Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite

As of right now this game does not have nearly enough content to make it engaging long-term. It feels like doing the exact same thing over and over again. Even when I go out of my way to try and pick different perks and evolutions, the different combos don't really feel *meaningfully* different from each other and don't really impact gameplay as much as they should. It's a shame because the game definetely has potential, it just feels undercooked in it's current state. (Edit: I feel like it's also important to say that the lack of variety is not just the fault of the lackluster perk/evolution selection. It also comes from the limited enemy and enviornment variety. Many roguelikes start off with few unlocks and only become more complex as the game goes on. Problem here is the fact that in order for that to work the gameplay must feel engaging in other aspects, such as the combat or exploration. Imagine if the entirety of The Binding of Isaac was only The Basement floor with room variety cut down by half. That wouldn't make for a very interesting game even with all items unlocked. This is that game.) Also the base character speed feels abysmal, I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned it in their reviews. Not only that, higher difficulties lower it even further and make speed upgrades less effective. This does not actually make the game more challenging, only more tedious. Idk what they were thinking with that one, maybe it would be more appropriate for a game called "Everything is Snail". The combat also just feels kinda awful because the hitboxes feel really janky. Some times I would get hit by an attack despite standing 5 feet away from the hit indicator, other times my own attack would not connect despite me standing on top of an enemy. This is only made even worse by the afromentioned speed issues, making manouvering around enemies and dodging even harder. Yes, I know there is a dedicated dodge button but with the base cooldown it has it is not really helpful, especially when it seemingly has no i-frames. Mind you, this is coming from someone who actually enjoys soulslikes and other types of games where learning enemy patterns and dodging at the right time is essential. I see a lot of people defending this game by saying that the price is low so the sub-par gameplay is excusable, but personally I don't see that as a valid argument when you can play the demo for free and essentially get the same experience.

这款游戏拥有一个相当迷人的设计理念（达尔文进化岛），但令人遗憾的是设计完全无法支撑复杂的理念。 体验过程中最大的感受是：一切似乎都显得过于随机，以至于我很难学到任何东西。技能的选择？属性的侧重？怪物的强度和奖励？环境的影响？这些东西都是似乎存在，但又很难搞明白。进化树的设计太贪婪了，做了大量的内容却又做不出区分度和偏向性，最后的感受就是又缺乏引导，又缺乏前期的反馈，又缺乏后期的爽感。唯一的亮点是角色的外形确实是随着进化改变的。 除此之外，本作还有便秘的移动和攻击手感。这进一步提高了本作的门槛。我真心建议删繁就简，好好设计下难度曲线，技能树设计看看吸血鬼幸存者，他就那么几种技能，还要加删技能的设定。怪物和战斗设计看看饥荒，真没必要搞那么多种换皮怪硬撑数量。

水军刷分花了不少吧，极短的流程加上毫无重玩价值的肉鸽，不推荐

Just not enough content . Can't see anyone putting a lot of hours into this one, there are better ones out there. Not bad, just not enough stuff and No SAVE feature at all. Ouch.

Уникальный проект в своём игровом жанре с банально простым управлением; освоившись, я буквально играл тремя пальцами с клавиатуры, но не без своих проблем с балансом сложности и адекватной работоспособностью придуманных механик. Проходя эту игру на 100%, я испытал весь спектр (не)человеческих чувств и эмоций: от любви до ненависти. Под конец, можно сказать, я уже просто сошёл с ума. Но считаю, не смотря на все те боль и страдания все мои часы я провёл весело и с уж точно незабываемыми эмоциями.

Cute, challenging and super addictive! Well worth the money.

Theres not enough content for a typical roguelike progression

I really want to like this game, and it is fun up until pressure 10. After that the stars sort of need to align in order to make real progress. Only a couple of stats end up mattering, so by extension only a couple mutations/evolutions really work. Sure you could spend the time to sweat it out, but at that point there are just... better games to spend time on.