Rebuild the Necropolis and unlock new talents, new units, and new powers.
Posted on: May 4, 2023
sakkharias1411
Verified ownerGames: 28 Reviews: 2
Casual ARPG-lite. Wait for sale.
This game is a relaxed take on ARPG with focus on summoning and horde composition. Item variety isn't really impressive (about 20 prefixes and suffixes - of which only half are useful). But that let's you come up with joke builds like spawning Liches from dead chickens. And you can craft game-breaking stuff about 3/5 of the way in. Maps doesn't really take long to clear and you don't have to return to base to sell loot. The horde mechanic is comparable to Grim Dawn's summoner classes with a buffed up unit count and no mana costs for summoning. Units are summoned from corpses of enemies and take up command slots, with powerful units taking more slots. You can send them to attack in the direction you're facing and recall them. There are no commands to stay put or guard. As for the combat, there isn't much depth. It all boils down to: Wreck tower --> Kill creeps--> Wreck their spawn. Rinse and repeat. Difficulty only comes when they out DPS you and destroy your horde faster than you can resummon. A "solo" build is also viable as there's a spell that grants player invulnerability, and perks that let's you heal/get damage buff from killed minions. The fun in base game comes from hotswapping builds with the loot you currently have. You can respec your horde at no cost. This game does have some surprises up it's sleeve. There are a few instances where you will have to change tactics and/or horde composition and work with the items you have. AOE towers will evaporate your 100 strong skelly horde in the blink of an eye. Some enemies have resistances that you will have to build around. Your elite might pulverize bosses in 4 seconds, but are overwhelmed when creeps out-spawns you... and so on. All builds can sweep the base game (about 10 hours for first run), but NG+ requires a bit more discrimination - leaving room for experimentation and replayability. You'll only have to think hard about builds when it comes to NG+4 and above.
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