This game is Cool and Has Some Vibes and I Like it but I'm not utterly bowled over by it the way just about everyone else seems to be. One thing in particular that I like about this game is how much it wants you to succeed. It wants you to win and it wants you to make progress so that you can uncover the story. Over time, it gives you cards that are more powerful to the point that some are clearly overpowered and can carry you through a run to a win and it's nice to have one of these deckbuilder roguelike-y games feel like it doesn't just want you to understand the mechanics and internalize how they work but it is actively cheering for you, even though the NPCs you talk to and the aesthetics of the game and everything else is in that traditional sort of "well you died. try again, fuck-o" sort of attitude. And I think that that is part of why I feel that this game is more successful in it "meta" aspect than the developer's previous games.

Reviewed on Dec 21, 2021


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