Pillar of Salt

This game scratches an itch I didn't realize needed scratched! It's just the right combination of teambuilding, gear management, chance and skill for me. Just enough RPG, just enough rogue. I've had a great time in the hours I've spent, even when a run goes poorly and ends quickly, and I still have over half of the difficulty levels to get through. I go over specific points below. Please don't be fooled by the 'negative' side looking longer than the positives! I love this game, I just needed to explain some things for the negatives to make a little more sense and be more helpful to the dev should they read this. (If so, hi! You did a good job!) Pillar of Salt is well worth the price tag, even if you don't play through all the difficulties. Things are already a little brutal when my luck is bad, so I'm gonna see how high I can go! Things I loved: [list] [*] You can tell a lot of passion went into this game by the dev. The text is genuinely funny and I'm sure there are still jokes I haven't picked up on. [*] Player knowledge is valuable! Knowing what you need to survive and then face the boss of each act is important, especially as your difficulty levels go up. [*] Raising difficu…

Great gameplay. Fun retro style. Highly replayable. Definitely worth the price! Easy to learn but hard to master. Love trying out new builds with different starting characters.

Really fun game!! LOTS of re-playability - between gear and abilities and team composition, it's truly a fun experience each time you play. The first playthrough gets you used to the game's mechanics, and introduces you to how the abilities on gear interact. Then the subsequent playthroughs ramp up the difficulty, keeping pace with you as you master the game! RNG elements feel well-balanced; you get lucky with some things, unlucky with others, but you never feel screwed by the system. It's an extra pleasant surprise that there are options to make use of even the unlucky gear rolls The descriptions on gear, tavern names, and quips in the game from NPCs are pretty funny. There are SO MANY different pieces of gear (armor, weapons, relics, rings, etc) to mix and match for powerful builds and collect for achievements Map and gameplay feels a lot like Slay the Spire - but instead of collecting cards with abilities and building a deck, you collect gear with abilities and build the best team you can. Your knowledge of the game's mechanics (that you pick up as you play) is important, as is making smart and strategic decisions with your gear and being able to synergize abilities. Al…

Great game! Easy to hop in and play, but with a lot of variance to support replayability. Pretty easy to lose a few hours working through the levels a few times.

Chef's Kiss for balance between roguelike, OG Final Fantasy vibes and deck builder mechanics, the mini games are a fantastic touch reminding me of the Super Mario 3 chance games. The difficulty is easy enough to pick up and challenge can be increased once you've got the basics down. Also, it has a Duck that throws Nukes, everyone likes Nuke Ducks. Small change to the review, in higher difficulties, there's a real sense of being reliant on getting 100% perfect drops from RNGesus, it's still a great game, but it's really throwing spaghetti at the wall. Spells could use a real boost compared to melee in higher difficulties, since siphon life % does not work with spell damage and it really should.

decent game but gets boring quick since its way too easy and some items etc are overtuned and makes the game feel less rewarding and less of a reason to play since u can oneshot everything