A fun reversal of the old school roguelike, this game has you taking the role of a fantasy villain whose only goal is to roam the lands and kill everyone. It's a simple premise and it makes for a pretty fun and repeatable concept.

Gameplay is standard Rogue fare albeit more accessible thanks to the action bar. The world is turn based with movement/actions progressing a turn, and everything is on a grid so combat has you taking advantage of choke points and carefully managing when and where to move. You have all the standard melee, ranged, and magic characters, and they're all offer fun and varied combat options.

Unfortunately while it starts strong the fact that key locations are always generated in very specific places, in the same shape, and must be completed in a specific order (because of level limits) undermines the point of any generation at all. Regardless of what you choose you're basically playing the same adventure every time with unsubstantial changes.

A fun twist on an old genre that's good while it lasts but its disappointing for it to end up so repetitive given the medium that inspired it was all about making repetition interesting.

Reviewed on Jul 07, 2023


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