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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 210.4 hrs on record (143.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 28 Jul, 2021 @ 1:18am

Early Access Review
Play the role of a secret agent fighting multiple enemies at once, using a customised deck of cards that represent your moves and attacks. You take turns drawing a hand of cards and using them to deal damage or move around the combat area, all while managing your health, momentum (used to play cards, like action points), and combo (which increases when you deal damage, and can be spent to play extra powerful cards).

The enemies are predictable - you're told exactly where they'll attack and how much damage they'll deal - so it's up to you to choose the best cards from your randomly-drawn hand to either block or evade enemy attacks, and to dish out damage. Watch out though, as some enemies will counter your attacks or will deal damage if you step directly in front of them. The enemy attacks are locked in once they have you in their sights - you can trick an enemy into committing to an attack, and then move away so that they hit their ally who was behind you.

Use the environment to your advantage: push enemies off buildings to instantly take them out, knock an enemy into an obstacle for extra damage, or spring off a wall and deal a devastating flying punch attack. Finding the perfect way to manipulate an enemy into a vulnerable spot and then unleashing a powerful attack to knock them out is really satisfying.

Pick your path through the enemy compound: initiating fights, getting upgrades, buying new cards, and making choices along the way. You can pick the harder route for extra rewards, or take it easy until you reach a hospital to recover your health. Planning is essential when it comes to managing your health and your money.

The game is randomised so that it essentially has infinite replayability - each round you'll find different cards, different upgrades, different enemies, different random encounters, different path layouts, etc. There are also several starting decks, which make every new game feel different. The enemies get harder as you advance through the game, and there are boss enemies which have unique abilities at the end of each enemy compound.

This is a great game to play while you're watching a YouTube video, watching Netflix, or chatting online to your friends - it's turn-based so you can take your time selecting your moves and you can pause whenever you want. It also saves your run if you quit the game, so you can always pick off where you left it last time. If things start to go south and you die, you can jump right back into a new round.

If you like Slay The Spire, Into The Breach, Monster Train, or other turn-based deckbuilding games, then I'm sure you will enjoy this game. It's basically the same concept except with sweet martial arts moves!
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