I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed - if only because I had such high expectations for this game. Coming from Off-Peak I knew I loved the Cosmo D vibe, and this game delivers on that... But the gameplay loop doesn't make me want to play it more than the few runs I have.
You walk around and do skill checks in conversations with people, Yahtzee-ing your skill dice to get better results and using the money you win from the checks to upgrade your dice. Problem is, the actual act of doing the skill checks takes up so much of your time in this game and they are truly not interesting at all.
Your choice of which skills to upgrade could be one potential source of decision-making , but the way upgrades are priced, you're really incentivized to go for a generic build every time. Maybe the interesting decisions are supposed to be from the order in which you do things? But even then, I don't find it that fun to walk back and forth and see where I have a chance at a better than average skill check.
Really, this game makes me want to play Cosmo D's adventure titles - I appreciate the attempt at a sort of strategic CRPG inspired roguelike, but the mechanics needed more compelling decision points to be worth replaying more.
You walk around and do skill checks in conversations with people, Yahtzee-ing your skill dice to get better results and using the money you win from the checks to upgrade your dice. Problem is, the actual act of doing the skill checks takes up so much of your time in this game and they are truly not interesting at all.
Your choice of which skills to upgrade could be one potential source of decision-making , but the way upgrades are priced, you're really incentivized to go for a generic build every time. Maybe the interesting decisions are supposed to be from the order in which you do things? But even then, I don't find it that fun to walk back and forth and see where I have a chance at a better than average skill check.
Really, this game makes me want to play Cosmo D's adventure titles - I appreciate the attempt at a sort of strategic CRPG inspired roguelike, but the mechanics needed more compelling decision points to be worth replaying more.
La premisa de Betrayal At Club Low es tan loca como su ejecución. El aspecto visual jincho esconde un juego de rol con dados surrealista y disparatado donde nuestro agente infiltrado de pizzero puede liarse a puñetazos con seguratas, distraer a gente con bailes hipnóticos o acabar siendo el DJ residente. El humor lo inunda todo en esta fantástica aventura ligera, no querría caer en una comparación fácil con Disco Elysium pero en cierto modo es una versión comprimida, las tiradas de dados te pueden llevar a resultados desternillantes y fallar no es el final, es una invitación a mejorar y volver a intentarlo. La escritura es otro punto fuerte enriqueciendo esas situaciones surrealistas que se suceden una tras otras, junto con las tiradas de dados que le dan un saborcillo especial porque a quién no le gusta tirar un puñado de dados y verlos rodar por la pantalla rezando para que salga esa tirada que te consiga rebuscar en la basura o beber de un charco con éxito.
Cosmo D demuestra su genialidad en un juego que debería estar en la biblioteca de cualquier fan del rol. Todo esto está enderezado con una banda sonora tremenda a la que ya he vuelto varias veces. No puedo recomendarlo más, me ha tenido tan entretenido que he buscado sacar todos los finales para luego quedarme alucinando con dichos desenlaces. Una experiencia casi única en la que la traición sabe tan bien como un buen estofado de muslo de flamenco.
Cosmo D demuestra su genialidad en un juego que debería estar en la biblioteca de cualquier fan del rol. Todo esto está enderezado con una banda sonora tremenda a la que ya he vuelto varias veces. No puedo recomendarlo más, me ha tenido tan entretenido que he buscado sacar todos los finales para luego quedarme alucinando con dichos desenlaces. Una experiencia casi única en la que la traición sabe tan bien como un buen estofado de muslo de flamenco.