Recent reviews by HydraPlz

When someone in my livestream suggested this game, i took a look at the steam page, I thought Tainted grail was going to be decent. The art in the videos seemed okay, the concept seemed kind of rote, but playable.

It's all so much more than I thought it was. The gameplay itself is incredible. Tons of classes to choose from, open world feel going into turn based card-style battles giving me half slay the spire half old school final fantasy vibes.

The game is difficult with a learning curve, the difficulty progresses as you beat it in true roguelike fashion. You really can end a great run if you slip up a few times. I've always loved games that don't handhold.

The aesthetic is INCREDIBLE. They really nailed the creepy/aetherial/otherwordly vibe without it going over the top. The monsters are aweseome and gruesome, but not gross. A hard line to find.

The VOICE ACTING is TOP TIER. I havent played a game with voice acting so good in ages, where did you guys find all these talented people? holy hell. Literally every voice feels like a AAA voice actor.

I've only played 15 hours at this point (in basically 1 day btw, couldnt put it down) but the replayability seems good, and so far the classes all feel deeply unique and interesting, some of them being new concepts i've never seen before (spirit archer whats up?) which is itself pretty cool. The other imaginings of the classes feel distinct and fun, offering tons of ways to play the game.

I almost never leave steam reviews, I'm admittedly lazy and generally don't feel like it matters. But this game blew me away. Once of my favorite games in ages.

10/10

If you enjoy slay the spire or monster train but wished they had a little more crunch to them, this game is for you. Add in the Co-op nature (best played with 2 or 4 people, 3 is a little awkward as one person has to control 2 characters) and it's a phenomenal game.

The art is interesting and unique, the pathing and rogue-like nature, added in with the deeper city-building and character building all adds up for a very fun, interesting game.

It's also fairly challenging, where I think monster train can be a bit too easy sometimes, you genuinely have to take each fight seriously until you have tons of resources to start of very strong.

10/10 so far, looking forward to more.