Review Terinati 4/5 · May 12, 2020
At first blush I hated this game. I find it SO difficult and entirely unforgiving. Procedural generation means some levels are literally impossible. But once I worked past my perfectionist tendencies, I actually came to enjoy it.
The story/narrative is almost nonexistent, but the music and general steampunk aesthetic are very fun. The variety and combination of challenges make it …
At first blush I hated this game. I find it SO difficult and entirely unforgiving. Procedural generation means some levels are literally impossible. But once I worked past my perfectionist tendencies, I actually came to enjoy it.
The story/narrative is almost nonexistent, but the music and general steampunk aesthetic are very fun. The variety and combination of challenges make it never get uninteresting. There's very little hand-holding or tutorials from the game, so there's a lot of learning through failure, which is fun if you work past your aforementioned perfectionism and expectations (I found it very frustrating at first).
Often the only way to figure out a new challenge (such as a new enemy or obstacle type) is to die on it once or twice. In this way the game is kind of Dark Souls-ish. If you're like me you'll also find that you didn't spend your money wisely on your first playthrough because, well, you only learn what you need by experience and the game doesn't tell you how to play.
