Review: Golden Light
destructoid.comGolden Light has been on my radar for quite a while. I bought it back in Early Access but didn’t plan on touching it until its full release, which came and went while I was playing WWE 2K22 and Elden Ring.
But look at it. This is my aesthetic. Ugly, meaty, and bizarre. It would be what I’d dream about if my brain could come up with something more imaginative than malls, noodles, and teeth falling out. It’s a roguelite, but nobody is perfect.
Golden Light (PC)Developer: Mr. PinkPublisher: HypeTrain DigitalReleased: March 11, 2022MSRP: $19.99
Your girlfriend is gobbled up by a meaty hole in the ground. Love makes us do crazy things, so you go after her down into the muscle tube. You could potentially find someone less prone to flesh abduction, but if she somehow gets out on her own, you’ll never hear the end of it. Plus, she’ll no doubt tell her mother, and that woman already hates your guts, so you’ll be hearing it in stereo. I guess there’s nothing left to do than put yourself at mercy of the meat and go after her.
You find yourself in the Gut, which is both Golden Light’s world and its main antagonist. How much it hates you depends on your actions within it and how well you manage your finances. While Golden Light is quick to prepare you with weapons and ammunition of each time, violence should only be committed out of necessity. Going HAM on the meat monsters will only piss the Gut off. The pissier the Gut is, the harder your life will be. Items will be more expensive and monsters will be more hostile. However, you can reset it by feeding a tree half your wealth.
It’s both accurate and misleading to call Golden Light a roguelite. It contains many of the genre’s hallmarks: randomized levels and loot, a loss of gear and
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