Once a Pawn a King

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. IT IS A BUGGY MESS AND THERE IS BASICALLY NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

I think this game's downfall has 2 main people to blame. To make a long story short, Cloverbite could have been a successful publisher if greed and money weren't the main motivator to making games. The game by itself is fine I guess? it has its own charm, not a too steep learning curve, but its boring. Don't buy games from Cloverbite until they change their policies as to how students get paid for the time they invest in games.

Have crashed 5 times in 14 minutes, from black screens, to soft locks the game is just unplayable and should not have been released to 1.0 yet, also cant seem to find any responses from the Developers about any planned fixes and still hasn't been a 1.0+ patch to date despite the very common complaints.

Game is fun, a nice concept. It however is basically abandoned, a buggy early access game that got a 1.0 just so they could say it was released

The full release is a buggy mess. It felt far more user friendly and playable before 1.0. A list of the bugs i've encountered so far for 1.0 Health/Damage overlays stay and block visuals after a piece has been captured. Paths don't show when they should, and are sometimes shown permanantly after a capture. Only 2 floors. Definently only half finished. Consistent crashes. No cue on how to progress the story or gain unlockable resources (memories). Re-rolls on shops sometimes just don't work. Furniture blocks the view of the 'catapault' tiles, meaning you can't see the direction those tiles will move you. Cursor over on some squares for selection is incredibly precise, particularly when using blessings. The Figure that unlocks a purified curse for all pieces, doesn't give them to you purified. The premise of this game is really cool, I like the Slay The Spire-esque setup, the idea of the chess pieces working to free their king and progress a story is fun. But the game is a buggy mess.... shame, because the early access showed a lot of promise.

I love the concept and story but Gods the bugs are annoying, and everything feels so slow