Played this for about 3 hours before deciding I was done with it. The game really doesn't have any of the visual flair that something like Vampire Survivors does or the speed. I did not care for the auto attack and active attacking in a game like this feels antithetical towards why I'm playing it. The art direction is so unfocused while obviously riffing on Hades to the point that generic knight man was the only one of the three characters I played that I thought looked good. Also wtf is with the Assassin lady talking like she's in a chatroom? Idk but I never vibed with it too much.

Es un buen Bullet heaven con toques de RPG a lo Diablo.

No me gusta la inconsistencia de que la estética sea oscura y decadente pero que los dioses sean personajes coloridos sexy de anime y que el dialogo sea tan 'quirky'.

Pero el gameplay es muy bueno.

También añadir que es un early access así que el juego puede cambiar bastante de una update a otra, aunque lo que moleste eso ya depende de cada uno.

De una forma u otra es una buena opción como juego de apagar el cerebro y matar mucha cosa.

Death Must Die is Vampire Survivors meets Diablo 2 meets Hades and that is as potent a combination as it sounds. I was instantly hooked but quickly fell off due to a feeling of stagnation in progression. I really struggled to get past the 10 minute mark with the vast majority of my runs which resulted in me running the first bit over and over again. Since there’s only 1 map and maybe a half dozen boons per god, I quickly felt like I had seen most of what the game had to offer in its current state. Sadly, I found the personalities and dialogue of the gods to be much lacking in comparison to what Hades set forth as the standard. Let's face it, Supergiant is hard to compete with but, since the game mimics that style so heavily, it’s basically begging to draw the comparison. Very much looking forward to checking this out after it’s fleshed out into a full release because it definitely showed potential.

Will probably change my rating as more content gets added. The core mechanics are fun, the run variety isn't quite there yet to capitalize on it. I am much more excited for more gods than I am for more heros.

The loot system is okay, I am not a huge fan of diablo-like loot grinding but the permutations it can add is nice, I just wish that it was a little more streamlined. Sorting through loot after a run is the worst part of the experience.

Excited to see what the developer has in store, but I can't say whats here now is particularly worth playing.

✔️ Played on Steam Deck, it works fine (15/01/2024).

So far it looks nice, it's entertaining and it has good replayability value. It needs a bit of polishing imo: the characters don't really have much uniqueness to them, most of the time you can play the same build with any of them and it will feel the same. There's also some builds that are clearly out performing the rest ([spoiler] Curse/Time/Justice mainly[spoiler]).

Also, I don't think it's a good idea to use emotes and abbreviated writing in the dialogue as a way of giving characters some sort of personality since not everyone that plays the game is familiar with the expressions/ internet slang and it looks like a pain for later localization/translation while trying to keep the essence of the character's personality.