Munch

TLDR: This game has a good base concept and art direction, but it feels like it's in early access and doesn't really have the content or the polish to be a full game. This game is basically if you combined Hades with Pokemon except instead of evolving into cute creatures with elemental powers they evolve into demonic heavy metal monstrosities. Which sounds pretty badass and fun, and it kinda is, except the game has a ton of problems that ruin that. As of 1/20/25 There are a lot of unpleasant bugs and gameplay elements that need refining, including: -Controls can't actually be rebound -Some UI elements like the Reroll passive button are just blank white squares that can't be used -There's a worm type enemy that shows up in the Flesh zone that's almost completely invisible, even during it's attacks. The only way I know that it's a worm is that it becomes visible when you attack it sometimes, and when it's in a 'Devour' state (this games glory kill system). I just avoid the flesh zone because of how unpleasant these 'invisible' enemies are to deal with. -The Griffin Bike demon (Ore + Ore) that you can evolve into becomes stunned whenever you use it's 1st ability and you have to press dodge to escape it -If you try to switch from controller to keyboard and hit esc in the level-up menu, you will lose the opportunity to get any passives. -Some enemies apply slows and sometimes these can become permanent. I only experienced this as the Spider Demon (Nekro +Flesh) though. -The Nekro Final Evo's teleport skill barely works, and just feels like a bad, long windup version of the dodge when it does work. Gameplay Elements that need work: -The game has 4 different areas that will usually spawn on each level, and that's it. Going from level to level got tedious even within the first 4 hours of gametime. -The game is also very short, the end goal is to kill the God of Order and I was able to do so within a single evening of gametime, and I didn't feel like I was exceptionally good at the game or anything like that. -A lot of attacks feel like they're missing punch, and they lack any sort of impact for a game like this. I'd like to see more flinching, knockback, and gore effects from hitting enemies. -The Bosses felt incredibly easy. I was either able to kill them within a few seconds or just stun lock them down. The only boss that felt challenging at all was the final one, and it still wasn't really hard. -When you evolve into some Demons they can get too big and get stuck on terrain much more often, which means you have to waste time attacking the terrain to get through it, or find a way around the terrain that is indestructible. -Some evolutions whilst more powerful, will get slower attack animations that make them feel like more of a downgrade than an upgrade -Upgrades don't feel consistent. For example: There are multiple cooldown reduction upgrades accross the 3 elements, however, the Flesh one reduces the cooldown for all skills rather than just your 1st or 2nd and it seems to be just as effective as the Ore upgrades that reduce skill cooldowns despite having no downsides. This is stuff I was able to recognize just from the first 4 hours of gameplay, but I'm sure there's more and i've left out a couple of other details simply because I just got tired of typing. I do think this game has potential though and hope that the developers can turn it into something great.

the concept for this game is fun af. but it is an absolute bug fest. buyer beware. if you can get past the copious amount of visual and technical bugs then by all means buy. otherwise stay far away

Tijoe, пока не бери, рано. Сыро! ОЧЕНЬ сыро! Настолько сыро, будто это бесплатная мобильная игрушка, где после каждой смерти должны показывать рекламу за бесплатное воскрешение. Стиль - есть. Задумка крутая! Идея эволюции это зачетно. Геймплей слабый и примитивный, импакт от атак почти не ощущается. Баги будто это ранняя альфа версия. Должно быть прописано как "ранний доступ". Или что там до альфы? Допустим "ноль плюс". Обертка крутая, а пирожок внутри - с ничем. Посмотрим на темп обновлений. Уж простите, разработчики, в зубы я вам заглядывать не планирую, лебезить и подхалимничать тоже, так что вот мой вам грубый обзор. Не стоит своих денег. Максимальная цена - 1 доллар. И да, полчаса в игре хватило, чтобы вкусить недоработанность. Через неделю буду рефандить. Сомневаюсь, что за неделю разработчики что-то кардинально исправят. Да и не поставили они "ранний доступ". Вряд ли вообще что-то изменится.

THE ART DIRECTION AND VISUALS ARE SOME OF THE GREATEST IVE SEEN FOR AN INDIE STUDIO!!! HOWEVER! The gameplay, game feel, and general quality of experience are not up to par. This game could be a really good hit, and i believe the studio is capable of making great games, but more playtesting, user feedback, and polishing is required to get there. I really hope you continue to work on this as it has so much potential, the monsters are awesome, the concept is great, its a tride and true genre, but at the current price point you get little to no value as the experience feels too sloppy.

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DO NOT buy the game anymore. i got it when it first released, and was an openish world hack and slash. its now a slay the spire like, and honestly, it killed the gameplay.

I bought the game back in early access and played it for like an hour, seeing that the building blocks for a good game were there though feeling something off about the experience, so I stopped because I was wanting to see what the game would turn into by 1.0 and performance patches. I was hoping for things like... - Charge attacks not being awkward to use charge attacks (that you do by holding the regular attack button, leaving you to stand there, vulnerable and unmoving, for damage output distinctly less than if you just mashed attack) anymore, and instead being on a heavy attack button that goes off consistently instead of sometimes deciding to not work - Actual combos, like regular attacks into heavy attacks to do different combos with different finishers. - More visual indicators for things like attack arcs, so you have a better idea of what you're attacking and why your attack is making contact. - Demons like The Anvil not experiencing issues where they have to hit enemies at the dead center of their spinning razorblade "punch" projectile, but if the model of the spinning razor grazes the terrain or a destructible environmental piece the attack cancels itself, leading to situations where you literally cannot ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ attack an enemy because your attack keeps getting cancelled by unrelated ♥♥♥♥ that doesn't stop the demons you play as who attack in melee, or the ranged enemies. But nope. the devs say the game has been polished, and I'm not sure where the polish is at. The trailers certainly look much more competently designed than the actual game. Meanwhile the game has changed to a more generic path-based roguelite where what upgrades you choose doesn't matter for evolution and seemingly only for the gated progression where you need a certain amount of element-related upgrade choices to break a barrier otherwise you just get booted to the title screen. Oh yeah. Progress is heavily gated so that no amount of skill allows you to actually get to the end without having to sink like over 9 runs in. Which adds to the bad vibes and makes me feel like this was meant to force people to play what is in essence a very short game, for longer, just to see the end and get satisfaction. As opposed to the "roam the land and destroy camps of enemies and towns to force god to send champions to try to stop you, meanwhile what you eat changes what you evolve into" gameplay in early access. "Oh but many roguelites/roguelikes are short games!" Yes, but a lot of the ones I've played are fun and make me enjoy playing it and want to get as good as possible. Like 20xx and 30xx, and Dead cells, and Windblown. And Gunfire Reborn. I asked for a refund, was told that because the period in which I owned the game was too long even if the period of time I actually spent playing the game was fine, I was denied. Even though I explained that I stopped playing early access after only an hour because I was uncertain if this game would turn into something I would enjoy, and that the hour I played it a few days ago to see what it has become since 1.0 and patches, just cemented that I was right to be cautious and have reservations. And so I've been denied a refund because I owned the game too long even if I didn't really enjoy it back then, and I definitely didn't enjoy it now. So now I am angry at being denied a refund, on top of being extremely disappointed and feeling ripped off. A game like this would be fine priced at like 30-40 percent of it's current base price. This game was advertised as being a metal-fuelled demonic powertrip. It's hard to feel powerful in a mindless button masher where attacks are poorly programmed and their function poorly indicated, where the game feels clunky, where there are missing visual and even audio indicators for attacks going off or even working. The playable demon designs are cool and interesting, it's just a shame the rest of the game is not. Don't buy this game even if you're a metalhead. You can achieve the exact same feeling of "slaughtering things to metal music" by playing some other game, turning that game's soundtrack down, and playing anything from the classic metal that this game's ost and demon-naming draws inspiration from. To newer things. Like. I don't know. Mick Gordon's stuff? It takes a lot to make me write an actual review as I generally don't feel good tearing into somebody else's hard work. It takes a lot to make me want a refund. I REALLY want my money back, not helped by how I feel ripped off. And I WHOLEHEARTEDLY suggest that people who like metal-themed games and games where you play as/transform into monsters and beasts, give this a hard pass.

The monster design is amazing and the evolution is an awesome mechanic! Excited to see where future updates take this.

[h2] Review and Recommendation:[/h2] I've had Munch for a bit since the initial release. I do love the game but there are a few things I can give input on for both gamers and the creators (In separate sections. CREATORS PLEASE READ). [h3]Gamer Info[/h3] [list] [*] The transformations are, in my opinion, awesome. Very metal in forms for the player and the story. Much respect as a metal head and gamer. [*] The rogue-like system is solid and you can feel the effects of each modifier. They have a range of modifier levels with game changers ranging from bottom level to top. [*] The game has changed a massive amount since start, but just in two days, I've already reached the second to last boss and unlocked three of the nine final forms. While the forms are awesome, the game, thus far (As of Aug/2025) can be beaten within a few days. BUT I feel it has a fair bit of replayability. [/list] [h3]Creator Info[/h3] [*] Love the game, but I'd recommend finding a way to expand it a bit for longer play time. [*] I would recommend adding a series of third-evolution options. I know this would mean a much greater expanded series of forms and the addition of an additional ability key to keep the system "level". But an additional ability would feel much better for game play and would replace the Boost at the third rank up with something I think players would find more valuable. To compensate, maybe increase the mission list before the final boss to increase the time to enjoy the new form. [*] Final Creator Note: Even as is, I do honestly love this game, and hope that things go well for you guys. Thanks for the effort to create this piece and keep on Head Banging! ROCK ON!!!

1) Devs if you don't know how to support controllers, allow to redefine all keys at the very least, forward to past in amiga-commodore-spectrum times, when players spent firt hours in games, trying to figure out keybord layout?! 2) For some reason I haven't noticed it on screenshots, but your game has quite poor readability, something should be done with colors! Verdict: i haven't even been able to "feel" your game, such an uncomfortable experience it was!