Rising Hell manages to stand apart from the competition in two key ways, first and most obvious, its vertical progression. Rising Hell presents us with a simple task, escape the depths of hell by rising through its various levels, avoiding traps and slaying demons along the way. If you have ever wanted to try your hand at this genre then we have the perfect game for you in the form of a hellacious heavy metal romp through the depths of the underworld with Rising Hell.

In recent years titles like The Binding of Issac, Downwell, Hades and Dead Cells have all dominated the review boards and sales charts by delivering well-crafted gameplay within amazing gaming worlds full of loot, monsters and intrigue. In short, they are games that present a tough challenge but in a rewarding way that keeps players coming back for more until they meet with success, then make them want to do it all over again, the perfect arcade formula which granted, may not be everybody’s cup of tea. These games thus may have a more narrative focus to tie into the shorter game. Rogue-Lites are generally much shorter games intended to be winnable within a single gaming session, in contrast to traditional roguelikes that are designed for multiple sessions of gameplay or that can be played indefinitely.

I am of course talking about Roguelikes or Rogue-Lites, just for clarity, Roguelikes are described as a subgenre of RPG’s characterised by a mixture of dungeon crawling, procedurally generated levels, turn-based gameplay, grid-based movement and usually a permadeath mechanic. Considering I had my introduction to gaming at an early age when the third generation was in its prime and have been an avid gamer ever since, it’s slightly odd that one particular genre that is currently all the rage, took so long for me to gel with.

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