IGNOBLE

Very addictive game. Love the ramp up mid game. Recommend 100+

I finished IGNOBLE in about 6.1 hours and ended up with 70/72 achievements, so I think I got pretty much everything I wanted out of it. The early and mid game are easily the strongest parts. The combat is fast, reactive, and constantly pushes you to stay aggressive. The mechanic that damages you for staying too far away from enemies works really well with the rest of the game, since it discourages passive play and keeps runs moving. The progression is also very satisfying. Unlocking new skills, deck slots and upgrades gives you that constant "just one more run" feeling, and by the end you can become hilariously overpowered. The late game is weaker. Blood Blisters are probably my least favorite mechanic. They have a lot of health, don't interact particularly well with your damage progression, and eventually feel more tedious than dangerous. The last stage also becomes somewhat repetitive, especially once your build is strong enough that most enemies are no longer a real threat. That said, I don't think this ruins the game. By the time the repetition starts becoming noticeable, you're basically doing runs because you still want to unlock more stuff, not because the game desperately needs another five hours of content. If anything, I simultaneously felt that I finished it a little too quickly and that making it much longer would probably have made the late game overstay its welcome. For the price I paid, around $1, getting six hours of genuinely enjoyable gameplay and almost every achievement is absurdly good value. It has some rough edges and the progression curve runs out of steam near the end, but the core gameplay is fun enough that I had no problem playing until there was almost nothing left to unlock. Recommended.