Shadowed: The Demon Castle of Ooe

как и полагается правильному рогалику: tough as nails, twice as fun ну и нельзя не отметить определенную толику юзер-френдли деталей, таких как подробнейшие описания всего и вся, в том числе мобов на карте; целый набор включаемых-выключаемых фич на грани читов, позволяющих осваивать отдельные аспекты, не заморачиваясь на полное погружение в бездны механик разом; возможность сохранять билды, дабы не пересобираться с нуля каждый раз; удобно переназначаемое управление и даже поддержку геймпадов (пока еще в процессе допиливания, но сам факт) плюс, приятная атмосфера в духе Ninja Scroll, Labyrinth of the Demon King и тому подобной нихонской мистической крипоты, и недурственный визуальный стиль

So far a really good and enjoyable TRADITIONAL roguelike. Finally, not a generic slop that was just slapped with roguelike tag, or even TRADITIONAL roguelike tag on clearly not even roguelike game, which is just outright infuriating. This game is truly, a TRADITIONAL experience. The music is good (rare sight in roguelikes, but it's a huge win for the game), the complexity is just right, enemies are all unique in one way or another. The dev approach to the game is good. Really looking forward this EA development. Did I forget about stealth mechanic? Yeah, this one is really well done and crucial. Also, there are directional vision for enemies. Also, some of the mechanics and particularly the tileset reminds me of Infra Arcana. I believe dev played this game, and man, that's a good sign.

*At 8 hours of play* This is an amazing stealth game, sneaking and backstabbing. It looks like it's just gonna be a ninja wrapped Nethack, but this is a deep and very complex all of it's own. It's worth the money and being able to essentially control the difficulty makes this a cozy game to either challenge yourself to your limits or just chill and ninja stuff. Oh and the sound design is amazing, the music is nostalgic to me for some reason, and I love it.