After exploring the afterlife in a slightly relaxing fashion with the management sim game Spiritfarer, developer Thunder Lotus Games is returning to the action genre with “33 Immortals”, a co-op roguelike game that promises to provide a pick-up and raid experience. The focus on the afterlife is still present here, because you play a character who has just died, and must join a rebellion against the forces of hell. For those who want to go deeper into the story, this is a game based on the Divine Comedy.
Similar to the famous poem, the game is structured into three parts – Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. This video is based on an early access build, and the third part is still in development, and I didn’t have the courage to try the second part, because the first part itself is quite long and challenging to conquer.
For those who don’t want to watch the entire video, here’s a summary: the game has a really interesting premise, and the promise of getting to a raid boss fight within 30 minutes instead of having to sit through several hours of grinding, is exciting. However, you soon realise that you only reach the boss fight within 30 minutes, and to actually defeat the boss, you still have to do quite a bit of grinding.
Also, I never really managed to fight the boss with 32 other players as intended, because the game has a steep learning curve, and an unforgiving respawn system, which meant I was fighting a losing battle with less than 20 players.
After spending two hours with the game, I do have somewhat of an interest to go back and get powerful enough to actually beat the boss, but the game’s structure being designed around working with other players means that my chances of success are kind of random, and depends on the skill levels of the other players in my session. For game pass subscribers, this is definitely worth checking out for a couple of sessions at least. If you’re thinking of buying the game though, it may be worth waiting a bit until the early access version gets a few more updates.
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