Lo cuento como pasado ahora porque durante años me quedé en el jefe final (me debí aborrecer y no quise intentarlo más) para retomarlo y pasármelo sin problema alguno.
Una sensación desconcertante pasar un juego tras tanto tiempo. Intento no dejarme juegos a medias tan al final porque no me gusta reempezarlos por cabezonería. Aunque visto lo visto, ahora veo que la gente hace eso más por volver a conectar con las vibras/ la historia, porque la impronta que se me ha quedado ahora dista mucho la del momento (recordar que era majo en lo visual, sonoro y jugable, aun si en esto es sencillote y petardea más de lo que esperas)
Una sensación desconcertante pasar un juego tras tanto tiempo. Intento no dejarme juegos a medias tan al final porque no me gusta reempezarlos por cabezonería. Aunque visto lo visto, ahora veo que la gente hace eso más por volver a conectar con las vibras/ la historia, porque la impronta que se me ha quedado ahora dista mucho la del momento (recordar que era majo en lo visual, sonoro y jugable, aun si en esto es sencillote y petardea más de lo que esperas)
one of the better performances from a genre that can easily turn into soul-crushing busywork.
dungeons are just 4 levels, including bosses, and take about 15-20 minutes each. persistent upgrades are minimal, with each mentorship providing just a small set of boosts that only become decisive around the second act of the game, at which point you've likely upgraded most of them to their second or third tier (only ray's feels like it's significantly better than anyone else's).
i rarely, if ever, felt like a run was "won" before it was finished - low weapon durability forces you to change strategies frequently, and there aren't any item synergies that can carry you through a run in spite of that.
the feeling you get of classing into a build in a more synergistic roguelite and having every element of a combo cohere into a critical mass is unmatched, but i can't help but feel it creates a hierarchy between items and compresses your options. going under strikes a really good balance between the progression of a roguelite and the variance and higher average skill ceiling of a beat em up, in that regard. unlike games like isaac though it actually has an ending that feels deserved rather than just a completion mark you happen upon. dunno if it was ever going to enter the canon of "good streamer games" or "good fandom games" but it certainly excels in the niche it carves out. i like it! and the music's very good too
dungeons are just 4 levels, including bosses, and take about 15-20 minutes each. persistent upgrades are minimal, with each mentorship providing just a small set of boosts that only become decisive around the second act of the game, at which point you've likely upgraded most of them to their second or third tier (only ray's feels like it's significantly better than anyone else's).
i rarely, if ever, felt like a run was "won" before it was finished - low weapon durability forces you to change strategies frequently, and there aren't any item synergies that can carry you through a run in spite of that.
the feeling you get of classing into a build in a more synergistic roguelite and having every element of a combo cohere into a critical mass is unmatched, but i can't help but feel it creates a hierarchy between items and compresses your options. going under strikes a really good balance between the progression of a roguelite and the variance and higher average skill ceiling of a beat em up, in that regard. unlike games like isaac though it actually has an ending that feels deserved rather than just a completion mark you happen upon. dunno if it was ever going to enter the canon of "good streamer games" or "good fandom games" but it certainly excels in the niche it carves out. i like it! and the music's very good too