City of Brass

I'm going to give this games a thumbs-up. Because every time I play it, I think "Wow, why don't I play this more often?".
Then I stop playing and don't come back to it for another year to think "Wow, why don't I play this more often?"
A really good game that deserves to be played... more often.

City of Brass is meant to be punishing and difficult. But tedious repetition makes it as uninteresting to experience as it is severe to endure.

A pretty decent and good-looking but somewhat repetitive action-roguelike. Wait for a sale.

Its an interesting 3-D rogue like game, the "Prince of Persia" atmosphere is really nice, the use of a whip combined with your weapon makes for interesting combos and some of the traps are down right annoying.
Like any rogue like, at the start it will seem quite difficult but you start finding new strategies to beat the game, its unfortunate that the tutorial does not explain many of the mechanics too well, so I recommend you to read a small guide for tips and tricks because it make the game MUCH more bearable when you know how to use wishes, items and secrets better.
The game becomes quite easy after a while and you will dominate the "vanilla" game (no burdens), the only hard challenge is when you have all burdens active, which needs a LOT of setup and luck to get a successful run from.

Pros
+Fast load times
+Great enemies. You fight all kinds of undead. They're pretty clever and will run, jump and climb to get at you. Everything from armless skeletons with their heads in cages that shriek and crash into you, to mages whose fireballs you have to deflect with your whip. Interesting bosses too.
+Lots of ways to play. You can push enemies into traps, use your whip to swing from rings, slide along the ground, etc. Or you can just ignore all of it and throw knives at your foes.
+Interesting traps. Not just spike pits, but ceilings that crush you, darts that shoot from walls and more. My favorite are statues that act like the weeping angels from Dr. Who. They're terrifying.
+The ability to save mid-run
+Lots of power ups. Throwing knives that cover enemies with stinging bees, ricocheting crossbow bolts, and more.
Cons
-Your aim has to be a bit precise. I wish it were more lenient, so it were easier to swing around with your whip.
-The game can only be saved in between levels. If you're in the middle of a level and you get called away, you better keep your computer on, or you'll lose your progress.
-Although the bosses are pretty cool, they're all unique versions of regular enemies. Good mechanics, slightly boring appearance.
-Only few of the melee classes can destroy groups of breakables. If you play as the brigand or revenant, you have to smash each individual thing. Not a big deal, since there's plenty of other treasure to find, but.
Other
The gameplay footage doesn't really do the game justice. It makes the game look a bit slow, and the graphics a bit cheesy, but when you actually play it, it's a lot of fun.

I know I don't have a ton of time in the game but I already really like what its putting down. Its very fun and as someone who is dealing with a lot of bad carpal tunnel pain the fact that it has controller support has really made me happy. Its very responsive with a controller and I really don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage compared to when I tried it with mouse and keyboard. I quite like it and plan on playing it a lot more while I get used to playing with a controller.

The look and feel of this game is so cool, the combat is more slow and calculated than a quick hack and slash