Posted on: July 2, 2021
drrosenrosen
Games: 287 Reviews: 6
Mediocre, Built on Diablo 3 Mechanics
Chaosbane, most closely related to Diablo 3 in terms of mechanics and style, is about watching hordes of enemies melt while they pour into range of your colorful lasers. While that is indeed fun, it doesn't quite reach the epic flow state as beautifully as Diablo 3 did. While the skill tree is more interesting than the overly simplistic skills in D3, the combination of the skills with the gear sets doesn't quite open up the game the way D3 did. In D3, when you finally completed that awesome new set and built your skills around it, you could immediately feel the difference but that is not true with Chaosbane. The game modes that open up later on, especially the one where the player can keep climbing a "tower" of increasing difficulty or cash out and keep all the loot are good but weren't enough to keep me coming back for more. Where Chaosbane really falls down is in the level design, lots of long straight, narrow paths with nothing interesting to do or see on the way from point A to point B. There aren't even any wide open areas with little offshoots to explore. The game never opens up to to give the player room to feel like they're exploring anything interesting. I can only recommend playing this if ARPGs are one of your favorite genres. It's worth playing to see the good ideas that are present and to spot mechanics that are connective tissue between ARPGs. Ultimately, there are good ideas to be found in this game. Unfortunately, it's not terrible but it isn't terribly good either.
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