One Way Heroics Reviews

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It's a great little time burner for $3! The story is very simple you are a hero and you need to fight the Demon Lord because he's making a Darkness that is consuming everything in its path. Since the game is procedurally generated you can have infinite runs and they even have set generated runs for you to play that they change so often that have lil quirks like harder monsters and better loot or you meet a guaranteed party member early. Over the 8hrs I played I have beaten the Demon Lord 3 times with different classes that had their own quirk. My favorite is the Hero class which has it you hit harder but it you get hit from the side or back you take 3x more damage and he has a funny lil spell for you to use. A big thing is after each run depending on how you do you get hero points that you can use to get perks, unlock classes or expand your Dimensional Chest which allows you to put away items you had on you that run so you can use it in a different run. It makes the game easier in a sense but its a slow progression for you so its fun trying to unlock everything and get more perks. You're also graded on each one of your runs and if you get an overall S rank on your run you get a special look of that class for you to use in your runs ( it doesn't do anything but change the model) its not much but its fun in a way. All in all I'm going to try to 100% the game cause its so simple and fun! I give this game a Slum Score of 12/30

A timeless, addictive roguelike with deep systems, variable endings, endless replayability and unique story

The thing that keeps me coming back to this game is this overwhelming feeling of nostalgia - this old-timey pixel art like the overworld in an early Final Fantasy or DragonQuest game is not only an evocative style, but creates this feeling of travel, reinforces that you're crossing vast distances and living off the land. Add roguelike mechanics on top of that, and you have a big winner. It's HARD, don't get me wrong, but earnestly cute in a way that keeps you from being too frustrated. The main challenge in One Way Heroics is resource management - a selection of limited abilities and not-guaranteed boosts in the world that can get you out of run-killers if carefully managed. This is one of the only roguelikes that leaves me wondering if I can get in and out of that dungeon without drawing the attention of the super-powered enemies within, instead of just crashing through everything and hoping my run turns out fine.