Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder

I bought this game on release, because i am a fool for roguelikes and... the likes. Well, i was mostly drawn in by the nice visuals (i love pixel art) and was hooked from the first round onwards. the tutorial was short enought just let me play, but big enough to show me the ropes. it was easy enough to understand, but also not too easy to steamroll everything (well, except for when you find out a specific trick to, well, steamroll). The game is a nice mix of city builder and deck building roguelike. every mechanic makes sense and leaves almost nothing to be desired afterwards. like a clockwork everything made sense, once i understood them (some factions felt like "how should i even win with this?" - until i unlocked more buildings and objects and understood some deeper mechanics like "paint"). Needless to say, after roughly 60 to 80 hours (my steamdeck showed 80) and 100% of the achievements within like 2 weeks, i can say this is one of the best games i have played this year. probably my personal goty. But, i need to say, the game is not without some bugs, but most of them only appear in the "endless" mode, when the normal gameplay loop leaves reasonable territory (in other words: you probably won't see them when you only go for the 100% and not above and beyond). For example: once i hit Megalopolis 15, it reset its counter back t o megalopolis 1, but kept the score for megalopolis 16, which in the end allowed me to basically reach megalopolis 22, which "should" have been 37. and another bug is: once you reach that territory and leave shop to start the next milestone, sometimes the game doesn't really start the milestone and kind of softlocks you. if that ever happens: just push the "council" button and leave that window again, then the game gets you back into a shop again, for you to be able to start the next milestone then. i really cannot say anything about the music, because for some reason i never played with sound ( i know, blasphemy). overall i would say, this game is in the upper 80% area, maybe only a few percentages short of 90% (speak: 87-89%). I played on Steamdeck, the controls were solid enough (i ould have liked to adjust stick sensitivity on a controller, the trackpad in handheld was very good though) and the performance, even on my "megalopolis 37" was never even slightly tanking.

Cool game, slightly scratch the Balatro combo itch and mix it in with some puzzle/city building mechanics similar to Islanders.

If this is your favorite genre, then just buy it. You won't be disappointed.

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Very good game, way more in depth than I thought it would be

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Broad and laid-back escalating challenge. Reasonable run length, can quit between milestones. The UI is simple. The feedback (audio and visuals) are neat.