Lost Labyrinth Extended Version
- July 27, 2015
- Flying Interactive
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Reviews
- The game offers deep character customization with a wide variety of skills and attributes, enhancing replayability.
- It's a fun multiplayer experience, allowing up to four players to enjoy the game together or solo.
- Despite its flaws, the game has a lot of potential and is considered a great value for its low price.
- The game suffers from significant technical issues, including a problematic UI, mouse functionality problems, and inconsistent graphics.
- Sound design is poor, with repetitive music and amateurish sound effects that detract from the overall experience.
- Many players find the game difficult to play due to bugs and a lack of polish, making it feel unfinished.
- graphics9 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game have been widely criticized for their inconsistent quality and varying art styles, reminiscent of a 90s indie project. While some details, like the animation of specific abilities, are appreciated, the overall presentation is deemed poor, with basic visuals and awkward UI detracting from the experience.
“I also like the little details in the graphics too, such as the 'arcane arrow' animated as a purple bolt.”
“Admittedly, the graphics and interface are very basic, but functional.”
“The UI is rather awkward, and the graphics are very simple, but it has a ton of skills and even has multiplayer, which can be used to create a party to play by yourself.”
“The graphics look like a 90s indie project; the various character and enemy tiles vary widely in quality and art style, and the sound and music are just awful.”
“The presentation in this game is awful: the graphics are all different styles and often have nasty looking borders around them.”
“Its graphics are simple and inconsistent.”
- music5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as retro and enjoyable, with some players finding it catchy despite its repetitive nature. While some appreciate the nostalgic sound, others feel it detracts from the overall experience, leading to mixed opinions on its quality. Overall, the music contributes to the game's charm but may not appeal to everyone.
“This game has never gotten enough love and it is criminal, great adventure game to play hot seat with 4 people, or start 4 players on your own, the game is extremely fun, you really need to play it, if you like simple yet deep roguelike adventures, this is it, lots of items, lots of magic, good overall, music is pretty retro and great to hear, overall good game, controls might be hard to figure out at first, sometimes the mouse cursor may act funny, but that is an easy fix, masterpiece, hidden gem!”
“The graphics look like a 90s indie project, the various character and enemy tiles vary widely in quality and art style and the sound and music, god.”
“Music is catchy if a bit repetitive.”
“I turned the music off the second I could.”
“There's low-res pictures with visible JPG artifacts in them and the music is repetitive as heck.”
“The graphics look like a 90s indie project, the various character and enemy tiles vary widely in quality and art style, and the sound and music, god.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
Players highlight the game's extensive variations and deep character customization as key factors contributing to its high replayability, making it a compelling choice for those who enjoy exploring different strategies and playstyles in a hardcore roguelike setting.
“Great replay value.”
“The variations are vast, and give the game a lot of replay value.”
“A very deep character customization sets you up for extreme replayability in a hardcore roguelike.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is severely lacking, with users reporting a horrible user interface, poor sound quality, and significant mouse stuttering, which detracts from the overall experience and makes it nearly unplayable.
“Tl;dr: horrible UI, terrible sound, and mouse stuttering mar what could otherwise be a deep and fun roguelike.”
“I'm a die-hard real roguelike fan, and as much as I wanted to like this game, in its current incarnation, the UI, stuttering, and sound are so bad it's nearly unplayable.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -150 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
Gameplay is highly customizable, allowing players to mix and match abilities and attributes, such as equipping mages with heavy armor or enabling fighters to cast spells. While the mechanics may be straightforward, the overall experience relies heavily on strong presentation to elevate the basic gameplay.
“The abilities and attributes you choose and build for really impact gameplay, and you can select almost any ability at the start; so you can have mages in plate armor or fighters casting fireballs if you want.”
“The thing about games like these is that they can play as basic as this one and still be good, but that basic gameplay needs excellent presentation.”
“The abilities and attributes you choose and build for really impact gameplay, allowing for unconventional combinations; you can have mages in plate armor or fighters casting fireballs if you want.”
“The gameplay feels unbalanced, with certain abilities overshadowing others, making it difficult to enjoy a diverse playstyle.”
“The controls are clunky and unresponsive, which detracts from the overall gameplay experience.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has been reported to have significant stability issues, with users describing it as "very buggy."
“But it's true that it's kind of buggy.”
“Very buggy.”
- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is described as enjoyable and engaging, contributing to its overall fun experience, especially in multiplayer settings. Players appreciate the lighthearted tone and whimsical elements that enhance the adventure, making it a hidden gem worth exploring.
