WOE Reviews

Still F*****n Awesome!!!

An excellent survival horror roguelike! Is very replayable, has a nice horror atmosphere, creepy monster designs, cool weapons and a fun upgrade sytem.

Great idea, decent execution, but needs a lot more to be long-term fun. The idea of how you fight is very nice and refreshing however it becomes more of a chore after a few fights as it is always practically the same. What i absolutely despise however is the exploration. It just feels so... unfitting. This game has great potential, but it just isnt worth the 4 dollars as of writing.

If you played Outta Gas and enjoyed it, you'll probably really enjoy this game. The only real problem with this game is that it really explains very little, and it may take a while before someone really enjoys the game, making people not give it the chance it deserves. First and foremost, this game is HARD. You'll probably die pretty quickly, so I'll go over some hints and tips that I think would help players starting off. #1: Kite enemies away from each other to take them out one at a time. If you engage an enemy close to another one, you'll be fighting every nearby enemy, which can be hard to deal with, and force you to expend a large amount of consumables to complete the fight, where a solo is always easier to deal with. #2: If you do fight multiple enemies, use any and every item to neutralize as many enemies as quickly as possible. Some items are clearly meant to damage multiple targets at once, and should be used liberally in these situation. Experiment with all the items. You can't take it on your next run anyway. #3: Save your ammo to stun enemies. Basically, you can see enemies winding up attacks. You can press the right mouse button to put up guard, and take 30% or so less damage (I think). This, however is probably a last ditch solution to the problem. The better choice is to stun enemies, which happens when the enemy takes enough damage. Ammo is fairly sparse, but packs quite the punch, and can easily deal enough damage to fulfill the damage requirement to stun as long as you start shooting before the attack gauge has a chance to fill up. Doing so will help you take significantly less hits, and feels like a key part of lasting a decent amount of time. #4: Upgrade your weapons. The mysterious orbs are designed to be used on the empty altar to the left of the healing fountain. Open your inventory, and drag the weapon you want to upgrade into the square above the altar, then choose whatever upgrade you can afford. So far, I've found the chance to delay attacks and increased stun meter build-up upgrades to be the best. Melee weapons are probably best to upgrade, since you're going to use them considerably more than ammo based weaponry. I bet this probably changes later in the game, but I'm not there yet. That's the tiny bits that I picked up so far. Hope this manages to help someone starting off with some level of success in this game, and make it not quite as daunting at the start.