Kill only what you need to, until you've killed everything

>There is no random element in the game at all.
Are there optimal walkthroughs?

after reading this thread i dont think this game will be for me, but i'm down to try it

you on the other hand should just close this tab

>It is deeply satisfying because you're chipping away at something carefully until all floors are completely eradicated
The scope of the puzzle sounds too large. You have to look over 20+ floors for the best move. How does that not get frustrating if you have to do it before every move? Or is there enough leeway that you can make suboptimal moves and still win?

Does the game have steam integrated achievements? :^)

Then I wouldn't use Minesweeper as an analogy, since the whole point of Minesweeper is figuring out a random layout each time.
So it's a really large puzzle to sequence. Thanks for a heads up user.

Sounds a lot like Desktop Dungeons, minus fog of war being a key mechanic. Am I getting this correctly?

There definitely could be, since it's deterministic, but to my knowledge nobody's made them, and they'd have limitations since walkthroughs can't all account for the differing amounts of upgrade credit you bring into a tower.

The "too large" aspect is part of the appeal given just how restrained and even simplistic other games feel by comparison after this. I really want to play more RPGs with meaningful resource management and complex non-linear dungeons with hard decisions to make that can't just be mindlessly cleared out. This is a game where, by the concept, you'd assume it was some coffee table knick knack on Apple Arcade, but the execution is full spectrum warrior autism and it must be beheld.

But yeah, there are different score ranks, and usually the lowest (bronze) allows you to only just get to the clear spot and collect what you can. Anything higher really tests you. And you have unlimited undo so you can constantly tweak things as you go, as well as scout ahead.

Yeah, same genre as Desktop Dungeons, but way more hardcore and multi-tiered and without randomness.

Sounds like a bigger, more complex version of DungeonUp.

store.steampowered.com/app/388620/DungeonUp/

If people came in here to suggest a Minesweeper type of game with some sort of RPG element, here is one that an user suggested in a minesweeper thread one time;
hojamaka.com/game/mamono_sweeper_h/html5/en.html
I enjoy it quite a bit as someone who put in a lot of hours into minesweeper at one point in my life.

I only use Minesweeper as an analogy since the closer comparisons are very niche, and it is similar to Minesweeper in how you have to carefully process moves and clear out a space, but here there is no hidden information aside from higher floors. It definitely isn't the best analogy and I'll reconsider it in future.

>in how you have to carefully process moves and clear out a space
If you have to carefully process moves then you haven't played minesweeper enough. My best time so far was 112 seconds on expert. That involves constant clicking most of the time and you have to be able to make judgement calls as if you are trying to figure out how to walk or breathe.

I refer back to this post

>unlimited undo
Ah, that changes things - that would solve a lot of potential frustration where your 60+hour run is ended by one poor move.

Might give the demo a look and see how it plays out. Thanks user.

It kinda reminds me of a certain type of game that still gets puzzles made for it to this day, cant remember the name, but it was really similar in execution.

Tough I played DROD 4 and a bit of 1, so I can see the appeal of this.

Okay, after playing that, I am never going to mention Minesweeper in relation to Tactical Nexus again. It makes no sense. Thank you.

That post had no frame of reference that would relate to me... What is the checkpoint for? Saving some sort of progress? What is 10-25F? Floors? If we are talking about saving, then having a save on random floors seems extremely weird so maybe that doesn't fit. For someone who has never played the game, the only phrase that doesn't need any context is that people who play it longer should get faster at it. That is true for anything though and is quite meaningless. As for what I'm saying, compare Chess with Minesweeper. A master at chess will make split second decisions since he is on a timer. However, during his time on and off the clock, he has to continously process each change that has been made in order to outwit his opponent. If he becomes too entangled in his own moves, he will be blindsided. Minesweeper on the other hand is like a motor reflex. You don't have to carefully consider moves like you would in Chess. Instead, after enough repetition you will see reoccurring patterns that allow you to mindlessly react. That is the point I was making, and not that you are specifically too slow at minesweeper. Its just that the faster you get, the more you realize you don't have to think about individual blocks as much as you used to.

user, thank you for this. I haven't played MS in a long time but this is bringing back happy memories.

eh, I already had my fill of this with Lulu Faeria 1 and 2
I don't like the gameplay that much to spend that many hours on a different game in the genre when I have other types of games to play

Okay I'm no longer talking about Minesweeper, it was a mistake, I regret everything

>Lulu Faeria 1 and 2

Googling produces no relevant results

Yeah, by several orders of magnitude, like comparing Chutes & Ladders to Twilight Imperium.

lulu farea, he spelled it wrong.

Seems possibly fun to try out.