The Last Strand Steam Charts & Stats

This game is a bit like the OG Star Trek. It's not much to look at but it is fun and has a sense of adventure.

If you like Isaac, then you should enjoy this one. Positive - Lots of items even if the game is still in Early access - You will have to choose to explore longer and find more items/pickups, but take the risk to be overwhelm by enemies - You can choose to increase the run difficulty like in Hades - Pirates ! Negative: - the "manipulate the item pool" mechanism is very basic (like a skill tree), I hope the dev will improve that at release

My playthrough: https://youtu.be/lhCt0D2iM8U Overall: 5/10, Average Graphics: 4/10, Average, feels amateurish. Audio: 5/10, Average Gameplay: 7/10, • I thought the easy mode was the "normal mode," like in other games, but it's indeed VERY easy. I reached the ending(?) in 24 minutes with no challenge at all, it's TOO easy. • I love that I can get the most broken OP shit ever, like fire projectiles + fork + bleed + 20% culling + bigger projectiles. Some games are too conservative with this type of broken combo, so great job here. • That said, I think items are too powerful with negligible downsides. It's always a straight upgrade, there's no need to think about whether to pick it up or not. • The fog level is too thick. • I finished the game without pressing space to drink or something even once, so maybe make it more relevant? • Some monsters need a visual indicator or telegraph for when they'll attack. For example, the bird one that dashes at you at intervals, basic "glowing red" or something would be enough. • Those flying arrows or whatever in the first levels are so annoying, they add no challenge and just waste my time shooting them down. • A clearer indicator on explosive barrels would be good, for example, make them red? • Those cannons on the walls sometimes shoot simple bullets, and sometimes they shoot huge-ass streams of fire. Again, a visual indicator would be welcome, maybe a fire symbol on the door? • Bosses are too easy with uninteresting patterns, the only one that piqued my interest was the final? boss, which can ......... your items. (Leaving blank for spoilers.) But even then, it was still too easy. Bugs: • When pressing left on the left door, the character moves up. • When the sword boss dies and disappears, it still summons the last set of swords seconds later. • When I reached the room with four rewards, after picking one, the others disappeared, but I could still get them by bumping into them, so I got all four rewards. Maybe this isn't intended? • Those summoning circles stay far too long, even when no more monsters are going to spawn. • Lacks sound effects for many things, such as the boss introduction scene when the name appears, buying potions, opening doors, etc.