Army of Ruin

Army of Ruin is a Vampire survivors clone that comes with a better early game, a better evolution system, and a charm system. However, the late game is significantly worse than vampire survivors due to poor scaling of the upgrades and money earned. It becomes grindy as you will be forced to repeat levels in order to earn enough money for getting upgrades that make it possible to beat most tier 6 rounds and all tiers above that. It lacks the explosive end game power creep that makes vampire survivors so much fun.

Army of Ruin is great I don't even want to write this, I'd rather just play more, but here we go. WHY /How is it so much better than most Bullet-heavens I've tried?? [*]Very good pacing of unlocks- every time I feel like the gameplay is starting to become a little stale or repetitive, the game will throw something else at me (a new weapon unlock, a new set of challenges that give rewards, new feature unlock, et cetera) [*]You can maybe...okay, just saying theoretically...play this while multi-tasking watching a tv-show -- the fact your attacks are automatic means you just have to focus on proximity to enemies, collecting EXP gems, collecting coins, and going to the next chest/Relic-pickup [*]There are lots of characters to unlock. I'm 7 hours in and only have 3 characters so far, but I've still been having a blast with it [*]There is no story. just gameplay - some people may think that's a negative, but after a long day/week of work, I just want some satisfying gameplay. I don't need a story. I can watch TV for that [*]This might be a minor SPOILER, so I will block it out: [spoiler]As you progress through the game, you discover you can get Evolved forms of weapons. This changes up the gameplay quite significantly and brings whole new strategies and combos into play! [/spoiler] What are you waiting for? Watch a youtube video or something if you don't believe me, but you won't regret buying this

The game is actually a pretty fun, however there is a single gameplay flaw that kills gameplay. There is no ability to reroll rewards, and there is no ability to banish rewards. In addition to this, the unlocks in the game depend on leveling specific rewards. This means that after the first few runs, the game turns into and RNG grind fest. Need to level a specific weapon to level 5? Get ready to do a bunch of runs leveling to the point where you have 3 weapons and get a pull for your 4th that doesn't work abandon run and repeat. Want to ascend your new weapon? Better hope the elements on all the weapons you pull are not the same. This issue gets worse the longer you play. As you unlock more weapons, it takes more and more early game resets to get characters. This game has been out for a few years, so there is little hope of the devs fixing this issue,

Sometimes you play a game that just makes you go, “These people really understand game design.” Army of Ruin is one of those. The central premise of this game seems to have been, “What if Vampire Survivors had every single quality-of-life update you could possibly imagine?” Unlike almost every other VS clone I’ve played, this is a VS clone that’s better than the original pretty much across the board. The UI is better, the menus are clearer, everything is beautifully organized, there are tooltips everywhere, it’s great. But the real treasure here is just how deliberately and well-designed all the weapons and classes are. This game was clearly playtested to hell and back, and every single weapon was meaningfully different and interesting, every class had bespoke stat growth, an ult, and certain buffs and debuffs. Even the classes that were the same type were meaningfully different from each other, and they all played in unique ways. Every one of the five levels had unique enemies and mechanics, and they all felt meaningfully different. It was honestly so impressive. This is a developer that understands gameplay. I absolutely loved this game. I enjoyed it so much not only did I get all the achievements, I kept going and completed everything there was to complete in it, and then when there was nothing left to do I was so sad to put it down. It’s just a fun, well-made game, and a great entrypoint into the genre if you’re not sure if you’ll like it. My one single complaint was that it’s one of very few 3D games in the genre, and I kind of wish it hadn’t been — it caused the SteamDeck to run insanely hot and Mr Act said the Switch struggled with it. I never encountered any lag or stutters, but man the SteamDeck sounded like a rocket at times. I’m not sure the 3D added anything, and it would have been nice to have it be easier on the hardware. But this is a real nitpick.

Восхитительный роуглайт с отличной графикой, хорошим балансом, в котором действительно интересно качаться и выбивать новые артефакты и оружия! Из нюансов: маловато контента - можно было бы побольше локаций добавить. В остальном - великолепная игра! Даже немного жаль с ней прощаться после сбора всех достижений ...

This is my favorite bullet heaven so far. Everything in the game is very polished and balanced and you can get very creative with the builds. It is straight to the point pure bullet heaven done really well. I have played megabonk, vampire survivors, Halls of Torment and Chuminis and this is my favorite in the genre so far.

Its a mid tier vampirelike. It has all what makes these good but doesnt push any boundries with new innovative features. Its just more of the same with a different theme. Fun if youre looking for a survivors game but nothing groundbreaking.

还行，就是游戏进程的中期会比较难熬，一方面玩家的局外成长会陡然放缓导致战力不太够，一方面局内为了达成挑战解锁内容会为了满足挑战需求舍弃一部分战力。武器之间的dps差距非常大，是数量级的差距，打完记得看dps选出输出高的武器标记上。 有些成就要求玩家在非无尽关卡单局时长超过常规时长很多，这个设置非常难受，要求16分钟以上的关卡我10分钟左右就通关了，为了完成这个成就必须躲着boss，尽可能慢地击杀小怪，非常的反人性。通常这类挑战只会出现在无尽模式中，在非无尽模式我不理解这是在考验什么。

The game is a decent bullet hell, offers a good foundation with good character variety and a compelling arsenal. Standout weapons like the Ink Geyser and Lightspark are really cool and fun to build around, but the nuance behind some character specials isn't always clear. Despite its strong core gameplay, several balance issues, progression hurdles, and interface shortcomings hold the experience back. - Weapon and trinket benefits projectile-focused builds. Prioritizing projectile count and speed easily trivializes content everything else to the point where an Endless Run can be abandoned after an hour without taking a single hit - Explosive-type weapons feel entirely underpowered compared to the counterparts, offering little practical utility - Enemies featuring damage immunity disrupt the core power fantasy of bullet-hell games. Even builds with heavy knockback fail to keep these enemies away making their ability feel arbitrary rather than challenging - I hate that I need to upgrade a weapon to level 5 in a previous run before unlocking its evolutions. This forces unnecessary grinding with weapons you may dislike just to unlock their full potential later - While charms are a great idea on paper, the inability to reroll them makes seeking them out unrewarding, as they often offer benefits that don't synergize with your build - Heavy particle effects frequently obscure ground pickups. Having item overlays rendered above attack would drastically reduce blind, random looting - Off-screen drops spawn inexplicably far from the player. Without a minimap or preview indicator, traveling long distances to collect unknown items often leads to wasted trips for stuff I don't need - With only five maps and minimal points of interest, environments become repetitive quickly. Map-specific hazards or events would go a long way in breaking up the monotony - Reward chest animations feel sluggish over time and would benefit greatly from a skip toggle That's it. I enjoyed the game, but wouldn't revisit it with more content without a lot of QoL improvements.