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I speedran this game by setting a timer on my phone and then trying to beat my time while listening to edgy nu-metal

>>14971024

>Speedrunning a roguelite

This game is pretty fun, I played it a few years ago.

I wish it wasn't so repetitive, though.

Shill this game to me, OP. Why is it worth hard drive space?

>>14971411

It's a highly repetitive roguelike FPS with an inconsequential progression mechanic (can loot cards that can then be randomly chosen to be activated on level up in subsequent playthroughs) and has multiple characters, although the only one that's not garbage is the one that buffs your starting wand.

I'd say it's worth an hour or two, beyond that, nah. Also the final boss is artificially difficult to the max.

>>14971411

It contains zero political bullshit. You just shoot things in dungeons.

>>14971533

>giving a shit about what paid influencers say, ever

shiggy

>>14971478

Most of the other characters ranged from quite bad to sidegrades, with way too many on the bad end, but a few of them were much more powerful like the Battle Mage that gains mana whenever he gets hit and has extra health.

>>14971603

>giving a shit about what paid influencers say, ever

I don't; I just hate that they're used as selling points.

>these people who you should care about totally said it was good in this quote, please buy our game!

Its a shit trend

>>14971623

There's a vampire character who I'm not even sure is possible to beat the game with.

Does it still have like 10 configurations for rooms repeated way too much?

>>14971661

>whenever you are on the rush and it's going well in the next level you end up with a big 'FUCK YOU' room without any decent weapons/spells or much ammo

Good concept and was actually quite fun but man getting screwed by random change is just bullshit.

>>14971651

It's been a while since I played the game but looking back it seems I beat the normal mode of the game with everyone but the Sorcerer, Bard, and Jester. These are characters that have very low starting max health. The other problem, particularly for the Sorcerer, is that different characters level up at different rates. The pitch of the Sorcerer is that you get a ton of power (high mana reserves, maybe some damage, I forget exactly) in exchange for low health, but it's not just low health, it's also a very low exp rate. When you level up you get a bonus card as well as boosts to max health and max mana. So the Sorcerer gets very few of the bonus cards and very few little extra max health from level ups while also starting with shit health. Incidentally the different gains in max health make the Seer's pitch a load of shit too. He starts with a low stats but can level up much more than the average character. However since the max health he gets each level up is nearly half that of a normal character he never really makes up the difference in starting health, let alone surpasses it. He does get a lot of cards though and isn't that terrible.

With regards to the Vampire, I don't remember him being that difficult to complete the game with. He can be awkward since you can't spend too much time exploring and I think since he restores health when an enemy is killed bosses can be a problem. But he starts with a huge max health pool and that's important.

I also remember the Cleric being another character that's quite a bit powerful than the default characters. I think the Templar was good too, but the card he has that makes more enemies seemed like it was a problem, maybe I was just sloppy though.

Main problem I remember with the game was that a lot of the unlocks were just shit. Once you unlocked everything your pool of bonuses on level up would be bloated with a lot of junk you really didn't want, so you'd have to get lucky to actually get a good character. There's some good unlocks too of course so you're not necessarily just better off starting from scratch. A lot of other roguelikes seem to have the same problem with being bloated with useless unlocks.

>>14971951

Oh, you're gonna love it when I explain the Vampire.

His health decreases constantly, about one point per second. Health potions don't exist, you only regain health from killing enemies.

Thanks, I like free things.

>>14970974

There were a ton of games that would be permanently free for a limited time announced at e3. Someone should compile a list of all of them.

>>14971116

You're actually scored on how long it takes to complete a floor, so the faster the better.

I loved this game. More games need to be like Hexen.

>>14971649

>Its a shit trend

Games have been printing this dumb shit on their physical boxes for about as long as there have been video games.

>>14972018

I know that, I beat the game with him. He's far from the worst character in the game, in fact for most of the game I'd say he's better than the standard character because of his health pool and how he can recharge his health. As long you don't get the plant boss that can stall you for way too long (or just have very high damage weapons then) and have some luck in being able to go into boss rooms with high health Vampire is fine. That's not always something you'll get, but he's much better to play than the characters who have very low health and little to make up for it.

>>14972364

Aren't the games endings dependent on how much of each floor you explore? Or how many rooms you go into or something like that. I remember having to go into nearly every room if you wanted to get the good ending. But I guess the endings don't affect what you do when you actually play the game.

>>14972411

I spent a lot more time with Heretic but I really don't see how this game has much in common with either.

>>14971007

is there an uncensored version yet?

>>14971411

It's not very good. I got about an hour out of it and won't be touching it ever again.

>>14971411

If you are aren't a complete shitter, you can beat this game in less than 2 hours. So in other words, there is not much content besides unlocking characters, gamemodes and other crap. If you like the concept then by all means get it, its free.

>>14970974

>FREE SHIT ALERT

I, too, know how to browse the internet, anon.

The only disappointing thing in this game is that the serpent staff that's straight out of Hexen doesn't life leech at melee range.

Oh, and I guess the animations are absolutely atrocious, but I usually try to kill everything that moves before I notice stuff like that.