Posted on: July 12, 2018
lockedbox
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Good, but left me wanting more
I bought this game entirely on the premise. The somewhat niche concept of a rogue like dungeon crawl combined with store management and crafting seemed right up my alley. And the game delivered on that, in the initial stages the game was captivating in its gameplay and its graphics. The pixel art is absolutely gorgeous, and full of life and vibrancy. But, as the game went on, its lack of depth began to show through. While it is presented as an equal split between the dungeoneering and shopkeeping, money becomes so plentiful by the second dungeon that you needn’t touch the shop at all. While this option is good for those who do not care for the management side of the game, it’s rather disappointing for me, who really craved complexity from that side of gameplay. If you do want to stick with the shop, you’ll find the mechanics disappointing, just a case of tweaking prices up and down till you find the sweet spot, then, that’s it. You just wait for people to hurry up and buy your things so you can go back to dungeon delving. You can expand the shop, but this only gives you more slots to sell items, the mechanics remain uninteresting and repetitive. Then there is the town. The town is gorgeous. The pixel art and musical accents shine here, and the characters are all so full of personality. But they never have anything to say. Most npcs pull from a pool of generic lines, that is exhausted after talking to two or three of them. There are a few that hint at having further character beneath the façade, but they only get one or two lines to say before they repeat themselves endlessly, only finding something new to say once you’ve opened up a new dungeon, meaning each npc will be repeating the same two lines for hours of gameplay. I wish there was a point to talking to these people. If they could implement social aspects, alla Stardew valley, it could've been an interesting and compelling side of gameplay. As it is, the game is just good. And that's a real shame.
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