It’s easily one of the most difficult games I’ve played in recent memory. This review actually took longer than I anticipated, because it would not stop whooping my ass. It repeatedly stepped on my face run after run, and sadly none of the beings doing the stepping was a 9’6 Vampire Woman with a fancy hat. Gideon’s BiasĬurse of the Dead Gods chewed me up and spit me out. But be careful as greed can easily be your downfall, and it’s one of the defining themes of the game. At the same time, you can willingly take on Corruption for more power. Corruption brings on curses that can alter how you play. Simply being within the halls of the temple will corrupt you, but it spreads faster or slower based on your choices and performance. But there is one ever-present factor that will accompany you in every run, Corruption. You carry-over various currencies that you can use to unlock blessings and new weapons that may be found within the temple to help you progress. There is plenty of lore if you’re into that sort of thing. There’s no story to speak off, but Curse of the Dead Gods does feature a large amount of written lore that you can discover. All of them have unique aesthetics, traps, and enemies. You choose which specific variations to enter on any given run, be it the temple of the Jaguar, Eagle, or Serpent. You can find a video version of this review here: Curse of the Dead Gods Review – YouTubeĬurse of the Dead Gods takes place in an ever-changing temple based on Mesoamerican mythology. However, while they certainly have a few things in common, Curse of the Dead Gods is very much its own game. Even I have been known to crack a joke or two about the game being Hades emo brother. At a glance, Curse of the Dead Gods might seem similar to another popular rogue-lite game.
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