Halls of Torment

Pride flag & trans flag on the developers bio on X. Game is mid, & trans ideology is just an excuse for big pharma to experiment on children.

This is one of those games where you get absorbed in upgrades and achievements, then at some point you're not sure whether you're having fun or just being manipulated into playing it. It also lacks a suspend option to leave and continue runs later, which matters because the supposed half hour runs are closer to an hour.

If you like survivor games like I do then this is a must buy. Halls of torment is just as good as vampire survivors, and in many ways better. Many different playable characters that all feel unique and different maps that really stand out for how visually pleasing they are. The gear system allows an insane level of build crafting so for replay ability this game is the best survivors type game. A lot of these games run into a big problem though, a lack of end game content; this is why I love this game. The entire game is built around the endgame content and id recommend going into it blind. The achievements are also linked to upgrades and personally I love when games do that. I have nothing negative to say. Also buy the dlc cosmetic pack. The default skins are nice but the dlc skins are so much better. I can’t recommend the other dlc as easily but you can decide if that’s right for you on your own by checking out those reviews.

If there were a Steam award for "Game I Never Thought I'd Love", it's HoT. I have no memory of buying it or what compelled me to buy it. I never played the original Diablo games, and I hated playing Diablo III. This game, though, I absolutely cherish and adore. To say it's grown on me is putting it feather gently. It starts off so slow, just a couple skeletons trudging along to punch you in the face. Before you know it, 30 minutes later your screen is absolutely ablaze with the chaotic fire of millions of pixels; frantically running and dodging fire demons and evil cubes shooting purple magic goo. You're escaping by millimeters and praying for that one more small 0.2 m/s speed increase, because you just need to hold out for thirty more seconds and your health is hanging on by a thread. It's completely B A N A N A S and I love it. Not to mention the music loops are straight bangers, and I will die on this hill. Ember Grounds goes hard. Cannot recommend this game highly enough.

Probably one of the most boring games in this genre, and it actually pains me to say that. These top down bullet hell games are some of my favorite games on the market. Army of Ruin, Brotato, Magicraft.. the list goes on. In my search for a great duplicate to these games I come across Halls of Torment. The overwhelmingly positive reviews peaked my interest for sure, so I purchased it. At face value, the game is interesting enough. The diablo 2 aesthetic is nice but man oh man is it a grindy mess. This game has a ton of potential but it is missing the ONE thing that makes these games great, and that's CHAOS. Every single time you level up you're given a list of upgrades to choose from, but the fact that they are ONLY passives is such a weird choice for a game in this genre. The entire 30min long match you're just searching for a tough enemy in hopes that they drop a new attack, and those are SO few and far between. It honestly makes this game so much more boring than it needs to be. Now I have no doubt that it gets better as you go along, but I'm 2.5 hours into this game already and I'm still overwhelmed by boredom. Will I continue? most likely, in hopes that it gets better. I'd like to think that all 20,000 positive reviews aren't wrong, but so far I'm just not seeing it. Last thing I would change is the sound design. I mentioned before that chaos is what we seek with games like this, and sound design plays a major factor in that. This one isn't the worst in any way, but it's a long shot from the best. Make the attacks sound like they hit like a freight train. Half of them don't make noise at all and it just adds to the boredom factor.

You walk around...Dodge enemies...level up and get passive stat upgrades...10% All damage is the GOD of all stats...So the dopamine machine offers you a 10% bonus damage at best...VERY underwhelming and boring game. Dont get fooled by the "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews. Out of the 10 or something Survivors Like games ive played, this is by far the worst!

The game is great and it's fun to chase after achievements. It's a bit simple and lacks real synergy with skills, but what completely pushes my opinion to negative is the mandatory 30 minute runs, which are likely closer to 40 mins if you count in the pauses whenever you level up or get a new item. If one of the most common suggestion when people mention it is to use cheat engine to speed up the game, I'd say there's some room for improvement.

It’s a bit like Vampire Survivors, but it manages to be much slower, more grindy and buggy. The worst bit is the achievements system, several of them depend on enemies or events that simply refuse to appear. Instead of playing, you spend hours praying that the RNG will be kind to you.