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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 67.2 hrs on record
Posted: 23 Jan, 2024 @ 7:43pm

This was a really fun game. The fast paced combat was reminiscent of Dead Cells, while the story and overarching upgrade mechanics reminded me of Hades.
I personally prefer the combat in this game to that of Dead Cells, though it does lack some variety. In Dead cells there's a plethora of new weapons to use, while this game has 4 primary archetypes, each with their own unique spells. The combat also plays a lot with the y-axis, jumping is fairly floaty and resetting dashes and jumps make staying in the air a fun skill to master. The combination of spells and primary attacks is a great balance to play with. That makes the combat feel really fun, but after a certain point, the gameplay with each character's arsenal becomes fairly repetitive. The primary source of uniqueness in the combat are the various auras which modify each run's approach to combat, and the gambits which modify the spells. There are several spells in the game that feel like minor variations on others, which sometimes makes selecting or switching out spells feel less impactful. Lastly, after a certain point, the challenging enemies becomes limited. The elites and the more challenging enemies are still interesting, but there are still a lot of smaller, easy mobs. This game is still young so I look forward to where the developers will take the game with updates.

The story is interesting, but somewhat basic. The voice actors are decent, but sometimes the lines they're given are cliche. The zodiacs themselves are fairly basic characters, though a couple of them are really unique. The artwork in the game is really pretty and is one of my favorite parts of the game. The character designs are really unique and the variation between all the characters is a high point in my opinion.

Overall, I recommend this game. It is not the most difficult game, nor is it the most intricate narrative, but it is a really solid, fun game. Furthermore, the roadmap for the game is extremely promising, and I look forward to coming back to this game.
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