868-BACK

Brough's games don't always sell themselves particularly well, but I'll put my finger on the scale to tell you that this is an evergreen forever good rogue-like. Tense and dynamic decision making. Simple core concepts that keep unfolding and revealing the more you invest and experiment. Unless I'm extremely tired 868-HACK is all I want to play when I sit down for game-time.

really good puzzle roguelike :3

really cool and really hard

Already my GOTY

This is Not My Genre, but I love the game; every sector feels super tight, and the metagame is just complex enough to encourage returning for more action.

Michael Brough's roguelikes strip the genre down to the turn-based tactical core, and 868-Hack was among the heights of this approach. I'm only a handful of hours in to 868-Back, but I can see there are great depths ahead.

Gameplay ultra rafraichissant pour le genre hyper saturé qu'est le roguelike. Très très dur, mais très très bon.

Inscrutable? Most of the time, yes. Beguiling? To be sure. I'm still learning how to maneuver within the system, but to be honest, figuring that out alone is a flavorful puzzle worth chewing on.

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After being impressed by the demo, I had to jump in on release, and boy am I glad I did. What a special game. So much room for player choice, equal parts forgiving and punishing, and every run inevitably comes with a surprise or new interaction to explore. Just excellent stuff here - presentation, music, style, and generous substance. Some days I'll steam link from my phone just to have a go on my lunch break. I'm finally getting positive scores, getting that delicious glittering data, taking risks, and losing it all. Play this game!