Lootbound

Got under the influence? Need some activity before you pass out? Don't worry, this thing got you. It is the loop you did a million times before. Just relax and click. Otherwise - avoid at all costs.

It’s fine nothing special. Very bland all round. It ends up feeling like a simple stats check paired with a lacklustre equipment management system that neither adds any fun or interactive elements. Overall, it’s all just fine or slightly below average. Unfortunately, there’s nothing unique or engaging enough to keep going.

Normally I would wait 20-40 hours for a review on a game but this one is extremely boring and can't force myself to start another run hoping it happens to be different which is crazy for a rougelike. My advice play the demo you will get the same experience as the full release which is a shame.

Shallow and repetitive. Looks awesome, really cool ideas, but the actual playing part (after 1 run) doesn't really offer anything.

Раздражает качество игр с упором на менеджмент инвентаря, вот разрабы которые это делают реально думают что кому-то интересно будет туда-сюда дpочить всякие шапки ради усиления "пердеж в воду наносит на 2 урона больше", или пытаться втиснуть какую-нибудь броню в форме коловрата которая даёт на 5% больше рандомных статов, но ради которой придется переставить весь инвентарь и по пути ещё что-нибудь выкинуть. Каждый новый предмет заставляет тебя тратить время на то чтобы пересобрать свой инвентарь, это основнаия механика и это РАЗДРАЖАЕТ. То что нельзя заполнить пустые слоты всякими ништячками на 1 ячейку это последний удар молотом (+5 к хаосу -2 к порядку) по яйцам и по крышке гроба этой игры. Хптьфу Самое обидное что во многом игра выглядит и играется хорошо, но некоторые решения (включая реиграбельность, вернее её отсутствие) эту игру закапывают

(won as part of a giveaway) I've enjoyed this game, however the game has not allowed me to unlock the second character. It sits at 1/1 and 2/1 critera for unlocking no matter what I try. No matter how much of the game I clear past it, it will still not unlock. It unlocked the *third* character when I kept playing to see if it would unlock the second, but it still didn't unlock the second. I've posted about the issue and waited a full two weeks but no response and no fix despite several patches having come out already, so I'm afraid I can't give it a positive at this time.

Every runs are the same, you get the same 3 dudes. Gameplay is so slow it gets boring fast. You do a 45min run where you one shot every ennemies for a boss where you either trivialized it or get one shoted. I also can't support the dev buying positive review for free game copies.

As much as the game looks quite good and have a decent gameplay loop, It just terribly terribly lacks content. After max 10 runs you realize there is not much to do. - There are only 4 heroes. Each run gives you 3 characters, so you are constantly running 3/4 roster. - There is very low customization of character skills you can get. Your main guy can have like 3 or 4 skills (don;t remember), ond companions only get 1 (out of 3). Also some of them seem vastly better than the others, so you quickly realize you are picking the same few spells every single run, since there is almost no combo potential to encourage you to experiment. - Only 3 biomes. Every time same order, same enemies with same attack patterns. Runs dry extremaly fast. - UI is really not great. You have no idea what scales with what, and what skills are impacted by which stats (like chaos and order). Also one of the features you get access to later is unlocking more powerfull "special" items in the HUB. But the game does not tell you what is the size and shape of the items! Which is the point of creating builds in this game. If the sword has decent damage you cant tell if it's good or not, because if it's tiny it may be really good, but if its big/awkwardly shaped it may be borderline useless. This should be patched. On the other hand there are some good stuff in here. - Game has decent art direction which is always great. Animations are simple but they do the job. - Music is good. Nothing groundbreaking but fits the scenery. - The "boss crafting" where you gradually select what stats and abilities will have the final boss you'll be facing at the end is a cool idea (although needs some polish, some options are not very distinct imo). - And finally, the main combat and gameplay loop of collecting items, placing them to get as much stats as possible, and make the best possible use of limited inventory space is simply great. It's just a shame the game lacks some more depth and build variety. To summarize, it's not a bad game. It just needs more, at least twice as much content (preferably more inspired than stacking armor and damage). Also some UI improvements would be a nice addition.

for some context, i: + play lots of roguelikes/roguelites + did not beat the game or a single run + requested a refund of the game please take this review with a grain of salt, as such. the game was very interesting and exciting for my first hour (basically, 1 slow run where I was reading everything). for full transparency, i did not "beat" a run in my 74 minutes of playtime. I just already got bored and was on the fence about playing another run after losing 1 run and then playing a few more battles in another run before alt+F4ing frame 1 of hearing a discord notification. it's basically a slay the spire meets backpack hero type of game. everything feels unique for the first time you see them. afterward, it's tedious. despite there being several roguelite aspects to unlock, i already feel like i have the game figured out and that there's nothing left to discover pros: + visuals are awesome and stylistic. love the idle animations of different units. + game runs well on pc and doesn't fight with my monitor resolution cons: - time between turns is way too long. there needs to be a "skip animation" or "fast forward between turns" option. it takes too long between each time i get to actually play and make a decision just to press 2 keystrokes and then wait another full, slow turn. you don't even make decisions outside of your turn so not sure why this wasn't already implemented. it's the same visuals over and over. - inventory management was interesting until i realized almost every early item is obnoxiously shaped or too large for the inventory space you get. not sure if there is any "build diversity" early game as a result - with only 4 types of damage, it does not feel like there's any real build diversity overall. slash, crush, crit, acid? not sure if i got those wrong, but i can't be bothered enough to re-launch the game to check - i haven't explored other characters' abilities, but from what i've seen so far of the first playable character, they're all a little bland. some form of damage or damage + buff allies. strategy feels shallow my thoughts on this game are regardless of the fact that the devs were outed for buying positive reviews. i do think that is dishonest, as they are buying positive reviews rather than honest reviews. some promo/marketing is to be expected, but i'm of the mind that a good product speaks for itself