Is the game worth it?

[The Mad]

It's still in early access and I'm know the game must be barebone but at least the barebone is fun??(and the fact I want more BB content)

[alucard87pl]

I'd love a demo, frankly speaking.

[Silvertongued Devil]

You can always play it for an hour and a half or so and then refund it if you dislike it, fwiw.

[2cide]

lil bro has no style or grace, telling nobody to buy this and demand more from it.
could have wrote a better comment mashing x

[Silvertongued Devil]

I was wondering why my notifications had been so peaceful lately. Looks like he's been banned for some reason.

Can't say I'll be upset by his absence.

[Outsider]

From what I've seen it only has 10 characters (aka movesets) and 4 stages.
That's way way lower than Dead Cells had on version 1.0.

[Ice-Nine]

It's alright if you liked Dead Cells type of metroidvania roguelite.

Not enough content or diversity though. Everything is super repetitive and most of the characters are very samey. It's not a bad game but the combat could be more interesting and less janky.

[Silvertongued Devil]

Publicado originalmente por Outsider:

From what I've seen it only has 10 characters (aka movesets) and 4 stages.
That's way way lower than Dead Cells had on version 1.0.

Not really, no?

Dead Cells has 48 weapons by default right now. Each one of those is essentially a "move."
It has no extra characters. It's also got shields and items that add up to around 80-ish "moves" that the protagonist can do. That's right now, by the way, not on 1.0 which was significantly lower.

There are no other characters, just reskins.

For levels you had 11, IIRC.

In Entropy Effect you're looking at 10 characters, each with movesets. Each one has about 12 moves, leading to about 120 distinct actions in total. Then you have the summons, which is another, what, 5 moves? Then you have the modifiers for each move, if that matters.

There are 5 stages, not 4 - though the last one is a different beast altogether. Not as much as Dead Cells, but it's also less platforming and speedrunning focused.

Not to mention that the roguelite elements of Entropy Effect tend to be significantly more impactful than the ones in Dead Cells - and you have the capacity to tweak how the run plays and what your character is good at prior to the run even beginning.

None of this is to suggest Dead Cells is bad, either: it's a great game.
I just don't think you realise the amount of content you actually have here.

Edit:

Publicado originalmente por Ice-Nine:

It's alright if you liked Dead Cells type of metroidvania roguelite.

Metroidvania Roguelite... whose only metroidvania element comes in the last level alone. I really don't get the comparison, tbh. Dead Cell's combat was simplistic by comparison. It's more like a complex beat em up, or a simplistic fighter mashed into a roguelite format, IMO.

[Ice-Nine]

Publicado originalmente por Silvertongued Devil:

Metroidvania Roguelite... whose only metroidvania element comes in the last level alone. I really don't get the comparison, tbh.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You wanna make up your own definitions of words and then insist that the rest of the world is wrong, go ahead. Have fun!

[Black Hammer]

Publicado originalmente por Ice-Nine:

Everything is super repetitive and most of the characters are very samey.

This is what's keeping me from buying it. The appeal would the variety of character playstyles and movesets, but from what I've seen they are relatively similar. Plus, unlike the good roguelikes, repetition isn't really encouraged by wildly varied items and upgrades making each run feel different.

Nordic Ashes has that problem, with its fixed character skill trees - you go in with a choice of character, and you already know what 90% of your build is going to be. There's no emergent gameplay.

[Silvertongued Devil]

Publicado originalmente por Ice-Nine:

What do you think a metroidvania refers to? What do you define it as?