linux when?

Just because I can see how other people might like the game doesn't mean I would recommend it.

The question from Steam is clear - Would you recommend this game to other players?

My answer to that is no, I would not recommend.

Dislikes:
Feels convoluted too early - too many relics, spells, and unlocks in the hub. It's great to have a lot of choices, but needs more of a trickle feed system before really opening up. For example, 10 minutes into a match a player might have found 5 relics, each requiring a choice, 5 spells (more choices) and 10 or more boneraised minion choices. That's easily 20 choices to make in 10 minutes which is too damn many. Choices should be impactful and varied - but playing the game with those is the fun part, not continually breaking the flow of the game.

Aesthetics - Some new games with old style graphics I find charming, but here they aren't clean/crisp enough.

Music - Sure you can turn it off, but it gets annoying fast (there is a jukebox in the hub)

I'd love to recommend this game but to be honest I didn't really like it so far.

I know 1 hour might be not enough but I'm kinda rushing through the 2 hours Steam allows before a refund and so far, I sense the potential but it doesn't click with me.

The game seems quite deep in terms of progression and such but that's actually what's rebutting me from it. I want a game that's simple to play and deduce things from.

The game is actually too complex, or at least seems to be! Too many random things to unlock and to play with, deaths can be very fast, and the arena is so small.

Too many aspects, the architect thingy, all the meta progression with both different characters with great skill trees and all.

So many things that it's confusing. It's great that it has a lot of content but it's kinda "in your face".

I'm basically unlocking everything because I don't even understand what most of the things I buy are actually supposed to do. It's frustrating. Too much mystery and uncertainty. I like my builds to be clear when I play.

The mostly dark scheme also makes the game very hard to read which doesn't help with the complexity. The art style is cool but is so hard on the eyes and to me unreadable.

The chiptune music is also not my taste. I find it too simplistic and repetitive even though I can see that there is also a lot of love poured on this aspect.

I see that the dev is putting a lot of work in it and it's a pure work of love, and as a gamedev myself I have a lot of respect for what he accomplished by himself, but the game is just not fun to me. I wish it was, really.

Don't take this review as gospel though, I know a lot of people loved this game and I wish the dev gets even more success with it. It's quite unique and caters to a certain niche. Just not for me!

Keep on working hard caiys!

randomly deleted saved game for no reason

I want to like this game more than I do. It suffers from an over-abundance of choices (heroes, summons, items, relics, stages, etc.) that make it feel cluttered and messy. But the worst part by far is the visual style. I love pixel games but this one does it poorly. There's a few options to highlight your own character / summons and the enemies in whatever color you want, but that doesn't change the monotone color scheme of the game as a whole, and the fact that the pixels feel too large so that you lose visual clarity. it's like you're playing a tiny game on a big screen, and it becomes a chore to look at for too long.

I had a longer review but it got wiped on accident, so sorry if that's not very descriptive. But tbh I don't really care enough even about my opinion of the game lol. It's just not for me, which sucks cause it is kinda fun at first before the faults catch up with it and overpower the fun.

I will note two things that really stands out.
The developer updates frequently, that shows their dedication. Which is good.
However, the art style is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ horrible. This game will HURT your EYE, I mean it.

I really wanted to like this game. I always choose necromancer in games where it's an option, I love the bullet heaven genre, I am a total skank for level up and fusion mechanics, but there is one massive issue that prevents me from enjoying this game, And that's the art/visibility.

Now I have no issue with pixel graphics, so it may be more accurate to say it's color palette. I've also never had issues in any other game with telling what is going on, but for whatever reason, It's a real struggle to have a full understanding on what's happening on screen. Every time but once, I died from something I didn't even see. Mainly because it blends so well with everything else going on. There are options to help with it, but it still didn't do a whole lot. So if you're someone who struggles with visibility in games in general, then it's hard to recommend this one.

If you're really desperate for vampire survivor-likes there's much better candidates out there (Death must die for example.) This one is spotty and not tightly designed or balanced.

This one just didn't get it's hooks in me like I was hoping. It's not bad but I wouldn't recommend it.

There is a ton of content here, but the game has a truly horrible user interface. I still don't really understand the mechanics of the various game modes, classes, or power ups, or why some runs go deep. It's hard to follow what's going on, and the writing is deliberately awkward to parse info from, even if you turn off the old english.

It's a real shame. There's meat here, but the presentation gets in the way. It's like stumbling your way through an old school Rpg in a language you can't read