It is randomly generated and populated ( rogue-like) with enemy encounters, loot, currency, and other power-ups, but you are limited from reaching the farthest corners by the ink you must strategically place to traverse the page. You are given only the spine of where this page opens on the "book" and must use the ink collected from winning the various battles to reveal more of the map. This time around the twist is also map related, in that from the opening gate there is only a single solitary line of map revealed to the boss, but the map itself is much larger. In Faeria the cards were the characters you placed on the board, with RogueBook we instead wander into this roguelike deck builder space and the cards become the actions of your selected characters on a journey. Faeria is a Collectible Card Game featuring a "living map" as its mark on the genre. I reviewed in for Switch last year and despite it not living up to the standard set for PC I still landed on a score of 8.8. Faeria has since been ported to several consoles and is a wonderful gem of a game. The first release Abrakam treated us to was Faeria, which was born as a Kickstarter in 2013 and eventually made Early Access three years later, with an official launch on 2017. It's all wonderfully fun and RogueBook is absolutely no different, but has an Abrakam twist the developers are becoming known for. It's a wonderful form of gaming that combines both near and long term planning between the deck building, simply surviving each challenge before while at the same time keeping an eye on the end game, and the roguelike elements of every run being every so slightly different between both the board draw and the rewards you earn along the way. The key is to build a deck with solid synergies and manage your characters' health through the battles so that you not only defeat the opponent before you, but have enough left in the tank to tackle future challenges as well. Loot is earned along the way in the forms of currencies, new cards, and even special items that can drastically alter gameplay. Minions give way to bosses as checkpoints to cross into greater levels. Once the deck is exhausted it reshuffles and draws through again. Each round draws a set number of cards and has a set number of maximum points to play those cards. Attacks, defenses, and special actions are are performed from playing cards. Battles are won by depleting the hit points of the opponents (before they deplete yours).
The game plays out as a series of battles. The mechanics of this type are simple enough. I think with RogueBook we're finally starting to cross over squarely into the establishment of a proper genre of games, and it is one I couldn't be happier about. SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamesh certainly rings the same tune but with more RPG elements than roguelike ones.
There have certainly been other games that brushed Slay the Spire's mechanics and have offered experiences adjacent to it. Whatever it is, I have been a huge fan ever since I went down the rabbit hole with the the seminal entrant into this style - Slay the Spire. Roguelike deck builder I suppose comes closest. I'm not sure if we really even have a proper title for this genre of game.
0 kommentar(er)
