Going to give impressions of 3 new roguelite games I've played.
First is one I find pretty average Across the Obelisk. This one actually can be co-oped, but it's so average I really doubt you'll go crazy for it. Your team consists of 4 party members and they all have their own deck with a minimum amount of cards and can upgrade and use them with a certain amount of energy per turn. You can save energy between turns. This one has decent graphics, a better than some story, but feels clunky and a combination of many other of these games. The deck feels like Vault of the Void (the rogue-lite similar to Hearthstone and better than this), the gameplay like a worse Slay the Spire and it just doesn't feel as good as many other games. I didn't hate it, and got a discount at least, but I played too long, so I can't refund. I'll play it now and then, but the difficulty is very hard, and the gameplay isn't as good. Recommended only bundled, but it's not horrible. 6.5/10
A weird dice rolling one I like a decent amount is Circadian Dice. This one has a lot of different classes and they start with a set of dice with their mechanic on it, such as chains (more chains equals higher multipliers) for ninjas. This has a very similar feel to Card Quest (great game) and has you selecting artifacts you unlock that work with the character. They do all feel different and the mechanics appear on dice from the shop even for all classes. It's fun, super random and also very hard and calculated. There are no critical hits, and you'll know exactly how much will be done. The game overall feels a bit less polished, but it's not buggy and plays well. It is very, very dry though and you'll have to be crazy into it for the mechanics. Once you complete the game fully you can do quest mode which has you going 1 level to the next unlocking artifacts on the way. It's addictive and extremely hard. Recommend on sale or bundled and is quite unique compared to others. 7.5/10
Lastly we have the likely least budget of the titles Monmusu Gladiator. It's a combination of deck building and Monster Rancher. This one is quite rough especially in the graphics and fighting gameplay department. You use generally 1 time use cards to raise various stats and their is coliseums where you face other monsters turn based kind of ATB system, similar to Monster Rancher. This UI is atrocious here and everything looks bland. It also uses a lot of the generic card deck building art (also used in Monster Slayers), but doesn't look as good here. Overall it could be OK, but I just found this way more repetitive than anything. Not a great game, but wasn't broken at least. Refunded and not recommended. 6/10
