HOw hard/frustrating is the game

[Crack Open a Cold One]

I like difficulty but I know some roguelikes/lites can be frustratingly hard. How difficult is this game compared to similar roguelites? Easier? Harder? About the same difficulty?

[Toxi The Vagrant]

You're never put into a forced fail state outside of Boss Rush (getting ultra Praxis to show up too early if you're running cowl in boss rush is a virtually guaranteed loss) and you can outskill even the worst rng the game throws at you, but I have played easier Roguelikes/lites in my time.

[Kappa]

If you play at the base difficulty, it's pretty straightforward ( eventually, you'll fail sometimes and unlock stuff to make the game even easier ).

The game is great, even in terms of challenge ( because it's entirely customizable and you can tweak difficulty the way you want ).

[Mr.Heroin]

Originally posted by Crack Open A Cold-One:

I like difficulty but I know some roguelikes/lites can be frustratingly hard. How difficult is this game compared to similar roguelites? Easier? Harder? About the same difficulty?

tbh i find it pretty chill and casual (especially that you can permanently upgrade ur hero), most of the bosses are not abnormal, only some boss rush variants can be pretty tough, but in rest i find it quite easy, especially if you play singleplayer and all mobs have lower health dmg and spawn, but for example even with a friend i had a 2 hour run today where we got bored bcs we became gods(every rougelike has this on the perfectrunafterall, took us 6 mins to stay afk till we died :)) )

YET the game is rly interesting and has rly fun weapons mechanics and upgrade combos that can go in a great sinnergy with some items... i love it.. despite the game not having many maps, mobs and mob variants, i rly love it and feels very nostalgic

YEEET, if you play with many modifiers... they can make the game pure insanity

[Sygn]

just takes some time to learn the bosses, we did some of the achievements with 2 players, but it is doable (at least the av before the dlc), you need the best items for each build it helps a lot (mimic, +life for perfect room etc.)

[Royal]

honestly this game is hilariously easy once you unlock the five-ish overpowered relics lmao

[Desenkei]

The game is immensely fair. If you ramp up the difficulty modifiers you are going to die of course, but if you keep it at a safe level and prioritize SURVIVAL over glass-canon you're going to be fine <3

[Ereson]

Originally posted by Desenkei:

The game is immensely fair. If you ramp up the difficulty modifiers you are going to die of course, but if you keep it at a safe level and prioritize SURVIVAL over glass-canon you're going to be fine <3

This games new "Daily Dungeon" and "Boss Rush" mode are freaking brutal, I find myself failing it each time usually after the mid point. It could just be that the new enemy patterns are throwing me off, the fact I'm doing it on Single player only, or that I'm pretty bad with some of the weapons they force you to use. Either way, it's giving me Devil May Cry- Dante Must Die mode vibes.

[Cookiezudu]

Being honest, first time i played it was really hard, but they added easy dificult and that helped me to finish the first run and start upgrading my weapons and the ember tree.

and now i can do some really consistent runs in Harder settings.
Something that i really like it's when Roguelites have easy option to help players get the hang of the game, learn the patterns and get better used to the game so i can gradually increase the challenge.