Katanaut

Learning this game was solo-developed impresses me tenfold when I was already pleased with the game. I was gifted this by a friend, so I have no sunk-cost fallacy tainting my bias into saying this is good when it isn't: it's genuinely great. That being said, even if I hadn't been gifted it, I would have bought this 100%. It's like a hybrid of Hades, Cyberpunk 2077 and Blasphemous. The movement feels so smooth and responsive and you don't really get that with many of its contemporaries, there's always a floaty delay to your moves, but not so in this game. The pixel art is gorgeous, the gameplay mechanics are sublime, the NPCs are all distinct and memorable and the generated levels offer a new surprise each time. I haven't spent much time with this game, but I spent long enough to know and vouch that it's good. The amount of content here from a solo developer is staggering: dozens of weapons, upgrades, passives, perks. It's insane the amount of effort put into this. Excited for more runs, it's really solid. Normally not into rogue-likes but this, like Hades, is a gem of an exception.

I enjoy it, similar to dead cells, fast paced and fun.

[h1]Update after clearing final difficulty[/h1] That was quite the challenge and I think worth it overall once I found my ideal build. It does bring up that same issue I mentioned before were some abilities are seemingly straight butt no matter what you do. Single hit high cost abilities are very low worth. I ended up clearing with the plague ground or whatever that poisons in a giant AOE and you can stack it with the blade that lets you spam abilities, along with the shadow blade that rotates around you for low cost AOE clear. Supposedly there is a lifesteal ability that I never got around to unlocking but that would be nice. [h1] Original Review [/h1] A pretty decent roguelite all things considered. I see some reviews calling it a metroidvania but it is not a metroidvania in any way, I suppose because it's 2D and the maps you load into have some altering paths. It is not a metroidvania though, it is a roguelite through and through. Get your upgrades, get a lucky path that you can take in your build to start becoming ridiculously OP, and then push your luck for extreme upgrades to help you explode bosses. It's got a lot of the standard formula for roguelites. The big difference here is there is a lot of speed with your character and scaling feels pretty good if you get to invest heavily. My last run had a gun that normally deals 60-100 damage per shot dealing 900-1000 per shot and then critting for much more. It and some orbs I had were able to blow up bosses. The main story, or loosely what you could consider that, plays out over beating your runs across something like 4 increasing difficulties. Base, Warp 1, Warp 2, and Warp 3. In my time so far I've cleared Base and Warp 1, we'll see if I get around to Warp 2 and 3. The bosses get new abilities and levels get new modifers on higher difficulties along with you getting less access to healing. It's not substantially changing but it's doing some extra things the more you play which is good. It has a lot of pitfalls that your standard roguelites have as well where certain abilities seem pretty terrible, probably unless you get a very specific piece that can go crazy with it. The theme is great and it does a lot of heavy lifting.

игра хорошая, очень уж похожа на dead cells, но мне не зашла стилистика, как-то картонно и будто бы недоделано всё выглядит. интерфейс какой-то корявый, враги сливаются с фоном, персонаж тоже, слишком большое обилие врагов на первой и второй локациях, приходится буквально спамить кнопку удара, парирование странно сделано. отдельно хочу отметить саундтрек - пусть даже мне не понравилась игра, но саундтрек бомбический. ставлю "рекомендую" потому что игра без проблем зайдёт любителям рогаликов, или просто тому, кому по какой-то причине не понравилась dead cells. цена небольшая, но всё же рефанд.

游戏还是挺好玩的，但是难度三之后游戏开始变得不再解压了,地图探索超过1分半钟左右就会出现回声（echos），就是开发者防止舔图让角色变得过强，经常一出现就是三个，boss战也渐渐变成高强度弹幕躲避加上很短的输出窗口，本质还是DPS检测器，伤害高自然就过了，如果想吸引更多玩家，学学死亡细胞多周目怎么做的

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Roguelike Katana Zero; what's not to like?

Buen juego pero se ve algo lento en algunas ocaciones

A hidden gem. Absolutely love the aesthetic and art design. If you are a fan of cosmic horror (and roguelikes) I think you will very much enjoy this game. I also really like the story of it and how it progresses through the different warps (difficulties). Anyways cosmic horror is goated and the devs nailed it gameplay is good