

During a run, characters level up and gain new spells and artifacts. Thankfully, progress feels steady in One Step From Eden.

Due to not watching many others play, I actually don’t know what lies at the end of that road.
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Through over 30 hours of playtime, I only made it to the sixth area, just above halfway to reaching the final trial of the run. These encounters slowly build to absolute insanity that feels similar to playing a bullet hell game. Players take control of a character and fight through a broken world to reach Eden but the adventure is fraught with peril as every single encounter poses a substantial challenge. Things could get pretty tough too, especially bosses.īuilding from that foundation, One Step From Eden focuses on those battles and wraps them in a roguelike structure. Deeper than that, MegaMan.exe was able to dodge various attacks through quick movement and pattern recognition. Players get a basic attack but the most effective moves come from the chips that are arranged like a deck of cards. That battle system involved the player hopping from square to square in a grid with one side being for the player and the other being for the enemies. One Step From Eden owes much of its design from the Mega Man Battle Network series, an RPG spin-off with a unique battle system. That said, there are a few glaring issues that keep it from being truly excellent. While I find it pretty bare visually and often overly tough, I have a hard time putting it down once I start a session.

One Step From Eden sits mostly in the mechanically pleasing category for me. These are games driven by their unique mechanics and the gameplay loops that define them. Games that fall into that category for me include Tetris, Doom Eternal, Binding of Issaac, Bloodborne, and Monster Hunter World just to name a few. I consider games like this to be mechanically pleasing. These are the sort of games that are usually challenging but fair, deep and mysterious, but also simple enough to play for short bursts and typically there are lots of things to unlock or elements that change up each session. When it comes to games that last, complex and well-designed mechanics can keep players coming back for more years after release.
