I realise it's colourless, so the decision is hard, but your only mild issue there is the grenade. If you're pumping tac/purple, you can get cool down super ridic quick and be dropping traps and turrets constantly.

And don't get hit by the spinning spike chains too

The Clock Tower finished me off this time, I'm not a big fan of Conjunctishiteus either. 

In my head I have a long list of changes to make this perfect. Some are pretty good, I think. But the changes would make this a different game, so it's probably better to admit it just isn't for me.

Godspeed to you all.

Would be interested to hear what you think needs to be changed though. My big change would be to make the Legendary Forge available before The Conciege, as people really seem to struggle with him, and gating the chance to increase the appearance +modifier gear behind him can be off putting.

Other than that though I think it’s fairly balanced, and when you invest a few hours into it and accept that you will probably be making 50 to 80 runs before you get a win, it’s a lot easier to deal with. I’m no high skill gamer but I tend to make 90% of my runs take me to at least the last stage, it not the last boss.

Having said that, I am in two minds though. Part of the game is knowing when to cash and when to save though, if your build is week you gotta cash in.

Playing it safe is snooze worthy though, it’s more fun to belt through the levels like a force of nature. Once you’ve beaten it once and you activate a boss cell, your healing opportunities are reduced, but your gear is improved. By boss cell 4 there is no way of healing.

You don’t find high level gear in earlier stages but it’s rarely redundant? It informs your build for that run, and what stats you’re focussing on. If you’re still spreading stats evenly by the second biome you’re setting yourself up for a slow, tedious run. With the forge you can take early gear right to the end of the game, it’s often better to stick with something you’ve got good mods for than dropping gear like a magpie for shiny Legendary gear that doesn’t work.

Edit: I’m not sure i’m able to autopilot any of it after 80 odd hours either, the fact death comes swift (and even swifter with one cell active) has made it pretty engaging for me.

Despite my complaints, I am enjoying more now that I've unlocked some stuff and lowered my expectations.  It occupies the same space as Destiny as a brainless in-between game I can stick on with a podcast and enjoy running around hitting things for the sake of it because hitting the things feels quite nice.

It’s very much a podcast game, yeah. For all the talk of rougelikes and metroidvanias it’s really just Diablo in a Castelvania skill with a rogue style affinity for short runs with definite ends unlike the typical Diablo clone long form play. I keep coming back because I love how quickly you ramp from your starting gear up to a build where everything works together.

I don't like the bosses at all, actually. It's really just a matter of how quickly your set up can whittle down their health metre that decides the outcome.

We;re both allowed to brag on stuff we've done on One Cell mode.

I want this. Do I go Switch or Bone?

Deal

Dubs wrote:

Despite my complaints, I am enjoying more now that I've unlocked some stuff and lowered my expectations.  It occupies the same space as Destiny as a brainless in-between game I can stick on with a podcast and enjoy running around hitting things for the sake of it because hitting the things feels quite nice.

Very much so, some games work so well with podcasts

Less than 5% of people on steam have that achievement, I can see why. Lass than 1% have the 4 cell victory.