Rogue Legacy - PC Game Review

Rogue Legacy is a (very hard) platformer with a playing field that changes every time. And every time you kill, you can restart, but with a couple of major details: you keep whatever gold you had AND you pick one of your descendants to play (that is the legacy part, of course).

Here is where you upgrade, mostly.
Each descendant can have several characteristics, including being a dwarf, a giant, color blind, near sighted, and much more. Later in the game you can also unlock other types - such as a miner (gets more loot, but is weaker), mage (can choose between spells), and more. Each hero has its own spell, although some can switch between several.
This hero had dizziness problem. And text is also inverted...

This hero is near sighted.
Graphics are obviously a little on the retro side, but are pretty good. There are plenty of unlocks, too.

What I don't like is - this is in the rogue style, so it is pretty hard and you will probably die often.

Also (and that is what I feel is the worst part, although some people seem to like it), after you do your upgrades, you have to give up all your money before you enter. That basically kills your sense of progression after a while (at least on my level of play), because many times you will get killed having less than the cheapest existing upgrade, and thus have no advance after one or more rounds. There is an upgrade that lets you keep some of the money, but it is quite pricy.

There are plenty of jumping sections, and I am definitely not a fan of those (specially since there are many platforms that must be attacked to support you, AND time out in a few seconds). It is a platformer, though, so that comes with the territory.

Some people recommend using a controller. I tried with an XBOX360 controller, but I really prefer just using the keyboard.

Overall, I like it, but if there was an easier level and permanent progression, I would probably have more fun.

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