Voyage to Farland

[b]As a lover of nearly all roguelikes, I'm always on the hunt to try anything that is even remotely considered a classic.[/b] Now, from what I gather, [i]Voyage to Farland[/i] isn't necessarily a classic, but it is the closest thing we have to [i]Shiren the Wanderer[/i] here on Steam. Okay, I'm listening. Well, I bought the ticket and took the ride. [b]I'm out.[/b] Now I'd prefer to play my roguelikes in ASCII, so I'm the last person to be picky about artwork, but [i]Voyage to Farland[/i] is just on another level of 'ugly'. I'm not sure if someone went nuts at the asset store, or what. There is absolutely no artistic cohesion. But even stranger, there is a huge spectrum of quality from asset to asset. Again, I don't know, but it doesn't work for the game. I wasn't impressed with the mechanics either. Of course I'm not going into detail here because I would need to invest substantially more time into the game. From what I saw, it was pretty run-of-the-mill. I will say that one mechan...

The sprite and tile art are terrible- reminds me too much of the 90% of games in the GameMaker library. Other than that, it lives up to being like Chunsoft's Mystery Dungeon line of games as mentioned in the game's description, which is worth it if you grew up with those titles and don't care much for the game's visuals.

This is a terrific game. I haven't played the Japanese Mystery Dungeon games this takes it's inspiration from. I guess I've been missing out. Voyage to Farland is a turn-based roguelike. It's very bare bones. There are no classes, skills, stats, gold or shops. You are just your level, hit points, and whatever you pick up in the dungeon. In exchange for all that Voyage to Farland focuses more on consumable item abilities. The items you find control enemy pacing, placement, movement, etc. There is very little direct damage. Gameplay is focused on tactics, exploration, and inventory management. There is a good variety of enemies, enough to keep things interesting. The enemies all have leveled up versions, Sometimes they will level up during a fight when they kill one of your companions, or when you trick them into killing one of their allies. The items are where this game really shines. The variety isn't huge, but it is all useful. No clogging up your inventory with useless junk to se...

A roguelike for PC that actually feels like your playing a real Mystery Dungeon game! While the graphics are cute the game itself is extremely challenging. If you liked Shiren the Wanderer or any of the Torneko games then this game is for you!

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This is one of the few mystery dungeon games on Steam and it draws very heavily from Shiren the Wanderer in terms of gameplay. Overall, from a gameplay perspective this isn't too shabby of a game, though there are plenty of quality of life improvements that could be made (prevent accidentally walking into a dungeon; explain dungeons more thoroughly; etc). The music is pretty uninteresting and the art... uh... could probably use complete replacement - at least as far as enemies and characters are concerned. And yes, the art on the menus is completely different from the style used in the actual game. Let's just say that this is not a game you play for the visuals. But if you are a fan of mystery dungeon style gameplay, it's not a bad choice.

Mystery dungeon/Shiren the Wanderer combined with a mid-late 90s shareware CD game aesthetic. Worth getting imo

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Great entry to Roguelikes.