Legend of Kendor

Update 2026: Surprised to see this game got an update. It's still a good game despite the change in game engine. It's a fun arcade game that's quick to get a good joy out of, and the typical run lasts 30 minutes. Amusingly, I broke the game and crashed my computer after going endless for 1.5 hours. Too many bosses on screen, might have been due to my PC. Loving the game, it's unfortunate that the developer is going through hard times atm. I will continue playing and enjoying this until I see the full release. Has a similar fun game play loop like what you would find in Dead Cells, Tiny Rogues, or other indie roguelikes. Support the dev, buy the game, and get hooked.

Bought this after being a big fan of nuclear throne and wanting something in that sort of realm. The game is still pretty early and needs some work, but it's got some good ideas and I like the art style, pace and combat. Few thing's i'd like to see: Some sort of unlock system, it would seem the dev doesn't want meta progression and that's fine, but something like Gungeon or NT where you unlock new characters and items from playing the game would be good. Corpses dealing damage and flying around like NT. Perhaps a unique ability for each character outside of passives. I know the level-ups are clearly placeholder somewhat, but more variety and interesting choices would be nice. Map generation is a little 'jagged' and weird in some respects and sometimes is annoying to move around. Also could be generally more open than it is currently. Not sure how I feel about the dragon, I'm on the fence.

after less than an hour, I think it's safe to say I'll be wasting a good amount of time on this game. but my main reason for writing a review is to beg the developers... For the love of Pete I beg of you, when the time comes for a sequel, go all out and use the graphics from the title screen, it's absolutely PERFECT. Yes, I want you to base the entirety of your next game off the title screen of your current game... Well I don't really care how long it takes, just do it! ...Look, if you didn't want me pestering you about this, then you shouldn't have made such a beautiful title screen. NOW GET TO WORK!!!!

game keeps crashing if you hover over the gold chests and open it

Apology accepted, I will revisit and do a new review.

originally this review was about how the game was abandoned but turns out they had to remake the whole game bcs game engine shenanigans, big respect to the developer for replying :)