8.0
Maze Machina is a brilliant new turn-based strategy roguelike dungeon crawler by Arnold Rauers (Card Crawl & Card Thief developer).
Maze Machina
Arnold Rauers · Jan 17, 2020
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Maze Machina is a turn based swiping puzzler. In Maze Machina you play as a tiny hero trapped by the evil Automatron in his ever-changing mechanical labyrinth. Jailed for the Automatron’s amusement and bound by his electric force, you have to use the tools and tricks that the labyrinth is offering you to overcome it’s endless dangers. Instead of conflict only smart decisions and clever moves will allow you to escape. Maze Machina combines a simple turn based swipe to move mechanic with a tile based item system that allows for endless combinations of tactical attack, defense and utility moves on a small 4x4 grid. Short game sessions allow for quick bursts of tense gameplay which you can hop in and out of at any point. In various modes and high score challenges you can measure your skill against other players.
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- 9.0Maze Machina is a welcome change of pace from Arnold Rauers. This cardless roguelike dungeon-crawler provides a ton of variety and challenge through a clever mix of mechanics and modes. You may have to spend some time with the game for things to really click, but doing so is definitely worth it.
- This is fine! Great, even! I’m shocked that none of my previous puzzle experience is proving very useful, and grateful for the chance to learn a new system from scratch. I do suspect some of the variance can genuinely ruin a run, but without a more perfect understanding I’d be rightfully accused of sour grapes (a.k.a. mad because bad). I hate this game! I can’t escape it! 5/5 would embark on this embarrassing, compelling learning spree again.
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