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>Titan Souls. I was waiting for this one to go on sale for a while, and I finally got my chance. I have to say it was a waste of money, though. Although I like the concept of having only one life point and a single arrow while going up against big bosses, the developers completely fuck it up by not learning the lessons taught to us by Super Meat Boy and Trials HD -- if you're going to have a ridiculously hard difficulty curve, get the player back in the game immediately in order to stave off frustration. The delay in reloading and the pointless overworld that needs to be traveled to get back to the boss that killed you in 1.5 seconds is a colossal waste of time and a massive error in design. This forced lagtime between attempts shot my rage meter shut up immediately and I had to quit. Also had to delete.



>The Swindle. I'm always up for a good roguelike, and a video quicklook from @JebusF convinced me to give it a shot, but after playing it, I'd say that guy was too nice to it. While there are definitely elements of coolness to this thiefing/steampunk hybrid, I found it to be too harsh in terms of progression and too random when it came to its level generation. The player only has a limited amount of time in order to potentially beat the game, but I was constantly restarting due to not being able to get enough cash at the beginning, or from getting into levels where I didn’t have the skills or abilities needed to progress. When I fell into a hole that there was no exit from, I’d decided I had enough.