Recent reviews by LumpyJumbo

This is an amazing roguelike game!

Gameplay:

You start off with a very basic character and challenge a castle filled with many monsters. Your goal will be to plunder as much gold and equipment as possible before you die. Dying is inevitable and a recurring feature of this game. The catch is that the gold you collect will be passed down to one of three children to choose from. They can have different classes and different traits. Traits can either be good, bad, funny or obnoxious. I won't be spoiling them. So, your bounty gets passed down and now you get to spend your money on a skill tree. From there you can unlock new features such as the smithy, from which you can buy equipment from. Equipment is important as it is a quick and cheap way to raise stats such as armor, health, mana and strength. However, these stats can be upgraded on your skill tree as well. As you play through the game, you will proggressively get more and more gold, getting better and better characters with which you can delve deeper into the castle and, perhaps, complete the game. If you aren't into difficult games with permadeath, this might not be the game for you, even though this game has very forgiving and enjoyable deaths. You won't mind dying as much as with other games. Definitely a fun and unique experience.

Visuals:

A lot of people would say that graphics are very important and, as such, this game isn't very appealing. I am not one of those people. Although the visuals are an important element to games, the deciding facor for me has been gameplay. Nonetheless, I would say that, despite its graphic limitations, this game looks incredible. The artstyle is fun and simple, yet beautiful and charming. It kind of gives off a retro aura that I really enjoy. It doesn't matter that it isn't realistic, that's not what the game is going for. I would say it's very well made.

Music:

Finally, the music! I must confess, when I loaded up the game, I heard a very beautiful song playing. It kind of mixed electronic sounds with orchestral instruments in a way I had never heard before. As silly as it may seem, I didn't realize it was the game. I thought it was from a video I had been watching or something. But I was wrong. So amazingly wrong. As stupid of an assumption as it is, I never expected an indie game to have such beautiful music in it. A lot of work and effort were obviously put into it. So yeah, I really enjoyed the entire soundtrack. It's very unique and amazing.

Story:

At first, the story isn't very apparent but it gets very interesting as you discover more. Note that there are a bunch of references to the history surrounding the fountain of youth. It's pretty cool.

Controls:

I have not had the opportunity to play this game with a controller yet, but yes, it does have full controller support. Regardless, the keyboard controls work pretty much perfect for me. They're responsive too. Overall, I just think there's no problem with them, there's not much else I can say.

Verdict:

This is, in my opinion, one of the best Steam games out there. I bought it less than 2 weeks ago and I've played over 50 hours! I'm completely hooked. It is astounding. For the amount of enjoyment you'll get out of it, 14 euros is a complete steal. If you're interested, go buy this game. It's worth it.