Info about Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society:

Official game description:
From the creators of Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk comes a new chapter in the dungeon-exploring adventure filled with charm and mystery! Summoned by the magnificent Madame Marta, you are but a wandering spirit awaiting your next command. With the help of Eureka, Madame Marta’s assistant, and an army of soul-infused puppets, you are tasked with delving into the depths of a mysterious underground labyrinth teeming with enchanted monsters to unearth the Curios d'art that lie within!  
Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society offers dungeon-crawling adventures with new quality of life improvements and 50 hours of exploration alongside a cast of fully customizable companions to do your bidding. Use a variety of pacts and puppet soldiers to customize a team of up to 40 fighters to dive into the darkness and discover the secrets with the Labyrinth of Galleria…if you dare!

Release date: Feb 14, 2023

Categories: Dungeon Crawler, Character Customization, Turn-based Combat, Story-driven Gameplay, Character Progression, Inventory Management, Randomly Generated Dungeons, Japanese Mythology

Feature scans:
- Wiki: score 100; verdict: High Dependency on External Resources; summary: The primary user complaints revolve around the necessity to use external wikis and guides to understand complex mechanics, find item drop locations, and avoid negative consequences due to poor in-game explanations. The reliance on external resources significantly detracts from the overall gaming experience.
- Steam Deck: score 100; verdict: Broken; summary: The Steam Deck experience with this game is severely impacted by frequent crashes, making the game unplayable for many users. While some users report success with Proton 9.0-4, the overall experience is marred by stability issues.

- Hardware Profile: No data
Feature extractions:
- Community Price:
  - Community fair range: $10.00 - $20.00
  - Reasoning: The evidence suggests that the game is considered worth the price due to its solid gameplay, nice story, and extensive content. Multiple reviews mention that the game is worth buying, especially on sale, indicating that the community finds value in the game at a discounted price. The emphasis on the game being worth it when purchased on sale suggests that the fair base price range is lower than the current base game price.
- Playtime Metrics:
  - Game completion: 230.0h
  - Story completion: 60.0h
  - Session length: 5.0h
  - Endgame: 40.0h
  - Reasoning: The evidence provides several data points regarding playtime. The first quote indicates that a player spent 230 hours to complete Act 2, suggesting a significant time investment for game completion. The second quote mentions frustration with a boss, implying extended play sessions and difficulty spikes that can prolong playtime. The third quote suggests that the player felt the game should have ended 40 hours earlier, indicating a perception of extended playtime due to grinding and bad RNG. The fourth quote mentions a cumulative playtime of over 400 hours across both games, providing a broader context for the time investment required.
- Time-to-fun:
  - Summary: The game requires a significant time investment in character building and understanding mechanics before it becomes enjoyable. The fun starts once players get past the initial setup and begin exploring dungeons.
  - Stance: Clicks after
  - Anchor: Exploring dungeons and breaking through walls
  - Time to anchor: 2h 0m
  - Friction: Character building and inventory management; Steep learning curve; Tedious reincarnation process
  - Unlock drivers: Understanding game mechanics; Exploring dungeons; Breaking through walls
  - Conditions: Patience for initial setup; Willingness to learn complex mechanics; Enjoyment of strategic gameplay
- Player Archetypes:
  - Strategic Optimizer (sale)
    - Motivation: Efficiency and optimization
    - Playstyle: Uses guides, manages multiple save files, and focuses on team composition and preparation.
    - Experience: veteran
    - Purchase stance: sale
    - Labels: guide user; strategist
    - Reference games: Etrian Odyssey; Disgaea
  - Hardcore Grinder (sale)
    - Motivation: Challenge and grinding
    - Playstyle: Enjoys grinding and difficult gameplay, prefers old-school gaming styles.
    - Experience: veteran
    - Purchase stance: sale
    - Labels: old-school gamer; masochistic player
    - Reference games: Call of Duty; Disgaea
  - Series Veteran (buy)
    - Motivation: Familiarity with the series and complex mechanics
    - Playstyle: Enjoys complex game mechanics and is familiar with the Labyrinth series.
    - Experience: veteran
    - Purchase stance: buy
    - Labels: series fan; veteran player
    - Reference games: Labyrinth of Refrain; Etrian Odyssey; Disgaea
  - Exploration Enthusiast (sale)
    - Motivation: Exploration and dungeon-crawling
    - Playstyle: Enjoys exploration and dungeon-crawling, appreciates beginner-friendly aspects.
    - Experience: familiar
    - Purchase stance: sale
    - Labels: explorer; beginner-friendly player
    - Reference games: Etrian Odyssey


Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category.
Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews.
What players like:
- Highly praised story (weight 0.5): The story is frequently highlighted as one of the game's strongest aspects, with players appreciating its quality, emotional depth, and engaging plot twists. It is described as well-crafted, enjoyable, and typical of Japanese storytelling.
- Excellent dungeon exploration (weight 0.32): The game features top-class 3D dungeon exploration, detailed and enjoyable dungeon crawling, and improved combat gameplay. Players find the exploration aspect to be one of the favorites in the genre.
- Engaging and complex gameplay mechanics (weight 0.28): The gameplay mechanics are described as engaging, complex, and unique. Players appreciate the challenging and intricate systems that the game offers.
- Improvements over previous games (weight 0.22): Players note significant improvements in gameplay, story, UI, and overall mechanics compared to previous iterations. The game offers more content and is considered easier and more enjoyable to play.
- Attractive character design and development (weight 0.19): The game features excellent artwork and character designs, with enjoyable character development and interactions. Players appreciate the unique and appealing characters.
- Interesting scenario and story structure (weight 0.18): The scenario is noted for its intricacy and interesting developments, particularly from the middle to the end. The story structure is complex and engaging.
- Variety of character classes (weight 0.14): The game offers a variety of character classes, including both offensive and defensive roles. Players appreciate the diversity and unique roles of different classes.
- Quality of life improvements (weight 0.12): The game includes various quality of life changes and improvements, such as an improved equipment screen and sorting system, which enhance the overall gameplay experience.
- Large game volume and content (weight 0.1): The game is noted for its massive size, offering a lot of content and a significant amount of playtime. Players appreciate the extensive content and the game's length.
- Beautiful graphics and world-building (weight 0.1): The game is praised for its beautiful and detailed world-building, as well as its unique and appealing visual style. Players appreciate the 4K graphics and the detailed environments.
- Good voice acting (weight 0.1): The English dubbing and voice acting are praised for their quality. Players appreciate the good English voice acting and the amazing dub cast.
- Improved convenience in customization (weight 0.1): The game includes improved convenience features, such as puppet customization and other unique facets, which enhance the overall gameplay experience.
- Detailed character management (weight 0.06): The game features detailed character creation and management systems, allowing for deep customization and strategic gameplay.

Common complaints:
- Confusing story progression (weight 0.24): The story progression is criticized for being slow, confusing, and repetitive. Players also note a lack of direction and poor structure in the story.
- Excessive grinding (weight 0.23): Players report that the game requires a lot of grinding, which can be annoying and tedious. This issue is particularly noted in both general and late-game gameplay.
- Repetitive dungeon design (weight 0.21): Dungeon exploration is criticized for being repetitive and tedious. Players find the dungeon layouts and randomly generated dungeons to be long and boring.
- UI needs improvement (weight 0.18): The user interface is widely criticized for being cluttered, inconvenient, and poorly refined. Many players find it clunky and in need of further improvement.
- Frustrating skill system (weight 0.14): The skill system is criticized for being cumbersome and obtuse. Players also report that skills reset after soul transfer, adding to the frustration.
- High difficulty (weight 0.14): Players report that the game has unreasonable difficulty spikes and challenging dungeons, which can be frustrating.
- Poor game balance (weight 0.13): The game is reported to have balance issues, particularly in the combat system. Players find the difficulty unbalanced and the gameplay awful.
- Frequent game crashes (weight 0.09): The game is reported to crash repeatedly, which is a significant issue for players.
- Unlikeable characters (weight 0.08): Many players find the characters to be unlikeable or unpleasant, which affects their overall enjoyment of the game.
- Reused content (weight 0.08): Players note that monsters, bosses, and dungeon landscapes are reused, which can make the game feel repetitive.
- Complex mechanics (weight 0.08): The game's complex systems can be hard to understand without a guide, which can be a barrier for some players.

Gameplay feedback:
- Complex dungeon exploration mechanics (weight 0.37): The game features extensive dungeon exploration with mechanics such as wall destruction, jumping, and turn-based combat. Players explore dungeons with doll soldiers to collect rare items and enjoy a complex system of character progression and skill transfer.
- Character customization and progression (weight 0.32): Players can customize and develop their characters extensively. The game offers a variety of character progression systems, including skill inheritance, class changes, and a reincarnation system.
- Story-driven gameplay (weight 0.24): The game is heavily story-driven, with a complex and dark narrative divided into two parts and smaller fragments. The story elements are well-integrated into the gameplay, enhancing the overall experience.
- Randomly generated dungeons (weight 0.15): The game includes randomly generated dungeon floors, with over 3000 floors available. This feature adds a significant amount of replayability and unpredictability to the dungeon crawling experience.
- Unique combat and skill systems (weight 0.15): The combat system is turn-based and features a diverse skill system. Players can develop unique combat strategies and customize their characters' skills extensively.
- Grinding and repetitive elements (weight 0.12): The game includes grinding mechanics and repetitive dungeon crawling elements. While some players enjoy the depth, others may find the grind time-consuming and tedious.
- Inventory and item management (weight 0.1): The game includes an item management system where players collect key items. However, inventory management can be time-consuming and may detract from the overall experience.
- Progression system improvements (weight 0.06): The game has improved its progression system, reducing the need for excessive grinding. Players have more options to advance without hard leveling up, making it easier to enter the series.

Performance notes:
- 4K and 60 FPS support (weight 0.07): The game supports 4K resolution and runs at 60 FPS, providing a visually stunning experience with beautiful graphics.
- Game crashes reported (weight 0.04): Some players have experienced game crashes, which can disrupt the gaming experience and may need to be addressed by the developers.
- Resolution and FPS issues (weight 0.04): There are reports of issues related to resolution and frame rates, which can affect the overall visual quality and smoothness of the gameplay.
- Optimized PC port (weight 0.04): The PC version of the game is well-optimized, providing a smooth and efficient gaming experience on personal computers.
- Compatibility with Steam Deck (weight 0.04): The game works well on Steam Deck using Proton, indicating good compatibility with this platform.
- Good performance on Linux (weight 0.04): Players on GNU/Linux systems report no performance issues, suggesting the game is well-optimized for this operating system.

Recommendations:
- Recommended for specific genres (weight 0.18): The game is highly recommended for fans of specific genres like dungeon crawlers, DRPG, JRPG, and RPG.
- Play previous game first (weight 0.15): Many players recommend playing the previous game in the series first to better understand and enjoy this game.
- Recommended for story and challenge (weight 0.15): The game is recommended for those who enjoy a challenging and emotionally engaging experience with a heavy story.
- Recommended for specific fanbases (weight 0.15): The game is recommended for fans of specific series like Labyrinth of Refrain, Etrian Odyssey, and the Wiz system.
- Use a guide (weight 0.11): Players suggest using a guide for optimal playthrough and to help when stuck on bosses or challenges.
- Character development advice (weight 0.09): Players advise planning character development ahead and provide detailed advice for character creation and job management.
- Wait for sale (weight 0.06): Some players advise waiting for a promotion or sale before purchasing the game.
- Save multiple files (weight 0.04): It is recommended to save multiple files to avoid losing progress.
- Use cheat engine (weight 0.04): Some players suggest using a cheat engine to avoid excessive grinding.
- Controller recommended (weight 0.04): Using a controller is recommended for better controls.
- Buy for story experience (weight 0.04): Players recommend buying the game to experience its story.
- Hope for official Chinese version (weight 0.03): Some players express hope for the release of an official Chinese version of the game.
- Buy predecessor instead (weight 0.03): Some players suggest buying the predecessor instead of this game.

Other player notes:
- Translation errors present (weight 0.04): The game contains noticeable errors in the translated text, which can affect the player's understanding and immersion.
- Ecchi and grotesque content (weight 0.04): Some enemies in the game are designed with ecchi elements and slightly grotesque descriptions, which might not be suitable for all players.
- Additional resources available (weight 0.03): The game provides links to detailed information and a spreadsheet with LUC values, offering players additional resources for a deeper understanding.
- Notable voice acting (weight 0.03): The game features voice acting by a notable actor, which can enhance the overall gaming experience.
- Part of a game series (weight 0.03): The game is mentioned in the context of other games in the series, indicating it is part of a larger franchise.
- Development history noted (weight 0.02): The game's development history, including delays, is mentioned, providing context for its release.

Emotions:
- Frustration (weight 0.37): Players are frustrated by the game's repetitive and tedious mechanics, including excessive grinding, complex systems, and frequent game crashes. The dungeon design and combat mechanics are often criticized for being poorly designed and unbalanced, leading to a lack of enjoyment and increased difficulty.
- Disappointment (weight 0.11): Players feel disappointed due to the game's increased grind, confusing story elements, and lack of improvements compared to its predecessor. The dungeon design and repetitive tasks also contribute to this sentiment, as they do not meet the expectations set by previous games.
- Enjoyment (weight 0.1): Players enjoy the game's dungeon exploration and story elements. The variety of classes, formations, and overall gameplay mechanics contribute to a positive experience.
- Admiration (weight 0.07): Players admire the game's complex and dark story, character development, and overall execution. The game's depth, replay value, and intricate mechanics are also highly praised.
- Satisfaction (weight 0.06): Players are satisfied with the game's improved UI, exploration, and scenario depth. The true ending, improved mechanics, and overall game experience contribute to this feeling of satisfaction.
- Joy (weight 0.05): Players find joy in the game's engaging story, character interactions, and detailed dungeon exploration. The emotional impact of the story and improved gameplay mechanics enhance this experience.
- Frustrated (weight 0.04): Players are frustrated with the game's poor story structure, game balance issues, and excessive grinding. The complicated and tedious mechanics, such as soul transfer and skill management, add to this frustration.
- Excitement (weight 0.04): Players are excited about the game's systems, story, and potential continuation. The expanded systems, beautiful graphics, and amazing English dub cast contribute to this excitement.
- Nostalgia (weight 0.02): Players feel nostalgic due to references to previous games and comparisons to past experiences. The immersive story and characters evoke memories of earlier games in the series.
- Excited (weight 0.02): Players are excited about the game's scenario, dungeon volume, and unique gameplay mechanics. The excellent scenario and emotional story enhance this excitement.
- Happy (weight 0.02): Players are happy with the game's character development and story. The excellent scenario and character development contribute to this positive emotion.
- Sadness (weight 0.02): Players feel sadness due to the potential end of the series and the emotional weight of the story. The narrative's impact and the possibility of no future installments evoke this sentiment.
- Disappointed (weight 0.01): Players are disappointed with the game's story structure and UI issues. The unremarkable story and grindfest in later dungeons contribute to this disappointment.
- Positive (weight 0.01): Players have a positive experience with the game's story and mechanics. The interest in specific game themes and enjoyment of the story enhance this positivity.
- Mixed feelings (weight 0.01): Players have mixed feelings about the game, appreciating some aspects like the solid gameplay and story while noting several drawbacks. The combination of positive and negative elements leads to this ambivalence.
- Love (weight 0.01): Players love the game's story. The engaging and well-crafted narrative evokes strong positive emotions.
- Satisfied (weight 0.01): Players are satisfied with the game's scenario and character strengthening. The positive experience with these aspects contributes to a sense of fulfillment.
- Nostalgic (weight 0.01): Players feel nostalgic due to the well-crafted script and underground dungeon exploration. These elements remind players of past experiences and evoke a sense of nostalgia.
- Bored (weight 0.01): Players feel bored with the game's random dungeons in the latter half. The repetitive and uninteresting nature of these dungeons leads to this sentiment.
- Happiness (weight 0.01): Players are happy with the game's engaging plot and characters. The enjoyable narrative and character interactions contribute to this positive emotion.}