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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 0.8 hrs on record
Posted: Mar 18, 2015 @ 1:05am

Early Access Review
Great potential. Needs work.

Pros:
_Excellent characters: If you're a MOBA fan, you're gonna have a good time here. Characters are varied in term of play style and a lot of them are fun to play. 5 are unlocked at the start, with more unlocked as you play the game. Easily the strongest point of the game.
_Pixel art style: A more personal point than a professional one. I really like pixel art style, this game looks quite nice in that regards.
_Great boss fights: The bosses are big, bombastic, chalenging and fun to fight against.
_The actual gameplay: On a minute-to-minute basis, the game is fun, nice control with lots of chaotic fights.

Cons:
_Terrible level design: The moment leading up to the boss fights are just rooms, each with waves of enemies spawning one wave at a time. It's really really REALLY lazy design. There's nothing to break up the pace either. No puzzles, no platforming. As good as the boss fights are, the levels leading up to them feels more like time sinks than levels.
_The loot system isn't interesting: Plenty of random loots here, but not all of them are interesting. As a matter of fact, most of them aren't interesting at all. If you're looking for the the kinda loot-generation depth of Diablo, Torchlight or Path of Exile, you won't find it here.
_Some characters need balancing: I'm looking at you, Fallen Angel.

Overall, you'll like this game if:
_You want a cast of well-design, diverse playable characters.
_You can overlook the overall design and focus on the excellent minute-to-minute gameplay.
_You dig the art style.
_You can stomach the levels enough to enjoy the (honestly great) boss fights.

The potential here is immense! But Warlocks needs more work to be truly great.

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1 Comments
Nasty Peep Aug 13, 2015 @ 8:01pm 
Could you update your review? I like your detail but this review is pretty old, wondering what parts have changed since.