Dandy Ace is a roguelike that boasts gorgeous graphics and a tight gameplay loop that will keep you coming back. Whilst it may look and sound like Hades and Persona had a secret love child, I think Dandy Ace might have enough up its sleeve to carve out its own legendary status but enough waffling, welcome to our Dandy Ace Review.

Dandy Ace Review Pros:

• Bright cartoon-like graphics.
• 2.2GB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Controller support.
• Graphics-fullscreen, resolution, and v-sync.
• Two modes-normal and Twitch mode.
• 3 save slots.
• Four difficulties-normal, hard, very hard, and nightmare.
• Roguelike dungeon crawler gameplay.
• Has a Persona feel to it.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• In-game cutscenes.
• Cards-these have powers and abilities.
• You can equip a card as normal but then equip another one in the same slot to add a buff to the main card.
• Interchangeable card layouts.
• Shards-randomly drops from enemies and used to buy permanent upgrades, abilities, or unlocks.
• At the end of an area, you can cash in shards, get health back and choose a trinket (passive ability).
• Gold-drops from enemies or by selling cards and used to buy/refresh trinkets.
• Maps randomize every run.
• Keys-find them in a run and they will permanently allow you to open the corresponding door and explore a new area.
• Find chests with cards in.
• Teleport spots for fast travel around the map.
• Minimap that fills in as you play.
• Main big map to show the areas.
• Every run feels unique.
• Smooth fast-paced action.
• Controls are easy to learn as you assign a card to a button and can change it whenever.
• Fast loading times.
• Every run feels worth it in terms of progress or unlocks.
• Excellent voice work.

Dandy Ace Review Cons:

• Only normal difficulty is available at the start.
• Slow starter.
• You soon find the tutorial to be lacking.
• Can be hard to judge attacks.
• RNG. That’s the con.
• Can easily get overwhelmed.
• The first area does randomize but it feels and looks the same every time.

Dandy Ace:

Official website

Developer: Mad Mimic

Publisher: Mad Mimic

Store Links-

Steam