Power Chord

TL;DR: Very bland gameplay, sound, and animation. The game's concept is great: A rock band fighting off demons with the power of music, and the lore in the intro makes things look damn amazing. I went through the first boss to get a feel for the game and unfortunately just got bored by it. The art style and character/enemy models are absolutely fantastic, but the animations make no use of any of it, at least I couldn't see any different animations for any attacks or enemy deaths. Likewise the music, a core element of the game, is just very basic, even on the boss fight. As far as the gameplay is concerned, nothing stood out either. The character's differences feel minimal, you do have your shielder/healer/debuffer/attacker but even with that it all feels very same-y.

Well don't expect the world from this storywise, just enjoy the vibe it brings. It's obviously closely inspired by Slay the Spire, but is clearly it's own thing and turned out quite enjoyable. -> Having four characters instead of one freshens up the dynamic in a good way. -> The overall game is easier than Slay the Spire, but still challenging enough to be enjoyable (if you struggle and need help hit me up ;) -> There are a LOT of viable builds in lower Distortion levels (=Ascension in StS), which is very fun. It grants insane power trips (Killing the endgame boss before it gets a turn isn't all that rare - getting it down in 2-6 rounds is rather normal) -> Higher Distortion levels require you to play the better characters and use good combos you found while ascending, which is how it should be imho. Got through the ascensions in about 85 hours as you have to do at least 21 runs and one run can take 2-3 hours. So you get plenty of game time enjoyment for the price. Even at -20% sale it's already a decent to good buy. Get a 50% and it's a steal.