Unexplored

This game has a lot of the classic elements of an action roguelike: randomized unidentified potions and scrolls, curses, traps, secrets, character classes... or so it seems, since the classes are locked behind achievements, and for some reasons the achievements are not unlocking properly. The end result is that much of the game's content is unreachable for me, which ruins an otherwise interesting game.

Game looks awesome but holy smokes controling your character is like playing air hockey with chopsticks and feels BAD. Hard, hard pass.

A tightly designed roguelite that only some people will love. Weapons and enemies are tightly balanced, early success/difficulty depends heavily on learning the game mechanics rather than luck, and the game rewards exploring. But there's near zero variety in abilities and weapons in every run, and it's very "low fantasy" meaning super powers / magic are very limited. If you want a super dry, tightly designed and mechanically rewarding roguelite this is a superb game. If you want something with fast (or even medium) paced combat where you can play around with character builds and experience diverse ability and gear combos, this game is not for you at all. It's tough giving this a thumbs down but the game is so limited in run variety that I think only a small subset of roguelite fans will enjoy this game. Thus I really can't recommend this game.

Gave this game a solid try it is unforgiving and hard. Feels like your on an air hockey table gliding around. They start you off with an annoying 1/4 inch long Dagger so you are sliding around trying to hit with this little annoying weapon.... i finally get a run going and get a dungeon that is just dead ends and broken due to poor generation. Even on easy mode, no puzzles or bosses i still get puzzles and whooped. I reread some reviews and feel like i must be missing something so i torture myself more and i finally figured it out the game is just not for me AT ALL. It requires skills and patience I'am just not willing to invest with all the other options i would avoid this game. 1.8/10 PS. save is broken/unreliable so if you get a good run and want to continue later "pray for help"

Years later, I still think about this game a lot. It has a lot of clever aspects and it feels unlike any other game out there. A great sense of exploration, challenge, learning the game's mechanics and mysteries is satisfying, exploring the levels all feel quiet immersive, the random generation is well done.

Kind of hard and good for playing in short bursts. Like a side job, not the main game to play. may be during updates or if something is being installed. Gets frustrating in the long run. Once in 9 hours I got a bug that made me stuck inside a room without any means to get out, was only able to get out because I had a descent scroll which is a bad way to get down floors.

unexplored is a bit of a mild name for how solid a roguelike adventure this game is an even, uh, worse name would be cave exploring cyclops pros: -vivid runs; where i have max stealth stuff and the shadows are providing genuinely safe harbour in hell-like depths, or ive gotten ahold of some extensive combo of materials ie copy scroll and scrolls -a stack of maps for your adventure that are slow to explore and connected sparsely. you need to return after reaching the bottom. everything remains as you go up and down the y axis, stairs -environmental hazards and chemistry. crafting/cooking of the try and fail variety. light sources and all its cons and pros. actors respond to distraction and alarms, like the alarm bell. religion, and conducts -weird ass ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ orientation combat, where you effectively wield your hand equipment of choice directly, precisely in front of you, just like how doomguy hold his guns, dead center and w the sight near his chin shields offer a very good barrier w the side they're literally on, in the live combat of swinging, stepping and strafing as you wait for cooldowns indicated by a differently shaded dagger -distinct enemies. you will remember the ones that kill you and they will stress you out as you come up to them again even if its that pos mage goblin that uses all his randomly enchanted items and sundries as assigned by the universe run. or the spiders that jump. love spiders, normally, but the spiders in this are a legit minor threat cons -the waterlogged areas are AWESOME and they are also lethal run enders -some iterations or runs can be bugged, in that old school procedural way. the religious system has a pray function which can get you a [necessary unavailable item] or whatever but itll happen. or itll appear to happen, but maybe you're just stupid/innattentive and haven't spotted the [necessary unavailable item] -there are cryptic (but very thorough) mechanics normally found in hardcore rogues, namely; mystery. id-ing potions, scrolls and that shirt you just put on that now hurts and wont come off, is vital -the crafting/stuff enchanting is a pain to really get to grips with (runes and enchant spots are sparce) as well as necessary. and not every enchant rock|enchant rock|weapon go together. crafting is fine it just contains set recipes tropes. you can make tea, which is hot (yes temp) water plus tea. you can also make strength potions (perm +stat) that are two bodyparts of midtier (at least) enemies. -sudden, immediate, steep death might be far harsher than youd like, and the results screen might not give you much more context for whatever happened. dont let it happen again? dont lose your temper, the next run has a gun plus gun ammo ingredients almost certainly, or a new gargoyle enemy you've never hit with an unenchanted sword before, and couldnt possibly be completely immune to a tier of damage or huge murmuring ogres patrolling thin paths across a void, ogres being capable of knockback or a lich, which rarely isn't a challenge across tropes

[h1]全体[/h1] アクション制の伝統的ローグライクで、迷宮探索が楽しい(開発者はローグライトアクションRPGと称している) ゲームシステムを調べる(探索する)のも楽しさの一部なゲームだと思うので、黒塗り多めにする ダンジョン(地形,怪物,罠,謎,道具)と書物(謎解き等のヒント)が上手にランダム生成されていて、毎回、新鮮な迷宮で遊べる アクション要素と伝統的ローグライク要素が3:7ぐらいで配合。アクションにそこまで疾走感や派手さがあるわけではなく、硬派に迷宮を攻略するゲーム [h1]ダンジョン[/h1] ・Cyclic Dungeon Generationという技術でランダム生成された迷宮が本当に本当に面白い。「この部屋は前も見た、またあれするんでしょ？」という展開が少ない。このゲームを体験した後だと、他のローグライクのランダム生成迷宮が手抜きなんじゃないかと思うぐらいよくできている ・怪物の種類は沢山。ダンジョンのボスは[spoiler]ドラゴン系[/spoiler]だが、中ボスや怪物は毎回知らないのと出会うぐらい種類が多い ・怪物や毒ガス出てくる罠や無敵のタレットが待ち構えている[spoiler]だけでなく、部屋に半永久的に閉じ込めてきたり、下の階層へ突き飛ばされたり、橋が崩れたりといった危険な状況に直面することもある。逆に言うと、敵を同じ目に合わせることも可能[/spoiler] ・探索に役に立つ情報が書かれた本を拾って読む [h1]アクション[/h1] ・一見すると似ている武器が多いが、攻撃範囲,タメ時間,ダメージ量,ダメージ種などが違う ・人型の怪物は自分が使うこともできる装備を使い、仕様が共通している ・[spoiler]不意打ちすると大ダメージが入る。卑怯なと思うかもしれないが、大人数の怪物、罠がしかけてある敵地、透明化する敵が待ち構えているので、やらなきゃやられる[/spoiler] ・武器を振った後のクールタイムに入るなどするとスローモーションになるオプションがある。アクションが苦手な人やアクションよりもターン制を遊びたい人に対する配慮だと思う。アクションに疾走感が欲しいならOFFにした方がいい [h1]ローグライク[/h1] ・耐性持ちの敵がいるので、武器等を使い分けたり工夫する必要がある ・杖,ポーション,一部の装備は効果が不明で判別していく必要がある(伝統的ローグライクでよくあるシステム)。昨今のゲームでは廃れた要素なので人を選ぶかもしれない。呪われた装備は外せないので、場合によっては大変な目に遭う ・道具を組み合わせる"調合",供え物と道具等を交換する"祭壇",装備と素材を合体させる"鍛造",詰まった時の"祈り"という要素がある。これらの要素もそうだが基本的にどの要素も、落ちている本から部分的に情報収集して後は手探り。この辺りの伝統的ローグライクのやり方は人を選ぶかもしれない。easyモードであればこれらをそこまで上手に使いこなせなくてもクリアできるので、やりながらゆっくり覚えればいい ・死んだ時の所持金や持ち帰った金品を使って、1回限りの装備や道具が買える。気楽に無料装備で稼ぐ、ガチガチに準備をして生還を目指すといったプレイスタイルを好きに選べるし、難易度を調整できる。ゲームが難しいと思ったら、とりあえず回復をたくさん持ち込めばいい ・レベル上げ要素はほぼない。実績を達成することで職業(最初の初期状態)が開放されたり、店の品揃えが良くなる ・元祖ローグと同じように、ダンジョンから帰ってくるまでがゴール。一度通った道を帰るわけだが、スルーした敵が残っていたり、新たな脅威と向き合う必要がある [h1]その他[/h1] ・お値段の割にたくさん遊べる。50時間ほどプレイしたが、まだまだ知らない敵,解けない謎,クリアできない難易度がある ・異なるモードが追加される、無料DLCが3つもある ・日本語非対応。日記のような探索メモを読むので、それなりの英語力かツールが必要 ・いい音楽 [h1]不満点[/h1] ・読んだ本の情報を再閲覧することはできるが整理する方法はゲーム内でほぼ用意されていない。例えば、拾った調合レシピを元にこちらでメモするなり暗記することが必要。何階で入手した情報か忘れてしまう ・謎解きのヒントを見つけることができるが、どの部屋のことか分からない。試行回数は有限なので解けないことも多い。単に自分の実力や英語能力の不足かもしれないが… ・少しでも謎解きの成功率を上げるために色んな階層を行ったり来たりする時はあまり面白くない ・多少異なる初期状態でゲームを開始できるが、大体やることは似ている ・見つけるメモに書かれた内容がダンジョンに反映されていないことがたまにある ・ゲームを中断して時間が空くと謎解きや迷宮のヒントの記憶が薄れて、ゲーム内のメモを参照して補完する必要があるが面倒になって一からやり直しすることになる

Now that I've finally managed to beat the game on Hard level, after about 330 tries, I guess I can share my thoughts on it validly. When I first took a look at Unexplored, coming upon it thanks to Unexplored 2, which is a very different game, I did not think that I was going to get much enjoyment out of it. After all, ARPGs are not really my thing. But the reviews were so positive, that I eventually decided to take a chance. And did the game ever grab me. From the simple, but not easy, fighting style, to the sheer variety of things in the game, to the clever interactions between certain aspects that it was a joy to discover, such as lighting a torch by dipping it into lava, the game is just fun to play. The RNG is pretty excellent - I very seldom ran into unplayable situations, and even sometimes when it seems that you are stuck, there is a "pray" option that will resolve most blockages, although you will only have a few opportunities to use it per run without heavy penalties. But I rarely ever needed it, so that's no problem. The single-eyed characters make the top down combat easy to understand. Sneaking is available, although it's been nerfed somewhat, but that is generally not a problem, except when you start as "The Fool". It is probably my only gripe with the game that the Fool doesn't start with a stealth +1 cloak. Speaking of variety, you can play as 1 of at least 9 classes in the game, there are at least 16 different kinds of enemies, most of which have at least 1 type of boss version which serves as mini bosses, of which you'll only ever encounter 4 at most per run, there are at least 5 types of Dragons which serves as the end boss (except in rogue-likes it seems that the final boss is never the final boss, is it?), there are a variety of weapons (and magic) to use, lots of potions and scrolls, not all with positive effects, etc. And all that is before you ever even get to the free DLC - none of which I have touched as yet. In short, if you enjoy a good rogue-like ARPG, I can heartily recommend Unexplored.

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