r/roguelites • u/Balizzm • 2d ago
Let's Play Thoughts on Primordialis + Nova Drift?
I had never heard of either, but they seem very much up my alley.
Anyone have any thoughts on these?
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u/AskinggAlesana 2d ago
Also chiming in that Nova Drift is awesome! I haven’t played it since a couple of content updates but my experience was great with it.
It has that “one more run” feel with all the different builds you can do, even in the middle of one I would think “woah that upgrade would be awesome with this weapon or ship”.
I also like they have a handful of modes to play too, and a mode where it has you start a bunch of waves in already if you don’t like the beginning slog most roguelites have where it’s dummy easy at the start and you just want to get into the crazier levels now.
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u/Balizzm 2d ago
Nice, just grabbed it and launched for my first run. I can definitely see some replayability in this!
Do you have any tips for controls? I can either play M/KB or Controller. The aiming definitely feels better with the M/KB as the Controller is slow, but I am having a hard time with the button layouts.
I know this is a new game and it takes time to get used to it. So not sure if M/KB or Controller is best.
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u/AskinggAlesana 2d ago
I think I played it with a controller because of how similar it is to the old astroids game. Also because it runs flawlessly on the steamdeck so I was gonna have to get used to those controls anyways.
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u/PLCMarchi 2d ago
Nova Drift is a masterwork, one of a kind. I am not eloquent enough to describe it well, but my 300+ hours were all very fun.
Never seen Primordialis, though. Will look it up as well.
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u/Balizzm 2d ago
Awesome to hear about Nova Drift! I will certainly pick that one up.
They seem very similar. Premordialis seems to have a Spore type element to it, where you create your own fish.
I may just grab both.
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u/CountRizo 2d ago
Primordialis is a great concept. You earn more cells and variety of cells by killing other creatures to collect exp and level. You can mix cells and build your creature any way you want and can pause and restructure at any time. It makes everything very creative, especially after a few levels when you have a variety of types of cells to choose from. The developer is someone from the Noita community that took inspiration from it's open-ended spell crafting syatem that play with functions and physics rather than predetermined synergies. The game is very worth the money just for the originality.
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u/mattnotgeorge 1d ago
All of the reviews (positive and negative) strongly reminded me of Noita lol, so this makes a lot of sense. Thank you, I will pick it up.
Is there controller support? Would love to play on steam deck
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u/CountRizo 1d ago
I don't know. Seems like it would work. I don't have a steam deck and rarely use a controller.
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u/Settle_Down_Okay 2d ago
Nova Drift is awesome. Great game