Heroes of Hammerwatch Reviews

Game's pretty good fun but better with friends. A roguelite instead of a roguelike as the original Hammerwatch was, so it's less of a one time adventure in exchange for running it over and over. The classes are unique and play differently, but eventually the game becomes a bit too simple and lacking depth. Can't say I'm a fan of additional paid DLC either but the content the Pryamid offers is worth it if you enjoyed the base game.

I was a huge fan of Hammerwatch, and enjoyed that thoroughly. This game? Not so much. On the surface, this seems like it could be fun, but actually it gets super repetitive after a few runs. The enemies are not very diverse and the "procedurally generated" levels look the same to me each time I play. Add to this a really slow player progression where it seems like you're never really getting anywhere, and it becomes a disappointing grind. In fairness, I played this solo, maybe it's more enjoyable with friends? Also, I was likely wrong thinking that this was a more advanced Hammerwatch, since this seems like it's trying to deliver a different experience. Oh well, back to Hammerwatch! :-)

This is my new favorite roguelite! It feels like more of an RPG than a roguelite. The meta progression is nebulous, with classes, skills, armor & magic upgrades, appearance customization, potions, beverages, and town upgrades. The gameplay is fun & chaotic, there are a wide variety of enemies, and good skill curve. You can send gold and ore back to town during your run which gives just the right amount of pressure when you're carrying a lot of loot looking for the next mine cart. The classes and abilities are interesting and vastly different from one another too. I like the warlock in particular. I like almost everything about this game, and I can see why some people have sunk hundreds of hours into it. It has such strong replayability and I keep coming back for more and will probably continue to do so. if you like roguelites/roguelikes give this one a try!

This is a great, simple roguelite experience which is very generous price wise - though I must say that the second title Heroes of Hammerwatch 2 is a much more polished experience and this one can be skipped if you'd rather play a more balanced, interesting, and modern take on the game.

A great old school Gauntlet-charged roguelite with fantastic art direction

Love this game, play it with my family, love that its cheap enough to just throw a copy to a friend when i need a solid co-op to BS around on. 4/5 would recommend, 1/5 deducted because the armory boss is just brutal even with a group or solo.

love it. play it locally with friends via NucleusCoop. would love to see some shared lobby features. Its very annoying that you can't build up a city together... waste of potentioal for a coop focused game

Its's fun. I play it co-op. Buy it! You have to earn your power, but it doesn't take too long to get awesome ;)

I really love this game. Fast pace, variety of characters with good balance, good music and level design, excellent meta progression, simple graphics. It's a shame there is no story, but the gameplay makes up for that.

[i]Heroes of Hammerwatch[/i] has unique and compelling progression elements that sets it apart from other roguelites and really sucked me into the experience. You have a town that you upgrade with resources you bring back from runs, think like [i]Rogue Legacy[/i] or [i]Hades[/i]. Upgrading the town gives you new options to permanently increase the stats of your heroes. The different hero classes all feel slightly unique, but generally play similarly to one another; it reminds me of [i]Binding of Isaac[/i] in a way, yes, my attacks are different on a different character, but generally I'm playing the same way or simply playing at a slightly different range. The real interesting system here is that progressing through the game on one character grants permanent stat increases to all of your characters, for example, if you beat the first 3 bosses of the game with the paladin you're providing 7 defense to all other characters. This encourages variety because when you start to run into a wall with that paladin, now you can play as a ranger and that 7 defense will allow you to potentially make more progress while providing extra power to your characters as you hit more milestones. I loved my experience, and was totally hooked for the first few times I beat the game. That being said, I completely ran out of steam with [i]Heroes of Hammerwatch[/i] because the grind is real. The issue with the grind is that [i]Heroes of Hammerwatch[/i] doesn't provide enough skill expression or variety to keep the game feeling fresh. Even if you're the best [i]Heroes of Hammerwatch[/i] player in the world, there is no way you're starting a new character on a new save file and have any chance of beating the game on that run, or even the first few runs quite honestly. It's all about that grind of getting more resources and improving your character. There isn't many movement options, I've only played 7/9 classes (the 2 I haven't played are DLC) but only one of those 7 has a movement ability, without movement once you're swarmed or run into a hard boss, your dead (referring to early runs). On the variety side of my point, aside from the characters playing pretty similar to one another, there simply aren't that many items in the game. The items that are here typically don't provide unique effects that change the way you're going to play the run. The stages also don't have much variety, you'll have seen each possible layout for different rooms maybe 20 hours in. Therefore, it's all about your character. Certain people are going to love that grind, and I'm sure that it's plenty more fun if you're playing it co-op with some buddies as well. Even though I'm done focusing most of my gaming attention on it, I can't deny that it's a great "brain off and listening to podcast" type game that I'll return to in the future, and that the game does begin to open up more and provide more challenge in the NG+ runs. The casual experience of beating the game for the first time was still rewarding and entertaining, and I'd recommend it. [b]Recommended[/b] [i]If you found my review helpful, please consider following my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44234346/]Steam Curator page[/url], where you can see more thoughts and recommendations[/i]