Steel Thoughts is a single-player, rogue-lite, bullet hell sport by which you play as an woke up robotic with a thoughts of its personal. You should embark on a journey seeking the liberation of all robots from the strings of humanity that bind them. You’ll construct your robotic, struggle all types of different robots with a plethora of weaponry and assaults, and destroy all of the overlords enslaving your fellow robots.
Rouge-lites and rouge-likes are amongst my favourite genres of video games. And, like most guys, I really like robots. Mix the 2, and…effectively, let’s discover out.
Steel Thoughts begins by asking should you’d like a tutorial. It’s non-compulsory, however you most undoubtedly ought to. The sport’s mechanics are a bit of complicated at first, however they’re learnable after a bit of bit. For every run, you begin with the identical loadout that’s primarily based on which robotic you chose. You solely have the usual robotic at t the start of the sport, however you should purchase 4 different beginning robots as you progress. The start tools is nowhere close to the very best, however one can find new tools in every run.
The gameplay will be irritating, however when you get the hold of the controls, it’s roughly simply troublesome. Even after you study the controls, the sport by no means actually will get simpler; it’s most undoubtedly a bullet hell. A option to change the issue to a straightforward mode can be welcome for gamers making an attempt to learn to play and are newer to such a sport.
The map format and all the loot and drops from every run are randomized. There are additionally random portals that may seem after you full any room. These portals let you play random minigames, earn completely different gear, and even lose completely different gear. You by no means know which one you’re going to get although, so it’s a pleasant breath of air in every run when a portal seems. Sadly, whereas the rooms are in numerous spots with every run, they’re all the time the very same room. This implies the very same enemies and the very same format—the loot drops are all that modifications in every run and room. This gameplay loop leaves rather a lot to be desired, particularly on the subject of rouge-lite and rouge-like video games.
The visuals are the place Steel Thoughts excels. The sport is in a 32-bit artwork fashion that’s very well finished. The backgrounds and fashions for every robotic and room are expertly made, and don’t even get me began on each completely different weapon and its distinctive projectiles and animations. Virtually the whole lot in regards to the artwork of the sport makes it look impeccable.
The sound isn’t precisely on the similar because the visuals and artwork although. The sound results are fairly good and so they sound fairly effectively suited to the sport’s atmosphere. For the music, nevertheless, there may be one track that performs on repeat. That’s it. It will get repetitive actually shortly and isn’t nice at immersing you into the sport.
Final, however not least, is a bug that typically simply soft-locks you everytime you open the settings menu. It occurred to me at random instances each time I opened the settings, forcing me to shut and reopen the sport. Getting soft-locked in most video games isn’t unhealthy, as you possibly can simply reload a save, In rouge-likes and rouge-lites, nevertheless, that is very completely different. Since you possibly can by no means have the very same run each time you play, it may be actually irritating having to restart and lose your entire progress in your run.
General, Steel Thoughts isn’t the worst rouge-lite I’ve performed, nevertheless it most actually isn’t the very best. And till they repair the smooth locking problem, I wouldn’t suggest shopping for the sport until it’s on sale.
