I’m playing this game since last week and I haven’t beat it yet despite enabling god mode and reaching maximum damage resistance (80%). I have around 30 runs, reaching Tartarus, Asphodel, and Elysium.
I’m playing this game since last week and I haven’t beat it yet despite enabling god mode and reaching maximum damage resistance (80%). I have around 30 runs, reaching Tartarus, Asphodel, and Elysium.
I think I managed to win my first run after about 40 tries, where I got lucky with a really good build. I think it was with the rail and a couple of the bomb upgrades from the Daedalus hammer – the rocket and the 5-shot. I probably had a boon that increased special damage (Aphrodite, maybe?).
I didn’t win again until number 55-60, but then I started winning every three runs or so. Eventually, I started winning every run, regardless of weapon. Then I started dialing up the heat and winning without using Olympian keepsakes. I eventually hit 100% on Steam.
A year later, I replayed it on Xbox when it was on Gamepass, and I think I won on my 11th run. (I needed a bit of metaprogression and time to relearn the enemy patterns after being away for a while.)
My opinion is that it’s a near-perfect roguelite in terms of luck and metaprogression helping beginners, but there’s still a definite skill element. Builds that I hated when I first started eventually became some of my favorites. I feel like the learning curve wasn’t punishing, but the game wasn’t “easy” for me.