Mewgenics

Puuurrrrfection. it's even crazier than I expected.

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El roguelite definitivo del año Sin lugar a dudas, Mewgenics se corona como el mejor título que he tenido el placer de jugar este año. Toma la profundidad estratégica de gigantes como Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics o Into the Breach y le inyecta un ADN roguelite maravillosamente retorcido, creando una experiencia que es tan adictiva como desafiante. El núcleo brillante del juego reside en su ecosistema implacable. La gestión de unidades en el campo de batalla es una danza milimétrica donde el espacio, los objetos y las estadísticas lo son todo. Cada movimiento tiene un peso real, y el constante factor de riesgo-recompensa genera una tensión palpable. El juego no tiene piedad cuando alcanzas el mid-late game; te arrincona y te obliga a tomar decisiones difíciles e irreversibles donde un error de cálculo puede significar perder a una unidad para siempre. Sin embargo, el dolor de la pérdida se equilibra con un sistema de metaprogresión que se siente absolutamente orgánico. Hay una satisfacción genuina en el ciclo de crianza y mutación, y un alivio inmenso al saber que los gatos que logras retirar del combate vuelven a tu base completamente curados, listos para continuar su linaje o descansar. Esta gestión del refugio le da un respiro necesario a la brutalidad de las runs. Gracias a su sistema de mutaciones y a una variedad asombrosa de clases con habilidades únicas, es literalmente imposible jugar dos partidas iguales. Cada intento te obliga a adaptarte, a probar nuevas sinergias y a exprimir al máximo las herramientas que el juego te da en ese momento. A nivel audiovisual, es un triunfo. Gráficamente enamora desde el primer minuto con una identidad visual inconfundible que sirve como vehículo perfecto para su maravilloso y agudo humor negro. Y la banda sonora merece una mención honorífica: es tan pegadiza e inmersiva que termina resonando en tu cabeza a lo largo del día, mucho después de haber cerrado el juego tras una sesión maratoniana. Si eres un amante de la estrategia táctica o, como yo, un enfermo empedernido de los roguelites, Mewgenics no es solo una recomendación, es una absoluta obligación. Una joya que devorará tus horas y te hará pedir más.

I had nightmares about cats and spiders the first few nights but it goes away eventually. Seriously though, fantastic roguelite with lines and characters I will never forget. Unlocks are awesome and fun. Combos are super satisfying.

This game can be incredibly frustrating sometimes and it feels like it takes forever to get anywhere meaningful. What I started to do was focus on cash runs with disposable cats until I got enough cash to start getting good furniture. Baby kitties go to tink (they were garbage anyway) and just keep plodding along. Eventually I understood the mechanics of the game and started having a lot more fun. Take some time and read the guides on steam. Those helped. So yeah, its a thumbs up for me.

great gameplay, progression, soundtrack... peak

I like this game. This game does not like me. I haven't actually lost a run yet though. The game runs well and I haven't found any bugs. I do have a mod installed to make the annoying "typewriter" NPC voices silent.

Coooooool

I can't stop playing it. HELP.

I love this game, but do be warned that it is not a "true" roguelite, and I would say that it is very similar to something like Darkest Dungeon in this regard. However, like DD, it is still extremely good and will suck away hours of your life. It has a hub area from which you send teams of cats to go on quests, their class chosen by you before the expedition. On these expeditions, you'll fight enemies and gain food, coins, and other loot (armor, weapons, trinkets, consumables) as your cats level up, boosting their stats and allowing them to learn new abilities which you can focus your build around, with lots of cool synergies. It is important to not get too attached to your cats, as they retire after each expedition. The main gimmick of the game is you get to breed them back at the hub area, thus producing new kitties to whom the abilities and (base) stats of their parents may be passed down, as well as any mutations or birth defects (think positive/negative quirks in DD). That's the core meta-progression loop, you quest, you come home, you reproduce, and you quest again. You only have so much control over the genetic lottery, though, but your influence over the odds expands as you progress through the game. There's lots of meta-progression in the hub area, you upgrade your town and its NPCS by doing quests for them, and they'll sell you better stuff, expand your home and its storage, and even unlock new classes for you. One gives you the abilities to see previous hidden info regarding your cats and the factors which influence their breeding, such as sexuality or libido, so you can be more efficient with breeding as you progress and have access to and more adequately understand this information. Where Mewgenics will turn away casual players, but attract those, like myself, who love working hard for meta-progression unlocks or other tokens of progress/completion; the game is extremely grindy. It takes FOREVER to completely max level every NPC, and you can even continue levelling them past the soft max for tiny little bonuses. as for the other meta-progression unlocks, it's basically like in TBO with the completion marks for each class; kill everything as everyone so you can get all the unlocks and 100% the game. It's a lot more repetitive than Isaac, though, as there's 3 other difficulty options you'll unlock, and you'll pretty much have to clear every area using every class on every one of these difficulties. If you want something like Darkest Dungeon where you expand and manage a little town and send out units on expeditions, this game is probably for you. The tactics gameplay is compelling enough by itself, and if you like unlocking stuff and spending hundreds of hours getting completion marks, you'll love this game even more, although it might be a bit too much for most. Even if you don't like DD or never played it or just want a traditional true roguelite experience, the game is still definitely worth trying as, in addition to its great tactics combat, the whole breeding gimmick is fresh and compelling and might have you hooked. Definitely a great game for me, potentially a great game for you.