Hostile Takeover

Very good card based cyberpunk combat game, lots of different cards to collect and play so you can try different approaches all out attack, defence, stealth. More people need to play this as there is a lot of depth and enjoyment here.

A really interesting mix of roguelike and turn-based tactics. You play as mercenaries who attack different locations in a sci-fi/cyberpunk environment. Much like shadowrunners in Shadowrun. You move through the environments choosing your path. It's like choosing a road in Slay the Spire. During combat you play with two operatives whos abilities are presented as cards. Each turn you get 5 cards and zero (usually energy). By discarding cards you get energy. Using cards costs that energy. So you have to choose which cards to discard to get energy and which to use to win the fight. It's pretty simple yet exciting. The combat itself is nice, reminded me of a game called Halfway. If you like turn-based games I highly recommend this one, it truly tried something new and does this successfully! Here's hoping that devs will earn enough to expand the game and release more games in the future!

Lots of variety and tactics possible, can't wait till achievements are implemented.

A fun an interesting take on Card Building mixed in with Roguelite. Would recommend especially for the value/price of the game.

The deck builder system has you discarding cards you won't play in a given hand as a resource to play cards that you will play. Keep this is mind in between rounds when weighing adding new cards to your deck vs. the option of removing undesirable default cards. Removing default cards to "slim down the noise" should not always be the priority move early on similar to other roguelike deck builders.

After playing this game for a good while, I think I have the gameplay loop down. The good: A nice take on the deckbuilding roguelike. The energy management system is unique to my deckbuilding experience as you need to sacrifice cards to use others. The pixel art looks great and the art on the cards is intuitive to understand. The sound effects are solid, and add an important addition to the overall sound design as the soundtrack can get a little repetitive. The true indie experience, as this dev has only released this game. The Room for improvement As mentioned above, the music can get a little repetitive after a while, but if you like listening to your own tunes while you game its no problem. One of those moments where its nice to be able to turn off the sound but keep the sound effects on. The UI makes sense and is easy to use, but has aspects that are clunky. The Overall If you are a deckbuilder lover, this game offers some unique mechanics that I think are worth trying. Its priced well so you are not breaking the bank for 6-10 hours of entertainment.