SFD : Rogue TRPG

7/10 A procedurally generated indie TBS / RPG where you lead a small party of fantasy characters in turn-based battles Good: - levels are randomly generated - fairly classic types of characters, from warrior to cleric to mage (and some more), and the system works fine. Plus you can push enemies into spike traps or explode barrels - quick travel between already cleared rooms So-so: - pixelated graphics are typical for indie games, so it's up to your taste - sounds are 8-bit - up to your taste Bad: - inventory management is somewhat cumbersome because there are no mouse-overs and you can't drag items. I guess they designed this game for mobile and then did a PC build out of Unity engine without changing any of the controls for PC - a tutorial would actually be helpful. I did get a handle on the minor rules and quirks after about an hour, but it was quite stressful at first, especially because you can't reload - no music, and it feels cheap and unfinished because of that - no story. Like, whatsoever. You just walk around randomly generated rooms, leveling up your characters and collecting loot. It feels meaningless after a while. Even in ADOM from 1994 you had some quests, big and small Overall, it feels pretty much like a mobile game but with 8-bit production values. It kinda works and is fun for sure though I'd probably not play it for long. Maybe an hour or two at a time. Like you would play a mobile game. [table][tr][th][i]I'm a Steam curator, you can [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43946907-Friendly-Nerd/]follow me[/url][/i][/th][/tr][/table]

Great little isometric tactical dungeon crawler. Tons of spells and items, several classes with advanced classes. The pixel art is reminiscent of 16-bit tactical RPGs from Genesis and SNES. The only downside is there's basically no music, but I'll put on things like the Golden Axe or Shining Force soundtracks and it fits the theme quite well. Highly recommend this game.

Very fun tactical RPG. You can hire other characters and upgrade them to a higher tier class. This is pretty bare bones. No story, no music, just ambient noise and monsters to kill. I've yet to beat the game, but what they have here is a pretty fun light version of FF tactics. I saw the announcement that they devs are making another tactical rpg that looks much more fleshed out that this and will likely more interesting. However, getting this game on sale has been a fun excursion into the rpg dungeon. 6.9/10.

I'm giving this a thumbs up; but hesitantly. Theres some fun parts -- but man the game can e obnoxious. Most rouge games allow you to unlock new stuff for each new run, so there feels like progression. There is none of that, and the levels are pretty bland. You will deff scream at the rng allowing your squad to miss over and over again. If it's on sale give it a shot.

On the good side: The movement mechanics, pushing, and synergy with traps and aoe spells is very good. The classes are good, however there should be more choices at hiring points to fill the role you need. On the other hand, the game steps into a common general puddle of problems: no heal at the end of combat combined with heal spells. This creates the situation where every fight goes like this: kill most enemies, heal all allies to full while keeping the last enemy busy, kill the last enemy. Although sometimes there is time pressure with infinitely respawning (and in some cases multiplying) skeletons, I still feel that this creates a lot of unnecessary manouvering. Also, destroying every box manually wastes a lot of time. Additionally, the rogue mode seems especially unbalanced: for example, if your one character is stunned, you cannot help it. I wish there were multiple options for starting heroes and a hard mode.

I've only played 30 minutes and I can already tell this is a winner. I can't wait to get this on a Steam Deck, figure out some control mappings and lost a hundred hours to this.

Very cool little game