Metallic Thoughts is a single-player, rogue-lite, bullet hell recreation wherein you play as an woke up robotic with a thoughts of its personal. You will need to embark on a journey looking for the liberation of all robots from the strings of humanity that bind them. You’ll construct your robotic, battle every kind 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 like robots. Mix the 2, and…properly, let’s discover out.
Metallic Thoughts begins by asking for those who’d like a tutorial. It’s non-compulsory, however you most positively ought to. The sport’s mechanics are a bit complicated at first, however they’re learnable after a bit bit. For every run, you begin with the identical loadout that’s based mostly on which robotic you chose. You solely have the usual robotic at t the start of the sport, however you should buy 4 different beginning robots as you progress. The start gear is nowhere close to one of the best, however you can see new gear in every run.
The gameplay might be irritating, however when you get the dangle of the controls, it’s roughly simply troublesome. Even after you be taught the controls, the sport by no means actually will get simpler; it’s most positively a bullet hell. A method to change the issue to a straightforward mode could be welcome for gamers making an attempt to learn to play and are newer to one of these recreation.
The map format and the entire loot and drops from every run are randomized. There are additionally random portals that may seem after you full any room. These portals will 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 several spots with every run, they’re at all times 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 loads to be desired, particularly in terms of rouge-lite and rouge-like video games.
The visuals are the place Metallic Thoughts excels. The sport is in a 32-bit artwork fashion that’s very well executed. 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. Nearly every little thing concerning 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 they usually sound fairly properly suited to the sport’s setting. For the music, nevertheless, there’s one tune that performs on repeat. That’s it. It will get repetitive actually rapidly 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 occasions at any time when I opened the settings, forcing me to shut and reopen the sport. Getting soft-locked in most video games isn’t dangerous, as you’ll be able to simply reload a save, In rouge-likes and rouge-lites, nevertheless, that is very completely different. Since you’ll be able to by no means have the very same run each time you play, it may be actually irritating having to restart and lose all your progress in your run.
General, Metallic Thoughts isn’t the worst rouge-lite I’ve performed, but it surely most actually isn’t one of the best. And till they repair the tender locking problem, I wouldn’t advocate shopping for the sport until it’s on sale.