Cards: Complete special challenges to collect cards which you can keep between runs. Most cards have a benefit and a drawback, so choose carefully! Combine different cards to create your own custom rule set before your run starts, or just use them to alter rules you don't like; for example, turn friendly fire off with the 'Friends' card.
Posted on: May 5, 2017
TheChiefMeat
Games: 305 Reviews: 4
Quick Look - Ruin of the Reckless
Full video review here: https://youtu.be/J52eSdnlIx4 https://vid.me/BxGe Ruin of the Reckless is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler where your nameless character must traverse levels of a mysterious foreboding tower. As you ascend the dark tower, spirits of ever increasing difficulty, number and strength will try to oppose you from reaching the next level. The nature of the game lends itself well to any twin stick controller, but I found the keyboard controls more than adequate as I fought my way past 15 floors of intense brawling fights, of which there are plenty more. Character customisation is the key to gameplay here. You'll find anything from a elegant sword to stab your foes to a giant green hulk fist you smash down upon your enemies. Using various upgrades and trinkets, your character can be enhanced with greater stats, as well as the option to use "ability orbs" to further customise your characters skillset, my particular favourite was to summon an army of pets to do my bidding. To add even further challenge or even ease to the game, you can add cards to your character slots to change the flow and tide of battle. Resolution options are quite limited here, ranging from 1080p down to 720p with full support for both fullscreen and windowed mode. Screen shake can be fully turned off, which I found to be preferable over the default setting. Keyboard bindings are fully rebindable as well as some of the options for the controller, of which the XBOX 360, PS3 and PS4 controllers are supported. There's also local co-op play available, of which I haven't yet had the chance to test, but a lack of online co-op is notable. Ruin of the Reckless is easy to play, but difficult to master. Fans of other games in the genre should find something to like here, as the game strikes a good balance between difficulty and progression
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