Rogue Islands

Every 2 or 3 months someone named Jane comes to the forums to tell us there is a full time development team working on improving and finishing the game but nothing ever happens. Read the news and the forums. It's not worth more than $3 or $4 in it's current state. I'll change my review to a positive one if any progress is made of the game.

Ok, yet another 'not yes, not no' recommend. This is not a bad game, and there are some fun aspects to it. But it slips over into 'not recommend' because of how many times I had to platform my way up those damn trees. It's bright - psychadelic almost. Minecraft on acid, without the building stuff. I mostly liked the aesthetic, although it does suffer from every island feeling pretty similar to every other island with slight variations in theme. Out of the gate it was pretty brutal I have to say. Even playing on 'easy' was punishing to begin with (well, most of the way through tbh, but hey). First time I get off the boat and the first outcropping of land has about 4 of the introductory skele guys and they just wasted me. Died, repeat, died, repeat, title screen. All within a few minutes. And the 2nd game was very similar as I experimented with keyboard+mouse vs controller. The controller just wasn't going to do it for me - perhaps with the later locking/homing missiles meani...

The concept and style seemed promising. Enjoyed the first half hour. Then: - I unlocked the second spell, selected it, and ... it did nothing. Simply wouldn't fire. No indication of why. Short range? Seemingly not. Maybe it needs more mana than I have? If so, why isn't that in any way indicated? Very poor feedback. - Eating food, which you have to do all the time, takes four keypresses/clicks, including effectively a double confirmation dialog. Tedious. - After 40 minutes, I wanted to take a break. Oh: "If you exit, all progress on this island will be lost." For anyone with kids, that's a total deal-breaker, and is *not* expected behavior for roguelikes. Console games, yes; roguelikes, no. Refund requested. Too bad, since the game did seem original and worth exploring.

Seemed fun, but there's a consistent issue with win7-64 bit installs (check the discussion boards!) where it stutters massively--literally 1-2 hangs every 5 seconds. These aren't new issues and I'm not sure it's going to be fixed any time soon. That said, the game play I encountered seemed interesting and fun--and if/when they fix this stutter issue, I'm happy to return. I'm not going to say "Don't buy it" but if you get the stutters, know that there's nothing client-side that can fix it.

Only a bit of time playing but I already love the idea behind this game. Couple levels in on perma death mode and I was sweating bullets as my character was on 8 hp. Then as night fell, I tried to hide but it made no difference.... The ghosts got me. Back at it. Great concept. Lags a little here and there on my mid-level alienware. Lots of fun. I'll update as I get further.

i know, short playtime, but this game needs some work. there is potential here. keep an eye on this one

This game had potential, unfortunately the original developers were scammed into releasing it to crooks who promised to update and help build their game. Instead the scammer bankrupt the developers and the game stopped updating and died. Don't buy this game, its unfinished, buggy and unbalanced. It looks awesome but you get maybe 4-5 hours playtime and some enemies one shot you while others you one shot. You clip into walls, fall through the world, get lit up by invisible foe's, and many more irritating problems. If you have to play it get it for 2$ or less

This game is great i love the idea...only issue is it is way too hard for me i can't even get past the first island. yes i am bad at the game that is obvious but regardless i would very much rather a mode where you don't die so easily. suggestions would be not starting the game starving and dying before you can even find food, nerfing the damage that enemies do to you and not having to restart completely after your second death. these are only a few suggestions and no doubt in my mind that this game is meant to be challenging but as a player i can only recommend that you make the game a bit easier for those who arent looking for an extreme challenge and just want to explore the game and its mysteries. Once again this is a great idea for a game and i look forward to seeing what you do next.

Great game, easy to keep playing. The new dynamic difficulty has made the start a bit less intense. Definitely a shooter with crafting. The procedural levels and permadeath keep the game interesting.

It's fun and challenging, the game size is tiny compared to most new games coming out. Room for optimization and improvement. 8.3/10