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One of the better Doom-like games. Levels are small and tight. Combat is really aggressive. And the times you trigger a horde, it clearly gives you that hint with either the room layout or by blasting metal.

Solid Duke Nukem-like. Massive levels. Graphically, it's absolutely gorgeous. The world is well realized and artistic. I love her quips. I love the 90s references. And the weapons all feel really nice.

Unfortunately, lots of backtracking to find that one door. And enemies are kinda same-sy, which made me yawn more than I wanted to.

I loved DoomRL, the dev's prior project. This has the same energy. It's a turned-based "rogue-like" with guns. Barrels explode doing area damage. Shotguns cause groups of enemies to splatter. It's super satisfying.

The visuals are solid. Coming from DoomRL, there was a lot of really good 'modern' decisions. Auto-targeting enemies is really nice and is 90% of my use-cases.

There's also few callbacks to ASCII-style. The healthbar is hashtags! I love it!

Some of the issues are technical and stuff I can overlook.
On Steam Deck (uncertain if it's happening on other platforms):
* Changing "worlds" tends to lead to a black screen for about 30-60 seconds.
* The UI for changing weapons and using powers is incredibly basic text. Modern games would use a menu feature. Or bake it right into the HUD.
* While I like the ascii callbacks for the UI, I think leaving that world behind would be preferred. Health and Rage seem to be tucked away. I find myself staring at my health, then TO-HIT during enemy fights rather than thinking about how to solve the problem.

With the mod support, I think a lot of this can be solved.

Overall, solid game and want more!

First half is great!

Diablo's clicky goodness and crafting and vampires oh my

Someone stole the Torchlight name and added a mobile game on top of it.

These games give me extreme anxiety. I have no idea why I play them.

It's like Frostpunk and Darkest Dungeon -- where everything starts out okay, and then things just get worse/more chaotic. But then a lucky draw gets you the resources you need to get to the finish line, or die trying.

The best explainer for a game like this is that if Age of Empires was a roguelike and instead of building armies, you're building materials in a race to make 'the Scorch Queen' happy. Each 'session' last about 1-2 hours.

I dread every time I start a new level. But here I go recommending it!

solid

The updates are pretty sweet! First time playing after Nov 2022, and there's apparently a LOT of QOL updates. You get a massive stash with each town you visit. There's a huge world to explore. I hit 45 and I only did 20% of the quests! The crafting/gathering is so addictive.

It looks like the New World devs really pulled the game around. Definitely recommend it.

Also, read all the negative reviews. They come from people with 500+ hours of play.

In other words, solid game gave them 500+ hours of entertainment. Is this game supposed to replace your life?

Soft recommend.

The cutscenes are unskippable, which ruins things. The story / dialog is really weak, which even makes it worse that you cant skip it.