80% chance to hit - MISS
80% chance to hit - MISS
90% chance to hit - MISS
DEAD
UNINSTALLED

SKYHILL is a turn-based, rogue-like where imminent hunger and the lingering smell of death surrounds you. Can you survive and reach salvation?

SKYHILL is a point and click, turn-based, rogue-like RPG that is set on a post-apocalyptic theme inside a hundred floor hotel full of mutants and dead residents.

The main game play centers on the main character's quest to descend from the building in order to survive and avoid dying of hunger or being killed by the prowling mutated beings. Starting with the active and passive perks selection, you take refuge on the highest floor with a work space for you to upgrade your facilities or craft weapons, food, medicine, etc. and a bedroom for you to regain health in exchange for losing energy. Upgrading your facilities will result in further improvement or additional item recipes for crafting.

Every floor, there are three sections that you can venture. The center "stairs section" where you can descend from floor to floor showcases the elevator (busted or not) which you can use once you get the VIP Key card, as well as vending machines that sell random items depending on its type (food, medicine, materials) in exchange for a coin.

The other rooms on the left and right directions are open most of the time but they can be locked and will be available only if you have a key, though there are no indications that a room is locked and the key will be used the instant you click on it. These rooms has different kinds of events that can either be of benefit to you or bring harm or even lead to your death.

Encounters with the game's mutants are also an inevitable part of the game. Each of them have different attack patterns, power and health, but it all boils down to whether you could take them down before they kill you.

Your character can equip two weapons (bare hands if you don't have anything) and every one of them has an attribute that can give damage bonuses depending on how high your stats are. Initially, you start with five (5) points for each attribute (strength, speed, dexterity, accuracy) which you can improve any of them once you level-up (point distribution might vary depending on what perk is on play).

Of course, as you progress to the lower parts of the building, you'll face deadlier mutants that block your way into salvation. And should you ever accomplish that feat and descend safely, is it really salvation that awaits you?

• Detailed Crafting System - It might look a like plain and simple collect and create crafting system but as you go over the course and discover the scarcity of materials from your surroundings, the crafting system of the game adapts very well to the situation. Want to make a juice? Just pick any two fruits that are not spoiled and you're good to go. Want alternative options to a weapon you're planning to make that matches your attribute build? The game has plenty of weapons to craft as well as alternative recipes to adjust on your item availability.
  
  
• High Replay Value - Most of the people who will play the game will most likely fail at some point and could lead to a start of a new game (which is basically what a rogue-like is), but of course, you will be unlocking perks that might help you on the next session or the information that you got on your earlier one might help on the next. Those factors, including the many secrets, events, achievements, and plot-twists the game has to offer, one will definitely playthrough the game again and again.
  
  
• Atmospheric Audio - The showcases atmospheric soundtracks, on-point sound effects and voice-overs throughout the game. The best part of the audio that is very memorable to me is when you unlock and use the "Retro Cinema" passive perk. Not only that it turns the the whole game into a black and white fashion, it also turns the audio into an old-school retro-esque finish which is a pleasant surprise to experience.

• Mostly RNG-Based - The probability of a mutant encounter, the items you will get from each room and each event that might happen in it, your character's chance to hit the enemy. All of these are just some of the game's mechanics that rely on luck which is rooted from its random number generator (RNG). Do not get me wrong, it isn't bad to have randomness in a game especially in a rogue-like which relies heavily on that factor. However, excessive addition of it could kill the game play as it might seem that you're not accomplishing the game through your own skills and you're just relying on the chances, which is how I felt during my playthroughs.
  
  
• Repetitive Gameplay - While the game has many ways that could immerse the player on its gameplay that leads to its high replay-ability (either through the game's backstory and plot twist or through seeking the game's secrets and unlocking different achievements), it is still a fact that these mechanics and features are subject to "rinse and repeat". Unless there is something that is rewarding for the player to push further and play more, the repetitiveness of the game will result in the loss of interest after hours of gameplay.

While it might not be everyone's cup of tea, it certainly is a fun and challenging game that is a keeper for the fans of the genre. If you, however are thinking twice into buying a copy, getting it for a discount is a real bargain and a must-try.

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SKYHILL is a randomly generated roguelike where you must manage your resources to survive in a postapocalyptic skyrise hotel. You start at the top and must work your way down, fighting mutants and jerryrigging fuseboxes to keep the lights on for protection.

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75% hit chance and I get 5 misses in a row. FIVE Fookin misses. Game over. 10/10

Living in a high-rise is dangerous.


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Now don't get me wrong...I actually do recommend this game even though its caused me a lot of pain. The RNG is very real and offerings are made regularly to those fickle gods. I've swung at an enemy at a 90 percent hit chance and whiffed hard more times than I can remember...but i still come back for more. I must be getting masochistic in my old age but there is definitely a draw to figuring it all out regardless of the hardship this game puts you through.

Dont get me started on hunger. Walking to an adjoining room reduces hunger by 1? (you have 100) really? ive never walked into another room and gotten hungry. Wasn't all that taxing. I understand the need for constraints to make the game a challenge but whoa. It's a bit like it taking 45 minutes to take a pee in like sims or something level of ridiculous. This wouldnt be such a problem if enough food were generated. Ive had a completely upgraded kitchen and my guy was like Top Chef friggin Ramsey and I couldnt make something to eat out of all the rotten produce in my inventory. or lack thereof (any kind of food really) So the drop rates gonna piss you off, the hit chance is gonna make you wanna rage quit, the inability to craft that weapon you want cuz your stats suck is gonna sap your soul...but you will want to play more.

And thats why I recommend this one. Have fun! ^.^

First of all, i played on my wife's computer while she was playing Skyrim. Played 2 hrs or so. Goes down to level 35 and died on normal as 1st tour.

The game is enjoyable, but according to me it should be worth 2-5 $.
Because it's a cool game, but not a good game. I mean i'll try to beat it in hardcore difficulty, but then i'll rop it

Why ?

Mechanics are fine but too simple, not enough randomness and variations, i mean there's a lot of roguelike out there. But this one won't be in my top 5.

I spend countless hours on FTL, SotS: the pit, TBo Isaac, TWoM.

They're so funkying better than this one.

But it's a ok game, still worth of your Penny if you like roguelikes with ok graphics and very simple mechanics (seems also not too challenging).

If it's your 1st roguelike buy i stongly recommand you move on after this one to the ones i mentionned up on this post :)

Final

Pros:
-ez mechanics (can also be a con)
-not too challenging (can also be a con)
-you want to beat the game
-some encounters are challenging
-crafting is fine
-some choices are diffcult (when using items or crafting)

Cons:
-ez mechanics (can also be a pro), maybe too-ez
-balance of challenge is from too ez to almost too difficult (won't spoil), so i'd say difficulty isn't well made
-combat mechanics are ... odd
-who cares about story in a roguelike (?)
-15$ for that is too much (target should be 5$)

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On one hand, my love for this game was almost preordained, as it brought together elements of so many different game and thematic genres that I love--RPG, Roguelike, post-apocalyptic, horror, adventure and even a remarkably admirable dash of Elevator Action. But on the other, though the game is fairly "light" overall in virtually all of these categories, that also means it never overstays its welcome--if "casual" were not an insult, it would be appropriate to call this game casual, because you can play it for five minutes and truly get something enjoyable out of it. This is not something you can say for most post-apocalyptic RPGs, right?

SKYHILL is a unique zombie survival Roguelike game. Fast-paced and highly random, this independent game that pays homage to NS-Shaft to a large extent in terms of gameplay has both its attractions and major drawbacks.

The gameplay is simple and easy to understand, but it also requires some figuring out to fully grasp the game's mechanics. The depressing atmosphere, and the unexpectedly rich and reversing plot, as a low-cost indie game, SKYHILL certainly has some advantages to attract players to play.

However, SKYHILL also has a lot of problems. The game's tutorial is very short and fails to fully explain the game mechanics, which makes the player need no guide, often taking a long time to slowly understand the correct way to play the game. The random nature of the item search and the game's need for luck over strategy, especially the attack accuracy problem that has been criticized by players, makes the experience for most players likely to be very bad, and as players get deeper into the game, they will find that the gameplay becomes more and more repetitive and often loses its fun quickly. The game bugs that occur from time to time also damage the player's gaming experience.

Players who love zombie survival games and Roguelike games can try this game - after all, its price is not very high. But the game itself is not able to retain the charm of the players in the long term, should consider whether they can accept those drawbacks before trying.