I was asked if I would be willing to review this game if given a key so I took a look at the page and thought it looked like a cute, easy and fun time sink. Easy was not the right choice of words.
[h1]Game on! [/h1]
Initially starting out I could feel how it could be addicting just wanting to collect things and how far could I make it. While there was a tutorial explaining the game basics, things went a lot deeper than I realized. I made the mistake of skipping the Town and going straight to the new area to fight. 30 minutes of death and only got to level 3. Not exactly a fun time.
What I didn't know is those lovely abilities in the tutorial you have to level up and get a skill point to train each one, plus 3 other skills along side them. Additionally there is armor with many many stats to boost you up. And in Town you can even purchase mat's to upgrade your armor on the Anvil. FYI you also get rewarded these upgrade stones from the Objective rewards.
So, I had to rethink my strategy cause I wasn't getting very far. While you are given a Sword it didn't help me starting out. It was more effective to drop a skill point into Fyrebol [3] and use that and run around the monster(s). If a couple managed to get close together it was nice to get 2+ birds with one stone. Time your Bomblosion attack [1] to bring them down faster. If you are low on health you can use the Slashtile [2] attack and swing a range projectile in their direction.
[b]Pros:[/b]
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[*]Tutorial.
[*]Mini map.
[*]Objectives. (Slay x things, Open x chests, etc) and get rewards.
[*]Shrines (buff or spawn enemies).
[*]Comparison stats on equipment.
[*]Continuous attack w/ Left mouse + hold.
[*]Option 'Skip starting scene' animation.
[*]Bank (stash).
[*]Vanity armor once 2, 5, & 10 achievements reached. Or you can buy the DLC.
(2 for Bikini, 5 for Student, 10 for Slayer)
[*]Ability to sell extra loot.
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[b]Cons: [/b]
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[*]Loss of progress gained upon Death and can't return to Town to save, must complete the level. Few times I got some really awesome gear drops, and a Bigie Summon Portal and I died before I could complete which is discouraging when it happens enough.
[i]From the developer, "When you die in a map or exit the game while in a map, you lose every item or progress made in that map. When you are in town, you can save the game from in-game menu, before you exit the game. Every map-to-town or town-to-map transition is autosave."[/i]
[*]The gear you loot [F] while graphically different, when equip it has no appearance.
[i]But as mentioned in Pros there are 3 other outfits from unlocking achievements (or buying DLC). [/i]
[*]No confirmation when buying Bounties.
[i]Spoke with dev about this already though.
I ended up clicking a few of the bounties in Town and then asked the Developer how they worked, only to realize as he started to explain that my Bounties tab now had 4 things listed. *facepalm*. [/i]
[*]No buy back if you sell something to Hato.
[i]I was clicking at the top of the Uncommon (white or gray) items and the screen shifted up/down at the same time due to the reduced inventory length from selling stuff so the next click sold a Common (blue) item. [/i]
[*]Health potions being random drop and not collectable. To me, it would be nice to equip them to use as needed.
[i]To be fair, once you know what is happening it's not so bad not having them at your whim.
My first 30-40 minutes of play when I was figuring things out, it was certain death when a boss would spawn, mostly because all mobs were dead (so no chance at a health pot), and health was already low combined with no gear which I learned later is where stats come into play like life steal and regen. [/i]
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[b]Pro & Con:[/b][list]
[*]No achievements.
[i]But this might also be a blessing and has the potential to change since there is an in game list of achievements. Which include killing 500 of 24 different types of mob and a Hard, Rock Hard, Flying, and Manic difficulty to name a few. [/i][/list]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2037874702
[h1]Fun times carry on. [/h1]
Once you know what's going on, which you should have a better idea than I did if you read this far, it's a pretty fun little game. Spent 2 hours the firs time and didn't even realize it.
It appears to be gearing towards infinite re-playability as well. At least that's my impression based off this note from the developer, "When you complete current difficulty, you move to the next one. Same system, just harder. After 4 difficulty, endgame begins. Abyss system. Random map from those 20 maps but there is minimum light. Dark environment. At that point, which type of map you get is random."
Sounds brutal if you ask me.
I guess you need to ask yourself if you have what it takes to Slay the Bigies?
[h1]Disclosure:[/h1]
I did receive this game fore Free for review purposes.
I did not receive any other compensation besides the game key.
