Monolith - Hard Mode Clear
251First Hard Mode Clear.
Monolith is a very cool rogue-like bullet hell shooter. You can clearly see that the developers really understand shmups and know what they are doing. The patterns in this game are pretty damn good. If you like roque-likes and shmups then you really can't go wrong with this game.
The game plays on a grid that is randomly generated with randomly generated rooms. There are a whole bunch of different weapons and powerups that you can get. There is also a random selection of bosses for the first four floors.
Weapons do have limited ammo to them but you can pick up ammo pickups or pickups that increase the maximum ammo amount. A big trick I discovered while playing the game is that midbosses always drop a full ammo refill if you're at max health. So as long as you don't get hit, you can keep your current weapon throughout the whole game.
Even though there is a wide variety of weapons and powerups, it's not like RNG determines your victory. You can work with any weapon in this game.
You also have bombs and a dash in this game. You're not invulnerable when using the dash though, unless you picked up a powerup that does exactly that. You can also use bombs to reveal secret rooms, by blowing up the wall that covers the entrance.
Clearing rooms without getting hit raises a multiplier, and getting hit lowers it. The multiplier increases the amount of money you get, and also doubles as the scoring system in this game.
Buy the game here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/603960/Monolith/
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