GameReviewPad Favorite Games of 2024
Last Epoch
Developer: Eleventh Hour Games
Publisher: Eleventh Hour Games
Last Epoch is a dungeon-crawling ARPG that I’ve been following in Steam Early Access since the beginning but decided to wait until Version 1.0 to try out. It was worth the wait. Last Epoch strikes the perfect balance between complexity and new player friendly, making it one of the best ARPGs on the market. There are tons of character builds to try and the game doesn’t punish you hard if you want to make changes midway your playthrough. The crafting system is also the perfect balance for every player to understand the risk and reward. The strength of Last Epoch is its character building and customization, but falls a bit short with the campaign due to the type of story being told featuring multiple timelines thus making the map navigation confusing sometimes.
Eleventh Hour Games is a new indie studio releasing their first game and it showed on launch, but fixed things relatively quickly. As a new game in the ARPG genre, they are going up against a few other heavy hitters, but Last Epoch still has a lot of legs due to the friendly nature of the game to new players. I didn’t play quite as much as I would have liked to in 2024, but I enjoyed playing as a Rogue Falconer, a class that uses bows and falcons to attack/dive bomb on enemies. I was excited to try out this new subclass and it didn’t disappoint! There are so many other classes I want to try out, but my time is limited. I will definitely try to go back to Last Epoch in 2025 and play more of the endgame. I also applaud Eleventh Hour Games for creating a new trading merchant system and solo self-found item acquisition system that definitely moves the genre forward when it comes to the subject of trading, even if it needs a lot tweaking.
Congrats to Eleventh Hour Games for giving us a strong entry into the ARPG genre, a genre I really love!
Steam Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/899770/Last_Epoch/
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