Roll of Fate (2024)

I had a lot of fun with this game. I was surprised at how much attention this game captured from me. Trying to listen where my opponent is, planning how to get around him, trying to remember my path and what I thought was the way forward. I was activating all brain cells to try and beat this guy. After beating the game, you unlock various toggle-able modifiers that will change your playthrough. I have not beat the game with the modifiers in play, but I can say they do add quite the challenge. I'd recommend giving this game a chance! it far surpassed my expectations.

Overall a short, simple, but fun experience, which is what I care for in alot of games. Additionally, the modifiers help with some replayability. I would've like to see some more detail on the design of the facility/board that we and the maniac are playing on, but for five dollars, I had a good time. That said, there is a bug with the "resets everyone's position" card that softlocks your game. The player is transported to the void, but is still allowed to move two spaces. Once that turn concludes, you are stuck on the enemies turn which he doesn't take, forcing you to quit the game. I personally think the card is unnecessary anyway, considering we have the cards that can teleport the enemy and yourself, so removing it won't have too much of an impact on the overall game.

This game is a fun challenge with a creepy ambience. I recommend it to anyone looking for something quick to pick up and play, with optional challenges available after beating the game. The balance is pretty good, I would like to see fewer turn skips, particularly on consecutive turns though. I look forward to playing any updates to this game.

Meh. Calling this game a roguelike I feel like is misleading, it's basically candyland in the sense that you just move around. The cards add very little to the gameplay most of the time, other than MAYBE saving your butt 1/20 times. I think this game would honestly be better without the dice at all, since most of the game's bones are based around navigation and audio cues, I think it would be more thrilling with no map and free movement. But I digress, the very first run of the game is interesting, and playing with modifiers does keep it from getting stale INSTANTLY, but it's pretty boring and repetitive and if you get a bad run, sucks to suck, there's nothing you can do except ram your head into it over and over again. I think if the game added a hell of a lot more cards (maybe some where the player actually does something?) and more environment designs, it could at least be more bearable to play through more than a handful of times. For $5 I still can't recommend this, maybe for a buck it's worth the 30-45 min of fun it provides.