When a dungeon-crawling mouse stumbles upon a magical backpack, it’s about to get roguelike! Discover the depths beneath Orderia, struggle fierce humorous animals, shuffle round goodies in your pack, and rebuild the city of Haversack Hill. No two runs are alike so seize your pack and let’s roll.
Backpack Hero began off as a Kickstarter final yr and was funded actual fast when the general public caught wind of the distinctive premise.
The sport’s a turn-based roguelike, combining the acquainted procedurally-generated RPG method with an intricate stock administration system. The stock is most akin to the one made well-known by the Resident Evil franchise, however with some enjoyable twists.
On any given dungeon crawl, you’ll obtain new gadgets from chests and enemies. You’ll rotate and stuff these into your backpack, which can develop once you degree up that run. As your pack will get larger you’ll must strategise and prioritise gadgets, perfecting your construct for what may lie forward. There are buffs, perks, and complementary gadgets and bag placements With the best know-how, together with a bit of prayer to the RNG gods you may simply make it by.
Every of the 5 characters play fully totally different from each other. Our protagonist Purse is the all-rounder, and has your normal challenge increasing magical backpack and entry to a smorgasbord of things. Then there’s the musician Satchel who can appeal enemies along with his instrument-leaning loadout, and has a ripped backpack which ends up in a Tetris-esque backpack enlargement minigame. There are three different unlockable characters to seek out in your journey should you’re fortunate (together with Satchel) however I’ll save the spoilers.
There are a bunch of quests too, which encourage you to check out totally different playstyles. One had me on an all-fish run, the place I used to be given a Fish Sword that was buffed by any surrounding fish in my backpack, and also you higher consider my backpack turned an enormous aquarium. One other gave me a Keg and a Piggybank which let me purchase drinks to replenish my vitality, which means if I had sufficient dosh I might have dozens of turns again to again, which was fairly darn OP at occasions.
If you’re not tackling the dungeons beneath Orderia, you’ll be in Purse’s hometown of Haversack Hill. After being destroyed by the unhealthy guys, it’s as much as you and your new bag powers to rebuild and convey again the pleasant townsfolk. Right here you’ll construct new buildings which’ll web you extra assets, and unlock gadgets for the RNG merchandise pool, character-specific quests and new areas throughout the dungeon. It’s additionally sadly the place the sport acquired most buggy for me. The extra I progressed, the longer the menus appeared to freeze up on me, leaving me much less bothered to unlock issues at occasions. I’m unsure if it is a Swap port challenge, however hopefully this shall be patched out actual quickly. And I’m simply grateful that the dungeons don’t appear to be affected!
Backpack Hero is a wonderful roguelike. With its distinctive stock mechanics, cute forged of characters and seemingly infinite gameplay prospects, that is one recreation you oughta stuff into your backpack!
Ranking: 4.5/5