Shiren is the simple story of a man following his friend’s dying wish to find the Land of the Sun at the top of Table Mountain in feudal Japan. It’s a rougelike - that is, the dungeon is randomly generated every time you visit it, and you start at level 1 with little or no equipment every time you play. The game has a few subplots you can advance by continually playing through, which is nice, and all of them will have some bonus to you as a player at their successful conclusion, be it a helper to follow you around or a new item becoming available in the dungeon.
Once you complete the main (Impasse Valley) dungeon, as well as a few of the subplots, you’ll unlock a food-themed dungeon and a trap-themed dungeon for extra gameplay. Once these are completed and all of Fei’s puzzles are finished, you’ll unlock the ultimate challenge, a 100-floor dungeon (which, I might add, none of my testers were able to complete.)
Good luck, and remember, just because the random number generator hates you, it doesn’t mean that the game’s completely impossible!