Heroes of Hammerwatch Reviews

Kinda hollow, like a WoW spinoff

Dull gameplay with an incredibly poor "tutorial" (controls on screen for a few seconds). Text is unreadable pixel garbage with no thought put into readability, and the customisation options are next to none, let alone not being able to play as a female character, you can only have three hair colours? why even add the option at that point. Combat was awful, but I imagine it gets better when you sink a million hours in to actually unlock cool gear, it very much felt like you cannot progress in this game without just dying again and again, and whilst death is part of any roguelite, normally it feels like you at least have a chance in the first few runs. Artstyle was okay, but the level generation felt sloppy with random traps leading to dead ends? Everything is poorly explained and you are left to just guess as to what does what, what upgrades you keep and lose, overall just feels really unpolished. I like the concept of the game, it feels like it could be good if it was developed by a better team, but as it is I simply cannot reccomend it.

tl;dr - Very survivor-like gameplay. Not a typical roguelite, heavily relies on meta progression. Clearing on fresh save doesn't feel realistic. Meta progression IS the progression and there's a metric f*ckton of it. More of a grinding game than anything if you're into that. It DOES feel like artificial gameplay time a lot but I don't hate it. It's for you to know if that's what you're looking for or not. I haven't played a whole lot yet. It's very clear from the start that you're not meant to clear on your first run which can be a bad thing for a lof of roguelite enjoyers, me included. That being said, I don't mind a grindy game every now and then. There's a LOT of unlocks to get, maybe too much for most people considering how quick the gameplay can becomes stale. Gameplaywise it's very "survivor-like" hack'n'slash with increasing groups of enemies as you progress further in. Game doesn't feel THAT hard to master, it's just hard because you need to upgrade your stuff first. Once you get a couple upgrades in, it feels more realistic to advance. Overall I'm enjoying the slow and chill grind but I wish the actual gameplay had a bit more than what HoH has to offer. I don'T play super long sessions because I get bored but occasionally, I feel compelled to come back for a few runs to progress my unlocks. With all that being said, it's up to you to decide if that's the game for you or not.

Very fun play cycle to it to level up characters and such.

This is genuinely my favorite game. I always have fun when I play it. Every single time, it slaps

Only worth it if you get it on sale for super cheap. Pretty poor performance and super grindy. Frequent problems with multiplayer too...

Super Fun and great game to play off and on

its a fun game with good mechanics but a bit too grindy for upgrades. Taxation is theft.

I love this game, it is a rogue-like with a decent amount of replay-ability and a TON of possible builds you could play with.

[b]I love everything about this game BUT it is a real grind![/b] It's the only big struggle in this game. If you pay 55% taxes in real life, in this world you pay the same or even 77% tax. [b]This game encourages you to play ALL of the characters. Beating the various bosses gives bonuses... these stats apply to all characters![/b] Luckily you have the [b]fountain[/b], [b]drinks[/b] and other places in town, that will help you out! After you kill a boss, you find a [b]portal[/b] in the first level of that area. So you can skip certain areas you don't want to play. [b]You repeat runs over and over to progress your characters.[/b] First you have a level cap to 20... When you defeat the last boss "Thundersnow", you can choose NG+1 and level up to 25. So it goes up everytime you finish the tower. So far, I've only completed this once. I haven't played the DLC yet... If you like the base game, you'll probably want those too. [b]It's worth every penny![/b] [b]Heroes of Hammerwatch succeeds as a addictive and fun game![/b] [b]TIP:[/b] Change graphics resolution so that you receive the maximum view of the playscreen. I only play this solo. You can play with friends, I'm sure this comes to life when others join the run. But it is perfect doable solo...