Rogue Legacy: What level were you when you first beat the game?

[artemicion]

Trying to determine exactly how terrible I am at this game. What level were you when you first beat the game? What class/equipment/runes did you use to beat the last boss?

(Spoilers for those who don't want to know end-game info, boss info, etc.)

Spoiler

I'm right around level 100 and just beat the fourth infinity slime boss, which was more luck than skill on my part (basically played a barbarian with gigantism, retaliation and the increased knock back trait and ran back and forth furiously attacking).

Gave the final boss a few runs, beat phase 1 with a barbarian, was utterly demoralized to learn there was a phase 2 and quickly died. Gave it another go, got to phase 2 and died again. I can barely get past phase 1, so I'm wondering if I need to change my approach. If I farm for grace runes (scales down enemy level) will it make the last boss significantly easier?

 

[SMOGZINN]

I can't answer any of your questions about the game, but as it is a game I'm interested in I would like to hear your review of it. Maybe you could post in the game review thread.

 

[EDUSAN]

i should start it agai, but last time i checked i had like 50 generations and i only beat the 1st boss

 

[artemicion]

I can't answer any of your questions about the game, but as it is a game I'm interested in I would like to hear your review of it. Maybe you could post in the game review thread.

I'd give it a 8/10. It's a pretty fun game for when you only have time for a quick 5-10 minute run. A few times I sat down for long stretches at a time, but mostly I played short intervals right before bed, etc.

It's pretty difficult throughout, and progression is somewhat slow. I like how the game forces you to spend all your money between runs because it rewards you for having a "good" run, but might be perceived as unforgiving for people who would otherwise string together a series of bad runs to save up gold for an expensive upgrade. While the upgrade and equipment system gives some lee-way for less skilled players to progress in the game, it's ultimately a game that relies on a player's skill because of diminishing returns on upgrades and there's no "killer" equipment to farm (as opposed to a game like Symphony of the Night where you could just farm for a Crissaegrim-type weapon and dominate the game without much skill).

 

[SMOGZINN]

I'd give it a 8/10. It's a pretty fun game for when you only have time for a quick 5-10 minute run. A few times I sat down for long stretches at a time, but mostly I played short intervals right before bed, etc.

Cool, this is exactly what I'm looking for something I can play in short bursts. How does the save system work? Can you save during a run? If not do you just lose the run if you exit out (or I guess it would not be too hard to just die to get back out)?

It's pretty difficult throughout, and progression is somewhat slow. I like how the game forces you to spend all your money between runs because it rewards you for having a "good" run, but might be perceived as unforgiving for people who would otherwise string together a series of bad runs to save up gold for an expensive upgrade. While the upgrade and equipment system gives some lee-way for less skilled players to progress in the game, it's ultimately a game that relies on a player's skill because of diminishing returns on upgrades and there's no "killer" equipment to farm (as opposed to a game like Symphony of the Night where you could just farm for a Crissaegrim-type weapon and dominate the game without much skill).

Likeing this even better. I like a game that rewards skill and is not just pure luck.

 

[BergeLSU]

i should start it agai, but last time i checked i had like 50 generations and i only beat the 1st boss

This pretty much sums up my experience as well. Maybe I should start from the beginning again.

 

[artemicion]

Cool, this is exactly what I'm looking for something I can play in short bursts. How does the save system work? Can you save during a run? If not do you just lose the run if you exit out (or I guess it would not be too hard to just die to get back out)?

I'm not 100% sure, but it's all autosaves (you can't manually save). 99% of the time, I would quit in the game after dying but before selecting my heir. Quitting at that point saves whatever gold you found from your last run so you can spend it before your next run.

I *think* if you quit AFTER selecting your heir but BEFORE you enter the castle, your hero selection will be saved (so you can't quit and restart to cycle through different hero types).

I *think* if you quit AFTER entering the castle but BEFORE dying, the current status of your hero (gold, health, mana, items, etc.) will be saved but you will start at the beginning of the castle. I'm pretty sure the castle layout is the same. (I almost never did this so I'm really not sure--the only time I would is if I were unexpectedly interrupted IRL).

My experience in the game waxed and waned. Interest decreased when I hit a "wall" (like a tough boss) and would kick back up when I managed to beat it and could progress.

 

[artemicion]

This pretty much sums up my experience as well. Maybe I should start from the beginning again.

Post 1st boss was a huge wall for me. Difficultly difference between the first area and second area seemed pretty steep, at least in my experience.

Second big wall was fourth boss. I think I literally screamed with joy when I killed him. lol.

 

[Firsttime]

All I know is I feel like such a noob playing this. It's fucking hard.

 

[artemicion]

Finally beat the last boss--at around Level 127-ish and 120-ish generations in. Farmed until I found three grace runes, which reduced the last boss's level to around 70-ish. Used a Barbarian build.