Cardpocalypse is a single-player card game where you change the cards and the rules as you play, delivered within a charming school-based narrative.
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Really makes you feel like a 7th grader in the 90s
I love card games when they're compelling and satisfying enough
I love pokemon and almost any derivative involving critters
unfortunately, this couldn't hold my attention.
Gameplay feels fine, but doesn't feature any mechanics that really feel too unique or interesting. Battles in the first hour and a half or so that I played were fun, and I like that it doesn't really gate you out of progress for losing battles, only select story ones. They just were the same out of the 12 or so I played.
No real narrative hook to me. You're a kid, you just arrived at this school, made a ton of friends instantly, but then got fucked over in a battle and get the game banned. Some weirdness arises, and people deal with the aftermath. Sure, I'm sure they go somewhere with it, but there so far wasn't anything that kept me invested. The art style is also unique, but not up my alley. For creatures or the characters.
It feels nostalgia baity but like... weirdly unmotivated to attempt the nostalgiabait that you typically expect from this sort of thing. Not that it's being smart with the way it tries, but that it just doesn't really try too much. Kind of a plus, but it doesn't strike a positive or negative chord with me. It's more going for nostalgia towards childhood itself than anything in particular.
The actual dialogue is decently well written, but again, just not interesting enough to grab me. I would liken it all to costume quest, but doesn't show its hand(pun not intended) enough to make me want to see what comes next.
I love pokemon and almost any derivative involving critters
unfortunately, this couldn't hold my attention.
Gameplay feels fine, but doesn't feature any mechanics that really feel too unique or interesting. Battles in the first hour and a half or so that I played were fun, and I like that it doesn't really gate you out of progress for losing battles, only select story ones. They just were the same out of the 12 or so I played.
No real narrative hook to me. You're a kid, you just arrived at this school, made a ton of friends instantly, but then got fucked over in a battle and get the game banned. Some weirdness arises, and people deal with the aftermath. Sure, I'm sure they go somewhere with it, but there so far wasn't anything that kept me invested. The art style is also unique, but not up my alley. For creatures or the characters.
It feels nostalgia baity but like... weirdly unmotivated to attempt the nostalgiabait that you typically expect from this sort of thing. Not that it's being smart with the way it tries, but that it just doesn't really try too much. Kind of a plus, but it doesn't strike a positive or negative chord with me. It's more going for nostalgia towards childhood itself than anything in particular.
The actual dialogue is decently well written, but again, just not interesting enough to grab me. I would liken it all to costume quest, but doesn't show its hand(pun not intended) enough to make me want to see what comes next.
Cute! It’s neat that you don’t actually have to win at the card game battles, since the story is just about a kid at a new school trying to make some friends. That said, you do spend about 80% of your time playing cards, and the card game is so similar to Hearthstone that I… would just rather be playing Hearthstone tbh.
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\ [Apple Arcade ranked \]
The cardgamer plays like heartstone (almost a direct copy), but instead of the possibility of playing a hero card, your hero automatically evolves when you are half health. There is also a bit of yu-gi-oh trap cards idea sprinkeld in. The focus seems to be on the story of schoolkids getting hyped about a popular cardgame. It reminds me of what the pokemon tcg was in my elementary school when it first came out, except no one knew how to play with the official rules. The game references that with the possibility to make your own rules at some point. It's a parodygame that doesn't take itself seriously and makes fun of the trading card game tropes. While going in with the vibe to just have a bit of fun, i found it quite charming, if not a bit short.