As We Descend

I really enjoyed the game earlier in development. It was easier but not impossible to lose. Especially when you add a bunch of modifiers on top of the game. Right now, the game is unwinnable to me. The scaling is hyper aggressive. As someone who doesn't play by exploiting games, it's become impossible to beat with zero modifiers. Enemies hit too hard, too fast, and they nerfed defenses. They even nerfed healing. You can't make enemies hit for half a unit's health and not give a way to offset this. The game is unplayble for me in it's current state. I understand it is supposed to be difficult. But difficulty should not = insurmountable for the majority of potential players. Let the sweats play with exploits and loopholes. They are 1% of your player base. Also, some of the ui design choices were questionable (why was the pre-run stuff even changed. The new style is worse, imo).

Feels good, plays smooth, unique in some ways vs the typical deck builder but plays a bit slow and has a bit too much going on. Clean animation and design, but too much of it. UI feels washed out as a result of the color palette. Also, seems to suffer from 'we want this game to be hard' type devs; crazy idea: difficulty slider...tiered runs... Edit: Yeah this game/it's devs doesn't want you to have fun - Buyer beware. Probably a great game on release if feedback is addressed, unfortunate - really want to enjoy it.

Update: I've got to finish another run before the crashing issue returned. On another note, a dev gave a very quick reply, so it's good to see they're engaging and continuing to work on their game! Original review: [Game continues to crash every time it boots up, even after the latest update yesterday. It did so on the very first playthrough too, was considering refunding it but somehow managed to pull through a single run... enough to clock over the 2 hour limit. Gameplay is average, nothing really super interesting. Decent world design/art. Wouldn't recommend intil at least the devs sort out this constant crashing issue...]

Visually striking roguelite card game with a standout city segment, where you make choices about the run's progression based on items and "messengers" available to you. Recommended, since it's still in early access and already a lot of fun - but it needs more (especially upgrade choices for cards) Pro: (+) Aesthetically pleasing - world, card design, character design (+) Interesting and original lore (+) Card mechanics hit a good level of complexity, with interesting options for diverse builds (+) Plenty of upgrade and customization options in the city (which items to use / which units to pick) (+) Good soundtrack (+) Devs are listening to player feedback and are active in social media to ask for feedback Neutral: (+/-) Meta progression exists, but tends to feel uninteresting (+/-) Enemy design is varied, but there's little way to adapt as a player - you mostly just have to accept what happens (+/-) No mod support (+/-) No bugs encountered (+/-) Price is fair Negative: (-) Difficulty is a bit unbalanced. Defeats come suddenly and are hard to predict, which creates frustration rather than tension (-) Tutorial could use work - sometimes unclear what you're supposed to k…

good game, nice mechanics.

Interesting twist on card combat. Meaningful choices between battles. Good graphics and sound. Meta progression that isn't just +X% to some random stat. Will worth your time and money.