I'm a fan of Analgesic but this was a big miss for me. The exploration can be fun, the vibes are so good and the music fits the game very well but basically everything else was a disappointment.

The length of the game could've easily been half of what it was, and the final stretch of the game was really weird in the worst way. The game just wouldn't end and I hate to have felt that.

I will continue to be a fan of Analgesic because because they do a lot of experimental stuff so I'm glad this game exists in order to prove what works and what doesn't.

For a game clearly focused on boss fights, the amount of unnecessary and boring stuff you have to do in between can't be overstated. I know it's for pacing purposes but it should've been better than this or scraped altogether. I started running past enemies after a certain point because it's the same enemies over and over and the loot you get on the ground doesn't really matter when you can just craft stuff. And getting EXP on the bosses means that you don't really have to engage with anything else (which could be a plus but you still have to go through the immense areas).

The boss fights are quite good however, sadly that's the only good thing I can think about.

death to chronos

absolutely incredible and well polished

really unfortunate how poorly they've been handling the global release

Instant classic

I really wanted to love this game but it simply does not respect your time. The puzzles are well done but the amount of times you will know a piece of a puzzle and have no idea how many more runs it'll take to finally solve it (and by solve it I mean the RNG allowing you to get the correct rooms in order to try some things out).

This is very different from other roguelikes where you can feel your skill improving little by little, in this game RNG is simply king and eventually you WILL run out of mysteries to progress in the early ranks of the house.

Rooms have no variation whatsoever, the game has a lot of unskippable slow animations and missing very obvious quality of life things like having your map open when drafting a room.

It also did not ship with ultrawide support unfortunately. To conclude I really would like to understand the high ratings this game is getting and really wish the devs try to mitigate how brutal the RNG can be.

Uninstalled during Day 25, never was able to enter the antechamber even though I learned how to access it since Day 3.

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