My son read all the Last Kids on Earth books and really loved them. A game set in that world that reminds me a lot of Slay the Spire is a perfect match for us. Faithful to the LKOE stories and decently challenging encounters. I still have a ways to go through the campaign but 6 hours in (as of this writing) and it's been good fun.

Last Kids on Earth: Hit The Deck takes the standard deck-builder format and expands on it in a few interesting and fresh ways. The game takes place over a series of missions where the deck you build over time for each of the 4 playable characters remains throughout the course of the game. It’s refreshing to build a deck in a deck-builder and be able to keep it over more than one play session, continually refine it, and master the play-style. Alongside that, each mission has an interesting extra deck to draw from called the ‘story deck’ where you can draw cards based on your environment that are specific to each mission and use it to your advantage. With all of the interesting unique objectives for each mission, the story deck, and the various mechanics, Hit The Deck is a very fun and fresh take on the deck-building genre. Mechanics: Before every mission you start in the tree-house, which acts as a hub or main menu where you can access various mechanics, including: The armory,...

I'd like to be more on the neutral side. My playtime (8 hours) is around how long it takes to complete the game. There's no meta progression and the custom cards aren't really anything special. I don't really see a reason to do another play through on another difficulty. So that sucks. You also unlock all the trinkets at around 4 hours, so like, there could be so many more. I was hoping hard and etc would have more incentives. No real replayability. Honestly it's a quiet good game. It was fun and engaging and I liked the synergies you can build with different units. The story and such was dumb but enjoyable. This had a lot of potential to be greater than it is. >.<

Seems like a cool deck-builder so far that often uses paired characters/decks that share cards from a common deck in the middle that can always be played (all cards cost energy though). Some of the fights are like, what? uhoh... but then you get some nice combos and surprise you just beat a boss! The art style is whimsical and bright and there are cutscenes from the show I assume (I haven't watched it). It's fast and makes you think but doesn't consume you like a deep strategy game or a finely crafted narrative game would. Overall, this'll be good to play when I only have a few minutes or if I want to watch Netflix or something at the same time.

[h1]Fun post-apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder[/h1] If your main beef with [i]Slay the Spire[/i] is that you can't pair up the Silent with the Defect, check this out. Each (fairly brief) jaunt out into the monster-filled world to hoover up supplies or cross quests off your list features a pair of your junior heroes and their unique decks. The basics are familiar--hit the bad guys, evade their attacks, mix and match buffs and debuffs--but the combos and synergies between decks are the key here. And once you start making use of Teamwork cards that (for example) add cool cards to your teammate's deck, you may not want to go back to boring one-deck play again. I'm not super familiar with the cartoon this is based on, but the voice acting and cut scenes are strong--and brief, so you can get back to the deck-building, zombie-slaying action ASAP.

This review is based on the launch version, though for full disclosure I did two test runs beforehand. And if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have thought to pick this up. But in short, I'm glad I did. Personally I found this game to provide a fun challenge that rewards experimentation with different combinations. I do think there are frustrations at times--sometimes winning is just a matter of waiting for the right story deck cards to appear, which can be a long wait OR an instant win, neither of which is very satisfying. But normally it works out to a good match. I learned to do better as I went, and I had a lot of fun building decks that could unleash a barrage of debuffs onto foes so that I could quadruple my damage. I also enjoyed the card creation mechanic, and not for nothing, I took a lot of childish joy out of the goofy naming options. I just wish I could have found picture options too. Narratively...look, I'm not familiar with The Last Kids on Earth, and the best I can mus...

Slay the Spire with team ups and a cute, kid-friendly story. I dig it!

Fans of Slay the Spire (and StS-adjacent games), don't get put off by the kids' book "wrapper" on this game! There's some fun, smart deck-building stuff going on here. (If you don't know Last Kids on Earth, it's a huge kids-book series and accompanying Netflix show. As child apocalypses go, it's at the opposite end of the grim-intensity spectrum from Last of Us. Think Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Zombieland.) The main innovation over default StS-style games is that you play two "party members" (out of four total you can choose from) on each mission, so you're drawing from two decks--a little like multiple PCs in Across the Obelisk. As you might imagine, the real fun starts when you begin building synergies between the different characters and decks, as you choose which new cards, gear, and consumables to include for different quests. I feel like I'm still just scratching the surface a few hours in, but definitely recommended.

This game was enjoyable, and fun in a quirky, sweet way. I don't personally know much about the Last Kids on Earth, so can't say whether it holds true to the story, but the way it's presented here is enjoyable. The writing, acting, and animation were all high quality. The monster design is especially lovely. For the game play itself, I tried it on two difficulty settings, the lowest and second hardest. As someone who doesn't have much familiarity with any kind of video game, I found some of the mechanics difficult to pick up, and wish there had been slightly more explanation of how things worked. This would likely not be a struggle for someone who plays more frequently though, and wasn't so bad as to make the game not enjoyable. The actual deck building is fun, and the way the battles play out is both challenging and quick enough to make the game not feel like it's dragging. There are lots of options and combinations to try, and getting to swap between characters was a lot of fun. ...

Fun little card battler akin to slay the spire, though without the roguelike elements, with a surprising amount of gameplay depth considering it seems to be aimed at children. Art style is phenomenal and the animations are slick. Definitely worth a play if you like card battlers and doubly so if you are a fan of last kids on earth.