Blood Dungeon

i really wanted to like this game, i even 100%'d it but oh my god the balancing in this game is abysmal, youd think the rarer things mean that they are better, but half of the items you unlock just aren't good and exist just to bloat the item pool, the prime example being harpoon, ice armor, and even the fire ring. The i like the style, i like the movement, i like this game in concept, but the more i play it the more flaws i see and how much it could be.

If I was one of those ppl who gave negative reviews pending an update, I'd do that here. The bones and loop and art direction are all so good, but the balancing is crazy trash garbage. Each level has 3 bosses who show up. Everything feels good in the game until around boss 2, at that point every level gets a flood of the exact same DPS check enemy (Banshees) and basically 90% of builds will fail. It doesn't feel great leveling up a few times and going 'nah, this won't do it.' over and over. The achievements seem to show only 18% of players beating the easiest 2nd boss wave. I've been focusing on the 'see all of a level' goals because those are at least doable on any build if you're fast. You need to roll just right to get there. Some weapons (Bouncer) outclass the others to an insane degree. Or like 50% of the upgrades are pointless. '5% more gold/blood'? So I'm supposed to use a level upgrade to hasten my subsequent level upgrades by 1/20th?! In a game where level 15 is high? The swing between only getting those options versus 'your shots explode now' highroll is too much. I'm here for rougelike RNG nonsense. I am. But the Banshee check is too high and many of the weapons need better highroll hits and some stat buffs need to be doubled and, in some cases, quadrupled. Again: its generally very good.

Another dime a dozen roguelike that uses meta progression and pick three mechanics to brute force terrible balancing. Brotato still unmatched in the survivor roguelike genre. I wanted to like it because the art and music are fun and I like Nidhogg but this just isn't it.

this is a fun game. it's quite similar to mega bonk if you're into that. not super deep but just a good time. my only criticism is that there is no invulnerability or easing back in after selecting an upgrade. this is more of a problem than in other survivor games because sometimes you level up in mid air while above hazards. if this could be tweaked I think that would be for the best

The game is fun for a few hours but then you realize youre grinding effectively, because the decent drops take too long to show up in the rng pool. I shouldnt have to spend almost the entire time waiting for one weapon to show up and then once I get it, it's upgrade options never show up after I chose another upgrade I really needed, then I just have a non-upgraded weapon into the endgame and get steamrolled. If the problem is addressed later in the game it doesnt make since to have that much friction early game where youre more likely to lose players.

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Balance issues make the difficulty scale way too fast, unless you have everything unlocked apparently. Like a survivors game without any of the gradual power scaling and payoff

Game is unbalanced. Goes from too easy its boring to impossible. there is not a second in between. Could be redeemed though, with some polish.

Vampire Survivors if it was Nidhogg. If that sounds fun to you then you'll like this.