Skein

Another game I want to love but can't. The soundeffects, graphics, and the concept of endless dungeon crawling action are great. However, It's the control that killed the game. At first the control felt very stiff, then I realized that this game uses grid-based movements. The problem is that The game hasn't designed well to be played with grid-based movements. Like Gauntlet, You can't move while shooting, so taking the correct position before starting shooting is important to avoid getting hit. But Thanks to the grid-based movement, It's almost impossible to avoid getting hit and get the position especially the enemies are attacking diagonally. Melee attack is also stiff and clunky thanks to this. This game shouldn't have grid-based movements, or at least have twin-stick style controls and allow to move while shooting. It's really shame because I like endless arcade dungeon crawler like Heroes of loot.

Seemed really promising but the limited controls are too frustrating to maintain my interest. Seems like an obselete constraint to impose on the player (not being able to move while shooting, also difficult to shoot at a 45 degree angle, even though you can get hurt diagonally.) Not awful by any means, and a good effort by the developer, but I'd rather play something else.

Unless I am missing something why can you not move while shooting? I was expecting a melee attack with the warrior. The 8 direction not moving while shooting thing is kind of awkward. I don't know if this was worth buying but I'll keep it anyways as a token of appreciation. It's too bad I am kind of dissapointed. Oh well live and learn.

Tedious and filled with amateurish and annoying design flaws. You start in a room which is made up of smaller pod rooms. You open them up, bump into the monster or hold your ranged button to attack that way. Pick up random scrolls and loot chests. Problem is, the depth of the gameplay here lasts for about 2 minutes, and then it's boring because it keeps going, with no variation of any kind. Just run around, bump into monsters, no skill, forever apparently. I never died and I really don't want to keep playing find out what happens when I do, so I uninstalled and refunded. I need skill-based games, not just infinite grinds with a little randomness. Its a competent enough job for an amateur developer. The attempts at humor in the tutorial were cringe-inducing and not funny. Not only that but they got in the way of understanding the mechanics. I don't need lame memes in a game's tutorial. Music was clearly ripped of from Raiden and PowerRangers, etc which bothered me a lot. Skip this.

I do love gauntlet games - the first roguelite! Its a positive review and first impressions were very gauntlet like, however I do hope that the developer might think about changing the player movement to not be stuck to tiles. It makes it feel a bit sluggish to respond and inaccurate.

Very nice dungeon crawler game that you can play with your friend or partner on same keyboard.