Recent reviews by ascension

best fighting game to exist, period

Great game, especially for a roguelite junky like me

Pros:
-amazing dynamic combat
-huge number of unique characters and builds
-super fun as a coop game
-the artstyle is great

Cons:
- Balance issues. Some characters aren't made for solo playthroughs (like Beowulf) and rely a lot on others to dish out dmg. His kit is great, but it's pretty much impossible to beat the game on higher difficulties as solo Beo. Unless ur a tryhard, that is.

On the other hand, Scarlet always feels great to play with almost any build, I would even call her overtuned. Healing, insane single-target and aoe dmg, etc. If u get lucky and pick up Excal, the run is pretty much done as Scarlet.

-Confusing mechanics. Maybe it's just me, but I really struggled the first couple hours, because I didn't get the fact that the farther u go from spawn, the stronger the enemies get. Enemies are also super aggresive at night and there are "milestones" to completing certain tasks on the map (for example- u shouldn't try to do the first quest until ur at least lvl3. The second quest needs to be done at lvl7 minimum and the game doesn't really tell u that). If you don't understand those things quickly enough, the game will become a chore to play, ur gonna kill 3 enemies in 5 minutes due to their large healthpools.

The second negative point can probably be circumvented by reading the in-game guide, but I digress.

Overall, the game has huge potential, I am really interested to see what the devs come up with next.