Rainbow Legends

Rainbow Legends is an ambitious roguelike deckbuilding game that distinguishes itself through an inventive territory-control system layered on top of traditional card combat. Developed by Unpixel Cloud Cedar Studio and published by Light Up Games, the game introduces a refreshing strategic dimension where success depends not only on the cards in a player's hand but also on how effectively they dominate space across the battlefield. This unique approach gives the game a distinct identity in a genre that often relies on familiar mechanics and established formulas. At the center of the experience is a colorful battlefield where territory ownership directly impacts combat outcomes. Rather than focusing exclusively on dealing damage through card combinations, players must expand their influence across the board and protect areas already under their control. The amount of territory occupied becomes a key factor in determining offensive strength, creating a dynamic system where positioning is just as important as deck composition. Every turn requires balancing immediate tactical opportunities against long-term control of the battlefield, making encounters feel more thoughtful and engagin…

It's Slay the Spire meets a boardgame (but nothing like the actual boardgame). Instead of playing attacks and defends you're taking squares on the board while blocking your squares from being taken. Each card has its own layout where you might find a 3x3 less helpful than 9 in a line making the game inherently more complex than simply pumping numbers as you would in other games. Taking the complexity further, unlike STS your power cards called deployments here aren't simply permanent buffs the ai can't stop. Instead they each take up a square on the board which the ai will target so you'll further choose between bunching up your deployments letting one defensive card cover them all or spreading them out so a single attack doesn't destroy your momentum. Another point to RL are the curses in this game which can be reforged into useful zero cost cards and with a merchant option to buy a curse you'll find yourself weighing up intentionally making your game harder now to unlock their potential later. Rainbow Legends has multiple classes but it also has multiple characters within these classes that essentially act as builds. Imagine if you could start a run with the silent and choose to…

This game has a few issues that prevent it from being something I can wholeheartedly recommend. The first is the english translation, which is incomplete, inconsistent, and sometimes flat out wrong. Different cards with the same effects are translated differently, which can be pretty frustrating, and there are lots of places where the english translation is missing completely. As an aside, I have the volume turned down to 0, but there's one event on the map that plays volume anywhere, oddly enough. The other main issue is balance - most encounters are pretty cut and dry - either you can outpace the enemy's damage, or you can't. Since each turn you either DEAL or TAKE damage, on fights where you lose, it feels like you can't do anything about it. There's also gimmicks to certain fights that can completely shut you down and prevent you from acting. One fight shoots every center targeted tile, which can destroy any deployment builds, and the succubus fight changes the cost of your cards in addition to other gimmicks, which more or less prevents you from playing any given strategy. This would be workable if you could view fights from the map, so you could avoid your counters, b…

"What a fun concept of Splatoon card battler game with big titty anime girls." This game was a clear winner of the session. The unique territory-control mechanic combined with deck building creates a genuinely fresh experience that stands out from typical roguelikes. I highly recommend this game for anyone looking for a well-polished and innovative strategy experience. [url=https://www.youtube.com/live/OcFvBWwI4CE?t=27m36s]Gameplay[/url]

For now, it really needs some refining. The concept is there, the game, in theory, would be a lot of fun, but between limited explanations of what's going on, and translation issues (which could also be the cause of the problem), there are enough issues which make me just unable to enjoy the experience. Hopefully I'll be able to come back in future and change my opinion, but for now I couldn't recommend it unfortunately.

A perfect board based deckbuilder. There are so many characters, items, events and cards leading to so many playstyles with a ton of modifiers to switch up the game. The only flaw if any is that there isn't PVP because I can't imagine the replay value if it were added.