EcoGnomix

so starting off the balance and progression is iffy. unlike most rouge-lites this game isn't kind to failure or over investing into success, you are able to pull out with your earnings and if you don't or you used to much in the run itself before you did your not going to make much progress topside, actually completing the run if you can if pretty much always worth it but you need to decide pretty early in the run if you are even gonna try. 2nd issue the upgrades because the upgrade options in the run are rng with limited slot/rerolls its actually better to not unlock a fair number of them. The class specific ones aren't as bad since they only show up if a valid gnome is in the party tho if you don't see yourself using the upgrade its still better to not unlock it. I beat the game with about half untouched because I felt they'd actually make my odds worse. 3rd the balance is odd you pretty much have to take certain rations or the start of any run is dumb luck. the bats are somewhat to punishing, the baseline is rough but reasonable. However if you don't take care of the spawners immediately every single time the compounding costs will quickly kill your run making them almost unsalvageable save good rng (or way to many upgrades) onto a certain late game class. The chef is borderline mandatory to progress, full stop. But overall its a fun game that rewards balancing costs and associated gains I'd recommend it on a decent sale 7/10 ps. some people noted technical issues I saw a couple small issues in the last area but nothing major