Deep, In the Forest

The game isn't terrible, but it does feel amateurish and unpolished. The balance is off, the art quality is inconsistent, and typos are everywhere. It can be somewhat entertaining, but there are far superior games out there. I purchased the game on sale for a nominal price, and while I did have some fun, it's highly unlikely that I'll ever replay it. P.S. Despite its derivative nature, the game does offer some fun and innovative features, such as the jigsaw arrangement of inventory and expendables.

Very engaging and suprisingly fast to play card game. The difficulty comes almost exclusively from the bosses, while the standard encounters are more like a puzzle game - You're given cards and items for winning them but you also need to carefully manage your HP and what cards you accept into the deck to then judge if you're capable of beating the boss yet, as the difficulty progresses and those small encounters become unprofitable. The game was made by two guys and while the it looks and plays well, there are also minor inconveniences like the often-poor translation from russian to english and minor non game-breaking bugs. I did really enjoy it and through some decision making it also became replayable.

Good deck builder, it was satysfying to find the right deck composition to finish the game

This is not a game. This is a grindfest. The balance is absolutely horrendous.

Lacks depth. Very boring and repetitive fast. Fights are boring. Cards are bland and seem like a lot of junk cards. I feel the game could have potential if the developers put more effort into it. Plenty of other deck builder card games that are much better than this one. Refunded.

It's hard, it's a little sparse, and it's maybe not supported any more, but Deep In The Forest isn't bad. Graphically, it looks very polished. The art is lovely and has its own strong sense of style. But the game is made by a tiny team, so don't expect something as expansive as Slay The Spire. Instead, Deep is a relatively small-deck, combo-focused deckbuilding game. Mana accumulates rapidly, and you can mulch a card each turn to increase your mana gain, so the restriction on most of your turns is hand size. Beyond that, Slay The Spire is a pretty close comparison. You try to dps your enemies down before your turn ends and they damage you, and you have an inventory into which you can load passives to help you in fights. Unlike Slay, Deep has hard progression. Your deck and your level carry over from run to run, and I suspect you may need to grind them both to get past the first boss. This also means you can maybe accidentally build a garbage deck and have to reset your campaign, as combo synergy is *really* important in deep. Deep has an open map, and allows backtracks, but it tries to dissuade players from leveling up too much by causing all enemy damage values to go up the l…