RAD

I really enjoyed RAD.
BUT as many people say - you shouldn't come into this with the expectations of a traditional rogue-like. The runs are long (I probably averaged an hour per run), the world doesn't change that fundamentally between runs, and I didn't feel much need to replay once i won (about 9 hours in). I would almost think about this as a linear game where you die a lot and get to try out a lot of fun combat builds.
The positive trade off for this linearity is that everything you come across has had a lot of love put in it. The world is stunning and full of funny/interesting details. The music, characters, and level design is awesome.
The mutations are also (for the most part) really well done - I was surprised by how different they were and how viable it was to approach combat from lots of different angles. I won the game by running around dropping eggs, turrets and bombs, but i also had some good runs with agile builds, range builds and combat builds. The abilities often synergise really well, if you are lucky.
If you are unlucky, you can sometimes end up with non synergistic jank. But then you die, and try something new!
I'd say suspend your 'rogue like' expectations and you'll have a great time.

Well, you can see how long I've played this game (give or take maybe 5 hours left on pause). I loved it, I really did, and I'm not usually a rogue-like/lite fan.
Aesthetically the game's stunning if you like 80's sound and visuals. The plot is bare-bones, but the action is really not. O.K., once you've played one run through to level 3-2 (there are 6 in total) you've seen all enemies there are to see in the game, but the procedural levels, the RNG on items and mutations (which quite frankly make or break the game) mean you'll have different ability combinations and luck-imposed difficulty with every playthrough. Just when you think you've got what it takes to make it all the way to the end, you get killed by an easy mob you managed to miss like the idiot you are. You will be frustrated, but that just makes winning all the more awesome when you eventually do.
I must've played about 25-30 runs before I finally defeated the game. It was totally worth it.

RAD is the game most people thought Bastion would be: a beat-em-up rogue-lite with a good variety of power-ups and abilities. Keeping the same post-apocalyptic setting, it substitutes the 2-deep-4-u narrator with 80's arcade nostalgia sound effects and references. The average game takes about an hour or two to complete although, other than unlocking lore and various storyboard endings, the replay value will be limited unless you enjoy the core combat. Not worth full retail price but not bad on a sale or even better in a bundle.

Well this game was something else. Fun combat and the mutations spice things up, but kinda short if you blast through the levels. Good purchase if you get it on a sale.

The 90's are alive!
Beavis: Cool!
Butthead: Hehe...hehehe
Rad is Toejam and Earl with the funk replaced by spunk, and with all the 90's attitude and vibes intact.
Trip down the memory lane done right for a change, Rad is an excellent revival of the 90's spirit, turn your mind off and enjoy.
Kitschy graphics, crazy mutations, total nonsense, rogue-like design, lots of secrets and stuff to discover, whats not to like?
Mindless fun (the only kind of fun there is), totally recommended.

this game is pretty fun, camera acts kind of weird at times.

Didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did. A great little roguelike that is a lot more forgiving than others.