![]() ![]() Traps can even be turned against your attackers if you’re quick and clever enough. Different relics and upgrades afford further buffs and benefits such as increased damage or movement speed, or a higher chance to find gold or gear. ![]() ![]() Swords, pistols, whips, claws, hammers, bows, spears, axes, maces and shields can all be found and mixed and matched as you go, with new ones dropping from enemies or turning up in chests. There’s a huge selection of weapons primary, secondary, ranged and two-handed, which you can mix up in combos and use alongside timed parries and perfect evasions to defeat your foes. It’s a brilliant system, crucially giving you a sense of progression even when you’re dying, in a similar fashion to Hades. The rings allow you to unlock new weapons that will roll into the randomised temple loot, while the skulls give you permanent, equippable buffs or boost your starting chances, either with a better weapon selection, buffs or improved stats. You’ll collect blue skulls and green rings as you go, which you’ll keep when you die. Whether it’s a healing fountain, weapon upgrade or stat boost, everything is worth battling towards. Every run is procedurally generated, and you’ll carve a path from entrance to boss fight by battling through a series of rooms, each containing a new boon. Each has a different aesthetic and enemy types, as well as varying pitfalls. There are three temples to choose from from which decide your path: Eagle, Serpent and Jaguar. Your task is to guide him through deadly traps and desperate fights, unlocking new skills and items as you go.Īs it’s a roguelike, you’ll spend a lot of time dying, which will spirit you back to the entrance to the temples. ![]() Stumbling into an ancient jungle tomb, our hero finds himself stuck traversing three temples filled with undead horrors and presided over by tribal gods called Champions. So spare a thought for Caradog McCallister, grizzled protagonist of Passtech’s Curse of the Dead Gods, who is locked in a perpetual nightmare of violence, traps, and lots and lots of curses. Entropy is generally considered a bad thing for a reason, and barrelling headlong from one hex to another is going to do you a mischief. Ideally, you want to avoid curses, not just in video games but in all walks of life. ![]()
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