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Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magic trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish the horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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I do need to make special note that the company that handled porting & publishing Halls of Torment on mobile platforms used generative AI for their promotional images without the developers consent, so I would recommend only picking the game up on Steam.
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Whoa, like the old school vibes.
The halls remain tormenting but we stay silly~
I'm pretty sure those ice fairies led you to that miniboss who dropped the Hating Heart. The lore book you read a few minutes later states "Only the ghostly lights deep in the frozen hollows may know where the Hating Heart is hidden."
I think the lore book was trying to tell you the fairy lights would lead you to the Frost Giant with the Heart, but you stumbled into him pretty early so it seemed like they weren't going anywhere in particular.
If you ran this again, I wouldn't be surprised if they're supposed to give you hints to where he's hidden on the map.
The books in each level Will guide you towards an item that will make the boss easier; there are multiple potions you can make including one that permanently banishes a trait selection; but you need to find the correct herbs; so keep that necklace on and run around
My only issue with this game is it seems difficult to know what things apply to what attacks/stats/skills.. needs to be more obvious at a glance. Like show the stat increase or damage changes on hover or say what skill it applies to
Example below:
I wish they just showed you like yes or no if it applies to anything you actively have (green), anything you or your Character could get in that situation ie area unique or combos you could do (yellow), less likely applicable (orange) like you don't have gear on or skills or wrong area, simply not possible or doesn't matter for that character (red)..
My favorite videos are the ones that you seem really excited about.
Some tips!:
-You can now check the variations of the same talent with right click (for example weapon proficiency, dedication, or ability upgrades might have 2-3 different versions per-level and you can only pick ONE). It can be good to see what you wanna pick up, or even if you wanna "forget" an entire branch out of the pool (banish-like potion effect)
-When you get potions, there's one that "locks" skills, this one lets you pick BOTH options of a specific talent on the same tier! For example, you find Weapon proficiency V (whatever) and lock it, keep it locked, when you find Weapon proficiency (something), pick it, THEN pick the "whatever", now you double dipped and got both effects. You can even triple-dip if you use another potion to duplicate the effects of one of them (so you get 2x "something" and also "whatever"), stuff like that… it gets complicated but it's the best you can do to min-max ♥
-Reminder, abilities can get upgrades once you have picked their tier 3 / tier 6 versions, so get those tiers before picking more scrolls if you don't want different skills, and instead wish to fortify the ones you have. Currently the game even shows you with a little chevron (empty if the upgrade is available, filled if you already picked up the upgrade!)
The way this game lets you manage and direct your build is INCREDIBLE, it is very complex but it basically makes good potion managing into getting specifically the upgrades you want an almost guarantee. You just need to learn the way it works… and make no mistakes mid run LOL (which isn't easy either)
-Every level has some "secret" item hidden in the level that helps you defeat the boss much easier. Don't know yet the effect of half of them, but in my experience there's usually some book to give hints near the spawn. On this frozen level you saw the book hinting at "following the wisps", for example.
It does show the alternatives. You just right click
Really enjoyed my time with this pre 1.0, def worth getting if you enjoy this kind of game but want something a little more objective/goal oriented.
"This game pushes me into being a glass cannon"
You know you can't use that excuse when you do it every game, right?
I heard if you follow the frost fairies for long enough you can capture Mew
On the wiki it says the marching ghosts have 1m hp, so the achievements starting with 1 ghost makes sense
It starts slow at first, but once you get into it, it's extremely satisfying combining bonuses and buffs, some of the "weaker" classes I initially dismissed for being too wierd can turn out to become late game damage machines
oh, and Radiant Aura is, as expected, extremely powerful
Block was ridiculously OP when I played it last time.
I could even sit and tank bosses and one of the emblems even scaled damage with block amount.
The lights were leading you to the mini-boss who dropped the "Hating Heart", you will notice that at 44:20 onwards the heart would beat and stun the boss for a few seconds. The book told you how to find that heart, follow the lights. So it's a semi-hidden mechanic to make the boss fight easier.
I just got my first complete run last night, after 10 hours of play lol. Absolutely god tier game.
One of the only "bullet heaven" games i actually enjoy.
There are way WAY too many of them out now that i just dont care anymore.
But i love this game
So you can see the alternative choices by right-clicking on skills now!
i want to play the game so bad, but even the 3 dollars price tag i can't afford right now, fml ;d
great video wander, had a ton of fun watching this
Thanks for another awesome vid, Wander!
I picked up this game after watching one of the first videos you did on it and I DO NOT regret it. Here's to hoping that the devs keep up the fantastic job they've done so far 🙂
Just what I was looking for! Thanks!
Can't wait too see more
the mastery items that give you a perk from a different class or even a stronger one of your same class are very impactful
radiant aura can be upgraded to do fire/burning. its a great weapon for the pyro
You have to send items up the well to keep them. This isn't Death Must Die.
They didn't nerf the non-agony difficulty. You have equipment and meta progression and unlocks that all make it easier. You last played a lot of agony difficulty.
Before goint to Agony mode i would suggest to get all the poitions at first. Those give you the ability to banish thinkgs you don´t want for the run and much more.
Also don´t underestimate Aura. It has an upgrade which can apply burning . I had it when i did the 80 burning stack quest. Give it range,attack speed and potential, dmg is useless when you want stacks.