers, where the character turns enraged when last alive instead. Overall I'm hoping this mechanic gets removed and/or totally replaced in the future. I wouldn't let it stop you from enjoying the game though, as it is a roguelike after all, dying and restarting is on the tin.

Even some feature and content complete roguelikes don't flaunt the variety and polish that this one has during it's very first steps, and that's pretty special.

Easily one of the best roguelikes I've ever played. Phenomenal visuals, an equally great soundtrack, and gameplay that meshes together into one of the most fun combat systems I've played in quite a long time. There's a real massive sense of polish to all the content here too, almost no part of the game feels unfinished up to the current final boss, where the game blatantly says you've beaten the final hurdle that early access has to offer. The amount of build variety you can have is already quite massive despite the reserved selection of weapons on offer, but it's how those weapons interact with each other that really adds so much of that spice. Having powerful and invincible attacks you can only access by using the opposite weapon is an incredibly smart way to encourage weapon, build, and gameplay variety. Deciding whether or not to take a weapon depends on not only what I'm replacing, but also with how it directly interacts with my other weapon, and that feels pretty neat. Truthfully there's not a lot here that would give away that this is early access, so the fact it's getting a drastic amount more in the coming months is extremely exciting. The only downside it has right now is it's Sudden Death mechanic, where having all other teammates die in co-op makes the last player die in one shot. Not only is it a distinctly unfun mechanic that discourages co-op, but it also goes against what's shown in the animated trailers, where the character turns enraged when last alive instead. Overall I'm hoping this mechanic gets removed and/or totally replaced in the future. I wouldn't let it stop you from enjoying the game though, as it is a roguelike after all, dying and restarting is on the tin. Even some feature and content complete roguelikes don't flaunt the variety and polish that this one has during it's very first steps, and that's pretty special.