Guildrun

Balance is the complaint raised most often, in 44% of negative reviews and plenty of positive ones. Up to roughly S difficulty most heroes and builds work; at SS, SSS and Red Rift players say only scaling builds survive (on-kill stacking, shard generation, percent-based relics, a few standout heroes), while flat-stat items stop mattering. Repeatedly named underperformers include Mystics and Mages, poison builds, tanks that don't tank, auto-attack carries and stall characters punished by the storm; repeatedly named standouts include scaling carries and a handful of relics. Many describe runs that hinge on one hyper-carry while the rest of the team is filler. A minority of skilled players insists every hero can win with the right setup.

Luck, rerolls or RNG come up in 34% of negative reviews. The core complaint is hero rank-ups: upgrades come only from finding copies in a three-slot shop, so players describe dozens of rerolls without seeing their carry, ending a run with a team of B-ranks, or swapping out a hero they invested in for whatever S-rank the shop offers. Items and relics that match the build may never show up, rerolls get pricier as you go, and A and S passives are random picks from a short list. Requested fixes include weighting the shop toward owned heroes, adding a pity timer, allowing banning or locking, or letting players buy upgrades directly. Some players argue the variance is controlled and fair once you learn to adapt.

Players describe steamrolling for several fights and then being wiped in seconds by the next ordinary encounter, often worse than the act boss. The red mushroom tanks, mushroom archers, spiders and hydra are singled out by name, along with certain challenge fights and the jump after the second boss into Endless. Combined with the rule that a second loss ends the run, this leaves little room to recover or pivot. Bosses themselves are sometimes called too easy by comparison, and enemy variety is called thin.

Once Act 2 ends, the shop disappears and players only pick from three random rewards every few waves. Reviewers say this strands unfinished builds (no way to finish rank-ups or fill item slots), makes gold and shard-generation builds pointless, and turns Endless into a passive wait while enemy stats inflate. Several ask for a shop to return every few floors.

Beyond unlocking heroes, items and difficulties, players feel there is little to work toward: mastery stars in the compendium, a leaderboard, and not much else. Requests include deeper meta-progression, run history and statistics, cosmetic rewards for masteries, rotating or weekly challenges, and an Ascension-style ladder. Some explicitly hope the full game answers this, since the demo's progression "dries up abruptly after just a few runs".

Several players, while acknowledging it is a demo, say the two-act run is too short to assemble a full build before Endless or the final boss arrives, and want longer runs or the promised third act. This ties into the shop and RNG complaints, since fewer shops means more reliance on luck.

Expensive rerolls, a steep cost for extra party slots, large losses when selling heroes, and a two-strike loss rule combine, in players' eyes, to punish experimentation. The backup (bench) mechanic is praised in concept but often called too costly to use.

Players flagged inconsistent ability wording (Rush and Stall both using "gain", "on kill" by whom, which buffs are permanent), no way to see attack range or enemy pathing, no control over targeting, hard-to-trace damage sources, and stats like defense with no shown percentage. Small QoL gaps also recur: abandoning a run is hidden in the main menu, no quick retry, no undo, and hidden health bars on large bosses.

A small number of players reported frequent crashes (some every few maps, a few causing PC restarts or blue screens), stutter with heavy relic triggers in Endless, a large install size, and a version bug that doubled enemy damage until a reinstall. Technical complaints are uncommon overall.

A few players say the storm that damages units in long fights makes tank and stall builds unviable unless you find the relic that negates it, and asked for it to hit enemies equally or arrive later.