I must say never in all my years as a gamer have I experienced a game quite like this. I originally saw the comedic goblin character and decided I would like to combat the green fella. So I purchased this game and BOY HOWDY did I underestimate what I was getting into.
This level of the game has your character (who I shall refer to as Grub for the remainder of this review) wandering a labyrinth full of rat-kin. And when you first meet these things. OMG you are not prepared. They swing quickly at you with their pics and on your first few attempts; you will perish, and you will suffer. For you see this game is difficult, as Grub will quickly die to just about anything that tries to touch him so I must say before you read any further that this game is NOT for the faint of heart.
Now that the babies are gone I can get to some of my gripes with this gift of a game. The level design is pretty limited. Mostly the same traps that surround the keys needed to progress (with the exception of level 2) and enemies that don't vary much other than appearance. Now not to say these characters don't like frightening as all heck, but it is a shame that most enemies attack with the basic melee moves (the spiders shooting webs or poison or something would be FREAKING SWEET)
Now onto some golden nuggets of gameplay that I found to be delectable. The stats are pretty cool and allow for some different approaches to each run of the game. Now I found just maxing agility to be the best option (makes you run like Sonic on freaking meth) because I could run circles around enemies while I slapped them with my melee weapon or blasted the bosses with my ranged weapon when I unlocked it. That doesn't mean that there's only one way to play as upon further research I found that I have quite the hot take, so try this game for yourself to see what kind of hero you become. And i'm sure that it will be a magical adventure : )

7/10

I must say never in all my years as a gamer have I experienced a game quite like this. I originally saw the comedic goblin character and decided I would like to combat the green fella. So I purchased this game and BOY HOWDY did I underestimate what I was getting into. This level of the game has your character (who I shall refer to as Grub for the remainder of this review) wandering a labyrinth full of rat-kin. And when you first meet these things. OMG you are not prepared. They swing quickly at you with their pics and on your first few attempts; you will perish, and you will suffer. For you see this game is difficult, as Grub will quickly die to just about anything that tries to touch him so I must say before you read any further that this game is NOT for the faint of heart. Now that the babies are gone I can get to some of my gripes with this gift of a game. The level design is pretty limited. Mostly the same traps that surround the keys needed to progress (with the exception of level 2) and enemies that don't vary much other than appearance. Now not to say these characters don't like frightening as all heck, but it is a shame that most enemies attack with the basic melee moves (the spiders shooting webs or poison or something would be FREAKING SWEET) Now onto some golden nuggets of gameplay that I found to be delectable. The stats are pretty cool and allow for some different approaches to each run of the game. Now I found just maxing agility to be the best option (makes you run like Sonic on freaking meth) because I could run circles around enemies while I slapped them with my melee weapon or blasted the bosses with my ranged weapon when I unlocked it. That doesn't mean that there's only one way to play as upon further research I found that I have quite the hot take, so try this game for yourself to see what kind of hero you become. And i'm sure that it will be a magical adventure : ) 7/10