Gods of Sand

Be extremely careful with “New Game.” I mildly enjoyed Gods of Sand for quite a while, although by the end the combination of permadeath and the long sequence of battles had started to become a slog. What finally ended the game for me, however, was the save system. I accidentally clicked New Game instead of Continue. There was no meaningful confirmation asking whether I really wanted to erase/overwrite my existing progress. I immediately force-quit when the new game began, but it was already too late: my existing save had been overwritten. In a game that asks the player to invest this much time—and which already uses permadeath—allowing a single accidental click on “New Game” to destroy an entire campaign is an astonishing design flaw. At minimum, the game should have a confirmation warning, and preferably separate save slots or an automatic backup. I was willing to put up with some of the late-game grind, but I'm not willing to replay the entire game because of one accidental menu click. That's where I stopped playing.

Slow, boring. Not for me.

The game is simple and a little grindy, but there is fun to be had managing your stable of gladiators. Random events keep you on your toes. There are a number of different gladiator builds to try out of the skill tree, but the sheer number of combats means that combat will get stale regardless. If you like roman arena management games, this one will do.

At first the game is very engaging and fun, then it get's grindy and slow. If they could fix the pacing, it would be a good game

I think this game has a lot of potential if they fix these crucial issues 1. contracts feel pointless imo, they should have unique weapon or armor rewards if not whats the point, you can make more money just sending them to the arena and they are more likely to survive 2. After a while the basic grind for money in the arena gets boring, this could get fixed with more interesting/unique fights and scenarios my only other nitpick is that some weapons should have skills tied to them not just passive, besides that its very fun and nostalgic if you liked swords and sandels you will prob enjoy this too, hopefully the dev keeps adding more stuff to make this game greater

I'm not normally one to leave reviews, but the very first review I read said this game is bs because the final boss is just you. The previous reviewer lost and died. The final boss is not you. There's like 8ish fights in a row leading up to the final boss, 1 of those fights is in fact a slightly weaker clone of you. How you lose to a clone of you that uses abilities in a random order rather than in the most efficient way for the situation is beyond me. Anyway. Games fine. Definitely worth the current $5 sale price. Probably not at full price. Once you win you get something of an Ascension mechanic from STS but there isn't really enough depth to the game to make me want to play it more than the one 6ish hour playthrough. Ability tree is composed of 4 sections, each ones got a few actives and a few passives with some incredibly obvious extreme synergies. The only limiting factor is money which you'll realize about 15 minutes in isn't even a real limiting factor as much as how long you want to sit there and click the same 6 buttons in a row over and over again. It's got good bones and is reminiscent of old school swords and sandles, but again with less depth. Solid way to bu…