Recent reviews by Umrad [TTC]

I've played one one-hour session together with one friend. If I remember I will update my review after getting more playtime in and after trying out higher party sizes.

Even just the two of us we had a great time and are interested to play more and get more of our friends on board.

As an MMORPG veteran in soft-retirement the concept absolutely speaks to me. Hat's off to the developer for executing on an idea that I and I'm sure plenty of other MMO players have had in the back of their minds, that idea being to condense the "game" of MMORPG raiding down into a standalone experience, stripped of the level grind, gearing up, gold/item farming, and weekly lockout timers that increase the time-commitment of being an MMO Raider.

Honestly my dream game would be if this game eventually gets a fully-3D 2.0 like Risk of Rain did, moving it mechanically closer to the experience of raiding in WoW-style MMORPGs, while maintaining the quick replayability and low barriers to entry. I hope this game is a financial success for the developer and leads to even bigger and better things down the line.

One word of caution to any readers on the fence: This game has not had it's big break yet and so the community and playerbase is small. If you and 1-9 friends all coordinate to get the game together you'll immediately start having a great time, but if you're coming in solo you'll need to join the discord and coordinate with strangers to get groups together, as the in-game matchmaking doesn't have a large pool to pull from for you.

The game can be played solo but I can't speak to that experience yet.

I was looking for an MMO that would allow my friends and I to run dungeons together on a weekly-or-so basis without having to worry about outleveling eachother if some folks played the game more often than others.

Thanks to the level-scaling of Flashpoints (instanced dungeons), once my friends and I got our characters to level 10 (the level requirement of the first flashpoint) we became able to level our characters at our own pace, but still meet up regularly for dungeons that are still challenging for the whole group because of the level scaling.

The Party size limit is 4 in this game, which is a double edged sword but works out for us. It is much easier to get 4 people together than 5, and because parties are 4, raids are 8, so if our group managed to get to level cap it will be (theoretically) possible for our little crew to actually run raids witout having to pull in outsiders.

Bonus points:
- The personal stories of each class are great little Bioware RPGs in their own right, so if you liked KOTOR or Mass Effect you'll probably enjoy the game even solo.
- There is a ton of content for free now, and the F2P isn't too restrictive. If you enjoy the game, sub for just one month so you can get your free account upgraded to "Preferred", which you keep even if you let your sub lapse.
- The game in set in a franchise everyone loves, and in in a timeline of that franchise that has been left behind by the new owners of the IP (so far).

If you enjoy or are interested in the "Action RPG" genre, this is the game to get. I say that as someone who *does not* like the genre, but still appreciates this game for being so feature-rich and multiplayer friendly.

If you try it and there's anything you don't like, check the Steam Workshop because some modder has probably solved your problem. For example the base game limits the number of players in a game but a mod exists to remove that limit.

At time of writing I've only clocked 24 hours of playtime, but again, I don't really even like this genre so all of those 24 cumulative hours have been multiplayer games with friends.

Fantastic hidden role game. Extremely well worth the price.

10 hours in and I can say this is a strong competitor to biggest game in its genre. The color system adds an extra layer of depth to deck building, and the two-lane field and prophecy system add an extra layer of combat depth and interactivity respectively.
Those three factors, plus the fact that so far the game seems very friendly to F2P players, allow me to recommend this game to fans of the digital card game genre as well as strategic card-gamers looking to try a digital CCG for the first time.

Hearthstone meets Boss Monster.
Having a total blast.

I've played LoL and Dota2 and honestly this is my favorite MOBA.