That 5% of your money as extra damage is unique to the sword and is really great, especially when you can stack some money up boons from chaos or whoever. I've done one run like that and it was quite liberating to not worry about buying anything! It's also a really good counter to
the pact of punishment -
the pact that increases buying costs is literally meaningless if you're just hoarding money.I've only got one weapon aspect left to clear with now -
the hidden aspect of the fists, which I haven't yet unlocked. I really wish there was an easier way of telling what you've done though, especially as while the game in general works great on Switch, the summary/record screens are definitely so information dense they feel better suited to a large monitor (probably similar to what Fade was saying above about readability on the Switch Lite screen, which is smaller than the Switch right?)
Fade wrote:I prefer that kind of play style, I like being able to dictate the pace of the fight. It's a bit more interesting than spamming dodge every 2 seconds.
Am I right in thinking the dash makes you completely invulnerable?
The first seem very easily overpowered other than their range obviously, some upgrades make the uppercut absolutely broken, I had a run where I was two hitting everything and just making groups of enemies explode.
I don't usually like roguelikes but this gives you enough control it's not a chore, it also can make you feel powerful from the start.
I tried enter the Gungeon and way too much of that game was up to RNG, not to mention the bullet dodging was incredibly repetitive.
Yeah the dash gives you iframes, it is really useful especially with boons to make dash also deflect/sturdy/speed boost.
The level of control this game gives the player is a proper innovation over any roguelite I've played, so few times have I felt like a run was doomed due to bad luck alone. My only criticism would possibly be that as you progress further the level of control almost becomes
too powerful and the game rapidly shifts downwards in difficulty because of it.
I do have Gungeon but it never clicked, I've only played a few hours of it and never got very far (certainly never beat a run). But then I really like Binding of Isaac and that is just as much RNG. I think it'll be a difficult adjustment going back to a roguelite with much less control than Hades anyway.
EDIT:
My streak ended at
25 Lost to
extreme measures Hades, who I haven't fought before.
Was bleeding health but managed to get him to the last half of his second stage, when suddenly WHAM Cerberus ran me over :'(