I'd say that's worth it. Kind of like Vampire Survivors, but the upgrades aren't as varied or interesting. Like VS weapons are holy water and enchanted songs and vampiric health drain auras. Here you've got explosives, lasers, and bullets, firing with different degrees of randomness at different ranges. There's also buzzsaw orbitals. The most fun thing is the characters. One guy's a space-trucking caterpillar covered in spines, and being a curmudgeonly spiny creature seems like his whole identity. I vibe with that
There's a fun exp-based progression system here that gives you 4 random skill trees per run (always organized around damage/melee, stamina/range, magic, and hp/shielding. As far as the item pool goes, most passive upgrades are basic things like damage upgrades and stamina boosts. Similarly, weapons can have status effects tied to them, like stunning, freezing, or lifesteal, but it's nothing you haven't seen before. Spells ganed through level ups are typically pretty powerful, but they require multiple rooms between uses to recharge, which is just personally annoying. Having to ration the use of powerful skills is one thing, but being told you can only use the cool thing you bought with exp to clear a room once per eight rooms just makes the cool thing seem lame. I will say that I enjoy this game's Hindu mythological aesthetic, especially since you get to play as the bad guys. That's a perspective I havent seen a lot in games.
