DurDanto

Аn important thing when approaching Durdanto is managing your expectations. It doesn't have the metroidvania aspects fully covered nor it does fully cover the rogue like aspects, but both of them have fair amount of elements. Do try this game if you want a balanced experience in exploration & combat because this game definitely delivers in this case. Expect great music tunes, fun challenging bosses and a strong presentation of a mythical story which makes Durdanto a good game overall.

This thumbs up is simply to help the game gain more traction. The game is still lacking polish. LT button in the menu doesnt work to scroll down, the intro sequence monologue reads like AI, the combat is weird and unbalanced, the animations look good, but I don't like the choice made in animations for certain things. Bhaiya, I wish you the best of luck.

The game is a trip! On one hand, you've a metroidvania world where you've a good exploration contents, ability-gated progressions, trap puzzles & on the other hand, you get roguelike dungeons that are mostly combat oriented with good amount of enemy variations. Roguelike dungeons feel a bit different in each run so even if you die a couple of times, you won't get bored with the dungeons. It's a new challenge everytime. The music tunes are superb, boss fights are not that hard but fun. If you don't mind playing Early Access then give this game a try. It's worth it.

DurDanto can be a Metroidvania game & also a roguelite game. The independent roguelike dungeons that are separated from the actual metroidvania world make a great blend of exploration and combat challenges. Exploration in Metroidvania world is linear at first but branches out later. The abilities of each mode are cool & they have their uses in Metroidvania world & dungeons both. Each biome looks unique with good pixel art designs that make the whole city intriguing & you won't get bored with the exploration ever. Overall the game has some solid fun moments & I'm very excited for the next content. I hope the dev gets enough support through this EA.

My thoughts on DurDanto so far, PROS 1. In terms of EA the game is really polished, there were some minor glitches but nothing game breaking or annoying. 2. Combat is fun, similar enemies but with unique variants. Each variant has different skillset plus shielded enemies where shield needs to be destroyed first using the corresponding elemental modes. 3. Dungeons are the only roguelike part here & give completely new vibe than the traditional metroidvania gameplay. 5. The overall soundtrack of the game is actually quite incredible! CONS 1. Combat takes a bit more time to get used to at first but once you get used to it the rest feels like a breeze. 2. There are pits where you'll die instantly! 3. There are some camera blind spots in some area which can be annoying. Overall the game is really fun, I'm still in the midway to finish the current contents. If you don't mind supporting Early Access then this is a pretty good one to support.