I got this game on sale, somewhat randomly. Turns out that I loved playing it. The game is simple - you must get down through a tower as fast as possible (you have a timer which you can find item pickups to extend) and fight bosses and, well, reach the bottom.

But, the tower is randomly generated each time that you play. The height of the tower remains the same, and you encounter the same number of bosses (though they have a small chance to change too, except for the final boss). But the rooms themselves and the enemies that you come across will shift a ton. Some of the rooms you get are super easy to get through quickly; some are just terrible pains. For a while it's just up to luck.

However, you get to build yourself up the more you play. There are a ton of weapons and power-ups you can obtain by meeting certain goals, some of which are actually negative goals - for instance, you gain more lives after you die certain numbers of times, or you gain extra time on the timer after you reach certain points in the tower. Some of the upgrades are permanent like the ones just mentioned, or the weapons you unlock, while others get unlocked but are randomly found by killing enemies or destroying objects.

While it certainly takes some getting used to, the game is a lot of fun and can be played for a good amount of time for some challenge. However, once you unlock most things and have successfully completed the game numerous times, I don't think it has that much of a long life. I still have the DLC to get and try out with some new content, and I tried the side-world that requires collected tickets to play in... And while it all is still fun to varying extents, I don't think I'll play the game in big time periods much - there isn't enough longevity to it. But others may find that to be different! (Especially people who love extensively speedrunning.)

Either way, the game isn't that expensive, so you should be willing to give it a try if it looks like it'll be some fun for you.

I got this game on sale, somewhat randomly. Turns out that I loved playing it. The game is simple - you must get down through a tower as fast as possible (you have a timer which you can find item pickups to extend) and fight bosses and, well, reach the bottom. But, the tower is randomly generated each time that you play. The height of the tower remains the same, and you encounter the same number of bosses (though they have a small chance to change too, except for the final boss). But the rooms themselves and the enemies that you come across will shift a ton. Some of the rooms you get are super easy to get through quickly; some are just terrible pains. For a while it's just up to luck. However, you get to build yourself up the more you play. There are a ton of weapons and power-ups you can obtain by meeting certain goals, some of which are actually negative goals - for instance, you gain more lives after you die certain numbers of times, or you gain extra time on the timer after you reach certain points in the tower. Some of the upgrades are permanent like the ones just mentioned, or the weapons you unlock, while others get unlocked but are randomly found by killing enemies or destroying objects. While it certainly takes some getting used to, the game is a lot of fun and can be played for a good amount of time for some challenge. However, once you unlock most things and have successfully completed the game numerous times, I don't think it has that much of a long life. I still have the DLC to get and try out with some new content, and I tried the side-world that requires collected tickets to play in... And while it all is still fun to varying extents, I don't think I'll play the game in big time periods much - there isn't enough longevity to it. But others may find that to be different! (Especially people who love extensively speedrunning.) Either way, the game isn't that expensive, so you should be willing to give it a try if it looks like it'll be some fun for you.