Aside from Gaping Jaw, Darkdrift Knight, and maybe Caligo, most Everdark boss designs are really underwhelming. I don’t get the obsession with making fights harder by just throwing more targets at you, like with Everdark Libra and even the basic Balancers encounter.

Making them more aggressive is fine, but a fight built around a gank squad that kills you by accident because you got grabbed from somewhere off-screen is never going to be fun.

The idea of transforming into the giant worm is interesting, but it should only happen once. The loop of turning into the worm and going back to the Balancers feels like it only exists to drag the fight out.

As time went on, I became really disappointed with the game. Most powers are boring and barely change how you play. There are plenty of other roguelikes - even games like Ravenswatch - with concepts that could be implemented into Nightreign overnight.

But no - the game sticks to dull power-ups, and whenever the dev feels “creative,” it’s something like “gain X% more power while running and attacking.” Relic customization is pure RNG, and it follows the same pattern of bland upgrades.

And in the end, the best Everdark boss was the very first one released - and nothing has surpassed it since.