Backpack Hero

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Hours played at review time, across 859 reviews with recorded playtime.

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Great game, gameplaywise it is like tetris (item shapes + synergies), inventory management (limited space), a bit of stategic dungeon crawler (order of exploration), city manager (not my favourite genre, but not annoying as its quite basic here) and deck builder (toad playable character - my least favourite). My closest experience in gaming would be Ozymandias/Civilisation (not the same genre, but perception of time while playing is similar - there is always something small to do and switch to, very addictive). Dungeon monsters get a bit repetitive (~6 monster types per biom; next bioms reuse some types with minor tweaks), but game has many cool, challenging quests (mostly affecting your gear that must be used for the whole run); bioms are okay, but rarely affect your build and strategy. Each playable character gives interesting variation on mechanics and are actually fun to play (besides toad). User interface can get a bit clunky at times - especially since the game mixes lots of genres and features (e.g., selling items (sorting) works terribly, deck building is ugly (imho), pets get descriptions too long for the screen to display). But overall User eXperience is pretty good. Items to unlock are usually better than your previous gear (my biggest complaint about Dreamscaper - where many late game unlocks were barely usable due to clunky mechanics), but it is a bit difficult to truly plan your run - often you need to commit to specific type of gear for damage (weapons, bows, magic) and defense (armor+shields, magic, special effects) and it is difficult to switch to another type of gear mid run. E.G.: switching between archery and magic; armor and structures; Overall great game, that really keeps a good pace. To the moon!