Cinderia

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Cinderia is a roguelike top-down slasher. The story premise kicks off with a classic cautionary tale: you don't get oranges from a dewy drop. The local coven takes out a witch and decides to adopt her orphaned child, only for the little girl to inevitably awaken her inner witch powers, plunging the world into chaos. Now, you hang out in a half-ruined church trying to recruit a band of outcasts and misfits. [b]The Short Answer: Is It Worth Buying?[/b] It's cute and very inexpensive even without a discount. I picked it up mostly as an investment for the future, as it currently lacks enough content to sustain long-term play. [b]Playtime:[/b] 1/10 In its current state, you can theoretically reach the end of the story in just 1–2 hours. It took me about 8 hours to fully upgrade the entire sanctuary. [b]Story:[/b] 3/10 An orphaned witch child brings doom to the world, and you gather misfits in a ruined church to survive. [b]Music:[/b] 4/10 It exists and doesn't get annoying or wear out its welcome during normal runs, though boss battle tracks felt a bit overly loud and intrusive. [b]Graphics[/b] 5/10 Chibi papercraft aesthetic. [b]Mechanics:[/b] 7/10 The gameplay loop feels like a hybrid of Cult of the Lamb and Hades: you clear out room-by-room encounters, defeat a boss at the end of the leg, and pick up skill and passive upgrades along the way. Your ultimate objective is to survive the journey and take down the witch. Mob variety sits in a weird middle ground - within a single chapter they feel repetitive (which makes sense), but across the whole game, they're decent, though Acts 4 and 5 could use more distinct enemy types. The dash mechanic uses action-slashing momentum, but hitboxes and collider overlaps can feel wonky, meaning dashes don't always register correctly. Upgrading your sanctuary relies on gathering meta-resources like stones, leaves, candles, and souls, with each material feeding into specific tech trees. While the upgrades are great, the soul-based unlocks felt disproportionately expensive - though they grant crucial perks like extra revives and extra slots. The active item collection system during runs is genuinely fun, even if the game does a poor job explaining what specific items actually do. Early on, room types on the map are painfully vague until you unlock a sanctuary upgrade that finally clarifies them. The core loop mimics Hades: clear a room, then choose your reward path (buffs, health, active skills, or passives). You can choose from several distinct character classes - including a swordsman, spearmen, mortar user, and druid - with the mortar and druid feeling like the most comfortable picks. [b]Personal Take[/b] I bought the game purely because of the wolf-girl character featured on the main store page, though she ended up feeling surprisingly weak in-game (or maybe I just haven't figured out her optimal build yet!). Unfortunately, the narrative structure isn't fully realized yet, leaving a lack of clear momentum or long-term goals, though upgrading the base is fun and genuinely helps progression. The dog boss gave me the hardest time, proving way tougher than the final witch herself, and the ritualist boss was equally annoying. On the plus side, the boss fights feature distinct, active mechanics rather than just being oversized target dummies. I wasn't a fan of how low the spawn rates felt for random side-rooms like fishing, grappling hooks, and smash minigames. Another annoyance is the dialogue text: it moves way too fast and lacks a log to re-read conversations (especially with the crazy little witch in the hub). Lastly, localization is incomplete in spots, causing random Chinese characters to pop up on screen. [b]Overall Score:[/b] 68/100

好玩的，每个角色都有特色，也有自己的轮椅。就喜欢这种不教玩家打游戏的策划，肉鸽游戏玩的不爽还不如去玩魂游

面白かったです。

不错

I like stabbing people, also when next updates :(