Card City Nights 2
I was skeptical of buying this game because I don’t really like “casual” games, but I did enjoy the game despite it being filled with stuff that wouldn’t normally be to my taste.
The premise of the card system worked really well. The board positioning/countdown system sounded silly but was really interesting. There’s a careful balancing act between planning ahead for the space your going to need, crowding your opponent out, and getting down the powerful cards which are harder to hook to chains and make it harder to keep your chain momentum going. Unfortunately this is all scuddled by cards later in the game that are able to ignore all of this, and I haven’t seen a strategy that works better than spamming those cards over and over and I was able to cakewalk through the game once I figured that out.
– Real player with 37.7 hrs in game
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Card City Nights 2 is unfortunately a much worse game in many ways than the first game.
The core gameplay is similar in many ways, with having to connect 3 cards together using the 8-way arrows on each cards. But the board is one large 6x3 board instead of each player having their own 3x3 board, and connecting the cards doesn’t immediately cause an action, but rather activates them, to do something in X number of turns.
There are definitely pros to the new game. Being able to place your cards directly in the way of the opponent is nice. The “spy” cards that have red arrows that connect to the opponent’s cards are very cool, and there’s some great balance with them (they often have powerful placement effects, but help your opponent create matches). There’s a lot of interesting possible combos you can do. Like powerful cards with no arrows, that have to be activated by other means. Or cards with great effects only WHILE active, which means you want to delay their turn timer as much as possible.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
EllrLand
This game has been abandoned, no sign of developer or any substantial mean to follow with update.
This game had some potential, but sadly the dev prefered to dump and go with this bare minimum of a game with poor translation
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
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NO UPDATE, very irresponsible
– Real player with 18.8 hrs in game
Sinistrous
Introduction
Discover an ancient dungeon and battle eldritch horrors in this Lovecraftian deck-builder. Play as either the Warrior, the Witch, or the Rogue and enjoy strategic turn-based combat as you carve your way through mind-bending labyrinths. With each new adventure you will face a unique and randomized assortment of mystifying events, phantasmal environments, and perplexing creatures. There are more than 100 unique cards featured in Sinistrous and each class introduces new mechanics and distinct play styles for high replayability. Seek out the Darkness, question your sanity, and uncover the secrets of Carcosa.
Features
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Play as three cultists with their own unique skill sets while fighting your way through an unpredictable Lovecraftian world.
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Make critical decisions in an attempt to preserve your sanity, or satiate your lust for lunacy and unlock your cultist’s untapped potential.
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Customize your deck with over 100 ‘Cards’ and game-changing ‘Runes’ as you strategize against enemies of shapes and sizes unbeknownst to man.
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Experience events that make you question reality as you explore and unveil the secrets of Carcosa.
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Enjoy a dark, gritty art style featuring fully animated heroes, enemies, and more.
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Experience a hauntingly atmospheric soundtrack that fuses orchestra and electronica.
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Folding Edge
I’ve got the 1st round clear.
Good job, actually it is better than I expected.
The group making this game should then continue to modify the details to make it better.
– Real player with 59.9 hrs in game
UPDATED VERSION (March 2020)
Game has changed name from Starship Helmet, but same card style battles + campaign. No tutorial but clearer translations, so expect to jab at it for the first couple of games, it becomes obvious soon. Enjoyable.
Improved balance, campaign and new special weapons, plus crew that can improve cards.
At first glance the new graphics look worse.
Still a couple of Chinese parts. Easy to guess the meanings by jabbing at them. [In the original game entire cards might be in Chinese - seems fixed.]
– Real player with 22.9 hrs in game
Magic of Spring
A card adventure game. Explore a magical island, turn the environment into cards, build decks to overcome card battles, and end the war between spring and summer.
Features:
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Grand quest: Play as Aeon the Conjurer sent to the Island of Fate to save the Emissary Kingdoms from devastating droughts and storms.
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Free exploration: Find your way through the Island of Fate, an ancient place of power. The Island features open fields, alternative paths, and optional areas.
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Card conjuring: Turn trees, spirits, architecture, and everything else you’ll find on the Island into cards.
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Deck building: Use conjured cards to build decks and discover perfect answers for every adversary you will meet during your journey.
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Magic battles: Defeat runes, conjurers, and deities in over fifty unique battles that will test your skills and decks.
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Endless challenge: Push your decks to the limit in the endurance battles to earn a spot in the leaderboards and unlock reward cards.
Aeon’s End
If you want to try out Aeons End, or really prefer to play games digitally, it’s pretty good but brief. If you have all the physical base sets, expansions, and so forth, I don’t think you’ll be getting rid of them anytime soon for this (unlike, say, how Sentinels of the Multiverse is so good on digital that I’ll never play the physical edition again).
I won’t comment on game play and such, but there’s a decent tutorial that goes over most concepts (while letting players discover the synergies of the game themselves). There’s also currently no multiplayer for those who demand it (I suspect it’s in the works though), nor AI players either; one player controls all the mages' actions (although you could potentially do “pass and play” gaming). It’s a non-issue to me, but a determining factor for others.
– Real player with 86.2 hrs in game
My Biases: I backed this on kickstarter not because I have played the physical game but because I really like the developer and the game seemed to be very fun if their streams were any indication. I really enjoy the game from what I have done so far.
Aeon’s end is a cooperative deck builder game where up to 4 mages try to beat back monsters that seek to destroy humanity. The game is an uphill battle but certainly winnable. There are many ways to approach the battles and lots of variability depending on the mages and supply cards you use.
– Real player with 70.1 hrs in game
Card Apocalypse
A rogulike Card Battle Game
Background
It’s said that finding the World Tree can realize a wish,people who keep looking for the World Tree are called travelers,they use their cards to fight the enemy.Their stories are all around the world.
Play method
Each skill card has numbers and colors,use numbers or color combinations to activate cards,the more powerful the card, the more difficult it is to take effect,each profession has a large number of exclusive skill cards and treasures.
Features
Distinctive characteristics of art style,players upgrade to unlock more skill cards and treasures,super many combinations waiting for players to discover.
Chaincards
Chaincards is a JRPG where you play as Chain, a young wizard whose goal is to find out his master’s magic notes to reveal the secrets behind his mysterious death. Search powerful spells exploring dungeons. Learn how to control them and unleash the power of magic cards to fight demons and evil magicians. Unveil the truth.
Erannorth Reborn
I’ll start with the base game itself and tackle modding later on in the review despite it being my favorite part of the game. While modding is a major focus of the game it’s not what you expect to be paying for right off the bat.
First up, gameplay. There is an open world game mode that I haven’t played much of (yet) and thus won’t be talking about. The core game mode is the rogue-like card-based rpg formula we’re all familiar with by now. There are a great deal of difficulties and game modes such as draft in the base game letting you have your own variety. These game modes will set you on a journey across Folkswave, the area of focus within the setting, where you will hopefully but almost certainly not find success. On this journey you’re certain to make friends, find loot, kill monsters, explore the unexplored, and generally have a great time.
– Real player with 381.5 hrs in game
TLDR: Thumbs up for a very complex card battle game with rpg-like character customization and alot of depth. Though there is alot to learn from card text and tags, this game is an addictive hidden gem: 9/10.
This review is long because I was frustrated trying to learn about the game when I started. So I wanted to talk about what approach worked best for me.
At first the game felt linear, but there were so many abilities to discover that I didn’t mind it. Monsters are fairly diverse too as you move across stages. Plus there are events that give you choices. Eventually though it started to feel just a little repetitive, but that was only because I didn’t understand all the different game modes. Each mode has 3 tiers of difficulty so it’s easy to get locked into wanting to see how far you can survive through the tiers.
– Real player with 188.1 hrs in game
Inanis
Inanis is a story-rich fusion of bullet hell, boss battles, and deck-building! Will you be the pilgrim to successfully reach and slay the king?
Follow us at Kickstarter! Campaign launching October 5th: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inanis/inanis-0
**Over 15 Bosses.
3 traversable world maps, full of secrets
A cast of Unique characters to interact with and learn the games story from
Over 100 cards, 15 spirits, and endless combinations
A full deck building system, so you can prepare your arsenal for each fight
Replay-ability and scaling difficulty, with each boss available to play on a greater difficulty after it’s beaten**