![]() Health goes down way too easy, and health items usually bring back just a couple of measly points. ![]() In fact, the awful balancing makes this aspect a really annoying one. It doesn't really make the whole thing any more fun, or tactical. You are just forced to hoard many, many, many consumables in order to re-fill health and magic points, rather than going back to a safe place to do so. Truth be told, however… no, this doesn't really play like a survival game. Your only allies here will be small pieces of food, or healing potions. Forget about regenerating save points and the like. In practice, you'll heavily rely on whatever resources you'll accumulate while adventuring. Lost Ruins begins by telling you that this is a very dangerous trek. There has been an attempt to differentiate this from the many metroidvanias out there, by injecting an element of survival. Concept-wise, this is a typical metroidvania through and through, with the main heroine exploring a maze, while finding key items and abilities that let her reach new areas. In other words, all that's left is the gameplay. ![]() In other words, don't expect to get that engrossed to it all. It's a tale complete with a few "shocking" twists, and tons of lore that few will bother to read. It's the generic tale of an amnesiac schoolgirl, who must find out why she has ended up in a bleak labyrinth of interconnected dungeons and caverns, why she can wield weapons and cast spells, and why hybrids of bloodthirsty monsters and anime cuties are out to get her. Long story short, it's hard to give a darn about what's going on, especially when the whole thing that goes on is nothing that well written or presented. More often than not, however, waifu-centric narratives work better in comedy-flavoured games, like the ones in the Neptunia franchise. The Momodora series, as well as its "sister" title Minoria, are some of the rare exceptions to the rule. It might simply be a problem of personal taste, but it's hard to care when the "trope" of kawaii/ecchi anime girls blends with a violent and dark fantasy world that players are supposed to take seriously.
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