Canadian developer Kerberos Productions made a name for themselves nearly a decade ago with the release of their Sword of the Stars 4x strategy game, a title met with generally positive reception. After following it up with a sequel, which unfortunately launched with quite a bit of bugs and other issues, Kerberos have decided to take their Sword of the Stars universe in a very different direction, with The Pit, a fan-funded roguelike title which blends punishing old-school gameplay with a more modern interface and presentation.
Marcus Estrada writes: "Everyone knows about crowdfunding these days. However, most people know of it purely thanks to Kickstarter. Kickstarter is great and all but it’s not the only player in the marketplace! IndieGogo also exists and has seen a variety of successful campaigns over the years. Thanks to its smaller audience there haven’t been nearly as many video game projects, much less released titles just yet. Curious of what you might have missed on the IndieGogo platform? Here’s a list of a handful of fantastic games which have released thanks to them thus far."
iLLGaming writer Ajay Verma writes:
"What is a rogue-like? As steam user jamesbuc puts it.
Essentially its a dungeon crawler with random elements abound from random rooms, random enemies and even random item effects. They are tough as hell and often only for real fanatics.
So sharpen your knifes and stockpile those arrows for humble bundle presents The Humble Roguelike Weekly Sale featuring Six roguelike games . Which offer ridiculous entertainment if you’re into roguelike’s. While this may not cater to the masses, instead focuses on a niche and addicting experience for room based looters. So If you are someone who dislikes permadeath, random levels and cruel difficulty, and a lack of story you might want to skip the pack."
Coolbeans writes, "What began as a space-4X series of the same name, developer Kerberos Productions has now extrapolated the SOTS universe and plunked that into a roguelike dungeon-crawler template. The setting is Arbuda IV, a retirement settlement for hardened veterans uninterested in rest or active military service. A plague has spread wildly across this paradise and has turned humans into flesh-eating monsters. There’s currently no known cure. Hope lies within the Feldspar Mountains: an alien facility told in myths and ghost stories known as ‘The Pit’ may contain something to cure this ravaging disease. The only thing that’s certain is that anyone who’s gone into those mountains has never returned."
Original content from N4G? Coool, I really enjoyed that podcast a couple days ago.
What like about this review is theres no score... Just your take on the game, cool stuff
Yeah, it's a breath of fresh air for me whenever I get the chance to do these officials. Although I do like a scoring system more, there's always that possible... "oversight" in the comments section asking why this score didn't average out with the sub-categories' score, why's this scored higher, yada yada yada. You can check my blogs to see some other games I've covered that you may be interested in.
On topic of the review: Something about this review tells me the reviewer is a very handsome fellow. He may arrange a few letters incorrectly at times, but he's handsome nonetheless. XD
