Loop Hero
A wonderful, clever and new take on the roguelike genre w elements of other genres that would seem contrary, yet it works perfectly as a whole. There are plenty of secrets and combinations to discover, and I would suggest a new player stay far away from any spoiler guides as a big part of the fun is discovering these hidden elements on your own. Graphics are good for the style they’re trying to emulate and there’s a definite minimalist aesthetic to the game that adds much to the overall story and themes of the game itself. Honestly, after all the time I’ve spent, I really just want more of everything and hope there’s an expansion or, at least, DLC coming. I’d take a sequel too, as long as it maintains the core of the first one. This is, of course, best for people who actively already love the genres this straddles, have an open mind and love experimental games, or, at least, are not slaves to the graphical arms race of the triple A field.
– Real player with 289.6 hrs in game
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7/10
Loop Hero is a very impressive and creative indie game. However, the advantages of this game cannot hide the disadvantages.
Roguelike, Management, Tactical. Of course, this game has such rich elements, you might feel very interested in the first few hours. Keep playing this game, you will find it becomes a little boring. You also need to spend a lot of time on this game or you might not pass this game easily, even from my points of view, this game maybe not worth you to spend those time.
– Real player with 107.2 hrs in game
Chess Evolved Online
The developer is clearly insane, and there are numerous horrific flaws that I assume will never be fixed ever. The good news is that it takes a while for the true gravity of those flaws to start affecting you, and until then you can enjoy this game a lot.
Here is a small sampling of some of the terrors of the past, although they may be gone*, they surely portend of more great sorrow in the future:
1. Turn one checkmate was once possible. Yes it is as bad as it sounds. Although it could be staved off by simply covering ever square within a 3 square radius of your king.
– Real player with 752.7 hrs in game
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Chess Evolved Online is an extremely frustrating game to play, and not for the right reasons. While it has an incredibly compelling base for a game and that is fun for a long time, you eventually get to a level where, at the highest rankings (I am currently in the top 50 as of this review, rank ~4400), you are forced to play only the most boring stally armies or lose a lot of rating because of effective RNG where other armies hard-counter your pieces.
So while I am giving this game a positive review out of support for being much better than most games out there, it still feels dreadful to play due to developer incompetence.
– Real player with 565.3 hrs in game
MIYAMOTO S
MIYAMOTO is a single player card game with a miniature board.
Game art is simple and oriental world with Samurai.
Open the box of the board game and you will be dive into a world of miniatures!
The important tactics is"when" and “where” and “which” play your card.
Random deck on each battles will not promise their results, It’s up to your tactics.
Collect unique heroes and defeat MIYAMOTO.
MIYAMOTO S includes the extended content “Shiba Inu”.
New units including “Shiba Inu” have been added.
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Siberian Dawn
The game is good but the interface is not very intuitive making the game hard to play. The developer is still working on the game so they are still hoped that this will be addressed in a coming update.
– Real player with 31.7 hrs in game
I’d very much like to see this game and designer succeed. I discovered Siberian Dawn through the Ios release thread on BGG and decided to give the free trial a go. After a few runthroughs I spent the couple of dollars for the extra missions. It’s well worth it. Designer is helpful and quick to answer questions and is working diligently on the manual and updating and revising content. If you like deep, meaty deck builders look no further. It’s got that Legendary Encounters vibe where one is constantly surprised at how thematic the mechanisms come across essentially through just a bunch of cards. Complex, difficult, rewarding, in that order. Get some.
– Real player with 30.6 hrs in game
Artifact
Valve got greedy.
Apparently Valve forgot everything they learned from TF2, CS:GO and Dota2. Making fun games fully accessible to everyone. Online games without players and communities are destined to fail.
But… Nope. Valve decides to exclude 90% of the World.
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Pay for the game.
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Pay for cards to play the game, making the best cards the rarest and therefore most expensive. (when they said power level wouldn’t be related to rarity)
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Pay to enter prize modes.
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Take a % cut of prize mode entry fees.
– Real player with 102.0 hrs in game
Valve has literally abandoned the game…
Edit: 13/03/2021
This game was so hyped at the time, and for me, the gameplay lived up to it for me when it launched, it was so different from everything that I’ve tried before and I did not even know Dota 2 universe… But after years waiting for something, it’s finally Official, both versions of the game, Classic and Foundry, will not be in further development… Here is some of the main things that were impactful during all this time being a casual player.
– Real player with 64.7 hrs in game
Cosmica
The game has some polishing to do - things are a little tricky to figure out at first; there’s too much text on some screens; and I like the retro vibes from the art style, but not all the cards have unique art at this point. Once you past the initial lack of clarity though, it’s interesting and unique gameplay. The card effects are simple yet the strategy is intricate, and the deck manipulation aspect is something I haven’t experienced before - l have to think about every play, as opposed to some rogue-like deckbuilders where I often feel I’m on autopilot. I tried it on Steam Link too, and it transfers nicely to mobile. I look forward to seeing what comes of it.
– Real player with 15.8 hrs in game
Top notch for an indie game! My son loves pokemon cards and he got right into this game, I’ll have to get him a copy!
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
ARTHA
the game doesnt even work!
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
** Not sure what language this was made in, but do not buy if you plan to play in English**
No worthwhile tutorial, very very poor translation means card mechanics are a complete mystery with cards acting in bizarre fashion.. sometimes doing one thing, sometimes not doing anything at all. The performance is also pretty bad. I can’t really figure out any mechanics that work properly.
A shame because there is a lack of non-p2w card games out there.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Ironclad Tactics
I’ve been playing Ironclad Tactics off and on for over a year. Only now, after earning every card, I realize that I forgot to write a review. It’s sort of a Plants VS Zombies game except that it’s Zombies VS Zombies, and the zombies are steampunk mechs.
The pace is realtime, but it moves slow enough to allow some thinking time for your next moves. Most of the challenge comes from building specialized decks to solve the puzzle that each level presents. Your AI opponent will have the upper hand with some new attack or defense and you’ll have to come up with a counter. Most of the time this results in a tense battle of planning, wits, and fortune. When you tweak a deck combo into working just right it feels great! Each new card opens up lots of tactical options and completing challenges for cards feels rewarding.
– Real player with 46.5 hrs in game
I got this game in a bundle and I was so happy that I decided to give it a try - I would easily purchase it individually.
If you enjoy deck-building card game, laning-style gameplay, and the steampunk theme, then you will love this game.
The aesthetics are great - the detail put into the cartoon-style graphics are very nice. The cutscenes are delivered in a comic-book style format, and the art is well done. The music is sounds are also good and add to the atmosphere of the industrial-age setting.
– Real player with 22.4 hrs in game
Lucadian Chronicles
I’m 20 hours into the gameplay and enjoying it very much. (The solo campaign demo, free, took about 5 or 6 hours and it was easier than the later stages.) I normally play turn based strategy games like Civ 5, so this game has a much lighter and more casual feel, but it’s still very intellectually engaging. It’s mostly a card game with a loose framework of a storyline and a fantasy campaign setting. The gameplay where you will be spending 90-95% of your time is somewhere between tactical combat and puzzle solving. I find myself saying things like “Well, that didn’t work, maybe I will try deploying my berserker opposite that elven archer, so he will lose some HP and start attacking more vigorously, because I need their ghouls to die before their skeletons so they don’t keep getting hit point boosts…” and “Dammit, the fire tribe engineer can’t be placed next to the air-aligned ballista to repair it.” Also, “I’m stuck on the campaign map, I just don’t have enough 1-point cards to fill out a solid team after choosing my best vampire leader and the armor cracker and the druid. Even after trying all the different spells I still can’t bring down their healer fast enough. So I guess it’s time to go PVP to build up some more gold and buy more cards.” Some other reviewers have criticized the art; it’s admittedly an odd mix of “old masters”, anime, and classic dark fantasy art. But, for less than $10, this is a great buy. Lots of fun, thought provoking gameplay. A very smooth, bug-free gaming experience, both PVE and PVP. Check it out!
– Real player with 561.1 hrs in game
Amazing collectable card game, and it’s free after the first purchase!
The battle play itself but it’s not an easy game. There is a lot of challenge in selecting the cards for each battle, it’s a very good puzzle game.
It also has a storyline and PvP mode.
There is also drafting PvP, while it is well designed, it is unfortuante that there isn’t enough players for drafting so some times it’s hard to find a game.
– Real player with 159.9 hrs in game
Master of Miracles
Unique Units
21 unique units in the initial release, every unit has its own skillset.
In the combat, the units must be properly deployed. There is no radom facts in the fight, the outcome is based on your strategy.
Prepare for the combats
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Choose your units and fight the enemies, your selestion of the units is the key to win.
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Take advantage of the reinforcement mechanism, this is the key to turn the table.
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Setting up the combat strategy is an advanced technic. It helps you pinning on the key enemy units.
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Try to combine the skills from different units, it can be surprisingly fun.
More game content…
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No micro transactions in the game, all the resources are managed only for pleasure.
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This is not all the content in the plan. There are many still under development. We looking forward to presenting them to you in the continued development.
Contents under development
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More than 100 units are planned in 11 races.
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Rune and equipment system would help you to fully use the potential of each unit.