Warlocks vs Shadows

There's not really much to explain about the gameplay that you can't see in the trailers.
It's a 2d hack and slash that has monsters attacking in waves. After the last wave you advance to the next stage until you reach the end of an act.
You level up and upgrade your skills, you can find and buy gear to increase your stats.
Unfortunately, there are no unlockable abilities, only things to unlock are the characters.
There are plenty of playable characters to pick from, which all play differently.
Sometimes they might seem pretty weak at first, but that gets better as you level up your skills and get some better gear.
Difficulty is a little unbalanced, act 1 and 2 are quite easy, 3 is insanely difficult, 4 is really easy and 5 is medium difficulty. You get a boss on the end of each act, but those are not too hard either.
There's also an endless survival mode with a leaderboard to play.
Can't say anything about the multiplayer part, haven't tried it yet.
Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of replay value I think, unless you like to play all the characters.
Overall, pretty decent game to kill some time, I really got hooked and was a little disappointed that it feels rather short, so I suggest playing this in small doses.
Not related to the actual gameplay, but the developers seem really nice.
I originally wrote a negative review because of broken controller support and I was personally contacted by a developer after it was fixed! Now that's some service.

Description
Warlocks vs Shadows is an action RPG/brawler game set in a fantasy world invaded by shadow monsters. Playing as an incredibly powerful Warlock and, by using magic skills and weapons, you fight through hordes of enemies. The game places great focus on co-op and versus play between players, where you can fight in 1-4 player DeathMatch or in teams of 1v1 or 2v2.
Review
It's different with Risk of Rain. This game has a faster pace while Risk of Rain is more tactical (and cruel). Currently, it's has short story, some annoying bugs, and some unbalanced characters but there is potential ofc.
Pros (+)
# Beautiful art and animation
# Ten characters with his/her own playstyle
# Levelling System
# Fast-paced gameplay
# Online Coop and Local Versus
# Cool boss battles
Cons (-)
# Still buggy
# No Online versus mode
# Unbalanced characters (some are too OP and some are under-powered)
# Unbalanced level design
# Short?
# No difficulty

When I first saw the game, I thought: "This looks awesome. What's the catch?"
When I first played the game, I thought: "I need to stop wasting my money."
Two minutes later, I thought: "This is even more awesome than it looked. I'm so happy I supported this game. I can't wait to see where it goes."
My only complaints are about usability.
1. You shouldn't have to choose a profile before being able to exit.
2. Please allow for gamepad customization.
Aside from the charmingly unconventional controls, this game has a very comfortable and innate feel. The videos and screenshots do it justice, but you really have to play it to believe it. It's not that expensive, so why not support cool indie developers?

An awesome little bit of 4p co-op action that's reminiscent of Risk of Rain... only slightly shorter. When I bought this, I completely neglected PvP except for some menial tasks. It's a solid choice for some fun, FAST PACED story co-op though. It'll definitely scratch that itch. DO NOT attempt to play this solo since it's nowhere near as fun without the additional chaos. The large variety of characters all very pronounced strengths/weaknesses and have flashy moves. Lastly, the soundtrack is solid, though limited. I suggest buying this one on sale seeing as it's no longer supported.

As a playable character in this game, I only wish it had more levels because I had a lot of fun with it. I'm talking at least twice or three times as many levels, perhaps at the expense of less waves per level or something of the sort. And it is because I honestly think the game is awesome!
Thank you OML! Looking forward to see more of what you do!

I first thought this would be a game where you would advance from the left to the right of the map killing monsters on the way. But instead its a wave based game, which is just fine aswell. First try I did, it killed me right away. Not knowing the controls very well. But with a little bit of training I got it under control. Feeling smooth to play and very enjoyable aswell. Just played one char so far, but I know for sure that I will be playing a lot more of them.
Item customization is pretty good. Having items with bonus skills like your skill Z now also applies 80% less movement speed for 1.5 seconds or 31 fire damage each time you use a skill, etc. The total game time is about 3-4 hours right now for one walkthrough. So playing multiple characters, also unlocking new characters, will extend this game time. It is ofcourse early acces, but most of the content is already released. Maybe next game plus will be added later?
Co-op and PvP doesn't seem to work yet for online, there is an online co-op but there are zero rooms. Hopefully this will be better once the game gets more players. I don't see any options for online PvP except for local. So I hope this will be introduced aswell, really curious about this one!
So is it worth your bucks?
I would say yes, if you don't mind playing multiple characters repeating the same content.
And if you like a kick-ass 2D Combat game, especially if you have some friends to play with.
(Like to see first 5 minutes of the game?, then check out this video)

Like risk of rain but seemingly more fast paced.
Pro's
Cool boss battles
Skills become stronger as you level them (and gain different effects/graphics)
Fast paced
Multiple characters , all with different skill mechanics
Con's (Early access!)
No tooltips, if you start with the pyromancer thats the tutorial you get, swap warlocks mid game you get NO tooltips for abilities and are on your own figuring it out
Only one healer in roster so far (Shaman)
Melee characters have it kinda rough
Few minor bugs (Early access, expected)