Reviews - Flameberg

This game is simply awesome, one of the best roguelike games I've seen in years (and I've seen a lot).

You start as a simple rogue, with no skills, no armor, no magic - just a dagger and some food. You can complete different Challenges and Heritages through the game to expand the starting skills and equipment (which means you have to complete the heritage/challenge and then die, which you most certainly will do).

All checks are made via D6 roll - that makes some checks almost completely random, and there are some situations you can't get out even if you're an awesome player with outstanding eqipment.

You will die a lot, in many stupid ways, and then, when you feel almost invincible, a rock falls on top of you or you just step into a spiked pit right in front of two cave bears with no polymorph scrolls/spell with you.

The main goal is to kill a King and become one yourself (see Highscores for current list of ex-kings).

I absolutely love the design: while the menu reminds me of Warcraft III (which is nice), the game itself looks simple yet thorough. I hope Nibbe will be able to expand the set of spells, items and enemies soon.

As for buying this game - you should totally do this: I mean, game is fun (I've spent more than 100 hours playing it, and I've downloaded it only a few weeks ago, lol), and it's made by ONE guy!