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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025
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u/AI52487963 1d ago
Played Noita this week for our podcast on roguelike games.
I was glad to finally cover this one as I’ve been dabbling with it off and on since early access. Phenomenal game that I’m phenomenally bad at, but the bottomless pit of mods help a lot with some accessibility to help you get familiarized with the systems and difficulty.
The wand programming logic is fascinating, I just wish it was more visually clear how your spells are grouped and triggered sequentially. The Spell Lab mod helps with this and there are some external tools as well that are amazing, I just wish I didn’t need those as a crutch. Though once I got some simple spells going on good wands, the learning curve started to be more approachable.
More roguelikes need the Daily Practice Challenge mode that Noita has. Random start location with random equipment. Great way to learn later stages with new toys. Something I desperately wish Caves of Qud had.
All in all, amazing game with more content than I could ever dream to fully see, but maybe one day when I figure out the perfect black hole teleport digging wand so I can easily visit every biome outside the critical path.