Lotus Lantern: Rescue Mother Reviews
One could easily define Lotus Lantern: Rescue Mother as a reskin of Hades set in Chinese mythology, and trash it upon seeing that it does not touch the qualitative heights reached by Supergiant Games' work. The gameplay, however, is captivating, and the roguelite structure coupled with a good handling of the difficulty curve entices you to jump into another run to field test the newly achieved perks and the new character build. Each enemy has its own movement and attack pattern to learn, and the bosses are challenging enough. It doesn't innovate the genre, but it gets the job done.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Lotus Lantern: Rescue Mother can deliver convincing moments again and again. Especially the boss battles won me over gameplay-wise. And I haven't even scratched the surface of the complexity of abilities and builds. But then I see the clear inspiration shining through again, and at crucial points Lotus Lantern falters. Pacing and arena combat—too quickly chaotic. Enemy design—copied here and there. Dialogue system—very superficially imitated. That the English localization makes the roguelite look extremely unfinished at many places is merely the cherry on top of the not-quite-properly-whipped cream.
Review in German | Read full review
Lotus Lantern is certainly a neat product, with some flaws but really fun. Furthermore, it is the second top-down action roguelite that comes from Chinese developers together with Realm of Ink. The feedback from the hits (both given and taken) is good and fluid, although with so much stuff on the screen you risk having little clarity and sometimes not seeing the opponent’s bullets. Lotus Lantern is still too calibrated in favor of the character. Also considering that the story ends after a few complete runs. In closing, Lotus Lantern still has a long way to go, even if the path taken is the right one.