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Undermine purple flame9/6/2023 Instead of running away, you can bound out of danger through a horde of enemies simply by jumping. The jump mechanic is more powerful than you might think, as it’s also your dodge. Useful for nailing those weak, fast enemies like flies that shoot fireballs at you! You can also jump, which means you can try to hurl yourself across pits, over spikes, and even over some rocks and half-open gates. I’m not sure entirely how the physics of that work but it’s a fun mechanic and you can toss it pretty far. In addition to slashing at enemies, you can also throw your pick-axe like a boomerang. Sometimes I last a few minutes, then end up worse off than when I started, but that’s the fun of a rogue-like! Or at least the good ones! Loops in Undermine can last for as long as 20-30 minutes if you’re good, or just painstakingly slow and paranoid. Fortunately, you keep any permanent upgrades you’ve gathered from the Blacksmith once you free him from his imprisonment, and a percentage of your gold. Each time you die, a new villager takes your place, male, female, mustachioed, it’s all an option and you never know what you’ll get. Not only did I lose almost everything I gathered, but I was dead as well! Really, truly dead. I was honestly shocked the first time I died in Undermine. The cursory details and tongue-in-cheek humor manage to convey all the depth you really need! You simply go down the mine, level by level, digging gold out of things, hitting enemies with your trusty pick-axe, and jumping over spikes. There’s not a deep plot or anything here, but that’s fine. You, as a villager, have been tasked with investigating the local mine by a wizard, so you journey down into its depths. Undermine is a pretty straightforward game. That makes it all the more impressive that a two man studio from Canada can crank out a polished, fun game like Undermine! ![]() But for how big the genre has become, only a few titles end up more enduring. ![]() It’s the games like Dead Cells and The Binding of Issac that really catch your attention. Sure, I play a lot of rogue-likes, and there are plenty of them out there, but only a few keep you coming back over and over. I actually originally played the Steam version last year when it was released and I fell in love with it then. This is not my first experience with Undermine from Thorium Entertainment.
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