A very fun roguelike with interesting mechanics. While wielding a whip on a hand, we wield a weapon on the other - it can be a sword, it can be daggers, it can be a spear... We have levels and we unlock characters as we level up.

Playing this game until the end is no piece of cake, we need to retry several times, because once we die - like in every roguelike game - we have to start it all over again. Luckily, there are genies to make wishes, in exchange for gold, of course, but we can get it by collecting treasures. The wishes can benefit a lot, since regenerating our health, from enhancing our armor and weapon, to even summoning a companion or disarming all the traps throughout the current level. On the way we can also find potions to drink, some of them give very good advantages. The boss fights are fun, especially once you find out their weaknesses.

Every time I play City of Brass, all I can only think about is the song "Arabian Nights" from Aladdin, it keeps playing in my head, for some reason.

Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024


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