Games Asylum: “Here’s one of the weirder and more imaginative examples of the Roguelike genre. Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop features the concept of runs, permadeath, and permanent upgrades, only it’s based around fixing spaceships. Said crafts must have their faults diagnosed and be repaired sufficiently, using an amusingly compiled manual, all while a clock ticks. It’s very much a case of life or death – fail to cough up Uncle Chop’s rent money, and you’ll be eviscerated, ending your run. In theory, consequent runs will be easier due to newfound knowledge – unless a spanner is thrown into the works. Or if you happen to have a brain like a punctured exhaust.”
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