Pixel Survivors : Roguelike

[b][h1]Pixel Survivors : Roguelike[/h1][/b]One of the earliest Vampire Survivors clones on the market, wasn't expecting a whole lot from this game but I was definitely surprised, it feels very similar to Nomad Survival. Good variety of weapons and passives can be levelled for a ridiculously long time. [b][h2]Gameplay[/h2][/b]Before I get into the good, I want to make a list of the bad: hitboxes aren't great and a lot of the time it's impossible to tell where damage came from. Winning runs is kinda reliant on being able to pick up items from chests, having to pick them up is an issue in itself but this game doesn't have a weapon transparency setting so it's often hard to see near your character with certain weapons. There's a good variety of weapons that all feel unique, alongside which you are offered passives that can be levelled hundreds of times, weapons have multiple evolutions that are seemingly offered at random and there are tonnes of artifacts that grant huge boosts that are also just offered at random, these just lead to never being bored levelling up. I'm glad there is a Quick-mode, it reduces run time from 30 to 15 mins and you can even x2 speed to take runs down to 7.5 mins, and you can continue all runs into endless. It makes the game very fast-paced. The game is very basic compared to a lot of the better takes on the genre but it's cheap on sale for a quick completion. [b][h2]Achievements (118/118)[/h2][/b]Fairly easy completion, lots can be done in a single run, challenges can be stacked and are all relatively easy to complete. [b][h2]Settings/Accessibility/Misc[/h2][/b]Works well on steamdeck but had a performance issue in one lategame run. Keyboard, mouse and gamepad support. 10 languages supported. [b][h2]TL;DR[/h2][/b]Short and simple early bullet-heaven. Poor hitboxes. Good variety of weapons and huge amount of upgrades. Quick runs between 7.5/15/30 mins. Stackable challenges. Cheap on sale. Easy achievements. [quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39729435-JHG-Reviews/?appid=2218750]Check out my Curator page[/url][/quote]

Filled with grammatical errors, unbalanced items and an unoriginal sprites set. It's really not worth the time even if the price is low.

Every single run is a couple minutes of dodging, then you get your Luck stat boosted up, which makes treasure chests spawn everywhere. Loot them, become insanely powerful, stand there watching everything get nuked and wonder why you bought this. It's not *bad* but it's also not *good*. Best I can say is get it on 90% of don't bother. It's not that fun as literally 3h of my displayed playtime is turning off "auto level up" in the settings menu, then leaving my controller on the table and letting the game play itself, coming back to level up every 10 minutes. Unless you have some obsession with this game, really just pass on it.

Недостаточная оригинальность Некоторые описывают игру как слишком близкую к Vampire Survivors, с копированными предметами и паттернами улучшений. Баги и дисбаланс Есть жалобы на баги: иногда персонаж становится неуязвимым, не получает урон, а прогресс (например, сохранения) может не сохраняться.

Pixel Survivors is an okay game. This game feels like Vampire Survivors clone with a lot of functions removed, despite that it's fun. I really like the bosses and pixelated graphics. Skills and items in this game also feel unique. What I'm really missing is a system to see your unlocks, to track how much damage you did with what skill in your run and a bit better progression system, since I unlocked everything in around 10 hours of playtime. If you do late runs, you are basically immortal no matter if you are in minute 30 or 200. First 110-ish/118 achievements are fun, last ones are VERY boring (1M dmg with Thunder Dash, chest achievements...) 6/10

- Player diagonal speed is slower, but enemies speed is constant and faster than the player, right from the beginning. - The game arena is boring, just a empty rectangular area. Empty. - Terrible hitboxes. If a mob has one strand of hair in the head, the pixel at the end of the hair will damage you. - There's a lot of basic game design no-no's. - It had 130 updates (I counted them) and STILL not fun.

In it's current state i can't recommend this game: - no sfx for most of the attacks which leaves an empty feeling - minimal animation for collecting chests etc - feels like a project for school/uni (bordering on a flash game) There are better variations of this genre for similar prices etc. Perhaps after another 3-6 months of development this could be something similar to vampire survivors (the game is looking like that in this early stage)