Peglin

Look, I LOVE the concept of this game, I really do! But After multiple runs of min-maxing as much as I can, I can't in good conscience give a full recommendation of this game. The game starts out fine, you gain relics, get stronger orbs, it IS a good time. What I can't stand is the final boss(es) of this game. I've yet to fully complete a run, and normally that wouldn't be a problem for me since the game loop is fine, especially because I have dealt with similar situation in other roguelikes, this is not my first Roguelike bump in the road. I know the drill. What I can't accept is that the final boss(es) of this game are straight up luck focused and rage inducing. I have spent so many runs aquiring the most perfect build where I go through encounters like it's nothing, healing after many hits, reloads, refreshes, pegs are more durable so I can get multiple hits, mutliple orbs spawn to other relics. I can literally have the most broken build, and yet this bosses NEVER feel fair. This bosses have killed me so many times in the most frustrating ways and I am giving up. Bosses, especially final bosses should feel like a progression to match your strength yet make you feel like you have some sense of control, and I know it's hard to replicate that in a game that has luck on your side a bit, but previous bosses never had this issue. The final bosses are just straight up badly designed and I don't care enough or feel motivated to look for the exploits to beat this game or to even cheese it, because I shouldn't even want to cheese this game. This game is good, and I hope the developers change this and make it more fun, but I am done, and I'm sorry, but this is the first time in a while where I refund out of frustration. If it becomes better, I'll buy it, but as it is now, I am sorry devs, but games should stay fun, not frustrating, and I care for my mental health. I play games for fun. I recommend it in concept, but execution is frustrating at the final level.

Doesn't feel at all like an early access game. Gameplay is very polished. Thanks to random events and the wide variety of powerups/modifiers every playthrough is unique. The sound design is great. Music is nice, and pegs, orbs, and attacking all sound very satisfying. It's a great game to sit and play through in an hour/hour-and-a-half after work. Really looking forward to playing this for a long time to come. Also, Fauna sent me!

that sais all really. it's absolute crack; peak podcast/stream-game but especially at high difficulties success is 100% luck-based

My partner wasn't sure what to make of my description (from watching a youtube video about Peglin) that was roughly "a deckbuilding roguelike pinball game". We tried it out and now we both love it. Our runs have been quite varied and we haven't grown tired despite the fact that we have been binging this game for two days now. The music is fantastic. The only thing I would wish for is a some more explanation of some of the terms used. It tooks us a few runs to understand the differences (or lack thereof) between the various things that can happen to pegs. I am looking forward to any future additions but I would not hesitate to buy this game all over again in its current state.

crashes everytime, 5 min play and crash