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Mycologist inscryption2/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Hand of Fate 1 was fantastic, but was dragged down by very basic combat. On a different topic, I'm still waiting for someone to take a crack at making another Hand of Fate style deckbuilder where you put your own encounters into the game. You might love it, or you might be like me and like it until you suddenly hate it. It's difficult, because the nature of the game makes it impossible to review for someone without also spoiling it. I enjoyed the game for several hours, then dropped it hard based on the decisions they made later on. It's nowhere near the same class as Slay the Spire, and despite looking like Hand of Fate in the trailers the gameplay is very different.Ģ) The reason to play the game is in the "not playing the game" segments, and some of the choices made for this say the least. I love deckbuilder indies (Slay The Spire, Hand of Fate etc) so this is on my list.Without going into spoiler territory, I feel there's two things you should know first.ġ) As a deckbuilder, it's merely competent. It's not the game they paid for, why is it here? If Act 2 was removed and replaced by a more fleshed out Act 3, so going from 3d card-based roguelite D&D-session thing with escape-room elements to a 3d card-based roguelite D&D-session thing with escape-room elements but a different GM, then i feel like there would have been a lot less backlash.Īs it is, the sudden jolt to the 2-D Pokemon-style gameplay is like buying Doom Eternal only to find out that it turns into a Cooking Mama game halfway through. Then partway through, when they finally beat the gamemaster, suddenly they're in an entirely different game alltogether with no clear way of going back, or if going back is even possible. Everyone looked at the game and saw a 3d card-based roguelite D&D-session thing with escape-room elements, and they bought the game expecting just that. All the advertising, images, videos, and the entire demo were all 100% focused on Act 1 with Leshy in the cabin. I feel like (for me at least, assuming it's for most other people too) the problem isn't that act 2 is "Bad" it's that act 2 is not what we paid for. Also apparently the developers discovered the old data because they got trapped in the game repeatedly, and had to beat their way out several time. The secret shadowy government cabal kills the developers involved and burns the place down to hide the incident, but also can't find the disk and would rather lose it then let anyone else possibly get it. The game developers learn that they put the coordinates in one of the games and sneak it out by throwing it away and then digging it out of the landfill later. Basically the game contains information on Hitler's magic playing cards, even the knowledge of which is haunted. I think the game was a bit easy mechanically and very weak story wise, but it really sucked me in for the ride while I was playing it. I enjoyed Act I the most as well and hoped they were going to redo it for each of the four, I would have been down with that. It's like the unlimited pack dummy in Act II, an easy button if the game is too hard (which as a super easy game would be difficult.) I did't use the Oroborous either, it didn't slow me down any. ![]() Evidently i didn't learn that until after i beat the game though. ![]() I know i know, Oroborous gets stronger with every death. was more then a bit disappointed that Leshy sent that to me rather then say, one of my previous deathcards, which would have been infinitely more useful. Didn't see the point in 2 blood for a 1/1 card, and in the 3rd act, REALLY didn't see the point in 5 energy for a 1/1 card. Oops.Īlso-also, never used the Oroboros in my game. So that guy was stick in a drawer the entire time. It was still good, but it would have been a lot better if it had been nothing but act 1, just more fleshed out and expanded upon.Īlso apparently i screwed up and never found the lonely wizbot in act 3, only ever found the fishbot. All in all, it was not the game i paid for, and that really sucks. The introduction of the 2nd act left a bad taste in my mouth, the 3rd act was okay but not nearly as good, and it was sad to see that returning to the 1st act post-game erased all my previous information. While a fun game and a positive experience overall, I can't really say it was fantastic finding out the game wasn't what i paid for. ![]()
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