Abandoned Archive

I will preface this with my playtime being low, so some points may be improved by further gameplay, and maybe at some point I'll do more and revise this. Unfortunately, the reason my playtime is low is because the game simply doesn't hook me as a roguelike thus far. Positive: -Variety of attacks and upgrades for them that make loadouts feel new. Even just playing a bit, I ran into many spells and upgrade paths. There's definitely some depth there. -There are a decent number of instances of decisionmaking in the field; spending money to reroll boons, taking chances on events that might give less than stellar outcomes, etc. The game doesn't feel like it's forcing me to make bad choices like some others fall into, which is nice. Negative: -In my opinion, the visuals are a big hurdle. A lot of the maps are very repetitive, the sprites and animations feel flat, and the spells are mostly functional but some leave a lot to be desired in terms of indicators. On top of that, the atmosphere of the game is *very* dark, and while dark aesthetics can work, here I find it mostly just makes the aforementioned bits feel worse. Especially because it gets [i]even darker[/i] when on low health. -The gameplay definitely wants to be a fast-paced dodgy game along the lines of Enter the Gungeon, but it feels like it misses the mark in a few regards. With animations not being very fluid, figuring out attack indicators and i-frames is quite difficult. Items that improve dodge rolls work in odd ways, slowing everything else down rather than actually speeding up your roll, which makes things difficult when trying to dodge fast attacks at certain angles. Time slow abilities are inconsistent when enemy projectiles are spawned at certain times. Despite stun being a very frequent mechanic, its helpfulness is varied, as some enemies follow through with their attacks during/after stun while others stop entirely; this issue in particular compounds with the speedy or nonexistent visual cues. Once you've fought a boss, you're locked into the room and forced to teleport to the next stage, meaning you can't switch up your loadout or refill HP before going to the next floor. Each of these is a relatively small gripe / nitpick, but they all came up in my limited time playing, and adding them all up leads to a game that felt hard for unsatisfying reasons rather than solely the player's lack of skill. -While in the positives I talked about in-field choices that felt good, having to teleport back to the start room to upgrade spells leads to two situations, both of which are negative to me. On the one hand, if you just get good enough at patterns and dodging, you don't need to upgrade spells much, but then it feels stagnant. On the other, you can go back to upgrade before finding a boss, but then you're doing a big walk back. If you haven't found the boss room yet, you're also required to then do a full walk back with no map or teleports. Overall: Given that I believe this is a first game project, I'd say it's decently above average and there's something there for people who want something simple, and probably much more content I haven't seen; particularly the story, which I didn't feel like I could comment on yet. Additionally, for anyone who wants to buy the game for its creator and connection to Neuro-sama, I wouldn't call it a waste of money, especially at its low pricepoint. That said, for people disconnected from that fandom and looking for something to put a ton of hours into, while I think these issues are fine to have in a first game and it's a point of improvement for future work, they also do mean that I'm going to say I don't really recommend it on its own merits as it stands. With a plethora of options on the market for roguelikes with spellslinging or fast paced high-execution gameplay, I think Abandoned Archive does fall a bit short on the list.

"This game sucks." -Neuro-sama

The fast-paced combat and the combinations of spells make the core of the game fun. The bosses and enemies have interesting attacks and patterns to learn. Despite this, I think the game suffers from some problems: - No mini map - Lack of telepraphs or indicators, especially bosses - Some areas being way too dark - Lack of an impact when using some spells - When replacing a spell because your current stance is full, you should be able to swap to the other stance without closing the menu, swapping, then picking it up. Some way to reorganize your spells would be good. If these are addressed, the gameplay would definitely be improved a lot, and I could recommend the game. But as it is, I am unable to.

This game SUCKS !

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This Game SUCKS.

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“This game sucks.” - Neuro-sama

著名虚拟主播Neuro-sama曾评价道： “This game sucks.” 不过虽然不好玩，但是看着coldfish789先生的游戏创作手法跟平常的形象比起来竟然如此稚嫩反差，只能说心中不由得萌生了多余的情感啊 哈基龟你这家伙 ———————————————————————————————— 说点认真的，没有小地图过于影响游戏体验，再加上手感不好和迷惑的战斗系统，玩20分钟直接力竭 如果加上小地图的话勉强在及格线 但就算这么修改之后，如果没有vedal的名号让我愿意凑热闹，这仍然是一款我绝对不会买的游戏 Neuro是对的，❤Heart❤

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfGw1wrKtU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCgoEGiUEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nt9YPnYyjs