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Archvale

Publisher: Humble Games
02 December 2021
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Great couch co-op
Great game to play together. Bosses, enemies, level design, all great. The music was fun most of the time.

Only main downside is a slight difficulty jump and having to do 2 play through for both of us playing to get all achievements/trophies.

Good game.
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I hope you like dodging bullets? Archvale seems to take cues from many roguelites but applies it more into a straight forward progression type of game. You gain gear that upgrades your stats and along with several permanent upgrades as you progress in the areas, the game does give you multiple path at times but you'll generally get the hint you are the wrong place when the enemies are way too hard.

So an over the top view and you'll be shooting enemies while trying to survive as there is tons of bullets that will get to you from all angles. The most important thing I felt was raising your defense as you can't possibly dodging everything, but you'll definitely need some good motions going as the game does provide a quite high challenge. There's quite a few frustrating moments in the game, but it's soft of a fun frustration as you know you messed up and you can better yourself by playing just a little bit better. The game has villages, dungeons and all that, but after a few hours you will have seen everything it has to offer. So what makes you stick around til the end (my playthrough was roughly 13 hours)? The challenge. The game just ups the ante in every subsequent area and it just gets crazier and crazier. There's this great satisfaction aspect when you manage to beat a section, and it's a whole lot of fun getting there.

The indie size of the game does have its limitations and flaws, for example the game features melee weapons which are all very shit since you'll be taking a shit tons of it to the face trying to get close to the enemies. There's a wide variety of weapons available (which are upgradable too) but most of them feel irrelevant compared to the one with longest range + magic. There's sort of a balance issues with those, or it's just the intention that the player figures out that a certain type is really better than the rest. Several of the areas feel similar to the previous one, so I could understand the criticism for that... there is some repetition going but I do feel it keeps it interesting with the difficulty rising. It's not meant to be the biggest grand open world game anyway, it's a more simple title and it kind of those it well for that.

Overall quite enjoyed this and I would recommend it if you like games like Binding of Isaac or Enter the Gungeon but without the "rogue" aspect of always starting over. It's just a blast and kind of an adrenaline rush at times, the devs have made quite a fun little game with this one.
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eliottstaten Archvale 2024-03-16T19:48:23Z
2024-03-16T19:48:23Z
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DJSuleiman Archvale 2023-10-28T15:57:50Z
Xbox One / XSX / Windows
2023-10-28T15:57:50Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
ReFleSSo Archvale 2023-07-13T20:28:45Z
2023-07-13T20:28:45Z
3.0
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IsaTheCutie Archvale 2023-04-22T04:26:22Z
2023-04-22T04:26:22Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
jonesindiana Archvale 2023-02-13T04:17:09Z
2023-02-13T04:17:09Z
3.5
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Aidan_Gammon Archvale 2022-11-26T20:06:28Z
2022-11-26T20:06:28Z
3.5
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Played Together
electr8r Archvale 2022-11-23T13:01:58Z
2022-11-23T13:01:58Z
4.0
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ArnoldGore666 Archvale 2022-11-19T08:14:42Z
Xbox One / XSX / Windows
2022-11-19T08:14:42Z
3.5
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console Xbox One Game Pass Dropped
ahrtd Archvale 2022-10-16T11:21:09Z
2022-10-16T11:21:09Z
2.5
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bozzleboop Archvale 2022-09-28T22:12:48Z
2022-09-28T22:12:48Z
3.0
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Kaph_h Archvale 2022-09-24T01:15:37Z
2022-09-24T01:15:37Z
3.5
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Solanum Archvale 2022-09-16T09:21:10Z
2022-09-16T09:21:10Z
4 /5
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