Skul is a top-tier roguelike. Addictive, fast-paced and challenging gameplay with tons of items and Skul character variants with different skills for a variety of build options and combinations, really cool boss design and solid OST as well. For a roguelike, a genre that typically doesn't focus much on story, Skul does have a pretty decent story about an inter-political struggle between demons and humans with some good twists and emotional moments too. All in all the game was lots of fun and very reminiscent of Dead Cells, but more linear and not metroidvania-like.

My biggest complaint is while the game has over 90 different Skuls to use, a LOT of them just aren't useful because the game isn't balanced the best and there's some pretty big difficulty spikes in the later levels so you will rely on a small handful for the endgame and since it's a game based on RNG like any other roguelike not getting the proper Skul can really make or break a run. Still a super fun game regardless though and if you enjoy roguelikes or a good challenging game with fast-paced and fluid gameplay I'd recommend it.

Reviewed on Feb 25, 2022


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