Ruin of the Reckless

Note: These are my initial impressions based on two hours of gameplay. Will most definitely update when I get further. This is, first and foremost, a battle arena-style game. You defeat x number of enemies and move onto the next floor. What initially seems deceptively simple is in fact incredibly depthful and almost infinitely replayable. When you launch the game you are treated to a nice 16-bit-esque cinematic and the option to either go for the tutorial or dive right in. I strongly recommend doing the tutorial, not only because the character within is hilarious, but because the game has an awful lot to explain to you, intuitive as it may seem after. From there you'll be whisked to the first floor, and you will quickly see that this is a game about learning by doing. Many major facets of the game are procedurally generated, while the floor layout is selected at random from a premade set. The level design is pretty basic, though considering the combat and how it flows this is most c...

I was excited for the game after reading the Reddit post and watching some gameplay. The game just does not feel "right". Combat is boring and feels like you're not connecting blows. More like you're spitting out colliders that are registering with other colliders vs. a game like Castle Crashers where you feel like you're actually connecting blows/your weapons interact with enemies. Screen shake is not a substitute for a clean feeling combat system; I had to disable screen shake after my first fight as it gave me a huge headache (and props to the developers for allowing you to adjust that) but without it, combat just feels bland. I've requested a refund.

I bought this on a whim after reading the reddit AMA. Super surprised how polished the game is. If you liked Nuclear Throne but wanted the ability to make it easier or harder this game is for you. The mecahnics are super tight and polished. The game would actually benefit from some DLC to add more visual content but for the price it is well worth the full amount.

My first impressions of this game are great but I will update my review as I put more time into it. Ruin of the Reckless has a very simple gameplay loop of trying to ascend a tower by finding the key and then the elevator on each floor until you die or succeed and then repeating. While doing this you attempt to acquire weapons and equipment to help you fend of attackers so you can gather currency and experience. Money allows you to purchase items at shops as well as cards that act as modifiers to your run equipable in the lobby. Experience allows you to gather more orbs that add passive upgrades or extra attacks to your character during the run. The combat is melee focused but also has a spell system with limited charges to add range or crowd control options. The dodge roll and secondary attacks are also affected by random pickups throughout each run. The art style and animations on the characters is very nice but the backgrounds seem very minimal and plain aside from the hub area. ...

Great 2D rogue-lite with very responsive melee combat and intetesting card based level modifier system. Decent variety of weapons which are more aout atk style / maneuver than dmg. Action intensive and fast paced like nuclear throne ..... but melee style :).

This game is very well made. The combat is polished, fast and fair. Tons of powers to collect and cards to modify the gameplay. As a rogue lite it is of course tough as nails, but still very fun. The music is sublime as are the effects. The dialogue is funny and smart. Co-op mode is very much appreciated as well. Very much recommended if you like intense action games with challenging gameplay. Little bit of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj-0tvuOyaQ&feature=youtu.be

A great flowing roguelite. The gameplay has a very rythmic quality to it, and it is VERY difficult. Good and responsive devs as well.

The game has a great base but a lot of extremely bad design choices surrounding it. The combat feels very good, there's a satisfying variety to player customization and all the general elements of the game save for the room appearances. But the games sense of difficulty is completely artificial, spawning massive amounts of enemies in small rooms often with the player surrounded; and expecting them to survive over and over through this. The first thing that shows up that raises warning flags is that every floor is on a countdown timer, and when the timer expires; projectiles start being shot at the player from randomly spawning portals. And their frequency drastically increases very quickly as well. This encourages players to be fast. But fast isn't fun in a Rogue-like. Stopping to think about what choices you want to make for your build, stop and read the text on the things and actually make considerations, just taking your time to enjoy things at your pace. All of these things you ...

Game was a no go for me, fullscreen wasn't actually full screen it would stay the same resolution (tiny) with a big black border. Needed a microscope to see the action on my near 4K 38" monitor. Can't recommend it to anyone that has a high res monitor in the same situation as me.

Ruin of the Reckless is a good game, no question about it in my opinion. The game has satisfying combat that blends a mix of melee fighting and spellcasting with (if you prefer) movement abilities that gives you a very good amount of control and opportunity to take on enemies. In addition there are "orbs" floating around each level that you can use to upgrade your character as you level up, that have a good amount of variety ranging from pets, new attacks or passive upgrades. The way you play the first couple of hours will most likely not look the same after 10 hours, both in speed and efficiency. Graphics are serviceable, but nothing special, which I assume is to avoid the game being too cluttered. The game succeeds for the most part in that aspect, but it's just barely and there are at least a few moments where it becomes too much with swarms of enemies around you. However where the game succeeds the most in my opinion is the music. It has one of the best chip tune soundtracks I've ...