After getting the portal, I clicked on the thingy in front of me a couple times, and couldn't hear what it was saying because it was garbled, so I clicked a couple more times to listen after that... and then someone died... Well, I guess I didn't need them anyway? >:D
Great entry! I liked the leveling up and finding loot, I wish there was a little more variety in the loot though. I couldn't tell if not meeting the apparent strength requirements was actually causing any problem, as it seemed I could equip them and my damage went up, not sure if that was a bug, or I was just missing more often because of it =).
The Crit-Tick was fantastic (both mechanically and atmospherically).