Hell's Descent

I've been waiting a hot minute for this game to come out, and I jumped out of my chair in excitement when I saw that it released (let alone with a reasonable sale). I just finished a relatively solid run, and I can 100% say that this game is amazing, the devs cooked, and I'm excited to see what else they have in store for us for the future of this game! I will admit, it took me a minute to get a good grasp of everything, because at first I thought you don't keep gold or talent points when you died in a run, but I very quickly found out that I was having a skill issue moment. With that being said, the game is pretty brutal on your first run or two, but once you get some talent points to spec into your preferred element(s) (for me, I chose fire because it felt relatively good for enemies that came close, especially the fire aura ability) you can get the ball rolling at a nice pace. Speaking about pacing, it's amazing! For the hour or so I spent playing, there wasn't a point where I...

This is a solid first take on a Brotato-style arena shooter. There are a bunch of frustrating things that make it less fun than Brotato: - It's a wave-based arena shooter in a small square, but the mobs never reset between waves, so you never get to breathe. Brotato works so well because of the pacing of getting to the end of those last waves, having everything reset, and going in again. That doesn't happen here. If you have 40 mobs on you and 10 hp, it will be the same when you come out of the shop phase. Good luck. - Related to the above, the difficulty curve is out of whack to where it feels like you're in the endgame 3 or 4 waves in. The first few waves and games shouldn't feel like the player is getting their teeth kicked in. - There is no way to freeze or banish items in the shop, which is terrible for these games, which are so build-dependent. - Related to the above, The meta progression feels boring and a little too specific, buffing specific spells you're unlikely to get unl...

Fun game to play!

Fun little rougelike game with interesting spells and enemies.