The enemies were a bit boring, sound was mediocre at best and in general was a pretty... not fun at all experience. Similar to what I got with Moon Hunters, but this is a bit uglier.
Very fun game, the music in the first world is very charming.
É bem desafiador, os personagens tem diferentes habilidades e fraquezas (que muitas vezes são chatas até demais). Os chefões são desgraçados demais. E gosto da mecânica de ganhar bônus com as comidas do acampamento e os itens especiais como a rede e as bombas.
Roguelike interessantíssimo. Bem difícil, com mecânicas legais e boa progressão, mas no geral ainda precisava desenvolver mais pra realmente virar um jogão da porra
Enjoyed my time with it but too difficult for me to end it
Played this game in alpha on gamejolt back in the day. I feel like it lacks a desperately needed coat of polish. Sometimes the balance feels off with enemies and upgrades but I'm open to taking that as my own personal skill issue.
It's fine for what it is, but there's not a ton here. Its often like 2 dollars on the eshop and i think its well worth it, but still i believe your time is better spent elsewhere.
viel zu leicht und dann plötzlich abnormal schwer.
Die Endbosse 1 und 2 sind so schrecklich einfach, die Dungeons 1 und 2 ebenfalls.
Aber leck mich am Arsch, sind die Bosse 3 und 4 bescheuert gebalanced.
Selbst wenn man nur auf Damageoutput geht, dauert ein Kampf mehr als 5 Minuten, wenn man nicht getroffen werden möchte. .. und das möchte man nicht, 2-3 Hits und der Run ist vorbei.
ne halbe Stunde Spielzeit.. vergeudet, wegen 2-3 Hits bei nem Endboss.
Puh.. dafür geht es zu zweit, was ganz nett ist.
Die Endbosse 1 und 2 sind so schrecklich einfach, die Dungeons 1 und 2 ebenfalls.
Aber leck mich am Arsch, sind die Bosse 3 und 4 bescheuert gebalanced.
Selbst wenn man nur auf Damageoutput geht, dauert ein Kampf mehr als 5 Minuten, wenn man nicht getroffen werden möchte. .. und das möchte man nicht, 2-3 Hits und der Run ist vorbei.
ne halbe Stunde Spielzeit.. vergeudet, wegen 2-3 Hits bei nem Endboss.
Puh.. dafür geht es zu zweit, was ganz nett ist.
Totally not worth playing through in co-op. The second player can only attack, is not targeted by enemies, and prevents the first player from using any items. I gave this a 3-star rating when I played it by myself, and I do still recommend playing it in single-player because I still enjoyed myself, it just has a lot of issues.
Mana Spark has a lot of potential but just feels under-optimized. Could have used more time with playtesting and getting feedback from those players.
At it's core, Mana Spark is a simple but fun roguelike. The characters are fun to play, there is a good variety of enemies with good design, and surprising attention to detail in a lot of ways.
The arrows kick up water as they fly over it, the goblins in the first area can mount the wolves and you can shoot the goblins off of the wolves. An enemy in the second area has a very well-animated reload mechanic, impressive for how small the sprites are.
The randomly dropped items during your run are all great and are (usually) given in good quantity. When you get a good combo of items and become really strong it's very exciting.
The music that is there is really nice, but there aren't very many tracks.
But the errors are ever-present as well.
--All the classes have too-little HP
--Enemies with shields are heavily present and are annoying to deal with as a ranged class (3/4 classes are ranged)
--There are not enough opportunities to bank you runes (permanent upgrade materials) which are lost when you die if you haven't banked them. You get to bank them after the super easy beginner area where you'll usually only get 1 or 2 and never get more than 4. Then by the time you're done with the first boss you'll have about 15 or so, but there won't be a bank for at least another floor. So when you're starting out you'll frequently be losing 12+ gems when you die, while only banking a few.
--The bosses are so incredibly boring. The first boss closes off its weak point too frequently, the second boss is just waiting around until it decides to pop its head out. We didn't get to the third boss so I don't remember it. But I'm sure it was dumb too.
--The upgrades at camp are really very minor. You can pay to weaken enemies, but only one enemy type can be weakened at a time. You can unlock useable items, but only one can be equipped at a time, and you can't use them in co-op. You can unlock food that gives passive buffs, but they don't feel all that consequential. There are no other upgrade options. You mostly just have to get better and get lucky on the RNG for good item drops.
Final thoughts: Play it by yourself if you find it on sale. It's fun and worth your time if you have the patience to deal with its flaws.
Mana Spark has a lot of potential but just feels under-optimized. Could have used more time with playtesting and getting feedback from those players.
At it's core, Mana Spark is a simple but fun roguelike. The characters are fun to play, there is a good variety of enemies with good design, and surprising attention to detail in a lot of ways.
The arrows kick up water as they fly over it, the goblins in the first area can mount the wolves and you can shoot the goblins off of the wolves. An enemy in the second area has a very well-animated reload mechanic, impressive for how small the sprites are.
The randomly dropped items during your run are all great and are (usually) given in good quantity. When you get a good combo of items and become really strong it's very exciting.
The music that is there is really nice, but there aren't very many tracks.
But the errors are ever-present as well.
--All the classes have too-little HP
--Enemies with shields are heavily present and are annoying to deal with as a ranged class (3/4 classes are ranged)
--There are not enough opportunities to bank you runes (permanent upgrade materials) which are lost when you die if you haven't banked them. You get to bank them after the super easy beginner area where you'll usually only get 1 or 2 and never get more than 4. Then by the time you're done with the first boss you'll have about 15 or so, but there won't be a bank for at least another floor. So when you're starting out you'll frequently be losing 12+ gems when you die, while only banking a few.
--The bosses are so incredibly boring. The first boss closes off its weak point too frequently, the second boss is just waiting around until it decides to pop its head out. We didn't get to the third boss so I don't remember it. But I'm sure it was dumb too.
--The upgrades at camp are really very minor. You can pay to weaken enemies, but only one enemy type can be weakened at a time. You can unlock useable items, but only one can be equipped at a time, and you can't use them in co-op. You can unlock food that gives passive buffs, but they don't feel all that consequential. There are no other upgrade options. You mostly just have to get better and get lucky on the RNG for good item drops.
Final thoughts: Play it by yourself if you find it on sale. It's fun and worth your time if you have the patience to deal with its flaws.
A gameplay é simples e legalzinha, gosto do estilo, só que ela é bem parada, principalmente com o primeiro herói, perdi totalmente a vontade depois de jogar por uma hora.
Frustrating. I really enjoy the base mechanic, at least for the starting character, of having to take careful aim and strategic position before attempting to fire, but there's too much here I don't like. Sloppy room design with cramped encounters that just feel annoying rather than challenging, they bring out shielded enemies that are a pain to fight way too early and they're way too common and I don't even know why the health system even exists when they've decided that tough enemies should do an absurd 2HP per hit right from the start of the game. Some of the characters start with 2HP and it's very common for the 3HP characters to drop to 2 in the first item room since there are so many items that trade HP for other stats.
Great idea for the core loop, but pretty much everything else needed more playtesting and development time.
Great idea for the core loop, but pretty much everything else needed more playtesting and development time.
I'm ashamed at the fact that I spent 60hrs+ on this game
Yeah hat nicht so ganz geklickt bei mir, aber für 0,99€ war sein Versuch wert.
Bought because was cheap, not worth my time.
Nem fede nem cheira
Its fine, I guess. I only bought the game because it was dirt cheap on a sale. It is not a terrible game or anything, but there are just so many other games I would rather be playing than this one.
done for the base game
going to play dlc for complete package!!!
going to play dlc for complete package!!!
No le acabo de ver la gracia. Es un juego bonito, que las partidas sean tan cortas es genial, pero los objetos se me han repetido bastante rápido. Bastante pronto te dejan empezar con una torreta que dispara sola, dándote la mejor activa siempre. Los enemigos se repiten rápido, y lo único a hacer es esperar a que ataquen y reventarlos. Al menos si les das justo por encima del escudo se hacen daño, eso es verdad.
Pero en general, y aunque se que es un estudio pequeño y es un juego barato, no creo que pueda recomendarlo poniéndome la mano en el corazón. Hay talento ahí, pero creo que necesita ser pulido de alguna forma. Ojalá saquen otro y ver como han mejorado
Pero en general, y aunque se que es un estudio pequeño y es un juego barato, no creo que pueda recomendarlo poniéndome la mano en el corazón. Hay talento ahí, pero creo que necesita ser pulido de alguna forma. Ojalá saquen otro y ver como han mejorado
A simple and fairly bland roguelike. While the town dynamic provides a sense of growth and purpose, it lacks a true sense of a unique hook to make it stand out from a sea of similar games.
meh
fun to kill the time
Not enough meat on these bones.
Pérola brasileira, muito divertido.