nordichammer posted:

Thanks for the Skul overview.

Question that I hope makes sense: are there upgrades in each run that serve as upgrades rather than sidegrades (not talking about legendary or upgraded classes).

An example of what I mean would be boons from Hades as opposed to weapons in Dead Cells. Boons all enhance your skillset, whereas the weapons in Dead Cells just change your skillset.

I find myself craving more games that make me feel more powerful over the course of the run (Hades, Risk of Rain 2) rather than getting new weapons that may or may not help me out (Dead Cells, Enter the Gungeon). I want the power fantasy to ramp up.

Baller Time posted:

I just can't get the "Start new game, take one step, die from falling rock trap" experience anywhere else, though

Ibram Gaunt posted:

Skul is neat so far but something about the combat just feels off. Skul's base moveset is just stiff in a way that feels weird to me.

Tricky posted:

With regards to Skul, you get a ton of quartz on a full clear. I went from getting the 300-800 mentioned before to almost 8000 on my successful run. That's a pretty huge increase in run to run power, even outside the additional base NPCs you can unlock that give you starter benefits.

Arzaac posted:

I'm a big fan of Golden Krone Hotel. I know for the most part its a simplified version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, but man if it doesn't execute that really well.

Ibram Gaunt posted:

Made it to the fourth area in Skul and I wanna like the game but the third and fourth areas really just highlight how much you need specific items or skulls to not turn the game into a tedious slog.

They throw so many enemies at you that if you just get bad rng and stuck with lower tier ones you're just not having fun anymore slowly killing things. And this is with rookie mode on. I can't imagine how tedious the game is when enemies deal even more damage.

Clarste posted:

On a similar note, is there a list of good turn-based roguelikes (or roguelites, whatever, I don't care)? I feel like most of the ones discussed in this thread recently have been real-time/action, and while I don't mind those generally it's something that scratches a different itch for me.

Clarste posted:

On a similar note, is there a list of good turn-based roguelikes (or roguelites, whatever, I don't care)? I feel like most of the ones discussed in this thread recently have been real-time/action, and while I don't mind those generally it's something that scratches a different itch for me.

beer gas canister posted:

What's the state of Shiren on Switch? Is it in a better state than the PC release? I'm a fan of the DS version and I'd like to give it another try.

Memnaelar posted:

So I'm looking at Gordian Quest and Trials of Fire as two card-based games to add to my ever-expanding collection of early access could-be-good card builders. Anyone have any strong thoughts about either to help me choose between them?

Ibram Gaunt posted:

Having now made it to St Joan a few times in Skul, I have honestly no idea what kind of combination you need to beat her. The way the arena is set up for her second phase is really lovely and seems to favor specific setups. I was having a blast with Yakasa and Destroyer (both legendaries) up until her. She does so much damage and there's so much crap floating around that does chip damage that it's just not a fun fight. I guess you need some legendary ranged/mage ones? This is on rookie mode too, it seems completely unbearable otherwise. Might throw in the towel at this point.

temple posted:

Tricky posted:

Basically, you want things that can air combo or otherwise drop a bunch of damage and move away and don't move around a lot. Destroyer is really good in a lot of situations, but not this specific fight. I've taken Ninja, Rock Star, Dark Paladin, Sword, Thief through her... Like, yeah, absolutely it's a lot easier if you get something like Gambler or Archlich or a good spammable Quintessence build, but it's less about needing a specific skull and more just making sure that you have coverage for different types of threats.

Act 4 Hero and Act 4 Boss are basically the hard check on whether your setup is good enough for First Hero, since you just have a shop left before the end.

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Ibram Gaunt posted:

I decided to give it one more go and...





I was practically handed this victory though. Got Grim Reaper and the Legendary Quintessence that decreases skill cooldown by 80% and does an absurdly huge nuke in the second area and sleptwalk through the rest of the game. The Hero's Apprentice in the 4th area was the only thing that actually was dangerous. St Joan and the first hero both went down without even trying, which is kinda lame but that's just the nature of how swingy the balance is. Getting the super spirit from having 5 was also pretty loving nutty.

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