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Elden Ring, but a lot faster.

If you like the combat from the souls / Elden Ring games, you’ll love this.

If you like the slow exploration / discovery of those games, you might not like this.

There are 8 characters (plus 2 from the DLC) that you can pick. Each has their own special abilities + passive bonuses.

Each ‘run’ has 2 nights where you go from POI to POI collecting loot, clearing out enemies, and collecting extra power from bosses. On the 3rd and last night, you’ll face a nightlord (super boss). After you win / lose a run, you’ll collect relics that can add passive bonuses to your characters. So far I have yet to see anything overpowered like other roguelikes, but I usually only play solo and I’m bad.

For the solo players, yes it is doable - the enemies scale to the amount of players and in solo the enemies take turns on aggro so usually you won’t get ganked.

Do I recommend it for solo play?

Yes - only if you have patience. You will fail a lot unless you are good at these games. I have only one win in my 15 or so hours played. I am still really enjoying the updated movement and combat.

Highly recommend that you make some friends and play together in voice chat - makes the game way more enjoyable imo.

EDIT: Random trios can actually be fun sometimes. I was skeptical at first because I've never played multiplayer in these types of games, but it's actually enjoyable when you have tm8s that have more than 2hrs played. Highly recommend playing solo a bit and learning the game, then playing online. ymmv

EDIT: Changed it to recommend because I personally don't mind waiting a bit for more features / polish. I spent my $25, and I do not regret it. ♥♥♥♥ it we ball

Original review:

I love this game, I want it to be successful, and I want to play full 6v6 matches regularly. The foundation is good; this game is the closest I've seen to the EA NHL games on pc. The controls take a bit to learn, but once it 'clicks,' it is very satisfying. Setting up a play, shooting it top shelf, or dekeing around the defense feels amazing. If you purchase it, be sure to join the discord to set up a game.

However - I just cannot recommend this game in its current state.
I know the devs have worked hard this, but this is not worth $25, sorry. The price-to-content here is way off. The content is really good, but there isn't enough of it for the full price. I think the devs should have given a discount for Early Access and then upped the price once more features are fleshed out.

For $25 here is what you get:

- Barebones 'practice' mode: You choose your position and can skate around and take shots with a puck.

- Online mode where you can play 6v6 hockey vs other players (you will never play a 6v6 without the discord, and even then, it is very rare)

- Settings for your player (blade curve, skates, jersey number, etc...), camera, sensitivities, the usual features, except most graphical options (vsync was recently added)

That's pretty much it - there isn't a single player mode, real practicing, bots, or a big enough player base to sustain regular games.

To me - this is basically a paid playtest (it is Early Access after all). I would only purchase this game if you don't mind paying $25 for a barebones alpha build of an EA NHL game, and don't mind waiting for a fully fleshed out version of it. You can join the discord and see that the devs do care about this game, and are actively working on it to add the features that you'd expect in a hockey game.

This game could be special, but it needs a lot of work.
Please use my $25 wisely - maybe get a couple pizzas for the office ;)

First person hockey game.
Try it out
Fun with friends!

BTW if you're on Steam Deck, play this game using the Desktop Mode :)

Highly recommend!

Walk around
talk to some entities
have some sick dance battles
become god

Fun

Oh yeah baby, let's rock

interactive detective book, pretty sick

failing your skill checks doesn't matter that much, just enjoy the ride man

good for casual gaming (30min sessions)
you could get deep with stats and run goals

runs perfect on steam deck

My favorite visualizer. You can use any music (youtube, spotify, apple music, local, etc..). As long as it's being received, you can use it in the visualizer. I've even used an amp sim (BIAS FX2) with this and it works perfectly. Don't know how good of a system you need though. I have a modern cpu/gpu and I get zero lag on 90% of the presets.

The watermark goes away if you purchase any DLC

Yeah it's a slightly-janky Mario Party-esque game, but it's a blast to play with your friends.
I think all my friends hate me now, 10/10.
Wish that workshop support would come sooner tho