Rogue: Genesia

Actually insanely good survivor like. Crazy good dev. I brought up an issue and a fix was pushed an hour later. Fair price. Definitely try it.

As a game, I actually find Rogue Genesia really fun, and one of the better bullet heavens on the market. However, it is probably the least optimized game I've ever played. The game has a strong start, but unfortunately the endgame just becomes unplayable. The survivor mode specifically eventually devolves to watching the game go by at 1 FPS. After beating the boss at the 1 hour mark in an A rank survivor mode, I had to end the run just because it was completely unplayable and in fact barely functioned enough for me to pause the game. This was on the lowest possible graphics settings, on a brand new gaming PC.

So the design of the game, the way I see it, is broken. You have a game that's either WAY easy or way "hard". In one hand is so easy that the game consists on you walking while everything around you dies and there's no challenge whatsoever. The other possibility is the hard way, witch is just slow, you go around the monsters waiting for them to die and that's it, they take more time to die each stage till boredom kills you. Maybe that's the challenge. All this inside a game that has no curve of learning, all the stuff (so much unnecessary stuff) is throw at you and it doesn't matter if you know what it is because it doesn't do much for the experience at the end, it still will get you to the same 2 dead ends. I didn't like the sound design either, but that's maybe just a personal opinion, had to mute it. Also bugged. Also no full joystick integration. Is an incomplete game and even worst, a bad designed one.

无聊是原罪，关卡又长又重复，打一把就反胃了，玩一局半年不想打开了

Rogue: Genesia is what happens when someone looks at the “numbers go up” genre and says, “Yes… but what if they went up violently?” This game wastes absolutely no time. You’re immediately thrown into a relentless loop of clearing screens, stacking absurd synergies, and watching your build spiral completely out of control in the most satisfying way possible. The pacing is tight, the progression is constant, and the moment-to-moment gameplay feels dangerously close to pure dopamine extraction. The build variety is where it really shines. Every run feels like a science experiment where the question is always: “How broken can I make this before the game taps out?” Sometimes the answer is: very. Is it reinventing the genre? Not really. Does it execute the genre exceptionally well? Absolutely. It’s polished, fast, and respects your time while also daring you to say “just one more run” for the fifth time in a row. If you enjoy roguelites, bullet heavens, or watching entire screens evaporate because your build crossed some invisible power threshold, this one is an easy recommendation. Clean systems. Addictive progression. Runs that go from “manageable” to “oh no” in minutes. Highly recommended. Just don’t expect to stop playing anytime soon.

This is, in my opinion, the best bullet hell game available on steam. I have yet to try one or buy one that comes even close

本来好久没玩看到大更新想进来重温一下，结果后面关卡还是未解锁状态。就一定要玩家去把前面恶心人的挑战给打完才能允许游玩，真的是给我恶心完了，我真的没工夫去搞那些耗时间的挑战，就想玩玩新更新的内容，这有错吗？你们真的觉得做的挑战有多好可以另起一个成就系列，而不是和游戏后续内容强行绑定，不打通挑战就不给玩新内容。

Game was great before items. Sometimes development should just end while the game is in a good spot rather than throwing every mechanic that has ever existed at it.