When I think of deck-building games, I usually think of collecting attacks and creatures to battle my way to a boss. I’ve spent countless hours refining my skills at Slay the Spire and Nowhere Prophet, and the combination of card game and Roguelike randomness has kept me entertained throughout. The enviroment is severly lacking in variety, there is an enormous amount of repitition and recycled content, the only interesting aspect of the game is the bosses which are disappointing as well.There’s not much that makes me happier than the increasing popularity of deck-building video games. Outside boss battles the game is a shallow beatemup, again there is nothing required of the player other than to mash the attack button while running to avoid slow attacks, shortly after starting the game I stopped fighting minor enemies entirely, not good considering that is a large chunk of the game. Variety does pick up later in the game when you unlock more magic/abilities, but the game still requires nothing from the player than to slowly pick away at the enemies health while easily avoiding attacks (which require no dodging or timing). The first boss took me a number of attempts mainly because I was trying to find ways to make the combat enjoyable, then to get it over with as quickly as possible, then I relented and beat the boss the proper way, by slowly running around and occasionally hitting it, there was no skill or thought required just my willingness to sit there, bored, and occasionally press the attack button. Unfortunately there are very few tools at your desposal, you cannot dodge or guard, but you can jump, attack, and use magic however there are few ways in which you can use these abilities. This is not why I picked up this game though, the real time combat was the real draw. The dialogue is grating, and drawn out, while the plot is filled to the brim with tropes. I would say this game is suited purely to jrpg fans. I still come back to this game regularly and there are not many games I return to. Just a fantastic game and I mentioned the word fun a few times, it is something so many games lack and that is simple fun entertainment. To sum it up, it is like a top down Zelda game on speed but without the overworld. I just can't understand the lack of attention this game gets. The graphics, sound, story, bosses everything is just balanced really nicely and all of the aspects compliment each other really well. This whole game just gels so well, with all elements of it being fun. Different depending on who you play through as. This is written dialogue and great stories. Story - I don't care for game stories because they're usually rubbish, or have terrible voice acting. A bit of everything but lots of mashing up baddies. 2.5D platforming, hack and slash, puzzles, story. Levelling up is fun and if too much levelling is required, then it is because you have chosen the wrong difficulty. Depending on difficulty setting, you may need to level up. Boss battles - brilliant, can seem incredibly hard at first but once you do a few attempts and learn the attack patterns, they get easier until you win. Enemy variety - loads of bosses, with new types of baddies on each level. Sound - I really enjoyed the sound track, absolutely superb music, again it suits the game and keeps the vibe of the game flowing. I think the look is really fitting with other elements of the game. I prefer games with a lighter colour scheme but I like everything on this. I generally hate menu's but the menu's in this are easy to navigate and two simple pages. If you're not a finger wizard, even normal is pretty hard at times. It's challenging but fair, with multiple difficulty settings. This is one of my favourite games ever and no nostalgia, I only played it in the last couple of years This is an action, adventure, puzzle RPG, with end to end dungeons, with great bosses at the end of them. This is one of my favourite games ever and no nostalgia, I only played I can't believe how far down the list of best Switch games this comes. I can't believe how far down the list of best Switch games this comes.
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