Fantasy roguelike Lort is an unabashed spiritual successor to Risk of Rain 2 that launched earlier this week. In fact, developer Big Distraction says it made the game because it got fed up of waiting for Gearbox to make another Risk of Rain.If you’ve played Risk of Rain 2, you’ll know that it can be pretty tough, especially if you’re heading into its alien wildernesses on your own. Such is the case with Lort. However, it seems some players are unhappy with the game’s balancing, and their complaints are primarily why 28% of reviews are negative on Steam.On Friday, Big Distraction released an update to Lort making some adjustments to its challenge. But they also don’t seem entirely happy about it. In a Steam post accompanying the update, Big Distraction addressed the issue of Lort’s challenge. While it doesn’t quite amount to “git gud”, Big Distraction said that players shouldn’t come to Lort expecting an easy ride.”Lort is a roguelike and isn’t meant to be a super easy game,” the post reads. “You are meant to die and learn how to overcome the challenge of each new level, enemy and boss. We also base our balance around solo play first and foremost, with the understanding that the game will likely be easier in multiplayer.”That said, Big Distraction conceded that it doesn’t “want it to be too aggravating to jump into [Lort] quickly and have fun.” As such, it has tweaked a couple of things to make the experience, not easier…
