A procedural metroidvania done right, A Robot Named Fight has been my addiction. I've been making sure to beat it once or twice a day. I love this game and highly recommend it.

While other games attempting to mimic this type of exploration have fallen into a trap of showing their entire hand in one long go, A Robot Named Fight remains extremely replayable. Sessions last roughly 2 hours for thorough players not speed-running to one of the endings. There's a save if that's still too long. Meanwhile, key items have variants so the basic tools may change each run. For instance, a mobility upgrade could involve either a high jump, a double jump, a jet pack, or maybe even an adorable trampoline dog that fights nearby enemies and changes costumes with you but also makes you struggle to avoid stepping on it unintentionally and launching into spikes.

A Robot Named Fight is also a rogue-like rather than an RPG hiding inside a metagame. Unlocks might gift a random item at the start of a run, but play involves permadeath with no permanent cross-session upgrade nonsense. This game can be beaten on the first try rather than forcing a grind in the pursuit of later fun.

As of this review, the Big Wet area/bosses could probably use some balance tweaks and there's some quality of life issues like weapon selection that could stand to be ironed out. However, these are all relatively minor and updates are still coming. The game was a bargain even before I ventured into the beta version and I'm confident in it's value now that it's released.

A procedural metroidvania done right, A Robot Named Fight has been my addiction. I've been making sure to beat it once or twice a day. I love this game and highly recommend it. While other games attempting to mimic this type of exploration have fallen into a trap of showing their entire hand in one long go, A Robot Named Fight remains extremely replayable. Sessions last roughly 2 hours for thorough players not speed-running to one of the endings. There's a save if that's still too long. Meanwhile, key items have variants so the basic tools may change each run. For instance, a mobility upgrade could involve either a high jump, a double jump, a jet pack, or maybe even an adorable trampoline dog that fights nearby enemies and changes costumes with you but also makes you struggle to avoid stepping on it unintentionally and launching into spikes. A Robot Named Fight is also a rogue-like rather than an RPG hiding inside a metagame. Unlocks might gift a random item at the start of a run, but play involves permadeath with no permanent cross-session upgrade nonsense. This game can be beaten on the first try rather than forcing a grind in the pursuit of later fun. As of this review, the Big Wet area/bosses could probably use some balance tweaks and there's some quality of life issues like weapon selection that could stand to be ironed out. However, these are all relatively minor and updates are still coming. The game was a bargain even before I ventured into the beta version and I'm confident in it's value now that it's released.