Striving for Light | This new rogue-lite ARPG is an absolute masterpiece with a unique skill tree!!
0Striving for Light is a super cool dungeon-crawling roguelike ARPG in development. This game places you in a dark world where spiders, slimes, and all kinds of Lovecraftian horrors await in an ever-randomizing dungeon. Killing these monsters raises your “light” level and allows you to do certain things like open items, give them to NPCs, and unlock new abilities in the skill tree. The only way to survive through the dungeons is to climb the skill tree, and for that, you need to Strive for Light. Striving for Light's opening narrative and music just nails the mood of the game. The overall tone is done well and the concept is very reminiscent of games such as the original Legacy of Kain. The game’s lighting and shading are very detailed and the monster design looks good thus far, if not a tad cartoony in some aspects. The particle and smoke effects also stand out in this indie offering. The controls are also interesting. The rogue-like works in that if you die (more like when than if), just try again in a newly randomized dungeon; however unlike some rogue-type games, you take none of your previously acquired abilities with you. You must start from scratch which makes this game a steep mountain to climb and add that to the fact that boss-type characters can show up randomly and completely derail your run. The stamina bar ensures that you cannot go swinging your weapon around with impunity and the 3 hearts you are given at the outset also remind you to be cautious. That skill tree is your lifeline to progression. As we wait for Striving for Light to move from early access, it shows a lot of promise as a new entry in the dungeon crawler genre that challenges the player to take chances with different weapons and items that are dropped from chests (that is, if you have a key). Enemies are aggressive and the environments can be even more so. I look forward to the full release and to seeing what direction the developer goes with this title. Hope you enjoy my video.
Read the latest full patch notes here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/a...
Striving for Light - Early Access Launched on November 29, 2021!
Platform: PC (Steam)
Price: $14.99 USD
Link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Striving for Light is a rogue-lite ARPG where you utilize a unique infinite expanding skill-tree to fight your way through the darkness, striving for light.