Shape of Dreams' demo shows off an ingenious roguelike that wields Risk of Rain-tier finesse with action MOBA chaos, and I think I might be in love

Shape of Dreams’ demo shows off an ingenious roguelike that wields Risk of Rain-tier finesse with action MOBA chaos, and I think I might be in love

I’m a little staggered that I hadn’t heard of Shape of Dreams before—while it has updated and promoted its demo for Next Fest, it’s actually had a “prologue” available for a while, which has essentially been a sort of open alpha test for its devs. Click on that link, and you’ll find that while its…

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Today’s RPG fans are ‘very sensitive to feeling like they wasted time’ when they die, says Metaphor: ReFantazio battle planner—but Atlus still made combat hard anyway

According to HowLongToBeat, Atlus’s 2024 RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is a mere 65-and-a-half hours long—if you stick to the critical path. Go for the mad completionist playthrough and you’re looking at 105 hours of turn-based battles, cutscenes and life simmy chats with your party members, which is objectively a lot of game. But imagine how much…

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How to heal and revive your teammates in REPO

If you’ve played any amount of REPO, you’ll want to know how to heal and how to revive your teammates. Given the amount of monsters that will inevitably swarm you during a run, keeping your health up and your teammates together is essential for that all-important valuable haul. There are bound to be some sacrifices…

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