Purgatory

Purgatory is short and simple in a way that reminds me of the flash games of my youth, some of which had RPG mechanics, party recruitment, etc. Those games were free-to-play passion projects, while this game is for sale. Does it have enough to justify any price tag? Well, the graphics are on point. The low-res RPG demon metal aesthetic comes across very well. I like the feeling of slaughtering enemies, especially when you manage to beef up to achieve OHKOs. The team management and field tactics are… present? Hmmm… I can’t really think of a lot of things I affirmatively like. I mostly just found the game accessible and cathartic, which can describe a lot of those disposable flash games. However, I can’t exactly call it an enriching experience. Gameplay is mostly just hitting the enemies until they’re dead. The physical/magic and melee/ranged split is why I say that tactics are “present,” but it’s a very thin layer of complexity. It’s mostly just tedious, as clicking the movement and attack buttons for each of your units requires twenty clicks per turn, while both allies and enemies block your sight of the hexagonal grid, causing the occasional mis-click or involuntary selection switch. As you play, your listening experience will include 2-3 tolerable battle music tracks, and 4-5 grating lines from the player character. This is mean of me, but I don’t want an undead demon general to sound like Solid Snake if he were the most boring pro wrestler. I think Purgatory’s biggest sin is its challenge, or lack thereof. I made a bad mistake early on by entering a too-challenging combat encounter and getting nearly wiped. Then I didn’t realize I had to sell units to make room to recruit more powerful units, so I didn’t realize I could change my team during most of the midgame. I still beat the game easily. Most encounters have a similar variety of enemies, so the only strategy I needed was to keep melee in front, heal with the player in the middle, and keep ranged in back. When I realized that you could replay old levels, that was the last nail in the coffin for the final boss. I unlocked just half of the skill tree (or 47/84, close enough), and it was cakewalk, no units lost. If you just want to lead an army of the… I guess not damned… deferred? Punished? If you want that, and you don’t mind doing a lot of clicking and repetition, it wouldn’t hurt that bad to check this game out, but I can think of a lot of better things to do with those $2 and 3-4 hours.

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Особого смысла брать не вижу. Только если по скидке ради карточек и +1

insgesamt ist es in ordnung.

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Jogo muito bom, mecanica facil de entender e extremamente bom para passar o tempo quando a crise do PC GAMER bater e voce decidir jogar outro jogo AAA ou afins