Din's Champion

I'm not a fan of 2D games, but this one is definitely something unique (as far as i know). While you're building a base and completing quests - the enemy grows stronger and prepares to crush you to pieces. The enemy can also sabotage & send spies to your base/town in order to wreak havoc on your defense line (and it is you who will solve all these problems by completing tasks and reducing the enemy's influence in certain areas of the map). As you progress through the game and level up, you'll unlock new skills and classes (each character can have 3 classes), increasing replayability. Which is perfect! This game also has a semi-hardcore and hardcore mode which will definitely give you an adrenaline rush during the gameplay due to the possibility of permadeath of the character (I am currently playing on normal difficulty but will definitely try hardcore). and ye, i know this game might seem unusual (i thought so myself until I tried the demo), but here I am, lol. I will continue playing this game, that's for sure.

Gameplay is comparable to a cross between Terraria and Tales of Majeyal. It took me and will take most players a decent amount of time to grasp the games concepts and depth. It's not geared as much toward a casual pick up and play. This is a positive for some people and a negative for others. I do not find the UI confusing at all and I haven't had a single crash, I know some people have complained about those things. I'm not sure what people want from the UI, maybe less of it? a game with less content? not really sure, it's all pretty crystal clear to me. As a whole it's a little rough around the edges but unlike a lot of games like that this one has a charm and depth of soul to it that makes me want to recommend others to try it out. It benefits from an open mind and an attitude that you are playing something with a lot of structures more similar to traditional roguelikes that don't exist in other platformer OWSC games.

A lot like Soldak's other games, you kind of have to get past the production quality. It's kind of low, and there's no way around that. But there is nothing else really like them out there - the world is alive in a way very few other games can manage. There's a real sandbox going on here, and the core RPG gameplay is solid. if you're an existing Soldak fan, this is a no-brainer, this is Soldak's best game since Drox Operative.

The game has made strides since I reviewed it two years ago, but I still struggle with the platforming and “terraria” side of the game. https://youtu.be/8nNqUO4M_Go

This game is fantastic. If you want to play something in the same vein as Terraria but with much deeper and unique RPG elements to it then this will be something that will appeal to you. Really enjoying it so far.

Gameplay feels odd at first but you get a feel for it quickly enough and the sheer build variety keeps it plenty interesting.

Looking great, lots of updates, cannot wait for 1.0

game looks dope and would normally be my jam but i got filtered out by the god awful fog and im not ashamed to say it, that is an abysmal feature/event, it went on for 45 minutes straight and followed me underground even after closing it off