Now, i'm not going to go all fanboy and say that Sseth's reviews are completely accurate, but they do give a decent representation of what the game is going to be like. That said, a lot of sseth's review content is greatly exaggerated to a fault, as I main Engineer, and as far as I can tell, i'm not a demigod able to kill everyone with the snap of my fingers just yet. A lot of sseth's reviews are gameplay mixed with a healthy heaping of satire, and I respect and love it. Just take what he says about a game with a bucket of salt.


That being said, as you could already tell, I got into this game with the help of his review, and DEAR GOD DO I LOVE IT. Of course the learning curve is extremely steep (as with many roguelikes: this one isn't any exception to this rule) and many of my friends know that i'm very bad at roguelikes, so as you could obviously tell, I ate dirt a LOT in the first couple of runs. Eventually though, I got a lot better, and I managed to get past the first boss without getting wiped, only to get smacked into the ground by a horde of headhunters two stages later. It IS true about what sseth said about the Engineer. Gambling is your best friend while playing Engineer, however it isn't for everyone, that's why Engineer can also be used to play defensively. His Sentry Turret is a great way of getting heat off your back and letting them deal with a soulless gun-on-a-quadpod that can't feel pain instead of shooting at you. If you're lucky and find a DMR Sentry* out in the wild wild Kaida-west, you bet your ass you can dual-wield both of them for extra covering-your-butt power. Dash is definitely your best friend and will save you more times than you can imagine, so don't forget about it (like I did, rip me). Also, stealth is kinda hard in this game. Since it's isometric, all cover options aren't immediately obvious on whether they would break line of sight with an enemy or not. Usually, this results in you blowing your cover and them going loud. If you want to stealth properly, you're going to need to spend some time getting used to all of the cover options which won't get you immediately noticed in half a millisecond.


19 panic button presses/10 times wiped from a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stunmine.

It's great. Try it. However keep in mind this review definitely doesn't cover most of the in-game experence. Your mileage may vary.

(*So far, i've only found the DMR sentry as a drop. If there are more types of sentries out in the wild, please feel free to correct me.)