I love the evidence wall back at your apartment, and I love the whole busywork stuff inherent in action games that both give you an apartment and a cat to look after, and also make you go into the office first before you head out for slaughter. I love how brisk the combat is, and how the levels are scattered up and down across various floors and with various routes - and enlivened by just a gentle bit of procedural scrambling. There is a lot more about this game that I love, of course. But there's something about the little banking terminals set up here, and the miserly flow of cash itself, that makes it particularly stinging. Other games have done this - I seem to remember getting very upset about what I'd just lost when I died in Rogue Legacy. But dying when you had a load of cash on you is a proper nightmare. Dying is fine - you're kicked back in the loop, you wake up back at your apartment, and you grind the level you were on once again. Whenever I come across one of these terminals, even if it's a basic grenade I doubt I'll use, I end up dropping all my cash into it, because this is a roguelite and I lose my cash when I die, and - crucially - I have to assume I'll die pretty soon. Scattered around the game's levels are terminals that allow you to put your money towards unlocking the fancier parts of the game's arsenal. Luckily for us, you're investing your money in stylish violence. Loopmancer: stylish, violent, and impressively prudent. So instead, it's imperative that you invest it. Downed enemies drop money for you to collect, money which you too will lose if you have it on you when you die. Availability: Out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox and Switchīut there's already something about it that I am really becoming obsessed by.Publisher: Ebrain Studio, Yooreka Studio, Xu.You have great wonderfully nasty weapons, the controls are swift and precise, and the polish fails at the most charming moments - your character's hair is one, and the pleasantly stilted swearing of your enemies is another. It's a beautiful 2D roguelite mounted in a glorious 3D cyberpunk world. I'm not too far into Loopmancer, but I'm loving it.
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