February 9th, 2017

Brut@l Tag Page Cover Art
Systems
Action Adventure Roguelike
Publisher(s)

Rising Star Games

Platform(s)

PlayStation 4, Windows

ESRB

T // Blood, Violence

Released

February 9th, 2017

Multiplayer

Local Multiplayer

Publisher(s)
Rising Star Games
Platform(s)
PlayStation 4, Windows
ESRB
T // Blood, Violence
Released
February 9th, 2017
Multiplayer
Local Multiplayer

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Description

Brut@l is a modern re-imagining of the classic ASCII dungeon crawler, fusing old-school gaming with a stunning 3D visual style to create an adventure that's totally unique!

Choose your hero – Ranger, Mage, Warrior or Amazon – and descend into a procedurally generated world constructed entirely from ASCII. Your goal? Reach the 26th floor, vanquish the fearsome Guardian of the Dungeon and claim his crown.

Sound easy? It won’t be. It'll be... Brut@l.

How long will you survive as you battle against Trolls, Orcs, Rockmonsters, Lycanthorpes and the many other dangerous monsters found lurking in the Brut@l dungeon?

Each enemy type has its own attack style and weakness which you can discover by unlocking hidden pages in your adventurer’s Field Guide. It’s not just the individual monsters alone that make Brut@l challenging though – the combination and groupings of monsters, called Squads, make the game interesting, challenging and satisfying to defeat.

Take the Minotaur, for example: the formidable part man/part bull monster uses his ferocious charge attack to inflict seriously heavy damage. Fortunately, this dim-witted beast’s attack can be easily dodged by the skilled adventurer. However, add in some Frozen Skeleton Archers – a fast-firing, ranged enemy whose arrows can freeze you in place – and suddenly you find yourself rooted to the spot with an angry minotaur bearing down on you.

The deeper you progress into the dungeon, the more challenging the squads that confront you will become...


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Brut@l Review
5 /10

Brut@l is a clever homage to old-school ASCII dungeon crawler games, but its stiff difficulty, cheap deaths, and repetitive gameplay limit its appeal.

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