Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder

After 100 percenting the game I have decided this game deserves a review and a glowing recommendation. For 10 dollars this game is an absolute gem. I've gotten about 80 hours of solid play out of it. This is not a city builder in the traditional sense like Cities or Simcity. The game has these little one and done runs where you choose two "guilds"(this determines what cards you get among other things) and then your objective is to reach certain score thresholds before each milestone in order to advance. This is where the comboing part of Combolands comes in. Buildings interact with the environment and each other in interesting ways, and you can produce some wacky combinations in order to "combo" and get a high score each round. The gameplay loop is simple but deceptively complex and very satisfying. This has quickly become one of my favorite games to just chill out with after a long day and relax with. The only thing I can really say negatively about this game is that after reaching 100 percent there isn't much to do. You can choose, after winning a run, to continue going in Endless mode to see how far you can go if you like. Ultimately this doesn't have a point(outside of your enjoyment of the game of course). I usually don't care for this kind of mechanic but this game feels like a natural fit for leaderboards/daily runs. Having said all that I am eagerly anticipating whatever happens with this game next. Really hoping for DLC.