Backpack Battles

I can see why many people love this game. The build variety is insane. Almost every item can combine into something else, and the number of possible strategies feels enormous. There is clearly a lot of depth here. The problem is that the game constantly asks me to remember information instead of helping me use it. I spent most of my first hour opening the recipe book, scanning through pages of item icons, trying to remember what combines into what, then opening it again a few minutes later because I already forgot. It felt less like making strategic decisions and more like taking an open-book exam. I still managed to win my first full run, but honestly, I wasn't thinking much about synergies or long-term planning. I mostly picked items that could merge into something useful because keeping track of everything else was exhausting. I can imagine that after dozens of hours, once all those recipes become muscle memory, the game becomes much more enjoyable. But getting to that point requires far more memorization than I personally enjoy. The depth is there, but the amount of information management between me and that depth was too much. If you enjoy learning and memorizing large crafting trees, you'll probably love it. If you prefer games that surface information clearly and let you focus on decisions rather than memory, your experience may be very different.

Started great but progressively worse as devs continue making bizarre balancing choices. It's just not fun anymore.

Okay, so this isn't normally my style of game. I'm more so a shooter, mmorpg, rpg, those types of games. But I consistently find myself coming back to this game over the years. It's so calm, self paced, and really gets the brain working and thinking and strategizing. It's a fantastic game that I think i'll continue to come back to for a very long time. Also I don't leave reviews, but this game just deserves it.

If you are choosing between THIS GAME and Bazaar, Turnbound and other autobattlers, choose this one without any doubt Amount of ways this game allows you to be creative and have fun is endless. Very deep and strategic, but never boring

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If you love hyper-optimizing inventory space then you'll love this game. some classes i personally do not like (engineer).

Ich habe Backpack Battles inzwischen einige Stunden gespielt und bin echt positiv überrascht. Die Mischung aus Inventar-Management, Strategie und Auto-Battler funktioniert richtig gut. Es macht Spaß, verschiedene Builds auszuprobieren und nach und nach herauszufinden, welche Kombinationen am besten funktionieren. Besonders gefällt mir, dass jede Runde anders verläuft und man ständig neue Entscheidungen treffen muss. Dadurch bleibt das Spiel abwechslungsreich und motiviert auch nach vielen Partien noch. Die Grafik ist schlicht, aber passend, und die Bedienung geht schnell in Fleisch und Blut über. Klar gibt es manchmal Momente, in denen man sich über etwas Pech ärgert, aber genau das gehört für mich irgendwie zum Spiel dazu. Wer Strategie mag und gerne mit unterschiedlichen Kombinationen experimentiert, sollte Backpack Battles auf jeden Fall eine Chance geben. Von mir gibt es eine klare Empfehlung.

You know when you play tetris and you are desperate for a line piece and it shows up immediately after it's too late? Imagine that but it's the entire gameplay experience. And you'll never stop chasing that line piece.

Great bite sized game. Easy to play a quick round and always different!

Lovely art and a really good gameplay loop, a gem in the indie scene. If you're looking for a complex (but not overwhelming) and relaxing auto-battler, the money is worth it on this one. Dorothea's artstyle makes the game feel so much better