HellSlave II: Judgment of the Archon

I don't know what the story is. The background isn't easily explained for those who didn't play the first game. BUT the loot system is fun and feels rewarding. I like it so far.

I loved the first game, so I couldn’t wait for this one to release. I was genuinely excited, and the demo had me even more hyped. But after playing for 49+ hours, I’m starting to get tired of fighting the same enemies over and over again. Certain areas feel painfully repetitive, and it becomes boring fast. Some of the boss fights also rely on really cheap mechanics that basically force you to die, retry, or go grind for money just to adjust your build. I don’t mind grinding in games, but when the enemy variety is this limited, it becomes exhausting instead of fun. If the game had a bigger range of enemies, I could forgive almost everything else — because the music is awesome, the art style is beautiful, and the story is dark and genuinely interesting. I do love this game, but it definitely needs work. I would still recommend it, but I’d warn people that they’re in for some repetitive, boring fights. I love the developers and can’t wait to see what they create next.

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Das game macht spaß, spannende Geschichte, es macht spaß die verschiedenen Umgebungen zu erkunden.

Reminds me of the dark fantasy turn based games I used to play a lot on Armor Games and Kongregate back in the day. The game's art style oozes character and has all of these little details and nuances that make the turn based combat fun, like the weapons you equip showing up during combat, being able to dye your armour and respec your builds without penalties, upgrading uniques, etc. I am sadly not a fan of the randomised loot system and let's be honest the majority of the vendors are completely identical to each other. I wish there was a way to filter what you want once you pay to regenerate items because I wasted a lot of time and burned through all my gold just trying to find things that would give me enough resistance to survive some bosses. As fun as the combat was, it did get very tedious towards the end as you just have to fight through hordes of enemies. Fortunately, main story completes before everything got very boring. I did wish there was more RPG interactive elements though, more ways for your characters to interact with the world. The story isn't revolutionary per say. But I really would have liked to see some missions that dealt with the aftermath of the main story. There are a handful of minor characters that play a particular role in the main story but just drop off once you progress far enough and I would like to know what happened to them. Overall, I still think the game is pretty solid. Even with all my complaints, I still want to dive into the world and get immersed in it a whole lot more. It definitely has its replayability value.

I was a fan of the first game. Got a bug and was resolved promptly by the dev. Love the theme and world building. 9/10