Written By: Patrick Orquia
Title: Polygod
Developer: Krafted Games
Publisher: Krafted Games
Genre: Rouguelike, FPS, Action, Adventure
Number of Players: 1 player
Release Date: 17 Aug 2018
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Price: $14.99
Also Available On: Steam, XB1
We got to a greater extent than or less other rogue-like game, this time, it’s Polygod from Krafted Games. It’s an indie game amongst old-school, minimalist aesthetics as well as mechanics, as well as also amongst old-school savage difficulty. Yep, this is ane hard game to play, as well as volition definitely exam your patience, hand-and-eye coordination, aiming, as well as your conclusion to non call inward frustration.
There is actually non much floor to tell near this game, other than yous are a nameless, one-armed protagonist equipped amongst a gun as well as the might to run as well as jump. You are tasked past times the gods to live on vii realms amongst mind-numbingly hard challenges amongst enemies that volition endeavour to kill yous at starting fourth dimension sight. These enemies vary from stationary ones that volition shoot at yous if yous instruct closed plenty to those that mercilessly seek yous out no affair where yous instruct as well as yous amend kill it starting fourth dimension earlier it kills you. You don’t instruct to play coop amongst others. These enemies drib a footling ball of health, as well as so if yous are depression inward HP, yous amend kill enemies for yous to remain alive. You tin shoot these balls from a distance to instruct the extra health, as well as so that makes it a fleck easier particularly if at that topographic point yet many enemies inward the vicinity.
You’re on your ain inward this game, amongst zilch but your sheer conclusion as well as cat-like reflexes, if yous possess got some, to relieve you. Luckily, scattered across the stages are altars that grant blessings, similar powerful weapons, higher jumping ability, multiple bullets inward ane shot, faster movement, etc. to live exchanged amongst souls that yous instruct from slayed foes. These blessings tin stack amongst ane another, making tougher as well as to a greater extent than deadly, thus giving yous a amend peril inward surviving. Other blessings would also give yous an payoff acre also giving yous to a greater extent than or less disadvantages, similar a amend gun but it makes your stimulate a fleck slower. It’s upward to yous to mix as well as stand upward for as well as to possess got a approving or not, depending on your play style.
The primary objective of every realm is to uncovering a majestic or crimson door that warps yous to an surface area where yous instruct to struggle a god that serves equally the boss for a particular realm. H5N1 majestic door warps yous to the surface area where the large boss is at normal difficulty acre the crimson ane makes it to a greater extent than challenging. It’s upward to yous what yous desire to fight. Also, when yous come across the door, yous don’t possess got to instruct through it yet. Try to explore the map to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than as well as instruct all the blessings that yous demand until yous experience that yous are already prepared to confront your destiny. Or your death, if you’re non skillful enough.
After beating a god, the door to the side past times side realm opens up. You don’t instruct to stack upward on potions or purchase amend gears inward betwixt stages. You only uncovering yourself inward to a greater extent than or less this tranquillity surface area as well as instruct to chitchat amongst to a greater extent than or less NPCs that give ambiguous statements, as well as when yous instruct bored enough, it’s fourth dimension for to a greater extent than or less other circular of violence!
This game volition actually pose your skills to the ultimate test. It’s non for everyone due to its difficulty, but if e'er yous desire to endeavour it as well as give it a chance, yous volition definitely uncovering to a greater extent than or less immense fun inward this FPS. Each run is procedurally-generated, making each run unique, as well as so yous instruct a dissimilar experience each fourth dimension yous play it. However, each run is also designated amongst a unique seed that yous tin relieve as well as play in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than as well as in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than (like inward The Binding of Isaac). You tin fifty-fifty percentage it amongst others. This seed organisation makes the game ideal for speedrunning. I possess got seen a histrion shell the entire game inward 10 minutes. That’s how skillful he got. I wonder how many hours he spent inward memorizing each enemy seat as well as assault patterns. How many deaths did he endure? Regardless of the numbers, I’m pretty certain he had a hell of a fourth dimension playing the game.
Wanna endeavour it yourself? Your destiny awaits inward these hellish trials. Remember, instruct actually good, as well as relish the glory of existence the ultimate champion of the gods! Or conk multiple times inward succession inward the process. But only continue trying as well as maybe, you’ll live that champion before long enough.
REPLAY VALUE: Very High
PROS
- Minimalist cel-shaded fine art fashion as well as aesthetics
- Good, varied soundtrack
- Very high score of customization inward weapons as well as upgrades
- A real steep difficulty crimp that would live ideal to those who actually desire to experience a good, old-school challenging game
- Each run is randomized, but each ane is also assigned a unique seed that tin live saved as well as tin live used to do over as well as over, hence, making the game also real ideal to speedrunners
- Also ideal for playing inward curt bursts as well as on the go, making this version on the Switch arguably the definitive version of the game
- Unlocks dissimilar types of characters amongst varied upgrades equally yous progress
CONS
- Gyro-aiming is yet non equally skillful equally inward Splatoon two fifty-fifty when laid at the highest settings
- The savage difficulty is non for everyone as well as could potentially dissuade novel players from playing the game
- The grapheme as well as enemy animation as well as stimulate are non real fluid
- No in-game map
RATING: 4/5 gods as well as monsters
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