![]() There are five separate resources to manage. Level up your main character and there are 20 perks to wade between. Some of those menu options lead to sub-menus with as many as 11 more options, and it goes on from there. The main menu alone has 11 options, presented in text that is readable, but so bland it’s unpleasant. What it doesn’t do well is accessibility. ![]() Digisexual for Hatsune Miku □□ July 8, 2019 You don’t need Pokemon when you have Siralim #NintendoSwitch /tyuy01bZSq You do need to have grown up playing Nethack to really appreciate how Siralim is a clever and satirical pastiche on the aesthetic, but surely anyone that picks this game up will love the way it embraces nonsense. Siralim is well aware that it could never be Shakespeare in the way it has been designed, and it revels in its nonsense, whether it’s through those interactions with the gods, or finding ever more silly monster designs for players to battle and collect. As you adventure, these beings natter away in your ears, and if you’re not chuckling within the first three swear-filled sentences that come from the God of Wrath, then you’re no fun and should be banned from video games until you lighten up. The plot is pretty light on, but you’ve been tasked with restoring a bunch of otherworlds to the “gods” that rule over them by defeating an invasion from the kingdom of Siralim. ![]() The game also has a wicked sense of humour, and it’s one of its most endearing features. Siralim 3 delivers exactly what you would expect from the screenshots, in other words. That’s okay, though, since the old-style pixel graphics will probably scare newer players away before they even get going anyway. It features a fairly simple turn-based combat system, plenty of little side distractions and loot opportunities that will have you scouring the entirety of every dungeon level you explore, and a healthy difficulty curve that will appeal more to fans of old school, retro games than it will newer players. ![]() It’s a dungeon crawler that features random level design, crossed with a deep monster collecting and training system. Siralim is Pokemon by way of Nethack, basically. Related reading: Our review of the first Siralim ![]()
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