Dungeons of Freeport

“Dungeons of Freeport is really brilliant; I fell in love with the graphics shown in the trailer (the UI and the town just looked really cute, and a lot of heart went into both) and was rewarded with the actual game matching my expectations: the town is very cute, I love how the signs pop up with cute little graphics, I love how you can interact with all the townspeople and see them go about their routines, I love how there are just a bunch of extraneous details; and the gameplay too: it plays very well on a controller (my hands are fried from keyboards), has a very streamlined roguelike experience that feels like a mix of classic Rogue with the junk-loot of extraction games, and the dungeons often (so far) boil down to: "getting into melee range likely means you just die in one hit without okay items, so use ranged combat until you run out of ammo and then either scram or risk melee"; the once-a-day run is satisfying even if a delve gets completely botched.”

“The once a day mechanic means the smaller dungeon sizes still feel fun to play; you're balancing your health and light against your desire to hit the bottom of the dungeon and find all the loot you can—die and you lose nearly everything you were carrying.”

“The gameplay was easy to pick up and I'm enjoying learning more about the world and crafting.”