Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't

My first session lasted 2 hours and seemed like 10 minutes. Second one was much the same and now we are here. Bogglatro is damn good. Jokes aside, the game is solid and highly addictive.

This word rougelike has to be the best executed one I've seen. The combos, mechanics, and builds are extremely clean and very well designed. There's only one thing I'd like to see - something that all word games lack, which is a way to view definitions. It would definitely help the longer words stick in my brain when I see them, and be funny to see "A type of exotic fruit" after a word is said.

The game is extremely solid, with an absurd amount of depth and content. The shopkeep offering advice, and the shop catering to your build are appreciated improvements on the genre. HOWEVER, it can also be unintuitive as hell. The lack of tooltips to explain things really hurts, and there's so many times where items *should* overlap based on their description, but don't. A lot of items that tell you "X tile counts as Y," but then items that care about Y don't trigger. Lots of times where it's unclear why something isn't working, even though I theoretically met the requirements. And I had to look up how to unlock characters, because the in-game hints are so unhelpful. Recommended, but be warned that a surprising number of cool builds just don't work for arbitrary reasons.

This is one of the most degenerate word games I have ever played, along with one of the most degenerate counting games and chess games I have ever played. Really easy to get absorbed into, satisfying gameplay loops, charming presentation. The demo gives you more than enough to decide if it's for you or not.

This game is great! Starts of like you have to actually spell words then rapidly devolves into utter nonsense of putting together broken builds to get past increasingly unfair challenges. And there's delightful hidden stuff you discover as you play. Highly recommend.

I wish steam had a rating between "yes" and "no" , but it doesnt. This game really hooked me during the demo, and the ability to really get creative with your "words" is fantastic during the demo. Unfortunately for me, the novelty quickly runs out and it just feels like a word flavored balatro after a bit, which is kinda the point, but it just lost me in how complicated it can get, feeling more like modded balatro (and not in a good way) then "Cheating but with words" if that makes any sense. I wouldn't recommend it unless you genuinely find what you see in the demo worth your time seeing more.

This is the kind of game that makes you ask the big questions, like "is 'exherited' a word?" and "why isn't 'exherited' a word?".