Crown Trick

Honestly just mad at the missed potential of this game. All they needed to do, and I mean this literally, is fix a few small things and this game would be a hard recommend for everyone. It's so approachable, generally fun, gets you thinking. Has loads of fun items and weapons. But they stopped updating the game and left all these baffling choices in place. - It's a strategy game that doesn't tell you the actual values for half of the stuff in it. - There is no tooltip for many of the keywords - There is no icon glossary - No way to say 'yes' to the tutorial tips that pop up and block half the screen - No indicator that I could see in 12 hours with the game showing which enemy is doing the AOE. You're just shown the AOE area on the ground. After 5 minuets playing you will understand why you very much need to know which enemy is starting which attack. All these things are like game dev 101. Honestly no idea why the game has so so much obvious love put into it, and was then left with these very basic issues... really is bewildering.

The best thing about this roguelike dungeon crawler is a pair of enemies that reference Bioshock. Apart from that, the soundtrack, visuals and the elements mechanic are alright - but everything else just feels like it doesn't work. - Boss fights feel poorly designed; as in they don't allow certain builds, they take a long time to get through and every now and then you'll get caught off-guard by an instant-cast skill that ends your run. - Item balancing is all over the place; as in some items being able to singlehandedly carry your run while other items can immediately ruin your run. Choosing between 3 items and all of them being kinda useless happens often here. - Curses are a guarantee in every run and are just painful to deal with, as in the bad always outweighs the good even if it seems situationally okay. One curse is able to delete your gems, which you need to unlock permanent upgrades. Losing not only the run but also all of your potential progress is stupidly punishing. 100% achievement completion requires the free DLC and boils down to beating all 4 main bosses of the game on hard mode. There may be a little bit of grinding at some points, but once all permanent upg…

I think this is the most conflicted I've felt about a game in a long time. CrownTrick is an interesting modernization of classic roguelike combat, where every granular action counts as its own turn. On one hand, GOOD GOD this game is so frustrating sometimes. It honestly makes me want to pull my hair out. Maybe it's because I'm playing with a controller, but I constantly find myself doing something I didn't mean too and throwing a run. Here is a common pattern: I attack, killing an enemy -> Now I point myself towards the next enemy -> I kill the next enemy. Except, that's not what happened! What actually happened was: I attack, killing an enemy -> I try to turn but some other animation on the periphery is still happening or something, so it wasn't my turn yet and I didn't actually turn -> I attack in the wrong direction -> The enemy that I didn't kill attacks me This type of mistake happens to me constantly! It also has one of my big pet peeves in roguelikes and totally fails to communicate what things actually do. Some of it is hidden away in the in game wiki, which is not great (see one of the main mechanics of the game, elemental debuffs, not having their own page, instea…

Need crazy strategy. LOTS of things to unlock, familiars (aeons/summons), spells, usable items, gold, soul shards to unlock more magic find and inventory space and such. There's even more things: weapons blueprints, relic blueprints, etc. Flowing achievements, what's not to like about that? Rogue-lite, step-based Crown Trick was out on the xbox initially and now I have it on Steam. Honestly am having a lot of FUN with it. It gets harder as you go, try to not get paralyzed, stunned, etc or you can be dropped in just 1 turn! Catches you off-guard what could happen lol!

Very addictive

Just okay. Wish the upgrades from the main hub are a bit more impactful. Still have 0 idea what gold is used for in the main hub. If its for buying items/weapons/relics in the battle area, its pretty meh... The ost and audio design, however, is very boring. I think the FMC has like 4-5 audio tracks of getting hit and other interaction and thats about it. I mean I dont expect a banger OST but I do expect an OST that doesnt put me to sleep The only reason why I stop for 5 hrs is that I kinda reach Vlad and I kinda saw what the game has to offer so yea. Its an alright game. I expected more but it really feels like Dead Cells but a slower pace + turned base 6/10