Deepstone Rift

Game is too buggy and unpolished to buy. Clicking on a block to mine is inconsistent and I end just just not having any money to spend each round, makes zero sense.

So, so many bugs. I dont want to join another Discord to report bugs.

really no idea where the positive reviews come from. the game is clunky as hell, UI sucks, missing basic features like saving and is full of bugs. just from 18 mins of play: bought a miner, didnt show up. started wave, got stuck behind a wall and couldn´t defend base. upgrading shows one resource but needs another.. unplayable tbh

I instantly like this for 3 reasons: as an early EA it's fully playable, stable and fun out of the box, I like the dev's approach to community engagement and expectation management, and I've got a feeling that this fully working game will go a long way in terms of development and polish. The game? Well, it's a TD game, which Northend are famous for, but the twist is that you have a collection phase to gain materials before each defence, and that phase is a gameloop in itself which adds a nice and interesting spin. It already looks nice (VERY Northend style, and I love that they have a defined in-house art direction) even with some evident placeholders. The tower options and invader range are fun and cool, suiting the unserious Mines of Moria setting really well. Right now, it can get a bit repetitive but checking the dev notes this is clearly to be expected so I cant wait to see the final product. But it does seem the kind of game to get onboard early for a better price, from devs who are NOT unserious.

I don't understand how this game is so broken. I know it's early access, but there were multiple times when I bought things and just nothing happened. That's not a small bug, that's unplayable in it's current state.

The Game in Concept is fun but very repetetive. Sadly the Game has graphical Issues when playing on 4k which cause the Game to constantly flicker which is verry irritating. The Button to change to Fullscreen does not work, and lowering the Resolution somehow turns down the Brightness by a lot so it is hard to see anything for some reason. Once those Issues are fixed it could be a fun game for a few Hours.