Cycled
Just beat the first (and second?) boss and while this feels like really early to judge the game, Cycled has a lot of charm and I want to see how it develops.
The game, at it’s core, relies on changing the enviroment, enemies and player character every few seconds. This means you’re always in a rush to do what you need in time - sometimes just kiting certain enemies that will soon transform into others who might be more convient to deal with. It’s fun to pull off some combos with both character’s you’re controlling such as by attacking and then summoning your other character right at the end of a wave, then quickly attacking again and summoning the previous character for a final hit.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best Replay Value Roguelike Games.
GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon
So, my first thought about this game was: “Hold up, Konami’s making games again?!”
Second thought was: “….and it’s a niche title and NOT a more recognised name.”
Third thought was: “…. and sh!t, it’s quite good! Even for early access! You guys OK down there at Konami HQ? Just that you’re acting like…… well NOT Konami.”
…In all seriousness though, taking the rogue-like approach to a metroidvania title is an interesting spin, and fundamentally, it works well. Gameplay leans heavily towards being more tactical and methodical than it does being stylish and fast. And since you have limited ways of healing, you’re forced to consider how best to dispatch your enemies while taking as few hits as possible. It’s not quite dark souls, just enough to keep you thinking.
– Real player with 74.7 hrs in game
Read More: Best Replay Value Roguelike Games.
Writing this review while playing the v0.4.10 update (Nov. 4th 2021), and the game is in Early Access so take the review with a grain of salt upon further updates. I like this game and can’t wait to see how it evolves but at this stage I do not recommend anyone buying it right now, wait until it is fleshed out and hopefully perfected.
PROS:
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Beautiful artstyle, boss intros are honestly to die for and sometimes have me rewatching em cause they are so pretty.
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Good music that is nice but doesn’t get stuck n your head in a grating way.
– Real player with 69.8 hrs in game
DEADHUNTERS
A cooperative rogueplaying game.
Choose your hero, embark on missions and make decisions together.
Loot, level up and die again and again in an ever changing world of darkness.
Conquer the damned and earn your rightful place in the Guild of Deadhunters!
SKILL BASED HACK’N’SLASH COMBAT
In DEADHUNTERS every hit counts. You need to aim all of your attacks and make sure that you dodge those of your enemies! If you are skilled enough you can make your enemies hit each-other, helping you get rid of them all!
EXTENSIVE PROGRESSION SYSTEM
Collect a wide variety of weapons and magical artifacts to inflict as much damage on your foes as you can. Level up your characters and unlock their unique traits to help you defeat the Dead Plague!
CHOICE BASED NARRATIVE
Whether you play with others or alone you will have to make decisions on every mission you take on. On the way you need to choose where to go, who to fight and what to discover!
GRIM ATMOSPHERE IN A UNIQUE STYLE
Immerse yourself in this cursed world filled various intriguing characters. Enjoy their banter and get to know their stories as you progress in the game!
PROCEDURAL ENVIRONMENTS
Along with the changing narrative your surroundings change as well. The world of DEADHUNTERS is unforgiving and you will suffer ceaselessly but never in the same place!
Read More: Best Replay Value Action RPG Games.
Chaos Crown
Crush every enemy between you and victory in this Roguelite Arena Battler! Get loot to upgrade your champions and battle even stronger foes. Can you master them all?
Choose your Champion
Crush your Foes
Combine Strong Items
Unlock Permanent Bonus
Bargain with the Chaos Lords
Logos & Capsules credits goes to @NelsieOo on Instagram!
Code:STAR DUNGEON 星牢:试炼所
Code name: Star Prison is a high-degree-of-freedom hack, slash, shooting and magical dungeon game. The player is almost never locked in a fixed room in the game, which brings a high degree of freedom of combat and breakthrough experience.
The main features of the game:
Multi-role real-time switching of the battle system, players need to constantly go deep into the star prison, constantly collect new characters, and use the acquired resources to improve their performance and unlock new talents.
More characters will bring more matching combinations. Players can choose three characters to form a team to enter the star prison adventure. The proficient mastery of roles and skills and reasonable matching will make you deeper into the star prison and get closer The whole ending.
Once as a science fiction writer, the wonderful plot is also the highlight of the game, and the final ending will take many weeks to truly be revealed.
In the Star Prison, players will also prepare a large number of well-designed level gameplay and props, characteristic NPCs, various elite monsters, and bosses, making the game experience worthwhile.
Message from the production team:
The code name Xinglao is an independent game carefully developed by Neon Cell Studio. The working group promises to continue to update and bring more high-quality content to players.
Lufulus' Creatures
My playtime: 27h (based on steam, 100% achievement)
Grindy Achievement(s): No.
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (~6 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.
Intro
Lufulus' Creatures is a top-down action RPG where you have to complete quests, level up, and kill bosses in each area. There are 15 areas in total.
Pros:
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15 areas with 2 different type of areas
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Optional challenges give extra rewards for people who manage to complete it
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Quests to keep you entertained
– Real player with 27.0 hrs in game
I really like this top-down style RPG
although this game is not completed yet but i highly support this kind of indie game
I know dev is working hard on this but as we can see the second half of the game is not finished
I do recommend if more equipment options, optional dungeons and mini bosses could be added.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Tunche
Great game, art and gameplay. However, the text for the abilities is so small!! I like the upgrades for the characters. I hope to see more video games from Peru soon!
– Real player with 29.0 hrs in game
There used to be a big review with criticism here. I develop my own games myself, and delve into game design. There are a few controversial points in this game, but overall everything is fine. I was wrong about some things, so I’m changing my review.
Thanks to the game developer for the answer! It helped me to understand the game a little better. It’s funny, but when I played the game in the morning, I didn’t encounter the problems that I noticed in my review. And it’s not that they were fixed, but that I was terribly tired and sleepy when I played the game. In fact, I just needed to get some sleep! x)
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
Death Cathedral
Death Cathedral is a very challenging action RPG with tons of strategy elements.
You’ll need to build a powerful army of the living dead with enemies' flesh and bones within 15 days to kill the devil lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.
The battles in Death Cathedral contain not only realistic sword fighting, but also dashing and gorgeous skills. Parry, dodge, or roll - cope with different attacks in various ways. Observe and master your skills during combats and keep confronting stronger opponents.
A wide collection of characters:
More than 40 playable characters, each with a large number of well-designed and extremely vigorous attack actions.
Decay system:
You are controlling corpses of flesh and bones sticked together with black magic. Every exploration increases the decay of the body. The dead warrior collapses when the decay reaches 100%. The increase in decay is irreversible and you can only reduce the increase by applying “preservatives”. Be aware of the team selection ahead of every run!
Roster building:
You’ll constantly lose your warriors due to the decay process. But on the other hand, you’ll be able to create new corpses with flesh and bones of the defeated enemies. This means that you won’t be able to lay back and win easily with the same team over and over again. In order to lead the team forward, you will have to adapt to changes and achieve dynamic balance.
Resource management:
There’re all kinds of resources to accquire in Death Cathedral, which are essential for exploration. However, you can’t always have it all. You need to understand what’s really urgent and make your choices accordingly.
Unforseeable adventure:
You will encounter not only enemies but also facilities to aid you, and make you pay at the same time. Be aware not to backfire yourself by interacting in wrong scenarios.
Countless equipments:
Equipments offer not only boost to attributes, they also grant powerful specialties to your warriors. To make full use of the specialties, your lineup, enemy’s attributes, the area and many factors are under consideration. Specialties may also affect the items and facilities you use.
Immersive atmosphere:
Six distinctive areas can be explored, offering a solemn and dark medieval fantasy landscape.
The Unliving
The realm of the living has been corrupted to its core and a storm is coming to change the world order. This storm is you, a mighty Necromancer, a sorcerer who denies death and leads the legions of the dead. Clerics and lords hope to hide behind high walls, but there’s no stronghold to cover them from your wrath. Smite hundreds of those standing in your way and turn them into your tools on the way to a greater purpose.
The Unliving is a dynamic rogue-lite action RPG with strategic elements. Raise the undead, use numerous spells and explore a mystical world, all realised with darkly extravagant pixel-art.
TURN ENEMIES INTO YOUR UNDEAD ARMY
Each fallen foe can be resurrected and added to your army to create unlimited legions of the dead. These re-animated creatures have their own unique abilities, such as the undead Priest whose blessings in life, will now curse your enemies in death.
CRUSH EVERYONE IN YOUR WAY
Only some of the living are helpless victims, the rest can retaliate against your forces. They hold the line, move in large groups and wield powerful abilities too. They cherish their lives and will not fall easily, so unleash hell as the Undead Lord to bring them to their knees.
CONQUER UNCHARTED LANDS
The world is randomly generated for each run and is richly populated with an array of creatures, artefacts, secret rooms and deadly traps. Each part of the world is occupied by a variety of living inhabitants - invade villages and slay feeble peasants to reinforce your army or engage in a desperate fight to the death in the swamps against formidable foes.
UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF NECROMANCY
Collect cryptic notes, force answers out of your enemies and study the writings of the ancient artefacts to gather the lost memories of the Necromancer piece by piece as you reveal the nature of his immortality, the secrets of his phylactery companion and find out the grim truth about the supreme hierarchies of the Church.
BATTLE EPIC BOSSES
The powerful creatures of this shadowy world will do all they can to stop you. Each boss has a unique fighting style and set of abilities, meaning deftness in combat and strategic thinking will be crucial in emerging victorious from these grueling encounters.
DIE AND RISE AGAIN
The ability to deny death itself is the greatest secret of the Necromancer. Another mortal strike is merely a setback for him. Take a lesson from your death and don’t let your enemies catch you the same way twice.
Cut Them Up
Looking for casual but intense gameplay ?
Make a mess on 60 randomly generated levels and defeat The Darkness in the final fight !
Cut Them Up - it is Top-Down Single Screen Hack-and-Slash game that can be played without a keyboard (all controls on the mouse).
Improve the game character in your own way (after each level you get 1 new skill point, you have 20 unique skills at choice)
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Strive to improve your personal record in endless survival mode.