The time for me has cometh...
Do I recommend this game, after almost 80 hours?
Perhaps? Yes[b]*[/b] (With at least a 25% discount, mind you)?
[b]*[/b] I'm positive you've often found, among this cacophony of bountiful artworks; first tries and half baked messes reviews that start with "[i]I tried to like this game, I really did, but...[/i]" Or, "[i]I wish I could recommend this game, but...[/i]" And a menacing red thumb down.
Since I'm a qUiRkY person, I'm going to do the opposite, as I don't find any other way to express myself for this game.
Therefore,
[i]I tried to not like this game, I really did, but...[/i] / [i]I wish I couldn't recommend this game, but...[/i]
But I'd lie to myself.
The game does feel somehow incomplete, or at least it feels like a huge wasted potential.
The game has a lot of files of weapons; armours; potions; even a new class, not available in game.
The game is short, and may require modding to unlock an otherwise often unobtainable Achievement.
But of the 80 hours I played, I enjoyed every single one of them.
I liked how every run I could choose a different set of colours for my character, that for every run there was a chance to find a weapon / armor I've never seen before, that every potion found was a gamble until I vomited
and painted the floor green, realizing that the red flask didn't contain the same potion of the last game, where I died because I chose the wrong book at the start of the game.
I died more times that I truly want to remember, yet I kept coming back, learning which element was better suited against that enemy or how I was amazed to find a wand that I've never seen before, or a kopesh.
It has proved, every single time, how important was to parry, dodge, and attack at the right moment, waiting for each enemy to attack, or how lucky I was whenever I found the recipe for the potion I wanted.
It is wonderful to find a secret passage, never seen before on that map or what a difference can the right book and armour make.
I truly liked it because, despite the bad points (Which are not small, neither) The game properly delivers a fun, challenging and charismatic session, with a very simple recipe, blended with replayability and its own remarkable identity.
Harebrained Schemes, it's never too late: pick this game back.
Either that, or wait until I get rich.
