Really neat aesthetic and gameplay. Fun with friends.
Inkbound is a game that’s easier to critique than it is to review. We could sit here and talk about its terrible WoW-esque quest system for content unlocks, or its relatively uninteresting variety of worlds and enemies, or its ink-and-stories motif that it does too little with. But I keep coming back because it’s meaty. Its Monster Train-esque build complexity and its Teamfight Tactics-esque item synergies. Its Transistor-esque asynchronous combat system, which is really quite unique for the genre. And I keep coming back for the fact that it is one of the few roguelike deckbuilders (even though there are no cards, it is definitely a deckbuilder) that I can play online, with friends. I don’t think this game is going to be taking any awards, and it probably won’t keep a permanent place in my heart. But then, most roguelike deckbuilders don’t. It tries some new things, more successfully than not, and I’ll take that over another polished but derivative slog any day.
bought this as retail therapy because it was on sale, i enjoyed monster train, and the steam reviews said it had been Unshittened by the removal of online/live-service bs. got an absurd build and won my third attempt - i really like the gameplay concept but there might be some balance issues lol
The worst thing I can say about Inkbound is that the first hour or so is absolutely poisonous regarding the mechanics and terms you must learn. Once you're past that initial hump, Inkbound is a fantastic tactics roguelite. All the aspects are fun, the single-player feels well-balanced simultaneously, the co-op feels like a very intended way to play, and the writing is pleasant while staying in its lane.
it's turn based hades. I know it's reductive to call things as properties of other things but that really describes it perfectly