04-05-2025, 03:19 AM
(02-05-2025, 06:55 PM)Refluxe Wrote: Departed I couldn't get into Dead Cells, even though people really rave about it. Will have to check it out again properly at some point.
It took a while for DC to click for me too, to be honest. But the more I unlocked, the more smooth the game felt to play, to where it has a really gratifying combat and traversal loop. The main appeal for me is the fact that there is so much around every corner that it feels nary impossible to see everything and my desire to see more keeps me going. That and the story starts to build some genuine intrigue.
I still like Astral Ascent way more. It would've easily been my favorite game of last year but after over 100 hours, the reward incentive started to feel very unbalanced. Like to still get any shards for upgrades meant I had to make the game way too hard which started making it more frustrating. Though a lot of updates have happened since then and some have fixed a lot of my previous issues with it and added so many new bosses and spells that it makes me eager to come back after I finish other games.
Honestly, right now, besides Vampire Survivors, Astral Ascent is my current all time favorite roguelike. If you can look past its more obvious anime vibes, it's such an insanely fun game once you become comfortable with its difficulty and how to maximize combat.
