Rogue Legacy Review

Even at Level 70 the game is still challenging! 

Rogue Legacy Review:

Rogue Legacy is unforgiving! Developed by Cellar Door Games, Rogue Legacy is a rogue-like platformer, where you explore a randomly generated castle. As you progress through the castle you will find gold, which can be used to purchase upgrades for your character. Gold will come from attacking random objects like chairs, tables, as well as from enemies and treasure chests. Whenever your character dies, you will have the choice to select one of three randomly generated characters. Every character you play as is the heir to the previous one. The best thing with choosing your next character, is each one will have different traits, some will be to your benefit, others will make the game more difficult. Some traits will include being near sighted, bald, or color-blindness just to name a few. Many times you will laugh out loud reading the character select screen. All gold found will go towards leveling up your character and giving them special abilities, to help you progress through the game.  

Visually the game is inspired by the 16bit era of gaming. Character designs are excellent, and have solid animations. The level designs are all random, however the game has 5 different areas, all with a distinct look to them. The controls are very responsive. You can attack from 4 directions, as well  a secondary attack that you can use. The secondary attack can very from a number of different weapons, a flame shield, a throwing knife just to name two. The secondary weapon will depend on the character you choose, however you can come across them in the game, but this is rare. I can not stress enough how challenging this game is, however it is a fair challenge. Even at level 70 the game is still brutal. Despite the difficulty, it is still a blast to play, and offers tons of replay value.  

Rogue Legacy is one addicting game. I have been playing it now for months on both the Vita, and the Playstation 4, The PS4 version does benefit from shorter load times. Both versions are great. Rogue Legacy is also available on PC, OSX,  Linux, as well as the PS3. Playstation versions are cross-buy so all three versions for $14.99. If you are looking for an excellent platformer with a solid challenge, look no further. 

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