Nowhere Prophet

I actually really like this game, but the developers released this game and threw sand to the wind. There are some major balancing issues in the final act of the game. Even when you have a deep understanding of the game's mechanics, the boss fights in this game are complete nonsense. When this game works, it is a very engaging immersive experience. The problem is that your frustrations come from ridiculous RNG rather than a gap in your form. It often feels like you are playing a game against a younger cousin, and you need to let them win, but they do it in such an over-the-top way that you feel disgusted for even stroking their ego. I feel like the devs must have only playtested the mid section of the game and just gave up on the final act. It really feels like the final act was a half baked gimmick with unfinished balancing. Even if they felt rushed to release the game, the developers have had all the time in the world to come back and fix the horribly unfinished final act. Please, come finish your game. Lots of us would like to play it more but are finding no reward in the endgame.

What a colossal waste of time! I made three runs and on the third run made it to the final boss fight, but what is the point when the AI can just throw in multiple units while you can only 1 or two that will be immeadiately be wiped out. And each run takes over 5 hours of pretty tedious gameplay and you get only marginal improvements on your next run. Overall a poor "roguelike" cardgame.

Not necessarily my type of game, but it isn't bad.

Why is this game Steam Deck verified? Not all options are mapped to buttons, the map can be controlled with the touchpad but Y axis is inverted and X axis is not inverted, which makes it extremely awkward to navigate. Tip: you can set the options to ‘cursor’, which turns the right stick into the mouse. Works better but is finicky. I think that the game itself might actually be okay but will need to try again sometime later on a pc.

It's good. It's a bit weird, but it's good. Functionally, this is a Banner Saga esque resource tracking game where your units die. But it's also a ccg roguelike. The spin it puts on this is interesting. Your summons take chips of damage, which lowers their cost, drops their starting health, and can eliminate them from your deck if they get damaged enough. So everything plays kind of expendably. Chump blockers don't stick around long unless you keep spending resources at campsites to renew them. Of course, a unit that KOs a player loses its damage chips, increases its cost, and gets an upgrade. So there's a lot of flex to your deck even over the course of a single area. Runs, for their part, are solidly long. About 4~ hours on normal, which I cleared on my first try. Unlocks are mostly different ways of playing. New classes and cards. This isn't a roguelike you grind to win. Which. Does mean it might not have huge staying power unless you really vibe with the mechanics. I thought they were cool, but didn't love them enough to do another run. I think on sale, this is a really safe pick. It's good, approachable, solidly written, the art is nice. It wasn't lifechan…

Extremely frustrating and not fun at all. Game has no customization and is extremely dull and annoying, feels more like a job than a game.