Loop Hero

Loop hero is a blast. You can do a quick run or spend all night messing with setups and attempts. I would give anything for this game to get new content it's just so good.

As the game's name tells you, you, the Hero are in a loop. A neverending one... the game is actually a philosophical offspring of the so-called "Existentialism". So, if you start feeling at some point that you are grinding away for just a little more, that's actuall wanted. And that is also how the ending of the story is about... no repairing of the nearly-destroyed world, no positive outcome, just keep going (you as also the hero) until you get a little more collected, but eventually everything will end in the nothingness, one way or another. So, essentially, the game is after all this, a big let-down... ... the ending makes you feel, you wasted, and that intentionally as if the developers were trying to pass a message, your time with it and what you gained was not worth it. Yeah, devs, I get it, playing games is a huge waste of time, no matter if you are grinding or not, and getting a little further in a game, or not, is essentially... not important in the whole picture of the universe at all. However, why did you had to destroy a game with potential, dear devs, only for that message... sigh

Devolver Digital is gross and this game is a grindy mess

It could use more of a tutorial or manual or something. I find I have to keep googling mechanics because they're not explained in-game. In terms of the individual "expeditions" it does not feel like there is much difference between them. You replace your gear so fast and the mechanics are so opaque that there isn't much sense of building up a unique strategy each time. Every run feels the same.

Usually I write reviews for games I have 100%'d AND had a clear love for, this one was kinda just alright. Even though I like it, I thought I would've liked it a lot more. The gameplay and lore seem interesting initially, but get to be a little more drawn out during the endgame. How does the lore feel "drawn out"? I feel like the worldbuilding should've been more involved for a game where you BUILD the WORLD. I would've LOVED to know more about the Lich, but the main adversaries only had small backround checks in the grimoire, which made it feel like their character identities weren't as fleshed out than they should have. A lot of the main motives, relations and the source of each of their powers goes almost completely unexplained, except for the big man, who gets their own exposition about being a primordial power or whatever. Then again. I did still have fun with the game. The OST bangs, the stat balancing is fun, figuring out how cards synergize was a blast. It was only around the end of expedition 3 where I started unlocking more of the grimoire entries that I realised "Cool, so they're just not going to tell us any more than this, huh?" "Wheres my merman lore!!!11!1!1!1 111!1", or something along those lines. Even then, there's still so much to love about this game that I can't really rate it based on the story alone, which would make me want give it a solid 8/10. Give it a try if it interests you. It'll still be worth your money, even if the story pulls you in just to disappoint you by staying vague after you're done.

Такого количества положительных и стабильных отзывов об игре я уже давно не встречал. С точки зрения геймплея — это действительно что-то выдающееся и самобытное. Тут и красивый арт, и диалоги хороши. Но эмоционально — игра вскармливает чувство тревоги. Затягивает так сильно, что мне хочется убежать как можно скорее от этой игры. Жуть!

Removed from library due to publishers partnership with Anita Sarkeesian. Publisher (Devolver Digital) set to "ignore". "Gamer's don't have to be your audience." ~ Leigh Alexander

kinda boring