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Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:42:37 PM

Metal Mutation Review (Tetsuo9999)

So far this feels pretty good and worth the long wait/delay. Gameplay is responsive and for an action roguelike, there's quite a bit of build variety. My main issue with this game is the large difficulty spike on the third level, with multiple elites spawning in one room that can lock the player in hitstun, and the spiders that have unfair status effect procs that are often more difficult than the bosses. The first two levels feel fine with no metaprogression grinding but the third one seems to force it.
Metaprogression upgrades are significant and will likely make the game really easy to clear if enough time is put into it, but the combat is good enough that you wish there wasn't such a huge difficulty spike so that an experienced player could beat the game with skill. I consider this to be the biggest draw to this genre for me, and it really does feel like you're not clearing this without at least some grind. Thankfully there are permanent defense boosts in the metaprogression shop, so anyone should be able to clear this in time. If they balance the excessive hitstun and difficulty spike, I think this will be a worthwhile addition to your library. For now though, expect a bit of jank and grinding.