[h1]Good, but janky[/h1]
Everything is quite good except 1 of the impactful upgrades being broken and dev doesnt update his games, be warned.
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While i got the game during "bullet fest" - i dont think its EXACTLY a bullet hell. It's more of a "single-tower defence" a-la "The perfect tower" and "BastionOS", but with an ability to relocate from the center whenever you want wherever you want (with a limited use but still).
Tree is quite diverse, but [i]at times[/i] it can be hard to find the upgrades that you are aiming for. And some of the weapons have a dmg multiplier against certain enemies, but it wont tell you which until you find that upgrade [b]after[/b] buying the weapon. You [i]can[/i] refund the upgrades, but only if you are ready to re-purchase every upgrade before it, because it refunds [b]EVERYTHING[/b]. You cant refund individually. I saw that concept in [strike]some incremental demo on itch where you were a healer[/strike] [u]Master Healer Kale with useless party[/u], this dev made both of them, now i see why they're familiar... [b]That refund concept is annoying, but its still better than not having it.[/b] Treat is as if its not supposed to even be there.
One thing i didnt expect from an incremental: [b]performance issues[/b]. Upon entering mid-game phase, your framerate [b]in upgrade menu[/b] will get progressively worse the further you get, i dropped from 120 to [b]40!!![/b] in the end-game. It decreases passively/while moving map around/opening sub-menu's, these can combine (my anti-record is 18 FPS xd). But the [i]gaming[/i] part of the game stood at 120 FPS, it's good there.
And aside performance issues, there's a single [b]progression issue[/b]: [b]"Heart of gold"[/b] upgrade which is supposed to permanently increase your HP when tower kills someone, [b]doesnt work[/b]. That means you'll be playing without one of the most HP impactful upgrades into endgame, which [b]forces[/b] you to either go [b]glass-cannon[/b] playstyle or [b]grind[/b] for other survivability upgrades. This will be noticable at levels 15-20. [b]That might be a deal-breaker for some people[/b], but its managable to get through without it.
Judging by complete lack of any "news" (even in any of his games lmao) - safe to say these issues wont be fixed. Unlucky. Here's some more :D
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[*]It has hotkeys (good), but instead of being more conventional, they're assigned with the "first letter of a feature" binded to them: "P" to [b]P[/b]ause instead of "ESC" (ESC doesnt work at all here), "S" to [b]S[/b]troll (start) instead of "Space/enter", "T" to [b]T[/b]ry again, etc.
[*]No options while strolling (not like there's given much to change)
[*]After finishing the game - zoom in/out with scroll wheel got broken, restarting the game fixed it
[*]Custom cursor could be nice, had issues in end-game finding it among the chaos
[*]Would've liked a full stats screen to be unlocked upon completing the game. I already got these stats shown to me in credits, why cant i have them in menu?
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It's a [b]good[/b] game in general. It's just the "laggy menu navigation" and "one certain progression stall moment" issues holding it back from being 100% worthy of its full price, because in this state, i'd say [b]-20%[/b] would be a sale threshold to try this game out. Such a shame dev doesnt update his games xd.
