An entertaining and competently-designed vertical shooter rogue-lite, Broodstar immediately grabbed me with promises of persistent progression and build variety, and it delivers on both. Tense but fair difficulty with predictable boss attack patterns, varied soundtrack that evokes various SNES/Genesis-era titles, and extra challenge modes round out the offering. It didn't take me long at all to get my first win- it's pretty easy to get a snowballing powerful build going. I found it more accessible then Stellar Interface or Sterredenn, and for the low price it is well worth your time if you are a fan of scrolling shooters and/or roguelites.
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