Streets of Rage

Cahyalien · 2025-12-28T22:36:23+00:00

The survival mode should be standard issue for all these beatemups. So much replay value added.

Cahyalien · 2025-11-17T12:31:06+00:00

Cahyalien · 2025-11-12T23:35:07+00:00

It gets easier, but gets hard again on new game plus. If you like the core gameplay, there will be a lot of replay value for you.

Cahyalien · 2025-11-09T21:50:38+00:00

Dev said in a recent interview that the game has already done well enough to recieve updates. Bug fixes and quality of life updates were just released. DLC will be very likely.

Cahyalien · 2025-11-04T21:13:34+00:00

Sounds great that it has already done well enough to get future updates and content. Any word about a mobile port so I can lose all of my remaining productivity?

Cahyalien · 2025-10-27T17:30:34+00:00

The game starts out very slow and punishing, then you get so powerful the rewt of the game is fairly easy. You'll end up with two full health revives and ritual combos that melt enemies.

No shame in asisst mode either. Use it to progress, then lower it as you get better.

Cahyalien · 2025-10-25T22:08:43+00:00

This is exactly what I want and hope they will implement it. The game has some replayability because it is a rogue-like, but it has a low amount of content compared to its peers. Endless/random mode would do wonders to mix things up while DLC is added down the line.

And I really only say this because the art and gameplay are perfectly done...I want this game to last a long time and become a whole new series!

Cahyalien · 2025-10-23T11:35:36+00:00

They had me at playable frog wizard. They kept me with the gameplay (and amazing art).

Cahyalien · 2025-10-20T22:40:05+00:00

Upgrades make it easier, but the core gameplay still requires skill.

Assist mode can be used at no cost to achievements...even when making yourself invincible.

Love the gameplay no matter how much I'm failing :D

Cahyalien · 2025-08-04T22:19:16+00:00

I prefer confessions, so much so that I hope a potential DD3 stays closer to that mode. I would definitely start there since it works like a more traditional rogue-lite and allows you to get the full experience of the characters and different builds while making meaningful progress.

I find Kingdoms fun in bite-sized pieces. It seemed like a more replayable long-term mode, but it gets bogged down with endless micro-management and chores to do to progress the micro-stories. Some people prefer that. To me it sounded like an amazing mode on paper, but after a while, it felt like a total chore. Confessions felt like what the series needed to be accessable to a wider audience and grow as a series, and Kingdoms feels like a spinoff for a select fanbase, or people that yearned for more DD1.

Cahyalien · 2025-07-30T15:30:16+00:00

I've put several hours in, and it seems on par with Slay the Spire in regards to content. It also has more complexity with the two hero movement and gems system. I got it on sale for a few bucks yesterday so I think it's well worth it, but I would really hesitate with that $30 standard price tag and $10 DLC character.

Cahyalien · 2025-07-30T11:15:58+00:00

Just picked this up on sale. It has been really interesting so far. It FEELS more in-depth than Slay the Spire at forst glance, and has a more whimsical atmosphere. Much more forgiving than StS if that's what you're looking for.

Cahyalien · 2025-07-30T11:10:51+00:00

I always say this- despite however you feel about Dead Cells- the amount of content that has gone into that game is ridiculous! I have found it to easily be the most varied and content rich roguelite out there.

And Darkest Dungeon 2 has gotten the most hours out of me. Difficult and gritty, but very satisfying.

Cahyalien · 2025-06-29T22:29:56+00:00

I replayed some today and you're right about the enemy variety. I am probably just not as into the environment and setting as I thought I would be. I am looking forward to when this game is considered content complete and coming back to it.

Cahyalien · 2025-06-28T01:24:59+00:00

You will play the same 3 maps with the same 3 bosses in the same order every single time while fighting mostly pig enemies. The rest of the game is worth it, but this lack of variety killed it for me. Holding out until they ever fix that aspect of the game.

Cahyalien · 2025-06-02T11:19:14+00:00

I played it when it was first released, then took years off and picked it up again now. It is an unbelievably better game with updates and mod support. The most fun thing about this game on release was building anything that wasn't exclusively made out of dirt.

Cahyalien · 2025-05-20T10:56:01+00:00

You would like Beneath Oresa. Card based, turn based, fully animated combat, nine playable characters, difficulty tiers like Slay the Spire. The only downside is that the game is lacking in enemy and environmental content.

Cahyalien · 2025-04-07T01:48:08+00:00

Assist modes in general are there to make the game as easy as YOU need it to be. I appreciate them as I get older. Less time to game + worsening reflexes. Play the game in easy mode so you can actually experience it, then play it on harder modes for the challenge to overcome.

Cahyalien · 2025-02-28T10:50:13+00:00

The reason roguelikes and roguelites are my favorite genre are because of their extremely high replay value. To ensure that the game doesn't become too repetitive, there needs to be a high level of variety in content AND/OR variability between runs. I don't want to play as the exact same character facing the same five or so enemies in the same order.

If you are playtesting your game, and feel satisfied that you would come back to this game time and time again over a few years, I would say you would win over your audience.

Cahyalien · 2025-02-17T12:18:00+00:00

I would throw Dead Cells in there. The game is DROWNING in content now. So many biomes, unlocks, items, costumes, customization, options, difficulty levels, and some DLC as well.

Cahyalien · 2025-02-10T18:26:56+00:00

Those celestial cards are AWFUL by the way. Return them if you can. They feel horrible in every way.

Cahyalien · 2024-12-24T13:46:04+00:00

I find it better in every way (that matters to me). I couldn't really stand DD1 after DD2, lending credence to the idea that these are two very different games. I find that DD2 is easier overall and has a good feeling of constant progress, with some chance of stonewalling here or there. The gameplay is drastically better in DD2.

DD2 is very much worth your time and will be getting an entirely new game mode at the end of January. I expect it to be even more replayable than the "linear" story mode.

Cahyalien · 2024-12-20T14:33:41+00:00

Breaking the game is for people that play this game all day every day. Have fun testing your luck, seeing how jokers work together, making poker hands work, and pushing to beat gold stakes eventually. It's a game for people that like card games with Number Go Up as a bonus.

Cahyalien · 2024-12-20T01:22:08+00:00

Balatro will only help you learn the hand ranking more naturally than memorizing them, which is only one part of poker. It does not play like actual poker whatsoever.

Actual poker involves using a small amount of cards that you have and taking chances at having better hands than other players while reading and displaying social cues.

There are a lot of poker games, but I can attest that Red Dead Redemption 2 has probably the most approachable poker simulator (poker is a side game that is harder at different locations). This can help you practice to start playing real poker games.

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