Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Super fun!
I love the way the progression works, your town has a progression as well as each of your characters. That means that if you play your first character up to lvl 5 for example, and get some town unlocks, when you switch to a new character you're still in that same town with its unlocks.
You earn money by sending it to town as you traverse...
HEROES OF TEDIUM.
I fully co-opped Hammerwatch before (their previous game), so I started this one with a smile. I picked a Rogue and... was immediately disappointed. Hitboxes are way too precise, and the aim marker, well, isn't. My mate played as a Witchhunter, and his bolts had a wobbly flight line that covered a wider angle, so he didn't have to aim as precisely as...
Great run-based dungeon crawler rpg. Pretty decent for solo play but clearly designed with multiplayer in mind.
TL;DR: Heroes of Hammerwatch strikes an excellent balance between the RNG factor of a typical roguelite, the progression of an rpg, and the game knowledge and skill factors of a good action game. Combat feels good and there is good variety...
