Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef

Not a bad game per se, but after 2 hours I got bored of the extremely repetitive runs, sudden 15 monster spawn gangbang and uninteresting meta progression. Aiming using the Deck sticks didn't feel comfortable for me.

(Friend Gifted This to me) I’ve got about 12 hours in Cthulhu’s Reach: Devil Reef, and I went into it knowing basically nothing. My first few games were multiplayer runs where I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. It didn’t take long to figure things out, though. Once it clicked, I found myself coming back for “just one more run” more often than I probably should have. The easiest way I can describe this game is a strange little cocktail of Binding of Isaac, Cult of the Lamb, and the arcade-era Gauntlet, with a Lovecraftian coat of paint thrown over the top. With fewer power ups. Gameplay: 9/10 The gameplay feels smooth, responsive, and easy to pick up without feeling completely brainless. I never really felt like I was fighting the controls, which is something I appreciate in a roguelike. My biggest gripe was the hitboxes. There were definitely a few moments where I was convinced the game had personally decided that my character's toes needed to die. I eventually adapted by embracing the ancient strategy of “evade everything and spray bullets until everything stops moving.” The camera shake may bother some people, but I genuinely didn't notice it until my second or third…

[url=https://youtu.be/x08k4breOOk]Full video review 📺[/url] https://youtu.be/x08k4breOOk Cthulhu’s Reach: Devil Reef has a fun twin-stick shooter foundation, but the real challenge comes from everything happening around the shooting. Enemy patterns, room hazards, loot choices, upgrades, and limited resources all affect how you approach a run. I definitely had to change how I played, and seeing that progression made the dungeon crawling a lot more engaging.

7/10

SPOILERS**** The core idea is fun and to some degree is executed well however there are many things that hold this rogue-like back: such as arenas being repetitive after some time, weird bugs and enemies sometimes hanging or not responding. I managed to finish the game in around 9-10 runs and felt a bit disappointed by the ending and final boss especially. You have someone like Dagon and you fight him while he is holding a stone, might as well could have had him holding his ♥♥♥♥ and you shoot at him, sucks as i was really exciting to face him off. Also once you finish the game once there is no incentive to go back for another run as its just more of the same in a bad way, they could have added some more steam achievements at least or in-game achievements that unlock some perks or weapons. Hopefully this game becomes better as more time is dedicated to it as the setting, combat and rogue like aspects of it make it fun.

Lovely artstyle with a cool roguelite touch to a lovecraftian horror. I played it single player and had lots of fun trying to master the levels!