I streamed this to some friends and it was really fun! The general consensus was that the writing was very 'comedy skit' like. I'm inclined to agree; it's very well paced and had us laughing the entire time.
(somewhat spoilery below please don't read if you're just skimming the comment section and haven't played. go play it i very much recommend it)
Starting the game and immediately somewhat struggling with a slime that I picked a fight with for no reason was really funny; at first I was thinking, what, is dying going to give the MC a huge buff or something?
No. No, this dungeon's local skeleton is just really strong and unwittingly hijacks his place as main character. Honestly, Greg is so strong, who put him here, how did he even die. He says he was born in the dungeon but I'm inclined to think that was for comedy's sake. The way the entire cast talks bounces really well off of each other - doesn't feel like a holier-than-thou hero party but like a bunch of mismatched adventurers meeting for the first time slowly becoming friends (which, to be fair, is what it is).
It was also fun picking out the various media references, from dialogue, right down to little things like the party's incapacitated sprites. One of my friends was asking if Greg's was based off of a mummified alien meme? Can't believe he'd recognize something like that smh
The custom pixel art/design is really charming and it must have been a lot of effort to do all of that in the span of a month or so. The music really catches attention though, it's really good! Especially the final battle theme.
wrt gameplay; relaxing to play, but well balanced - Sereda's healing is plenty strong, and having Recover means she won't run out of juice, so if it had to be it could be a battle of attrition between player and enemy. It didn't have to be because Greg and Rob hit very hard and have various means to increase damage output. No wonder why heroes die here
By the way, I think the directional lock was forgotten on some things, like the bonfire and the crystals. Very minor, you literally only see it if interacting from directions other than from below, just thought I'd point it out.
also i can't believe there's no fishing minigame. inexcusable. 0/10 (i'm joking, i'd rate this 5/5 if i could)