Alina of the Enviornment is an action-packed, roguelike, deck builder the place you struggle on your freedom (and cash, after all) in a large area full of spectators. I’ve all the time been an avid enjoyer of roguelike video games, and whereas I primarily play multiplayer, this one was a pleasant refresher on how fulfilling single-player roguelikes may be.
Originally of the sport, Alina of the Enviornment provides you the choice to play on rookie mode (simple) or veteran mode (medium). When you beat the sport, you’ll unlock warlord mode (exhausting), in addition to a hardcore mode which you’ll be able to have energetic on prime of no matter mode you play on.
As soon as the sport truly begins, you get thrown head-first into fight. There, the sport goes over the fundamentals of learn how to play inside a simple encounter. After each struggle, you come to this type of hub space the place there are three columns with totally different tabs: Combat, Elite, Occasion, Store, Relaxation, and Meditate. Every of those tabs will let you do one thing totally different, starting from a randomized occasion from the Occasion tab to a semi-difficult miniboss from the Elite tab. After you full 5 Combat tabs, Elite tabs, or a mixture of the 2, you possibly can struggle the boss of the stage.
After each Combat or Elite tab, you’ll achieve one card from a choice of three or 4 playing cards you’ve unlocked. You may unlock extra playing cards by beating Elite tabs for the primary time and beating bosses for the primary time. Playing cards will both be crimson, blue, or grey. Pink and blue playing cards will scale off what weapons you’re holding within the arms’ respective colour (left being crimson and proper being blue). Grey playing cards don’t scale off of your weapons; they’re largely standing playing cards resembling buffs or different technique of motion. I actually appreciated how the sport permits you to choose and select which playing cards you need in your deck for every run, and unlocking new playing cards by beating sure issues makes you wish to play extra so you possibly can acquire new playing cards.
There are at present solely three levels within the recreation, every with its personal distinctive bosses and enemies. As you progress by way of levels, the problem ramps up quite a bit, so be sure you’re ready earlier than preventing every boss and shifting levels. Every stage additionally has its distinctive occasions in its respective Occasion tabs, starting from acquiring cursed weapons to creating bets with the mafia.
When you end a run by beating the third stage (or die whereas making an attempt) you’ll unlock totally different beginning courses. When you unlock all of them, you possibly can select from one of many eight starter courses initially of every run. Every class has distinctive beginning playing cards, weapons, and talents.
Visible and aurally, the sport can be fairly good. Alina of the Enviornment is in an 8-bit artwork model which is amazingly executed. It’s additionally surprisingly gory, which positively suits the sport’s theme. The visuals even go into further element with Alina’s sprite by exhibiting what sort of weapons she has geared up.
The music, whereas totally different for every stage and boss struggle, will get slightly repetitive after a few playthroughs, nevertheless it sounds good nonetheless.
I didn’t encounter any gameplay or visible bugs whereas taking part in by way of the sport, however there are lots of balancing points. You’re given totally different playing cards from which to decide on all through every run. This may be superb if sure builds had been higher than others by just a bit bit, however some will let you do an infinite quantity of harm whereas others offer you infinite well being. I don’t suppose I really want to say why these can be a foul factor, particularly in a roguelike recreation.
Moreover balancing, Alina of the Enviornment is basically good. It does a wonderful job of introducing every mechanic of the sport to the participant, and every run can infinitely be totally different from every other run you’ve executed earlier than. The artwork could be very artistic, and so they do a very good job of depicting the entire recreation as a brutal and bloody area. The music, whereas slightly repetitive, additionally suits the theme of being in a brutal and bloody area very properly.