COG has reviewed the rogue-lite Star Renegades:

Star Renegades Review – Rogue-Lite Experience that Keeps On Giving

I’ll come right out and say it. Star Renegades is a rogue-lite, run-based game in the style of some gritty Saturday morning cartoon. With that out of the way, you should be good to decide on whether or not this game is for you. However, I’d be remiss to not point out a lot more. In fact, there’s a lot going on with Star Renegades, so if your interest is piqued, let’s dive in.

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Star Renegades is a love letter to tactical RPG fans who have been craving a rogue-lite experience that keeps on giving. While not quite at the mastery of Into the Breach in terms of depth, Star Renegades has enough to be excited about.

The Good

• Fantastic animation and art style
• Quippy dialogue
• Challenging battle system
• Scales from still-learning to full on pilot

The Bad

• Randomization can leave party ill-equipped
• Not a lot of mechanical depth
• Randomization can unfairly spike the difficulty

Score: 85/100

Star Renegades has been released on Steam and GOG.

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RESIST. RECLAIM. REVIVE. REPEAT

A service robot named J5T-1N has arrived in your dimension to warn of impending doom from an overwhelming force known as the Imperium.
Fight for survival across a procedurally generated and emergent mission-based campaign through reactive, tactical turn-based battle system that emphasizes interrupts and counters. Standing in your way is an intelligent Adversary system with enemy officers that evolve and move up in the ranks.

As your band of heroes fall in the fight against invading Imperium and hope is all but lost, J5T-1N must be sent to the next dimension with everything you’ve learned to give the next group of heroes a chance to prevail. Each dimension, and each playthrough is unique, challenging, and never the same.

FEATURES

• Outwit your foes with interrupts, counters, and combos in our fast-paced Reactive Time Battle System
  
  
• Survive the relentless onslaught of an Intelligent Adversary system that generates unique enemies and bosses that evolve as you play
  
  
• Unlock dozens of alternate characters as your surviving squad members form bonds and create progeny
  
  
• Battle your way into the heart of the Empire as our Rebellion Engine creates a unique experience with each playthrough via emergent gameplay and events, procedurally generated missions, shifting priorities, evolving enemies, and tons of equipment/upgrades for your squad