Shotgun King

Game is a lot of fun, but I not being able to save progress mid run is a show stopper. Usually only have 5 minutes to hop into the game and seeing that my progress is wiped constantly is a killer.

I’ve played damn near every roguelike and the balance here is insanely poor. The gimmick is every time you get a boon between rounds, the opponent does as well. The problem is the opponent’s buffs makes yours seem like pennies.
Example boon is kill your range to get a tiny blade that only works when you’re next to an opponent and they have low health. Basically get up close where it’s most dangerous - essentially a nerf. Meanwhile your opponent can get a rook which is a one hit kill enemy with 10+ range in 4 directions.
It’s silly. Only a few cards are actually good like a hilariously overpowered moat that walls off enemies.
Got bored at the 4th ascension level. Regret buying.

It quickly becomes clear in the higher difficulties how paramount it is to get good RNG between black and white cards, which makes for a really unsatisfying experience when the only way to get a 'good' build is by spamming games and hoping for the best. Such little build agency even in the alternate modes leaves a lot to be desired. If theorycrafting combinations or working towards 'fun' builds is your thing, don't even bother -- Shotgun King offers no avenue for choosing the direction of your build.
(Seriously, Endless mode still only lets you pick 10 cards just like the main gamemode? Just make the main mode optionally continue after victory and make Endless actually Endless)

Just starting by saying it’s a lot of fun I’ve got it on steam and saw it on phone and had to get it again. I would have given it 5 stars but I can’t Unfortunately, when trying to use the run n gun shoes(can’t remember the name) the game froze on me. Music stopped playing, pieces stopped wiggle I couldn’t move; had to quit the game and on return I lost my run. At this point unless that is fixed I can’t play again. Not exactly sure how the bug happened, but if it happened once I’m sure it’ll happen again so I hope it’s identified soon cause this game is so much fun. Until then 2 stars so this is noticed and addressed before it happens to others.

But it’s crashed on me 4 times today.