Anyhow, Ziggurat has potential and is already a good game, that you can fire anytime you want a shameless 15 minutes magical rampage. I guess it was a problem with my controler so I'll try using a pad. But the thing that really drove me from the game is a 'weapon autoswitch' bug : at anytime, your weapon can change without you choosing it. I also encountered performance drops during some fights or when doors are open. But since it could be played as an inbetween shooter, it's no big deal. Once you start to see the same rooms again, you quickly lose the feeling of novelty or character. About the randomly generated levels and the rogue-like elements, it's clearly a design choice for replayability but at the cost. It's kinda hard to have that feeling of power. Plus, since each bolt is treated as a projectile, you'll always have a short delay between firing and hitting. There is no 'in this situation use this weapon' kind of choice. However, I felt the weapons are in many ways too similar. My first playthroughs were enjoyable and the Card reward system pretty nice. My first playthroughs were enjoyable and the Card reward First of all, I really like the idea of reviving the old Heretic / Hexen serie. … Expandįirst of all, I really like the idea of reviving the old Heretic / Hexen serie. When I first played this game, I ended up stopping only six hours later, and in my book that's pretty high praise. The shooting feels tight and fast-paced, and the emphasis on dodging projectiles gives the game an interesting quasi-old-school feel. The challenge is markedly above average and you can extract many hours of quality gameplay from Ziggurat. I have thoroughly enjoyed this game so far. You can get a random effect (Divine Indifference) or even a punitive malus from these statues. In roguelike fashion, you can find statues in certain rooms that allow you to trade your health or mana (or offer nothing, for a lower chance of success I presume) for a possible bonus. You also get to choose between two (or three with the Bookworm perk) random perks on level up. You can find usable amulets that must be recharged (by killing monsters), lore scrolls (these give a large EXP boost) and occasionally perks. Some weapons deal self-explanatory status effects, such as poison, stun, or freezing. These are usually firearms or throwable explosives, and often have a steep mana cost per use. The fourth and last type are weapons that deal area damage. The third type are staves that function as rapid-fire crowd control weapons, and mostly have a primary attack with good accuracy and a secondary that excels at close quarters, burning through your mana rapidly while firing a barrage of projectiles inaccurately. The second class of weapons are books, whose attacks are typically shotgun-like and don't consume too much mana. Different characters will have different properties for this starting weapon, such as faster or slower ROF, a differently-styled secondary attack, less or more accuracy. The first is the basic wand, whose mana (ammunition) replenishes quickly and automatically for all characters. There is a good variety of weapons (the pool grows bigger as you unlock more of them) spread across 4 categories. The game has permadeath and you can only save between floors.

A floor ends when you beat its boss, and you will need a Portal Key to summon the boss. You must pick from a number of characters (you start with one, but can unlock others) and reach the 5th floor to win, and every floor is randomly generated from a number of pre-built rooms that are then strung together. Map layouts are far more arena-like and not as complex as they were in the classics, though. Map layouts are far more arena-like and not as complex as they were in It plays a lot like Heretic/Hexen would if they had Roguelike elements. It plays a lot like Heretic/Hexen would if they had Roguelike elements.

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