Yōdanji

A very basic rouge-like game, but still enjoyable.

i hate this game so much, oh my GOD (proceeds to start another run anyway)

Don't be put off by my 14 hours. I bought this a while ago on my android and obsessively played it and SOMEHOW abstained from giving my phone a flight lesson after the 50 bajillionth OHK after entering a floor. Yet, here we are, I've decided to subject my rig to the equivalent of a nuclear stress test. Not to be confused with it getting a hardware stress test like games that have GPU melting graphics.... RAGE. It runs deep. It's all consuming, it's turning ME into a Yokai's older grumpier brother and so far, my Lenovo Legion has actually endured... the RAGE. What's this game? A roguelike that forgot that it's a roguelike and acts like it's a roguelite as there's meta progression... not that I've ever unlocked any of the other yokai... Here's the thing, the gameplay seems simple, but it is actually kinda deep and DEFINITELY challenging. I tried hour after hour, day after day, week after week year after year on regular difficulty to get more than one scroll... Finally had to bite the bullet and pick Picnic difficulty "Oh, you're playing on easy, you won't get as many points"... IDGAF... take those points and shove it. BTW's Picnic really doesn't do too much... you will die, and then you'll die again, then you'll die on the second floor as soon as you move off the steps. It is a sadistic game, it is a painful game, it will change your outlook on the world... you'll hate it... the world I mean... like, this world. It will happen if you put more than an hour into it.... Thankfully, that's also the time it'll take for you to know if it sunk its hooks into your soul, eternally bound... *shudders* it's dark down here :-( .... Get this game if: - You're a masochist. - You hate yourself. - You hate the world. - You think you're a "hardcore" gamer... you'll probably be refunding after 5 minutes, but, you tying up your money on a game that'll take you down a peg is well worth the price of admission of free (for me) Popping the corn and sitting on the sidelines in the discussions section when the inevitable deluge of previous "hardcore" gamers whining lifts my mood and soothes my soul. - You like the OG Rogue, but want modernized controls and a Japanese lore spin - If you're a fan of roguelikes. Don't buy if: - You have any faith in the world at all. - You are put off by the idea of playing as a Japanese equivalent to the wee folk of Celtic lore. - You don't want to buy it. - You aren't ready to strip away the illusion that is our cushy little comfort illusion bubble. - You are wanting yet another Kemco game that has IAP's. Seriously, this is one of the few I know of that they've released that doesn't have IAP's... and happens to be a game where I'd be most tempted to click a button to infuse the game with money powered cheating just to stop the pain. 10 out of 10 WILL suffer again.