Reviews - libtekhed

Hell fun game with AWESOME music and sfx. Play it!

I go and buy all these games and then spend the weekend playing a free one. Epic inventor is lots of fun and addictive! I still haven't worked out how to climb back out of dungeons but this is a learning experience..
edit: ok I just worked out how to get out of dungeons :)

I love this game. It's engaging and well developed. Sometimes it gets a little same-same but I think that is the genre's fault. If you like D&D style, party based RPG's then this one is for you. Also, the game is HUGE providing many, many hours of gameplay. Well done chaps!

I love roguelikes. I might even say they are my favourite game genre so it may come as no surprise that I jumped on this when I saw bundled on Indie Royal. I have only played this for a short time so my review is given as an experienced roguelike player looking at the first 30 minutes of gameplay.

Pros:
The game is well crafted, easy to play with cute and fun graphics. It can be a lot of fun (see Cons:) and is a nice roguelike for neophyte players or those wondering what all this roguelike nonsense is about. I do enjoy the lack of dog/cat, which always irritates me in roguelikes, despite being a core feature. Sometimes I just like to point and click and not have to press complex key combos just to do simple things (like when I am having my morning coffee for example).

Cons:
Too hard! Yes the game can be a lot of fun but more often than not you will find yourself surrounded early in the game with no option of restoring health. Also, for some reason I have no sound effects or music in the game (X64 Ubuntu on Desura and yes my sound IS working).

Overall:
I really want to like this game. I do like it but it's a special love/hate relationship. I think as it stands the game is unbalanced in the starting 10 minutes. For any updates I would like to see a starting health potion or some way to gain health, maybe like ToME where you can use a power and it then becomes unusable for a number of turns.

Also, a small (maybe 4 slots) of extra inventory would be very helpful to completing these quests. I know you want to keep us lean but we like to collect things sometimes!

Expansions into shops and towns etc would also be nice. I think this game, with it's cute graphics begs for such a thing and it would flesh this game out into something really special and fun.

Replay value for me is high despite the difficulty. I love a challenge but I would like to keep my character for longer than 5 minutes :)

I blame this game for my lack of sanity. I love it!