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Add Hand of Fate 2 to your wishlist in order to keep up to date on announcements and release details! "Words fail me at describing just how seamlessly Defiant Development managed to blend the tailored experience aspect of deck building games with the hack-and-slash excitement of action-RPGs." - The Escapist "If you are a fan of either old school adventure books, Gauntlet from its glory days, collectible card games, Rogue or just general fantasy, this game is for you" - Gamestyle 9/10 "Whether you are a CCG veteran or not, you need to play this game…right now!" - Godisageek 9/10 "Defiant Development’s newest project feels like playing a customizable card game, Dungeons & Dragons, and Batman: Arkham Asylum all at the same time; if that idea doesn’t excite you, then I have no idea what will." Gaming Union 9/10Deckbuilding Comes to Life In hand Of Fate!. An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! Beyond the thirteen gates at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate. Hand of Fate is a hybrid roguelike/action-RPG/deck builder, in which the player builds a
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If I had to describe this game with one world, I guess it would be "wow"
If I had to describe this game with one world, I guess it would be "wow". "Wow" Few games lately have made me feel such wonder, had played many as videogames are my main passtime. But what makes this game so special? So unique? Well, it is a card game, and there are plenty of card games. It is an action game, and there are plenty of action games. And yet this game can suspend my disbelief like no other. This game just want to make you fell like you are... playing a game, and in this simplicity lies its brilliance. It does not try to suspend your disbelief to great heights and in doing that it brings an incredible immersion. All I need to feel is that I am playing a game with that strtange fellow in front of me. A fellow that, like no other character, I wish to pull of the screen just to have a chat over some beverages. Or maybe... a game of cards. It is impressive how a game that does not create anything new, but just mixes what we have already seen in a way we have never seen can fell so fresh, so different. As for the game itself, it plays as a roguelite. The randomness, the decisions based on your circinstances, the reset after a failure. Failure that does not bring the game back to the beggining, as the bosses you already defeated will remain defeated, but the entire board of the one you are chasing gets reset. Failure that can still reveal some minor rewards as you unlock tokens. Or even just comments from the dealer. And I press forward. Not for a quest to save the world, but for the wonder of discovery after each new card. Or even some old ones. Or just to spend some more time with this intriguing character that feels almost real.
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.5
- Story3.5
- Value3.5
Imagine a board game where the board "spaces" are cards laid out side-by-side
Imagine a board game where the board "spaces" are cards laid out side-by-side. You move your token from card to card, travelling across them until you reach the end of them. As you "step" on each card, it is revealed. Whatever the card reveals informs the adventure - an ambush by thieves, a mysterious cave, a helpful vendor, it's all randomized and set out under the cards for you to discover. Now imagine the cards are composed of a deck of cards that YOU build, as well as some cards the "gamemaster" stuffs in there. You don't know what you'll get in your travels, or in what order, and that is the core gameplay. All combat is resolved in a simple, but elegant, action combat system similar to the Batman Arkham games (WASD, E to "counter", Space to roll, and sometimes # keys for specials) and it's fun. Are you wearing a magic cap that makes your hits explode with gold? Sounds good, until you remember that you revealed the "gold curse" card and the more gold you're carrying the slower you move. Or not! It's up to you. So far only 4 hours in, absolutely loving it. Why has it taken so long for this kind of action CCG to come out?
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.0
- Value4.5
This game is a fun mixture of different genres and it works!
This game is a fun mixture of different genres and it works! I love the deckbuilding aspect, and even after the main storyline, there is endless mode. There is just so much variety in quests and cards to choose from and with the DLC, even more so. If you like Choose your own Adventure, rogue-lite, deckbuilding, action/rpg games, You will love this game with all those genres built into one!
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.0
- Story3.5
- Value4.0
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