In Rogue Legacy you get to play as the great knight of the land... until they die, leaving the task to their heir. The Heir is the one of three you select each with positive and negative traits (because nobody is perfect!) such as ADHD (you move faster), Vertigo (the game is upside down), and even Alektrophobia the fear of chickens (sometimes a chicken will appear occasionally instead of a health item). Altogether the game has many more traits than this and randomly combines a few of them for a varied experience in playing every time.
Each time the player dies and choose a new heir they can purchase upgrades and new classes to play as with each purchase adding a new section onto their castle, then they can use whatever money they saved to purchase items like new armor and swords or enchantments that give the player bonuses like a double jump or finding more money from various people outside where you enter the actual game. Unfortunately before you can proceed into the game Charon the gatekeeper (in a nice reference to Greek mythology) demands the rest of whatever money you spent.
The actual game takes place in a randomly generated castle that changes each time the player goes in as a new heir. The game has 4 bosses for the 4 different environments in the castle that can be defeated in any order but due to how the game plays out are usually fought in a specific order.
The enemies in the game are easy to fight alone but grouped together they become quite a challenge. The enemies vary from skeletons and evil spirits to poison spitting plants but the variation unfortunately mostly ends there as many of the enemies have similar attacks and behavior patterns so the combat formula never strays off the beaten path (this could be viewed as a pro rather then a con to some though)
Rogue Legacy is a really fun light-hearted platformer that shows Cellar Door Games really has potential to become a major developer as long as they keep making games like this!
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