Haste

Good

Short version: Definitely recommended, but maybe wait for a sale. Long version: Haste is fun! This kind of game lives or dies by its movement, and Landfall nailed it. Moving feels good, it's satisfying to master, and once everything has clicked you can get lost in the feeling of just jumping around. However, a game needs something other than just good movement if it wants to be more than a glorified tech demo, so Landfall incorporated a variety of roguelite systems to add depth and increase replayability, including randomly generated maps, a Slay the Spire styled node-based map system, and randomized item rewards and shops. Those systems are, unfortunately, the weakest part of this game by far. The random level generation fails to create levels distinct enough from each other to be interesting, so you end up playing the same handful of variations over and over again. The game theoretically has 10 "Shards" (worlds) but there isn't anything thematically distinctive about any of them; as far as I can tell there is a hidden "difficulty" value that affects level generation and that goes up as you progress, but if you asked me what makes a Shard 5 level different from a Shard 9 level I wouldn't be able to tell you anything specific. Similarly, the map of each shard seems to be entirely too random, without much thought put into what makes choosing your path interesting. You'll regularly find yourself choosing between identical nodes, or getting an "Item swap and heal" node as your second choice before you've realistically had the chance to take any damage or get any items. There's decent variety in the item selection, but it all feels mostly redundant - having a consistent healing item is good when you're learning, and a boosting item is good for going for higher ranks, but none of the items are actually necessary. There are a few other minor issues I had with the game as well. The "Restart Shard" menu has no back out option, so if you change your mind or clicked on it by accident you're SOL. You get the upgrade currency whenever you leave a shard, but NOT when you restart one, so if you want to restart a run you're incentivized to fully leave and reenter which is clunky and off-putting. The story felt like it could have been interesting but was mostly just mediocre. Ultimately, I got about ten hours of good, high quality fun out of this game, doing a full run of the campaign and a few attempts at the endless run mode, and it was definitely worth the $12 I spent on it. The base $20 price tag seems more questionable, and anyone who sees the game's tags and expects something with the replayability of other similarly priced roguelites/roguelikes will probably be disappointed. I know I'm personally disappointed that the roguelite elements are so lackluster, because I definitely would have liked to play a game like this that could hold my attention for longer, but I'm happy enough with what I got.

good game

The randomly generated levels leads to absolutely unavoidable bs. Step up once and you effectively lose that life. The story is very boring, the characters are boring, and the gameplay is just a bit too rng. meh. Not worth 20 bucks. Maybe 10.

a really fun mix of platformer and rougelike you should try it!

It was super satisfying and fun. However, I did not bother to read a single sentence of the story. The game can be finished just under 8 hours. It's perfect to waste some time.

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