Louma

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My gambling addict friend said if I post a review on Louma and it gets 350 likes and 150 Awards that he will buy me a case of beer and some vodka . So I'm just gonna leave this here.

"Louma" is a poorly made 2D retro pixel (ugh) roguelite "dungeon crawler"... and there's a lot to take offense with there, but let's focus on "dungeon crawler", which this is not, it's a top down brawler pretending to be an RPG. And shallow... wow. This comes across more like a tech demo than a real game. All you do here is fight the awful controls in a bunch of samey, repetitive procgen levels... no narrative, nothing enjoyable about it. There's some bosses to fight, but no reason to want to. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on. Instead, they decided that "Procgen IS content!" and lazily tried to use procgen algorithms to create infinite, samey, repetitive, soulless levels, because that's a lot less work. As a result of this poor decision, the game gets tired and repetitive almost immediately. Developers must learn that procgen is a terrible substitute for creating real content. It should not be used as "ez-mode" for content creation, as the developer tried to do here. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 12 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

Largely broken controller support. A bit boring.

Louma ist ein kostenloser Roguelike Dungeon Crawler. Kostenloser Spielspass, wer kann da schon Nein sagen? Niemand, wenn es denn wirklichen Spielspass gäbe. Von der Aufmachung her ist Louma recht ordentlich gemacht. Klar, die Pixelgrafik ist halt genau das, Pixelgrafik und zumal mit dem düsteren Ton ziemlich trist und hässlich. Aber innerhalb des Pixelgrafik-Spektrum ist es durchaus ok. Das Problem ist denn auch nicht in erster Linie die Grafik, sondern vor allem das Gameplay. Zum einen erklärt das Spiel sehr wenig. Das wäre ja soweit noch ganz ok, aber ein bisschen mehr verstehen, um was es geht, wäre schon noch sinnvoll gewesen. Richtig problematisch ist aber das Kerngameplay. Das ist zunächst einmal einfach nicht sehr interessant. Man läuft durch die Levels, kämpft mit der Maustaste gegen Gegner und naja, sammelt halt Kisten mit ein paar Münzen ein. Durchschnittlich interessant oder uninteressant, je nach Geschmack würde ich sagen. Dummerweise fühlt sich die Steuerung aber keineswegs knackig und präzise an, sondern eher etwas schwammig. Vor allem aber wirkte das Ganze auf mich irgendwie auch unglaublich zäh. Und ja, unter dem Strich machte mir das Ganze dann halt einfach keinen wirklichen Spass. Fazit: Ein kostenloser Pixel-Dungeon Crawler, der für Fans des Genres einen Blick wert sein mag, den ich aber für den durchschnittlichen Spieler nicht empfehlen kann. Zu durchschnittlich, zu zäh und zu uninspiriert.

Не люблю такие игры из прошлого века.

Louma, Rogue benzeri bir Zindan Paletlisidir. Prosedürel olarak oluşturulan katlarda savaşın ve Louma Dünyasını kurtarın.

Босс сложный, а так игра не плоха. Задумка хорошая, но сразу видно делал игру один человек. Можно ещё что нить придумать, ко-опа не хватает.

Bland exploration and boring gameplay. Instantly forgettable atmosphere.