Drew Leachman writes: The rogue-like genre has really taken off; so much that you can’t really go a week without seeing one pop up somewhere. It’s an addicting feeling knowing I can make it just a little farther than before even without getting discouraged from my last permadeath. Runers takes that aspect, adds in a little arena shooting mechanic, and turns it into a rather hectic top down spell singling adventure.
This dungeon crawler has character customization with 20 races and classes, 50 character traits, and 285 spells to create. You will explore a vast underground labyrinth and face fierce monsters and bosses. For 10 bucks, its worth a shot.
Mark Brenner: First of all, what is there not to like in a rogue-like dungeon crawling game? The internet is literally bursting with a thousand different “me-too!” clones of games in this genre, each looking to be the next biggest hit. If you don’t find one you like, well, there’s always another one! Some games pull of the rogue-like elements well, such as Rogue Legacy, and some fail horribly. How does “Runers” by Mastertronic fare? Read on, brave warrior!
Hardcore Games - The indie games market is presently awash with fantasy and science-fiction roguelikes. Such games are characterized by daunting difficulty curves, white-knuckle action, and open-ended exploration. Runers shares many of these qualities in common with its gaming peers, yet it diverges sharply in other respects.
