As We Descend

I'm editing my review to positive, because the devs clearly care and they have some very cool concepts here. I'm a big fan of the genre and I like that this cardbuilder / rogueliker incorporates some city building and a spatial dimension to the battles. The main drawback for me was that I beat the game on the first go (which is a bit disappointing) - but with the additional ascension levels, the game should provide plenty of entertainment for 20-30 hours.

I am not sure if there is any player that actually wins this game...? This is by far the most unwinnable "roguelike deckbuilder" I've played, and I've beat most roguelike deckbuilders at max difficult. This game feels almost insane: all your units receive substantial damage all the time, especially because half the enemy attacks either hit everyone or you cannot deterministically deduce which squad will get hit (very bad decision by the way, maybe watch a couple of videos on slay the spire game design). Despite all this uncontrolled damage, you can heal essentially at most 5% of your health at maximum every two fights, but most likely less (20% of one squads, and you have 4). That seems totally odd... Not to mention the dubious difficulty modifiers, that e.g., punish you for entering combat instead of punishing you taking damage during combat. Moreover, the pacing is horribly slow. For a roguelike deckbuilder, it is insane how much micromanagement your "deckbuilding" aspects take. There are multiple "envoys" or however the hell they are called, and each can do a limited set of actions, some going to some shops, some only being able to go to others... Why...? Just give the player a…

Great game, great art direction, great mechanics and it keeps getting better and refined every update ! Thanks for the game <3

Great game

Awesome deckbuilding roguelite game, great style & thematic + fun gameplay & mechanics. Did not encounter any bugs in 20 hours of gameplay. The audio design is also very nice, my brain is flooded with dopamine when my troops slap a staggered enemy 10 times. Likely needs to see some balancing changes and reconsideration of certain mechanics; I think the game is mostly suited for the Votive origin you start with, not so much for the Guild origin, but in practice they didn't feel too terrible. I do think certain units are extremely OP (Custodian), especially in contrast to some others that seem completely trash (Fire Maiden).

Great game. Fun every round. The unlocks and the mechanics are a solid progression in difficulty. Sometimes it feels bad to get a bad draw, but its part of it. I enjoy this a lot.