Ironcast

The game was designed in such a way that you cannot see it's biggest flaw until you're outside the refund window. The algorithm for the game board is broken. I thought my first run was a fluke; I wound up starved for energy because no energy blocks would spawn. Then, in my second run, the same thing happened but for ammo. In my third run, it was coolant. For whatever reason, every run you do there will be one resource the game just won't give you, and it will be your downfall. Every time. Roguelikes are supposed to be hard, yes, but it's also a puzzle game. Puzzles are supposed to have solutions. At least in Bejeweled when you got a bad board it just ended the game (until later entries). In Ironcast, the consequences of a bad board are drawn out over the course of a fight. You know it's game over, but you have to keep fighting anyway or just abandon the run altogether. You want a good puzzle roguelike? Play Peglin instead.

Pretty good game! However at this time I can't support a dev that has acknowledged a bug regarding his background telemetry job failing and causing the game to pause every 5 seconds, forcing the community to come up with an unofficial patch for it. May change my review someday if he decides to fix it and make telemetry optional, but until that happens, I won't support developers like this.

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This game is designed no matter what you do to loose, until you do boring and same stuff again and again to earn xp playing same missions 20-30 times and more...Could be more stuff here...Graphics are none-necessary for this minimalistic and primitive gameplay...it's more like a phone game..Still it was lagging hard on my tablet. It's kind of a good idea...but probably they need to make it better..Waiting for ironcast 2. PLayed it again after some time because it was almost only game installed on my tablet...The game's score increased from 2.75 to 3.2, still not sure i recommend it to anyone, find something better maybe. 3.2/5

Yes, there is a lot of RNG. Yes, it is a bit grindy. However, if you are a fan of Match3 or just want a little twist on your turn based Steampunk mecha battler, check it out. The game should be cheap enough now that you'll get your money's worth and then some.

could be a very decent game but impossible to play and win without good rng I dont want to spend huge amount of time just to grind good build by depending on luck

I wasn't sure I would like this, but after playing it for just a few minutes, I love it! Turn based battles between steampunk mechs you can upgrade, You can unlock characters that have unique skills. Add in jewel matching to fill your ammo, energy, coolant, and repair levels, and you have a really fun game that is a little different each time you play it. Unfortunately, after many hours of play, I have to alter my review. The excitement of the game quickly disappears and it becomes monotonous. instead of playing missions and being able to increase your skill and upgrade your mech until you feel ready to attack the boss, you are forced to fight him in 10 turns. It turns into a game of chance. You pretty much have as good of chance to beat the game your first time playing as you do the 100th time playing. Once you fail a mission, you lose everything and have to start over. One mistake, game over. Junk upgrades after a mission, game over. Poor matches available on the main board, game over. I will still play it every once in a while, but the excitement I first felt playing it is long gone. Also, I bought this in a bundle for 0.49 cents, I definitely would not recommend it at full price.

Match 3 rougelike. I had my fun, but to see the story you have to grind a lot...or cheat :)

Interesting match-3 game, the first time that I tried it, I couldn't get into it, I can't really put my finger on the reason why. It might have been the graphics, which are nice, but in a very particular style. Trying it again after a few months, I found myself liking it more and more. A match-3 with steampunk mechs, if that gets you excited, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this game.

Having originally discovered this on the Nintendo Switch I was happy to re-purchase it for my laptop, classic game with some original ideas, if they ever updated it to introduce online multiplayer it would be perfect :) p.s. I picked it up on Kinguin (Steam key) for €1 !