Unending Dusk

[b] Unending Dusk [/b] is a decent beat'em up if you enjoy grinding stats and finding rare attack mods. As you can see I dropped over 80 hours just to max out 2 of the 4 characters. I guess you could say that it has some roguelite elements, although there is no perma-death. The stages are randomly generated so you can run into a secret shop or a hidden area, and that is not counting the stat grind which is usually associated with the genre. For me the game managed to capture the nostalgia that I have for classic beat' em ups, despite having all those new features. In my opinion the combat, aesthetic and the controls are faithfully implemented. I play Streets of Rage (2) very often, by comparison the execution of attacks is essentially the same. Unfortunately, it has no grappling which is perhaps my biggest problem. There are definitely some modern features added to the formula such as character levels and different damage types, but overall it truly feels like a game that could be on G...

If you are looking for a simple street of rage clone, this is not it. In the story mode, its more of a beat em up rpg. You gain xp, find new mods to add more attacks to your moveset. This sounds great and all but one problem. this game becomes a horrendous GRINDFEST. The game goes like this, you beat the first five stages on normal difficulty, then nightmare difficulty along with a new stage is unlocked. But the new stage is only available in nightmare difficulty and also has a recommended character level of +30.. Being only about level 18 when you first finished normal difficulty. You going to have to grind back on the old levels on normal / nightmare to get stronger for the sixth stage. After you beaten the sixth stage on nightmare, hell mode and the final level are unlocked which has a recommended level of 45-50. Again, grind like mad on the old levels on nightmare / hell to prepare for the final level. I clocked in total of 40 hrs of grinding to beat the game. It w...

Very old school beat'em up. The combat is pretty unresponsive. Requires a lot of timing and understanding of when an enemy is going to attack to prepare for it : ). The items are pretty fun. Can augment attacks with a whole bunch of elements and watch everything just explode. The stages are kind of randomized. I don't really like this. It makes the rooms feel pretty disconnected and makes it feel more of a grind. Add to that the 2-4 waves of enemies per room and it just gets to be a tad bit frustrating. On top of that, some rooms have stage graphics in front of the room, which can hide things like enemies and traps. We're talking things like pillars and the like. The enemy corpses also don't decay, which is a bit annoying. 3 waves of enemies later and you can't see the floor anymore. There isn't much variety to traps. They're all more or less the same thing. Little circles to not step on. It just feels like a grind to me because the rooms kind of blend together with no flow to them...

I went into this game with already low expectations, but boy is the actual game even worse: - 6 characters, all with stiff as hell controls, and don't be fooled by the swords, there is no melee combat, since getting close you get automatically hit. Instead, melee characters send short shockwaves that make them s**k both at close range and long range. But generally, you can forget about basic attacks, here is how an effective playthrough will work: you guard until your special is ready, then you use the special that should fill your ultimate gauge; repeat until the gauge is ready, then kill everyone with your screenwide ultimate and go to the next area. - as a fan of games with upgrades, these are the most underwhelming upgrades I've ever seen in a game. I can't imagine a scenario where I say "cool, I hit the enemy and random blocks fall on his head, repeatedly". You get upgrades that either boost stats or boost a bit less and give you an ability, but there's absolutely zero variety: ...

2d arcade action beat em up with currently 5 different characters with their own skill trees, it can be a bit grindy at time but its just fun and persistent loot and levels is a plus, some of the hit box detection can be a bit wonky at times but all in all solid time killer.

The grind is REAL in this game. A lot of dedication and love has been put on this game, and it shows. I bought it since I am a fan of the Beat'em up genre, and was looking to have RPG and skill tree mechanics. It did not disapoint, and got my $'s worth of value and entertainment. Pros: - Different characters to try with very different play styles. - Skill tree with 50 tiers and 3 skills in each tier. Do not expect Diablo 3-esque talents with visual skills and new mechanics. Most of them (at least for the 2 or 3 characters that I've tried) just rebalance certain attributes. - Synthwave soundtrack, very good and adds to the ciberpunk ambience. - An tem and enhacement management system (very J-RPG'ish) with lots and lots of items. - An interesting (if somewhat basic) storyline that adds flavor to the grind. No in-game cutscenes, though, just text you encounter in the road. Cons: - The grind, THE GRIND! I haven't reached the end of the game, but it is asking me to replay all l...

I can see the passion in the development of this game, but the controls are very clumsy and lack fluidity. I wish I could enjoy this game, but unfortunately it didn't work for me

While Unending Dusk is a good game, it’s a great game to play with friends. I and three of my friends bought this game. We have had a blast. The RPG elements work great in a beat’em up. There are 50 levels and 5 classes each with their own skills. You pick between 3 skills each level up. There is also a bunch of equable items to buy or find. The story is funny and repeating missions is cannon to the story because missions are different each time you play them. The music is like a techno remix of doom. The sprite work looks good and contestant. If you like action RPGs or beat’em ups, you will probably have a lot fun with this game.

Seems pretty basic at first but once you start gearing up it gets fun. The animation is a little rough and the character art takes some getting used to. But once you settle in it's enjoyable. The I had been eyeing the game for a while and once I saw that they added the final stage it was time to give it a shot. Glad I did. As someone who still plays openbor games it is right up my alley. Edit: There is a strange lack of grabs.

Unending Dusk is an old-school beat-em-up with ARPG mechanics and a pretty decent, darksynth-esque soundtrack that was admittedly rough around the edges in its early days, but regular updates have smoothed a lot of those edges and made for a compelling cooperative experience whenever I can rope friends into playing it. The developer even does double XP events on occasion, and eventually decided to leave it up permanently. It has up to four-player online coop but regrettably no local option in the story mode, though it is available in the arcade mode, which disables the RPG elements, and can use Remote Play. The time and place: a dark cyberpunk future in the last city on Earth, still recovering from a fierce intercorporate war. The onset of a of seemingly endless night spells impending doom for the city given its reliance on solar power. A brilliant cyborg engineer has taken it upon himself to gather a band of the deadliest mercenaries, assassins, bounty hunters, war veterans and even ...