This can make for some chaos when the whole room is golden, and for some much-needed venting when you smack the little things off-screen Team Rocket-style. One interesting addition are the pilfers, strange creatures who emerge when gold is spilled and attempt to run away with it. It's not particularly original as it follows the formula of The Binding of Isaac, but it does enough in its European fantasy world to differentiate itself from this influence. Each level contains three floors, each with a merchant and an item room, which will be locked after the first floor. These levels are varied and range from a typical medieval dungeon to a cavern of glistening gems, with their layouts being generally simple but including secret rooms, traps, and loot. New items are unlocked by finding blueprints and crafting them at their respective merchants, who all have to found in the levels also. The progression system is rewarding and addictive and encourages you to collect as much gold and Thorium - the currency for unlocking new items - as possible. Regardless, during the main game I got that 'one more run' sense every time with UnderMine. This, I might say, is the real replayability aspect of the game. However, saying this, all UnderMine's bosses must be defeated in order to access its end-game OtherMine mode, a true roguelike experience which removes any upgrades and randomises bosses. This makes the main game less replayable after defeating its fifth and final boss and changes its pacing significantly. Certainly, there is more gold to be found deeper in the mine, but the bosses can be skipped, and after defeating them once, they no longer spawn. Me, I'm a sucker for a progression system, but I still found myself too focused on running the game for gold rather than to get farther than before. but this ultimately reduces the difficulty and thus the value of items. This is mostly due to it offering a strong sense of RPG-like progression, in the form of upgrading your weapon, health, throw range, etc. I can only describe the main game of UnderMine as roguelite-lite. Otherwise though, controls feel tight and responsive, and the graphics are seamless.
In my time playing, I experienced plenty of framerate hitches when there were too many enemies or too much gold on screen, and I had a total of six soft-crashes in my first five hours of playtime. A word on the performance though: it's not great. The game has been out of Early Access on Steam for six months now, and it is finally arriving on Nintendo Switch. While it doesn't revitalise the genre, it's a joy to play, with plenty of variation and an addictive gameplay loop. UnderMine is a roguelite closely resembling The Binding of Isaac, whilst offering its own spin on traditional mechanics.
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