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While I have played (and generally
enjoyed) a ton of roguelikes of all flavors on the Switch I can’t say any of
them has been quite like Children of Morta. Played from a top-down perspective
and with a serious dungeon crawling style it’s challenging, has an absolutely
fantastic art style, and features multiple character classes to play that are
each viable and have distinctive feels. The run-to-run progression,
opportunities that represent risk and/or reward, and unpredictability of
precisely what you may face are all on point as well but what pushes the game
the extra mile for me are the quick but poignant story threads you’ll slowly
encounter as you get further in. At its core this is a game with family themes
and beats and for me it really amplified the connection I have to both the game
and its characters. That extra degree of care is uncommon in the genre and it
really elevates it to the top tier of roguelikes. If you’re down to grit your
teeth a bit and eat it on one run and then find success by the skin of your
teeth the next Children of Morta is a terrific example of what roguelikes are
capable of in talented hands.
Justin Nation, Score:Hall-Of-Fame [9.5]