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I'd pay: $10 Just like the rest of this studio's games, a near miss for me. The game design itself is fully unique. A pretty perfect meta-game and an interesting combat setup. But the execution just isn't that interesting. As another player said, you do generally end up falling back on some dominant strategies (AOE attack & freeze), which is a sign of poor balance. There's also just not that much content. Yeah there are a few characters with a few variants, but for some reason it all just feels the same. Every run, every level. Maybe some varied objectives/battles/levels might make it more interesting.

Its pretty good. The problem is theres nothing to keep you engaged. Theres not much variety in builds and theres little to no meta progression. Every run starts the same and goes basically one of three or four builds every time. You get the same artifacts over and over which gets stale fast. I find myself enjoying the game less and less every time I open it. It could be so good with a little more added to it. Some kind of purpose to build towards that could change the way a run operates fundamentally. Good for 10 hours. Fine for 10 more. Frustrating beyond that.

4/10 Score I really want to recommend this, but in 5 hours i finished the game and there isnt much left to do. I have unlocked Torment (aka artificially increasing difficulty for myself by myself) and a 3rd character. But I already b eat the game there is not much left to play (even though there are still cards and artifacts to unlock) . Yes game has some unique mechanics and they are fun to explore and have a strategy, but I finished it on second run and now i get to play again exactly same as before but I can chose to give bosses +50% hp WOW. Comparing to games like slay the spire and monster train even though the core game loop stays the same (you just do another run) but there is SOME story progression and you dont beat the game on your 2nd run. You learn more about mechanics and get unlocks and then finally beat it. What im saying is there is just not enough content for this price. This is a $10 game at MOST.

What is wrong with the balancing of this game ?? Absolutly not playable

I'm not sure if $25 is worth it, but I got this on sale for less than $10 and had a blast playing it. The graphics, voice acting, and in-game effects leave much to be desired, but the game play is pretty fun. The variety of different cards that you can play per class is nice and unique. I found the most fun playing multiplayer and with other people, but it is unfortunate that this game does not have a big multiplayer audience. So sometimes you find games, sometimes you don't. Overall, original price tag of $25 is not worth it, but when it goes on sale I think it's completely worth it. Got my hours worth of the game.

6.5/10 For a product that has been available for purchase for 18 months this game falls short due to developer preference of throwing volume at you over finely tuned mechanics (quality) and interface (ease of interaction / availability of mechanic information). The lack of polish is immediately apparent in the developer’s interesting implementation of modern monitor resolutions and not including multi-monitor support within their multi-game launcher (Archive of Awesome) that also serves as an advertising board for their other games under. Mechanically, the lack of polish is less visible on the surface but in modes like single player + endless it becomes painfully apparent as the game scales. Multiplayer may not experience this same issue if each player has the opportunity to build their deck/artifact selection as if they are each the main player. Example situation: Single player endless, floor 34. • The floor spawn appears to be randomly generated from a range of options f...

Not bad game, but it's looks very cheap when you enter endless mode bcs your cards doesn't scale to "late". A.e. - after 12, 24, 36... and other 12-circle stage you still see those values on your cards, what u see on beginning.

I enjoyed the game. However, I bought it at 50% off and over paid. There isn't much game here. Got too easy too fast. My biggest gripe is there are only 5 classes and one is paid DLC.

I was suggested by my friend as we are both love Rogue-like game. ITwas not on discount (TBH u should grab this at full price to support the dev, my bad), so i waited till it goes sale and immediately bought it. I highly recommend this game because this is a very addicting game. Each run wont be the same as u can choose 5 character then choose artifact and can be partied with randoms or friends. There is some element called FORCED COOPERATION which varies based on your character. Meta progression is straightforward, by winning the battle with your character, u will be rewarded with exp (scales with torment) and unlock new artifact (total 10 per character), which can be chosen up to 3 artifact that will change or provide different way to play. DONT FORGET TO HAVE FUN!!

fun game for folks that also like Slay the Spire but want to play with friends