Lootbound

Worse than Elden Ring DLC

Neutral Review: I saw the inventory system and purchased instantly. I love games like Backpack Hero, Backpack Battles and Deadly Days Roadtrip, so the inventory shape management type system was enticing. I did enjoy my first few runs unlocking higher difficulties and new party support spells. Beyond that there doesn't feel like a ton of difference between runs/characters/difficulties in your strategy or fights. The items seem lacking in number and variety overall. After only a handful of rounds I feel like i've seen every item in the game besides some of the ones I haven't paid to unlock yet (6 items total per class, 24 overall. 2 items added to loot pool per biome per character if all are purchased). There are Aura items affecting certain types of items touching it, conditional items that provide an Aura or Linear Aura to certain items if touching a certain side of the bag(top, left, etc.), and rotating Aura items that flip around in your bag each fight but only affect items on 2 of the sides at a time. These effects are all so similar that they end up feeling almost the same during play, I wish there were some more variation in effects or a crafting type system to create upgraded items from what you have. I will probably complete the third difficulty on each class because I like finishing games; but I would not recommend to friends that play similar games unless some updates/content are added. Raising the difficulty didn't really feel any different than my first run sadly. This may be in part to my permanent stat upgrades on characters, but I remember checking the difficulty multiple times in the upper right corner during the run to make sure I was really on the hard mode. The battles are missing some complexity. I selected vastly different options for each of my runs for the final boss properties but each final fight felt the same. If you liked the other games mentioned at the top of my review give it a shot, you will likely get some enjoyment from it. Otherwise, there are other options out there if you need your roguelite fix.

There are many different similar roguelike games, but this one stands out due to its pixel art graphics, and they’re of good quality — which doesn’t put you off but rather draws you in. The gameplay is interesting.

The game only has 3 maps, each with around 5–6 enemies. Heroes have 6–7 skills, but most feel like slight variations of the same 3 abilities. Combat requires almost no strategy. Spam attacks, and if the enemy is strong, use a potion. On higher difficulties, good gear means you win; without it, you might lose. The dice system also makes you prefer locations with guaranteed rewards over ones that require a roll. The game needs more maps, enemies, and meaningful abilities. Enemies should have mechanics that force you to read what they do and adapt your strategy, which would also make a greater variety of hero skills necessary. Part of the art is good, but the enemies don't look great for example.

did some runs ... the game is not bad, but it also is not the next big Indie hit. I would've given a positive review but since they manipulated the Steam reviews by offering the players to refund the buying price for positive reviews, I have to not recommend this.

Easy, simple, might look nice but lacks any depth. Not worth the money right now.

I absolutely love this game. It's a nice, down to earth, roguelite, deckbuilderish (in a manner of equipment management in my opinion) gem. From grinding the three different difficulties to reading all of the lore and the interactions between each of the characters, all of it was entertaining. Ran buttery smooth and I only noticed one bug. The autosave feature will sometimes save wrong and force you to replay an encounter you had already cleared causing your equipment to change or allowing you to forcefully cheese a better roll in your run. Lastly, I don't have 57 hours on this game. It's more accurate to say I beat it in 21 to 22 hours; the other accumulated time is from me being afk. PS - gameplay footage on my Youtube channel @ senpainapple thank you.

This had me engaged for a chunk of time until I beat the first difficulty for each hero. As soon as I crossed that threshold, it became painfully obvious that there wasn't any more to the game than I had already experienced beyond some lore unlocks which simply weren't worth repeating the same experience. I was probably more engaged than many other players because I haven't actually dabbled in inventory management games and this felt novel to me but that novelty fell off pretty quick. It's a shame because there's some good elements here and you can tell the devs wanted to make an interesting game, they just didn't do anything to make further difficulty scaling actually augment the basic play experience.