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GOTY 2020

Descriptions of the game ahead - if you want to go in completely blind like you are now then avoid this post but it sounds like you want some explanations

It's a roguelike where you start new runs over and over and come up with a different ability build every time you attempt to "complete" the game. Like Binding of Isaac or a million others.

Completing a run isn't really *beating the game*, it's just one step in the gameplay loop, albeit a big accomplishment. The expectation is that it will take you a good number of attempts to complete it the first time and then you'll want to complete it a bunch more times.

The way the narrative and dialogue flows into this gameplay loop is flawless - it's why the game is so beloved.

You can play for as little or as much per session as you want, and you can decide you arent enjoying the game anymore after a bunch of attempts without completing a run, or after you complete your first run, or after 10 completed runs, or after 500 completed runs. That's one beautiful thing about the game. It's engaging for as long as you find it fun to play, but unless you quit the game after a couple runs, I doubt you would ever feel like you didn't experience enough of the game.

Personally I think I did something like 75 runs, and genuinely loved every second of 73 of them. Then in the last two I suddenly just didn't want to play it anymore and stopped.... and I feel like I had a mega fulfilling experience.

The gameplay is an isometric hack and slash, kinda like Diablo but instead of point and click you use WASD or a controller. Battlerite is the most similar gameplay feelwise I think, but I don't think many played that. I feel like there should be a hundred examples of other games with similar gameplay but I can't think of any.

Good luck and have a wonderful time!


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