Recent reviews by LoosyMoosy

At its core, there is a really fun game here with a ton of potential. I played the demo which got me excited enough about it that I bought it as soon as soon as I could. I'm happy I did. That being said, while the hockey is fun, the roguelite elements are not and essentially only serve as a source of frustration and repetitiveness. I love the idea of a sports roguelite, but it just isn't working for me in its current state.

The biggest issue is that when you purchase ability upgrades and start a new run there is still a high chance you won't even get to use them. When you purchase an ability upgrade, it basically only adds those abilities to a pool and at the start of a run you only get to choose 1 of 3 randomly selected abilities from your pool. If the new ability you grinded to get doesn't show up as one of the 3, you're just SOL until you start a new run. Acquiring new superstars works the same way. On top of that you have to first unlock the abilities and superstars, then grind for in game currency to purchase them, and then hope those abilities or superstars are 1 of the 3 you get to pick. And the more you unlock and purchase the more it dilutes your pool and makes it unlikely you get to pick your favourite ones, and you can't even refund the ones you end up not liking as much.

Fortunately the hockey is a good time that has classic old school hockey game vibes. The abilities are mostly fun and varied and unique. I'm going to keep coming back to this.