This becomes a problem when the things you unlock don't behave how you expect, or they generally feel like crap to use. This means that when you invest your hard-earned cells towards a new upgrade, you are often doing so to unlock an unknown quantity. There is no way to try out most of the things you're unlocking (unless you're in the latter stages and happen to get one of them to drop off of an elite character/boss). I would say that of the weapons/items I unlocked, I actively avoid using about half of them because they feel terrible. While the 2D combat feels fantastic, there are a large number of weapons and items which leave a lot to be desired. Dead Cells is masterful with its mechanics, but it is often abysmal in its game design. I considered rating it two stars, but felt that it did some things too well to deserve that score but I think every one of the positives I listed above has an equally awful counterpart. In all honesty, Dead Cells is my most disappointing game of 2018. So why did you rate this as a three star game?" The sound design and music is all great.īy this point you're probably wondering "Okay, that all sounds great. The art style is really pretty and colourful. There is a lot of charm to the animations. The portal/fast travel system is executed very well. The randomly generated levels feel natural. The way your character feels when jumping around the maps is wonderful. Its combat is, perhaps, some of the best 2D combat that I've ever played. After having beaten the game and done many runs (including a few boss-cell runs), here are my thoughts.ĭead Cells is masterfully executed in a lot of ways. When I finally played it, I went in while actively refusing to look up guides, so as to learn everything by experience. I read all of the dev updates, as well as checking in with friends' opinions on it.
When I heard that Dead Cells was going to have some of the permanence/between-run upgrades of Rogue Legacy combined with brutal difficulty and fantastic 2D combat, I was immediately on board but exercised self-restraint, and waited to play the game until 1.0. Though it originally came out mid-2017 as an Early Access game, its official 1.0 release came in 2018, so here we go! A 1.0 review of this much beloved game! I am personally a huge fan of roguelikes, and one of my favourite games of all time is Rogue Legacy.
2018 has seen a plethora of roguelikes hitting the marketplace, and (nearly inarguably) one of the most publicized and generally praised has been Dead Cells.
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