When I started playing, my first thought was "holy crap, this game is great". Then I got to about level 15, and it all went downhill from there. Really? almost an hour for a one use item that 1 level requires you to use twice? Did you do ANY game balancing on the higher levels? You have a great concept and some awesome gameplay here, but the insane ramp of time/money required to anything productive is ridiculous.
This game is a pain in the ass. I've tried to play it 3 or 4 times now, and every time something breaks. The first time I got into a battle with bats when I hit the trigger for the bandit battle. The second time I got to the bandit battle, died, and when I got back, there was an error and the bandit i was supposed to fight wasn't there so the game froze. I enjoy the game, but it is poorly coded.
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