Hades was one of the better games I played last year, and I have been half on the lookout for a similar experience (at least gameplay-wise) since I finished it. Earlier this year I played Curse of the Dead Gods…and it was perhaps one of the worst games I’ve played this year, and it put me right off looking for another roguelike. I was going to pass on Dandy Ace for a while after reading it was essentially “Hades with Persona aesthetics” in a preview but…well, I often intend to pass on things and end up getting them anyway. I’m not sure if that’s a problem or not. Depends on how well it turns out I suppose!

This, fortunately, turned out better than Curse of the Dead Gods did.

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