One of the biggest factors that separate good roguelikes from not-so-good roguelikes is the balance between progression and replayability. Once More With Gusto’s Eternal Step is a 2D roguelike action-adventure game with a great progression system that makes every challenging playthrough worthwhile.
Like most other roguelikes, Eternal Step is set in a tower that has endless floors full of traps, treasures, and monsters. Every floor is only one room and these rooms seem to be randomly generated. They often include a mix of hidden treasures and hazardous traps. More importantly, most rooms are full of various kinds of monsters and demons. In order to proceed to the next floor, you must kill every single monster in the current room without dying. To do this, you are equipped with a sword to attack, armor for protection, and a shield for defense. …show more content…
You will definitely have a hard time clearing rooms on your first couple of run, but this just makes the following runs more rewarding. The sword that is given to you at the start of the game is fairly weak and can only be used in one short-range direction. As you progress through the tower, you will obtain cards that can give you various weapons with unique attributes. Some of the weapons will be swords and offer a good balance between speed and strength, but other types of weapons, like axes, give more damage at the expense of stamina. Weapon cards can also come with special abilities, which can be used to deliver a more devastating or wider-range
Like most other roguelikes, Eternal Step is set in a tower that has endless floors full of traps, treasures, and monsters. Every floor is only one room and these rooms seem to be randomly generated. They often include a mix of hidden treasures and hazardous traps. More importantly, most rooms are full of various kinds of monsters and demons. In order to proceed to the next floor, you must kill every single monster in the current room without dying. To do this, you are equipped with a sword to attack, armor for protection, and a shield for defense. …show more content…
You will definitely have a hard time clearing rooms on your first couple of run, but this just makes the following runs more rewarding. The sword that is given to you at the start of the game is fairly weak and can only be used in one short-range direction. As you progress through the tower, you will obtain cards that can give you various weapons with unique attributes. Some of the weapons will be swords and offer a good balance between speed and strength, but other types of weapons, like axes, give more damage at the expense of stamina. Weapon cards can also come with special abilities, which can be used to deliver a more devastating or wider-range