NeverEnd

Never playing this again more like it.

[h1] Shovelware from your nightmares. [/h1]

I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…

NeverEnd, developed by Duck and published by Sometimes You, is an ambitious roguelike dungeon crawler that attempts to immerse players in a dark, procedurally generated world of endless challenges. Released in 2017, the game casts players as a lone adventurer awakening in a mysterious, sunless realm filled with hostile creatures and labyrinthine corridors. Its minimalist narrative focuses on survival and exploration, with the ultimate goal of navigating the ever-shifting dungeons and uncovering the secrets of this strange dimension. While the concept promises tension and strategic decision-making, execution issues in gameplay, visuals, and progression hinder the overall experience. The gameplay centers on exploring randomly generated dungeons, combating a variety of enemies, and upgrading gear to improve survivability. Players collect weapons, shields, and consumable items either through combat or by purchasing them in shops scattered throughout the levels. One of the game’s interesting features is the ability to tame certain enemies to aid in battle, adding a strategic layer that encourages experimentation with different combat setups. However, despite this potential, the game’s …

In theory I shouldn't really be enjoying [i]NeverEnd[/i]. It plays like a gaming project, something out of a game jam that's not even mildly interesting. Yet, I have invested almost 11 hours into it. I keep asking myself how, but most importantly why? It plays like [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/250900/The_Binding_of_Isaac_Rebirth/] The Binding of Issac [/url] - that is essentially the gameplay loop here - you start in a dungeon with basic equipment and progress through randomized rooms, mostly killing monsters before they kill you, while hoping to stumble across a shop-keeper to upgrade/buy a new weapon, thus making yourself stronger and so on, until you reach different bosses. There's not a lot of variety here, three different types of enemies, along with bigger version of said enemies that act as sub-bosses and then the final boss. All it will probably take to actually see everything that this game has to offer in terms of rooms variety is a single run. The combat is really janky, it's the jankiest of them all actually - I can't remember last time I played a game that had such an abysmal combat. It's slow, it's hardly engaging and it feels brain dead. So why on eart…

Combat is extremely tough, and it doesn't feel rewarding otherwise. Maybe for 50 cents.