Loot Rascals

Loot Rascals es un como si Katamari Damacy y Pixel Dungeon hubiesen tenido un hijo juntos y les hubiese salido un poco rebelde. ¿Es eso bueno? Solo si te gustan Katamari Damacy y Pixel Dungeon. Si es tu caso, estás de suerte.

This game is a bit of an underrecognized gem. It very competently combines the two genres it seeks to combine - puzzle game and roguelite, with a sprinkle of turn-based strategy mixed in. I can't find any big faults in it. A lot of the design is super clever, be it in the enemy variety, the immersive solutionfinding to combat puzzles the game randomly generates. There are some small issues that could be easily fixed and don't prevent me from enjoying the game a lot; tall sprites can make it hard to sometimes see whether a tile is targeted by a temporary trap, sometimes it's also hard to see the distance from enemies. Both things could probably be prevented quite easily with a grid view and some other minor polish. The game would also benefit from a loadout system where you can swap between two setups, one maximized for offense and one for defense, since swapping between those is something you want to do more often than you are actually willing to go through the progress of doing so. But that's about it for criticism, and the actual gameplay loop is just really fun and the design is super clever at times. I especially enjoyed, as opposed to some negative reviewers, the way the Space Death subverts the whole ruleset that the game carefully crafted and established, which is just a brilliant design decision if you accept the premise that the game is just over when you pass that turn limit. You should also pretty much never need to see this happening if playing correctly. Big recommendation for anyone that has any remote interest in the mentioned genres, since I have not encountered other games of this scope (except some even smaller scale indie games) that fill this niche so well.