Very fun gameplay loop, but its fun factor is dragged down by being *extremely* RNG dependent, with very few ways to mitigate it. I prefer roguelikes where I feel like every death was my fault.

The game has a fairly high skill ceiling, and many of the situations that appear like "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unwinnable RNG" are actually winnable with experience and better execution. However, as one gets good at the game, the situations that actually ARE unwinnable worse. Getting stunlocked in a random pulsar fight while an enemy gets to beat you to death feels a LOT worse when it ends a run earned through skillful execution and decisionmaking.

Very fun gameplay loop, but its fun factor is dragged down by being *extremely* RNG dependent, with very few ways to mitigate it. I prefer roguelikes where I feel like every death was my fault. The game has a fairly high skill ceiling, and many of the situations that appear like "bullshit unwinnable RNG" are actually winnable with experience and better execution. However, as one gets good at the game, the situations that actually ARE unwinnable worse. Getting stunlocked in a random pulsar fight while an enemy gets to beat you to death feels a LOT worse when it ends a run earned through skillful execution and decisionmaking.