I'm a bit of a stranger to the turn-based strategy genre, and I got this game after trying the demo thanks to the selling point of "rooted in Welsh mythology". And it mostly delivers on that front, though it feels more inspired by Celtic myth in general, since I'm pretty sure one of those guys was Cornish. The sprinkling of Welsh words here or there kept tripping me up, and I imagine this is what it's like for folks knowing French, German, Japanese etc to see stuff they can read just popping up amongst the English language...

The story was generally alright. I could keep up with what was going on, though I'll admit I'm amused to know what the final split ended up being for folks needing to take a side, going by achievements - it seems the player-character's assistant didn't just grate on me! It lost my vote once it brought out the old "Welsh names are hard ¯\(°_o)/¯" line. Some super-computer! 🙄

I like the approach to unlocking new gear being tied to doing stuff in the game. Initially the play seems to be pick up weapons and try to beef them up, but as the pool gets more cluttered and duplicates dry up, it leans more into the use of relics to throw damage numbers through the roof. I imagine if I'd ended up getting the -DMG/+CritDMG item on my last run, that poor final boss would've been the first recipient of a OHKO! The chip abilities seemed interesting enough, though I managed to do just fine with the starting set of Heal/Fireball/Enrage. The variety on offer will keep some folks entertained as they go for 100%

The rogue-lite stuff mainly comes from "soul" currencies - collect a bunch on a run, and increase your starting cash, relic slots, starting freebies etc. It works well enough, though the end-game costs were pretty comical. But then at the same time, there's means of getting more "soul" currency in a run with the relics, so it's just a matter of playing smart.

Music was alright. Not the most stand-out stuff but it gets the job done.

There were a couple of negatives for this, though. Primarily bugs and glitches, which only really turned up near the end of the game. One time I got hit by a few guys at once and lost full control of my guy, including the loss of the Esc key, and was forced to close the game. Another time I died when some enemies were charging their attacks, and those charging noises never got halted, which whilst not game-breaking, was particularly annoying to deal with. There's also one last bit at the end where the game unlocked an extra stage for me to play, but didn't signify that this was an extra, so I went through the whole last level thinking something had broken as I got to fight the character I'd actually sided with. Feels like that could be signposted a bit better.

But all in all, not a bad game! I'm glad I gave it a chance when it popped up on the queue.