Dicey Dungeons

This game is almost fun. I bought this from a humble bundle in 2022, played for awhile and had a lot of fun at first, but quickly became frustrated, quit for no apparent reason and recently tried again, but I became equally frustrated after only a few hours. The main core issue begins when you try to get past anything but the base level of the game for each character. Afterwards any 'progression' is done by playing with seriously hampering debuffs that put constraints on the player that 'can' be fun, but most of the time you're not able to overcome them through skill, rather luck. The levels and gear are random, this can be a 'serious' problem when random enemies can be direct counters to your build. Making a 'shield' heavy build that relies on building heavy amounts of armor but a tiny health pool? Better hope you don't run into a 'poison' enemy that completely bypasses the shield/armor mechanic. (This happened and is part of a challenge mode only 3 wins in). I died to the very last enemy before the final boss fight who directly countered everything I built for. I'm sure there are ways to overcome this (I seen a potion item that cures poison in another run, but it's random and never found it even on the final level, so roll the dice and hope for the best.) I want to like this game, and I love a good challenge, but it fails horribly at scaling difficultly that doesn't rely on an ever increasing luck factor. Where as a roguelike game like Hades opens up more diverse play styles as you progress, play style tweaking, and a diverse difficulty increase system that you can set at your own pace. Overall it's fine for a couple hours if you find it on humble bundle for cheap or a steam sale, but don't expect it to entertain you for too long before burnout.