Some will relish this game's difficulty we just found ourselves thinking that the optional battles with secret super-boss Bass in the Battle Network series were never as difficult as even the second boss of One Step From Eden. It was cruel death after cruel death, our identical-looking spells being dodged by fast-moving enemies, the killing blow administered by the vicious bosses after a snide one-liner, adding insult to injury. Most roguelikes of this nature will occasionally tip the scales in your favour with a particularly "broken" load-out and fortunate enemy drops, but that never happened during our time with One Step From Eden. The game gets insanely tricky as soon as the second boss battle, your grid being absolutely flooded with fast-moving, ludicrously demanding attacks that you can scarcely be expected to dodge reliably given just how much is going on. But One Step From Eden, crucially, doesn't feel rewarding. Roguelikes are supposed to be hard, we know. Dying kicks you back to the start, with your only prize being a gradually filling completion bar that grants you unlockables when you hit milestones – bonuses such as more powerful spells for future runs and (eventually) new characters and load-outs. Every battle is randomly generated, and victory moves you along a map with the occasional branching path allowing to decide where to go next. Their own spells will (usually) be flagged on your grid before they land, giving you some warning to move out of the way of their increasingly complex and speedy attack patterns.
The real-time combat sees your player character (initially Saffron, with many more to unlock) moving around a 4x4 grid one square at a time, with your enemies holding a similar grid directly opposite you. There's no gallivanting around the UnderNet here all semblance of exploration has been stripped out, offering a pure combat experience that's both refreshingly focused and staggeringly demanding.
It essentially lifts the ingenious battle system from the GBA cult classic wholesale, makes a series of tweaks and additions, then sets you to work. One Step From Eden makes absolutely no secret of its cribbing from Capcom's late, occasionally great Mega Man Battle Network series.
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