Way more fun than I anticipated!
I'm so glad I took a chance on preordering this! I have only made it as far as level 17, but I have several hours in. This game is distilled down to its most basic elements. You pick up an ability very early on that allows you to see where encounters are, so you can go in blind if you want, or you can turn on that ability and avoid encounters if you want.
I thought the first 10 or so levels of the dungeon seemed really easy, and I think that's just because I got lucky with what and how often status affects got applied to my party. Once I made it deeper in and needed to backtrack, I had petrified people all over and poison eating away my HP, etc., etc. All that is to say, if it starts out seeming kinda easy, just wait. The difficulty will ramp up.
I'm enjoying this game way more than I thought I would. When I first loaded it, and saw how simple the actual gameplay looked (in terms of graphics, controls, etc.), I sort of wondered if I might have made a mistake, but it's really addicting. If you like mystery dungeon type games, dungeon crawlers, RPGs, and you don't require complex gameplay or graphics, you might really enjoy this game! Even without complex mechanics, it requires strategy and a tad bit of luck. Do you push on for 2 more floors to try to find the teleporter back to the stores? Or are you in such a bind you need to backtrack 8 floors to the previous one so you can salvage your party?
Highly recommended!
