The Spell Brigade

I think this game has a lot of potential, and I’m giving it a thumbs up mostly out of trust. I’m doing so because I can see that the developers actually care about player reviews, so I hope they will read mine and others and maybe turn this game into a masterpiece, because, as I said, the potential is definitely there. The game looks good, has a very interesting concept, and the graphics are nice as well as for musics and menu. I like the maps, even though there are only four of them, as well as the heroes, the in-game “mini-games,” and the progression system. That said, the progression might be a bit too slow, in the sense that you unlock very few things at a time, which makes it feel a bit boring in the long run, in my opinion. And this brings me to the real problem: after about seven hours of gameplay, the game already starts to feel a bit repetitive. The spells are always the same, there are not many synergies, and the upgrades also feel like the same few options repeated with different percentages depending on your luck. I think this game could become a masterpiece if the developers added more spells, more synergies, and more variety overall. It would also be interesting if failing missions could give you penalties or curses, such as “your character becomes X% bigger,” or similar effects. Right now, most upgrades seem to be things like: +X damage or speed for a specific spell or general +X crit for a specific spell or general +Luck +X size for a spell + armor + hp + regen and maybe a couple more. There are also a few more “special” ones, such as "the ball is splitting in two when it hits an enemy". There is also the ability infusion system, which lets your abilities deal fire or poison damage, but again, there are only about ten spells. It does not really feel like you can create many different builds, especially because after seven hours I have basically already seen all of them (or maybe still haven't unlocked but if so we go back to the progression problem). So again, I’m giving the game a thumbs up because I trust the developers, but please add more variety in terms of spells, upgrades, synergies, and similar mechanics. EDIT: I confirm what I said. After 30 hours of gameplay, the progression starts to get too slow and boring. Still it's a good game to buy, maybe on sale. I paid it 6 euros and it was worth the price.