Backpack Hero

This is an amazing indy game. It turns inventory management, traditionally a chore if not a pain point into a well designed puzzle that is the heart of this charming game.

I love the game, it has a unique concept and creative mechanics, and it's full of charm. Unfortunately it is way too easy in my experience - you pretty much never lose a run, which greatly diminishes my enjoyment playing the game. This could be easily fixed with an adjustable Difficulty setting, which would not compromise its casual-friendly nature.

the idea is great but the end product is boring. The progress and the story do not hit the marks for me.

[h1]元祖バックパックゲー[/h1] バックパック管理ゲーの元祖。これが無ければBackPackBattlesも生まれていません。 ダンジョンを進んでいき３体のボスを倒すとクリア。基本的にはそれだけのゲームですが、アイテムの組み合わせでビルドを組み立てるのが非常に楽しく、５人のキャラクターごとにゲーム性がガラッと変わるので無限に遊べます。 対人要素は一切なし。 アーリーの段階ではアーケードモードしかありませんでした。 正式リリースに際してストーリーモードが追加されましたが、それが壊滅的なつまらなさの為評価がどんどん下がった経緯があります。 アーケードモードをやりましょう。

Got tired quite fast, all wins were from the same strategy, did not enjoy enough to continue exploring

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A distinctly good game, that could really use some small balance tweaks and bugfixes... that it really doesn't seem like it's gonna get. On the whole the game is quite good but there's just a persistent sort of awkwardness: - In story mode, you will EASILY build up more... sparks? I forgot the name, than you can possibly spend, and you can't get rid of them, so they just sit in your inventory. - Relics (boss rewards) are wildly unbalanced, even accounting for some working best on specific builds. This is most obvious with the energy relics: Ice Cream changes your energy gain from 3 per turn to (turn count) per turn - which takes 6 whole turns to actually be a net positive (and leaves you incredibly vulnerable on the first 2). Glass Bottle and Humble Offering give you 1 energy a turn in exchange for hefty downsides (only works if you had no block at the end of your last turn - yikes, no rewards above uncommon - YIKES). Spicy Ginger gives 2 energy a turn in exchange for making organization hell, and Mouse Wood gives 1 per turn for every 5 empty spaces - usable, but restrictive, and you'll pretty much never get more than 3 extra energy per turn without aggressively building into it. Meanwhile, Ore gives you 1 energy per turn for every 40 gold you have, at the high cost of... losing 3 gold when you take damage. In a game where you're already almost always trying to never take damage, and there's often nothing worthwhile to spend your money on. I often have 200-300 gold sitting around by the final boss - that can TRIPLE your energy per turn. Nothing else remotely compares. For another example, Tote has Lily Pad, a relic that lets her discard all carvings in her backpack for one mana , and Frog Hat, a relic that lets her toss for free... Which discards all carvings in her backpack and deals damage. 1 mana and no damage vs free and low damage... Yeah. - Poison from enemies is a serious threat, ignoring block and being fairly hard to reliably get rid of outside of consumable potions... and the 1 tile rare shield that not only negates it, but turns it into block. It's not even overpowered, just weird that one item completely counteracts the whole debuff. Unfortunately, the game doesn't seem like it's gonna get any changes. It's not in a bad state, but it does kinda feel like it's one patch away from complete. It's totally playable, and quite fun, but... well, I've rambled enough. You get the idea.