Lootbound

The RNG in this game is ATTROCIOUS!! ive never played a game so punishing for no reason and all of it coming from RNG. the gameplay is interesting but when you can't get out of the FIRST FLOOR in probably 50 runs it very quickly makes you hate the whole thing. Stats dont seem to do nearly enough most of the time, THE FIRST FLOOR ENEMIES ALL HAVE A HUGE DODGE CHANCE AND HAVE CRIT ME MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WHEN I KNEW I COULD TANK THE HIT, the extra permanent buffs you can increase cost an INSANE AMOUT OF THE CURRENCY TO WHERE YOU GET LIKE 1 LEVEL OF A SINGLE STAT EVERY LIKE 2-3 RUNS WHICH IS COMPLETELY ABHORENT. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF THE DEVS DO NOT TUNE DOWN EVERYTHING. CAUSE YOU WONT MAKE IT FAR.

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Just finished all characters on difficulty 3. It was a fairly enjoyable experience! After the latest patch, I felt the game became a bit too easy -- as I was able to go through most if not all new difficulty levels on first try. Besides the mana recovery change (thank gods for that, and I woudn't even mind Second Wind to scale with biomes on top of that), I gotta say I miss the old brutal difficulty a little haha. Hopefully devs have plans for some end game contents, would love to dive back in if there to be new contents coming out.

Really enjoying the game so far. It's a typical roguelike with challenging gameplay where your build and loot decisions can greatly affect each run. Which keeps things interesting and gives you plenty reasons to experiment. I like the turn based combat aspect and the dark fantasy feel of the art style too. Lootbound is definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of roguelikes. I'm looking forward to seeing more content updates and improvements!

not a lot going on past the first few runs. The inventory system is a fun idea done better elsewhere. You just end up with so many options with too little space to make any sort of meaningful build that goes beyond "this run, this number shall be the highest". The RNG feels contradictory to the rest of the game. I don't think the dice rolling system really works or makes any sense. The other dice options you can buy don't even really make sense math-wise, when you think about the moments you'll need the dice and how often you roll it. Why would I lower my odds with a die that auto fails 50% of the time? Why would I ever want a die that only adds 1? I just think it maybe worked in an old iteration of the game and didn't work here. Combat feels like the first level of a system. It's a very very basic turn based system where you only focus on your main hero. I get that the purpose was so your inventory management is more important. But then just lean into that and make that the game. right now, you grab skills, they scale with certain items, that's it. It just lacks depth beyond the surface. I see the intention, but it just feels like the beginning of a system rather than a system that is re-playable over and over in a roguelike. I don't really see the point of replaying it, it's very similar each time. Roguelikes need some sort of variance beyond dice RNG to keep it fresh. Bosses come in two flavors: "oh wow, I guess I'm just dead" and "oh wow, I guess it's just dead". They have a cool system for "choosing" your final boss. It's a fun idea. But the boss tuning just runs up against the simplicity of the combat. So either you have the stats in the right spots to bulldoze it, or you don't and you die. Beautiful art though. And it has the bones of something I'd be super down to sink my teeth into. But this version isn't it.

ゲーム性としてはバックパックバトルを簡単にして、ターン性バトルに昇華したローグライトゲーム。 初プレイは、敵のHPも高くターンを追う毎にHP吸収や棘、純粋化力アップ等々、ゲームシステムを理解する前に敵のスケーリングに追いつけず、なにこれ...無理ゲー？ ただ、2,3回プレイするとキャラ特性やアイテムの知識が付き、このアイテムが入手出来たらこのビルドが強いから、こっちのキャラはこのビルドに寄せて...みたいな柔軟なプレイができて、クリアに一歩近づけます。 何より自分のビルドだけでなく、ボス特性を道中選択できるおかげで知識とキャラを成長させれば、運に左右されずに安定クリアができる点は、良いバランスのゲームと言えると思います。 ただ、現状は解放要素が色々あるものの一回クリアするだけであれば、上振れを引ければクリアできるのでボリューム不足かもしれません。（安定クリアのためには、解放後のOn/Off機能が無い？ので余計な武器やアイテムは解放しない方が良さそうなのも、周回意欲を削いでる要素かも？） ロードマップも公開されているので、今後に期待を込めて購入しても損はないと思います！

The game's difficulty is extremely unbalanced; the mobs leading up to the boss barely lose any health when attacked, yet the boss can wipe out the entire party in just three turns. After playing for an hour, you just get instantly killed by the boss.