RAIDBORN

Paying money for a barebones early access version of the game, just for it to release with two DLCs that contain the rest of the game puts a bad taste in my mouth as a customer.

I’ve been following Raidborn for a long time. I bought it back when it was ROUGH, played through its early version, and thought: “Yeah, this is simple and needs work, but for a one-man project? This is genuinely impressive. I’m excited to see what it becomes.” Over time, the game did improve. It stayed small and janky, sure, but it had charm. It had the spirit of a passion project, and I was happy to support that. Then full release arrived - with a day-one DLC for the magic system we’d been waiting on. And honestly, Phodex, that feels bad. It isn’t about the price. It’s about the fact that your own game page said “No microtransactions,” while a promised core system was held back and sold separately at launch. That doesn’t feel like bonus content. It feels like early supporters helped fund the game, waited patiently, and then got charged again for something we reasonably expected to be part of the finished product. If the magic system had launched with the base game and you’d released a purely cosmetic Supporter Pack, like weapon glows, decorations, a goofy fountain at the base, whatever, I’d probably have bought it just to support you. But locking a major gameplay system behind paid DLC on day one crosses a line. I wanted to celebrate the full release. Instead, I feel burned.

Honestly, I reaaaally wanted to like this game. I'd give it a 6/10, the story line is ok, the quest sequence is a little weak, its a lot of the same thing. I guess I really didnt really play a lot of class combinations but I found one that worked and in the end was pretty invincible. The weapons didnt get very indepth, the runes were ok but they were all basically random drop items or random merch buys. Money was really slow in the beginning but the economy was really meh anyway. The base really didnt feel like it offered much besides a way to passively make money. The combat was very vanilla and straight forward. Will continue to watch to see if improvements

Good game. I give it a solid 7/10. Ignore the people complaining about the magic DLC. Dev asked early on if we wanted a higher price tag or magic as DLC, and the community voted for DLC. I did a complete run before magic was even released, you really don't need it to have a good time in this game.

Magic behind a DLC for a game that is still buggy? No thanks

The game will force you to fight an undead enemy called the undead priest. These enemies are difficult on their own but can be surmounted on their own. The issue is when the boss at the end of the dungeon summons them ad infinitum. You *very quickly* become unable to out dps or trade effectively and get swarmed by summons that are very tanky, hit hard, and insta heal the boss to 100%. You're basically softlocked. I played this game in EA and this was not an enemy type at the time. If I had known that this was the direction that the game ehaded into, I never would have bought this game. Spare yourself the frustration and just pass.

Day 1 DLC is never an okay option. It means work that should have gone into the main game during EA went to a product we, who supported the game from the start, won't get. Should have finished it first before making an DLC.