Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX Reviews

cool game, must try

In contrary to many other reviews, I had fun playing the game, enough to finish the story and get 100% achievements. The graphics are really nice, the music is good, and the mechanics are simple to use and understand. To me, to procedural generation of the levels felt robust, once I understood the logic of the various types of doors (a burning arrow means that you won't be able to go back, which means that all other paths except the level exit (green sign) will be dead ends, so explore those before), it felt really natural and intuitive. The game is definitely not perfect though, I would have appreciated if the Firegirl would get to her running speed faster, and if the jetpack mechanic would have been more responsive. But aside from that, I didn't encounter any game breaking bug or anything bad. The train level is quite hard and frustrating, but becomes easier as more upgrades are bought, it also seems to me that it is shorter than other levels because there isn't much need for exploration, so it becomes easy money at some point. It would also have been a nice addition to allow us to choose the level once the campaign is completed. Just like most roguelike games, it is hard until we master the mechanics and get a few upgrades, so the first few hours may be painful, but it eases up after a while. It took me about 8 hours to complete the main campaign, and around 3-4 hours to get the remaining achievements and level up the skills and upgrades.

Yeah, it's alright! You face a series of fires in (eventually) 4 locales, rushing through the building to find and rescue survivors while dodging or extinguishing firey enemies before finding an escape. Extinguishing fires gives extra time (usually only a second or two, but there area more substantial exceptions), and between runs you can spend money to hire staff and upgrade your equipment and abilities. It took me about 5 hours to finish the main game; didn't quite get all the upgrades or achievements, but a satisfying chunk of time. I think that's just about the right time to avoid the environments feeling too samey; while the random generation works pretty well, you will start to get very familiar with the staircases, cave networks, and vent systems across these locations. There are a couple of tiny rough edges... A few minor typos here and there, camera placement being a bit too constrained in certain places, frustrating placement of enemies (especially on [spoiler]the train...[/spoiler], occasional level generation issues (on one occasion I wound up in an area where I couldn't go back, but the only way forward was blocked by one of the invincible flame cascades from a doorway... only once though!)... But overall this is a charming and fun title. My advice? Concentrate on getting upgrades for your money, and when you start finding yourself in new locations, focus on hose power upgrades. Any time you think you're not having fun, upgrade your hose power; turns out, flying round on a jet of high-pressure water is a good time! Ooh, and; hire the dog ASAP. You won't regret it.

pretty good game but the upgrades prices are very high, and can be challenging at first few hours due to time and water tank.