The Last Spell

The initial game is fun, but then it just gets extremely tedious with the same waves over and over. I wouldn't leave a negative review for that, but the 4th mission "Elderlicht" has just a miserable map mechanic that makes an un-fun map EXTREMELY boring, and an absolute slog. You can't avoid it or otherwise think of "unique" ways to solve it - it's just a straight up ability point tax, to the point that all your heroes on the map have to be built the same. I would not recommend this game to anyone, which is too bad because the intro mechanics ARE fun.

In short - one of the best roguelites I have ever played, and WELL worth the cost. If multiple of these check a box for you, this game is for you: - Engaging and complex combat system with tons of possible builds - Very satisfying turn-based combat - Great presentation and art style, fluid experience and very well-done interface - Character customization - Townbuilding and multiple ways to defend them, upgrading your characters between nights of fighting - Great meta-progression that leads you through the entire game - Very variable gameplay experience, you can tweak almost everything to your liking - A difficult game that can be made extremely challenging with the Apocalypse Mechanic - An engaging, but not overbearing story - Many moments where you feel like you're cracking the code, but it's all intended and well-balanced The game is very complex with tons of different mechanics and might be a little too much for someone that seeks a rather casual experience. The learning curve is ...

This is one of my favorite games ever made. Unfortunately, and not for lack of trying really hard (including upgrading hardware), it runs very poorly (low FPS) on my current PC (AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT, 32GB RAM, Radeon RX 6700 XT). This issue worsens the more I zoom out on the map. My CPU utilization is locked at 100%. There are some serious optimization problems that need fixing it seems, especially given this is a 2d game with a relatively small map size.

The final boss and bosses in general are poorly designed and hurt this game. And corpse mechanics encourages meta-gaming.

Deleting posts, banning people and locking threads, typical alphabet-mafia behaviour from the devs. On the [i]boycotted[/i] list they go.

Years later, I am still playing. It's worth a buy.

Games that give you hours of fun and strategies to consider and pondering. Definitely worth every penny you spend.

rogue-lite? turn based grid based tactical combat? extremely varied hero builds and progression? blowing up thousands of zombies? Great game definitely worth the money. My only wish is for an infinitely lasting and scaling map.

Pretty fun... for the first 4 hours or so. The novelty of this game wears off *very* quickly. Every mission/run is basically the same thing as the last one. The meta progression here doesn't even feel like it fits with the game, and on top of that is....honestly boring? There are no fun synergies with items or units in this game, nothing really noteworthy you seem to unlock as you go, you sort of just play each mission with the same 4 characters with cosmetic differences, some randomized perks that don't seem to matter whatsoever from a gameplay standpoint, and you're going to pick the same 5/6 weapons you used in the last run. You're going to spam the same abilities over and over, fight the same 3 zombies over and over, build the same buildings and walls over and over. I honestly can't think of a game that burned me out on its own gameplay faster than this one has. There truly is just not enough variety or depth here to make me want to play it for any longer than I have already...

Recommend for the game mechanic (pretty addictive, challenging) and that's it. Don't expect too much on the plot and so.