Wireworks

fun time killer, but some classes, and some effects are far better than others ("on hit" and "on kill" particularly) especially in the late game. hunter particularly, the best way to play it seems to be to pivot away from pets ASAP, rather than leaning into the architype. other than that, the later difficulties are scaled pretty well, but also amplify the differences in the classes ability to scale and ease of use. particularly the pets archetype, which relies on building up a mob of single target damage sources, which will inevitably let enemies get through. There is a likelyhood that I'm still bad at the game, but I find wizard to be the single best class for getting strong AOE items early on. That being said the deck building essentially being pedal board management is a really fun framework. the initial board seems kinda small, but the infinite mode unlocks more (for that specific run) which can allow for you to build *more* insane looking defences.

Really cool game, was disappointed at first that standard (pre-endless) runs only include 3 levels/biomes, but unlike Balatro or STS you don't need to factor unique enemy or boss mechanics into your build so every level ends up feeling the same gameplay-wise and 3 levels ends up being perfect. Pretty surprised how many unique items, mechanics, enemy designs etc. are in the game. Imo all the item classes (especially Wands) feel pretty undertuned compared to Mechs and Pets and on higher difficulties imo you're basically forced into the same type of minmaxed Mech and/or Pet build every time. However on diff 1 pretty much any crackhead semi-synergistic build is viable and there's sooo much to experiment with. Overall less complex and way easier than Balatro or STS, but forsure worth trying out if you enjoy either. I think it's really cool how unique this game is while still managing to scratch the same type of itch as those other two.