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risk of rain 2 was a game i wasnt convinced of at the start, if it wasnt for my friend who offered himself to buy me a game for my birthday, i think i would have buyed this game last in my wishlist. though whit this offer i had to be quick, saw this game, wasnt really convinced, but i remembered the tip of trying games that you'd never buy, and i dont regret it.

risk of rain 2 is one of those games that become hell incarnate after a hour in the same run. its simple really, you drop on an unknown place, kill some monsters, find out the monsters drop coins that you can open chests whit that give you upgrades, fight a boss and go next stage, its a gameplay loop that can look repetitive but instead this game has an insane amount of replayability, obviusly just like all other roguelikes. the game at the start can become hard quickly because as a new player you can ignore the time that you use for every action, and be punished. infact in this game the more time passes the more it becomes hard, and it gets really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard. because of this you have to manage your actions move fast accross stages take whats necessary whitout wasting too much time. its usually ideal to just get some chest in the first minute, then go fight the boss, open some other chest and go to the next stage before 5 minutes. theres loads of good and bad items, divided in 3 tiers of rarity, 2 special tiers, and one active tier. white tier has mostly objects that improve your stats, these arent really exciting when its only one but having 4 of the same item really boosts you in its tier, like having 8 bleeds makes you god, 8 armor piercing rounds make you melt bosses, or 8 speed boosts make you uncatchable. these are extremely essential, infact its better to have 20 whites than less of any other tier. greens are more rare but are always dropped by bosses and have a chance to be dropped by small chests, and will always be dropped by big chests, these are addictional effects that are very good even singularly, though most of these arent very good either. red tier is the most rare and contain game changing items that do very distinct things and are very powerful. these are always dropped by legendary chests or special bosses, or have an extremely rare chance to be dropped by big chests. lunar items cost lunar coins, they can be buyed at a bazaar or be found randomly across the map, these have a upside and an hidden downside, unlike the other items that are all upsides, these though are very situational, only some are usually worth it, most of these can ruin your run if taken, though you will need to press a button to equip it and will never be equipped automatically. boss items are rare items rarely dropped by bosses, they make you take a power from a boss you killed. the active items are common and most arent game changing, they can occupy a slot and you cant have more than one, and are activated by input and not automatically. the only flaws to this game are that the final boss is stupidly hard, you need a set of specific items in big quantities to get him down, it has a stupid final phase where he takes all your items too. aswell some achievements are stupidly hard, this usually would not be a problem, just ignore them, but in this game they unlock items, so to unlock all items you'll have to do some stupid ♥♥♥♥ like: "complete a prismatic trial as "weak melee character" whitout taking any damage" or "kill the final boss whit "this item that doesnt do damage" some achievements instead are purely based on luck, youll have to find a certain thing a number of times in the same stage. prismatic trials are total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ based on luck, some of them are impossible, and they arent a side thing because they unlock a very good item, that will be really hard to unlock. eclipse is stupidly hard too but thats ok its a side thing they dont unlock anything its a personal challenge. some characters are better than others though its not a problem, theres a load and they all do different things, so youll find your favorite quickly, i especially like bandit and huntress, of which bandit is a sort of spy tf2 and huntress is i was advised to not continue this joke.
overall its a fun game very replayable and its actually worth it to do achievements even if its forced. 9/10

down here just a story you can skip and go directly to the review. risk of rain 2 was a game i wasnt convinced of at the start, if it wasnt for my friend who offered himself to buy me a game for my birthday, i think i would have buyed this game last in my wishlist. though whit this offer i had to be quick, saw this game, wasnt really convinced, but i remembered the tip of trying games that you'd never buy, and i dont regret it. risk of rain 2 is one of those games that become hell incarnate after a hour in the same run. its simple really, you drop on an unknown place, kill some monsters, find out the monsters drop coins that you can open chests whit that give you upgrades, fight a boss and go next stage, its a gameplay loop that can look repetitive but instead this game has an insane amount of replayability, obviusly just like all other roguelikes. the game at the start can become hard quickly because as a new player you can ignore the time that you use for every action, and be punished. infact in this game the more time passes the more it becomes hard, and it gets really fucking hard. because of this you have to manage your actions move fast accross stages take whats necessary whitout wasting too much time. its usually ideal to just get some chest in the first minute, then go fight the boss, open some other chest and go to the next stage before 5 minutes. theres loads of good and bad items, divided in 3 tiers of rarity, 2 special tiers, and one active tier. white tier has mostly objects that improve your stats, these arent really exciting when its only one but having 4 of the same item really boosts you in its tier, like having 8 bleeds makes you god, 8 armor piercing rounds make you melt bosses, or 8 speed boosts make you uncatchable. these are extremely essential, infact its better to have 20 whites than less of any other tier. greens are more rare but are always dropped by bosses and have a chance to be dropped by small chests, and will always be dropped by big chests, these are addictional effects that are very good even singularly, though most of these arent very good either. red tier is the most rare and contain game changing items that do very distinct things and are very powerful. these are always dropped by legendary chests or special bosses, or have an extremely rare chance to be dropped by big chests. lunar items cost lunar coins, they can be buyed at a bazaar or be found randomly across the map, these have a upside and an hidden downside, unlike the other items that are all upsides, these though are very situational, only some are usually worth it, most of these can ruin your run if taken, though you will need to press a button to equip it and will never be equipped automatically. boss items are rare items rarely dropped by bosses, they make you take a power from a boss you killed. the active items are common and most arent game changing, they can occupy a slot and you cant have more than one, and are activated by input and not automatically. the only flaws to this game are that the final boss is stupidly hard, you need a set of specific items in big quantities to get him down, it has a stupid final phase where he takes all your items too. aswell some achievements are stupidly hard, this usually would not be a problem, just ignore them, but in this game they unlock items, so to unlock all items you'll have to do some stupid shit like: "complete a prismatic trial as "weak melee character" whitout taking any damage" or "kill the final boss whit "this item that doesnt do damage" some achievements instead are purely based on luck, youll have to find a certain thing a number of times in the same stage. prismatic trials are total bullshit based on luck, some of them are impossible, and they arent a side thing because they unlock a very good item, that will be really hard to unlock. eclipse is stupidly hard too but thats ok its a side thing they dont unlock anything its a personal challenge. some characters are better than others though its not a problem, theres a load and they all do different things, so youll find your favorite quickly, i especially like bandit and huntress, of which bandit is a sort of spy tf2 and huntress is i was advised to not continue this joke. overall its a fun game very replayable and its actually worth it to do achievements even if its forced. 9/10