Scarlet Tower

Entertaining game in the model of Vampire Survivors. The similarities are plain to see but the gameplay provides enough differences to merit a look.

This is surprisingly good. It’s one of the best in the bullet heaven genre. It feels like it took what Vampire Survivors did and took it to the extreme. It looks deep. I think it’s likely one of the best in the genre rivaling any bullet heaven. Not sure how much depth it has right now, will report back after some time.

Super repetitive, zero incentive for using any other characters or different builds, horrendous grind

I don't know why this game would have positive reviews, almost every system it has is broken is some way. I bought this game because of the aesthetic and it seemed like it had an interesting progression system and it does... but its like some guy just took a bunch of ideas and threw them together without any consideration to the other parts. For example something that I really liked was the vendors on the map took kill points, number of kills as currency. The issue though is that all the progression items cost a minimum of 5000 kills and you only have 15-18 minutes to do it. If you kill the boss the match automatically ends. The gold and other currencies you get are really hard to get until you make it to the last 5 minutes of a match and then it skyrockets, but even still you get way too much gold (I already maxed everything that cost gold) and you will still be lacking in the other 2 currencies, the red one takes the longest you need like 10 matches just to level one skill on one character one time. There is a gear set system where you can have (2) or (4) pieces which give different bonuses, but some things are just way better than others and the scaling doesn't make sense when y…

Just a little over an hour into this game and love it! If you're a fan of Vampire Survivors you'll feel right at home with this. Plays the same with a better build systems and an "ultimate" that charges up over time giving you a screen clear. Its a nice change of scenery compared to Vampire Survivors and plays amazingly well on low end pc systems. The music is more of a CD quality which can take away from the retro vibe like V.S. but is still welcome. Purchased this game when it was $7 and worth every penny. $5 would be a steal but over $10 I would wait as this could easily be ported to mobile.

good stuff! nothing more to say, I need more of these types of games!