Ancient Enemy

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Ancient Enemy has an interesting mix of solitaire-style combat and dark fantasy presentation, but it never fully clicked with me. The card mechanics are decent enough and there’s some strategy in managing combos and debuffs, though the gameplay starts to feel repetitive after a while. The atmosphere is solid, but the progression didn’t feel rewarding enough to keep me invested for long. Not terrible, but more of a middle-of-the-road experience overall.

[H1] 上司の目を盗んでソリティアを起動していた全てのオッサンに刺さる [/H1] トランプを使用したソリティアゲームである『ゴルフ』を発展させ、ストーリー要素をくっつけたような作品。 まあ、流浪の魔術師がタイマンのカードバトルで、行く手を阻む敵をぶっ倒していくというような話である。 ゲームでは、それぞれ0～9の数字を持つ、3つのスートで構成されたカードデッキを使用。 山札からカードを1枚めくり、＋1または－1の数字を持つカードが場にあれば、これを取ることができるというのが基本的なルールとなっている。 また、取ったカードの数字に＋1または－1となるカードが場にあれば、連鎖して取っていくことができる。 ただしカードが重ねて置かれている場合は、上から順番に取っていかなければならない。 ゲームにはパズル面と対戦面の2種類があり、パズル面では山札が尽きる前に、場にあるすべてのカードを取るのが目標となる。 やることは単純だが、面ごとにカードの配置方法に工夫があったり、特別なギミックがあったりで、なかなかに難しい。 対戦面は、同じルールでカードを取りつつ、敵モンスターを叩きのめしていくのが目標となる。 同じスートのカードを一定枚数連続して取るとスートに対応した「物理攻撃」、「攻撃魔法」、「防御魔法」のいずれかを繰り出すことができるので、一定のアルゴリズムで攻撃を仕掛けてくる敵の攻撃をさばき、こちらの攻撃を当ててヒットポイントを削っていくわけだ。 1回の手番で多くのカードを取るほど、コンボ補正がかかって大きなダメージを与えることができるため、パズル面で獲得したアビリティや特殊アイテムなども駆使しつつ、コンボを狙うこととなる。 なお、どちらかが倒れた時点で決着となるため、場のカードが尽きた場合には再度配置を行うルールだ。 なりよりカードゲームとして中毒性があるし、ボリュームも十分なのでかなり楽しめる。 [table] [tr] [th]言語依存度[/th] [th]★★☆☆☆[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]難易度[/td] [td]★★★☆☆[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]ソリティア度[/td] [td]★★★★☆[/td] [/tr] [/table]

If you enjoy the one-up, one-down solitaire mechanic, worth checking out. Graphics aren't quite as nice and the story isn't as good as Shadowhand, which is the other solitaire RPG made by Grey Alien. The computer opponents don't use the cards in this game, so you don't have to worry about leaving a combo in the tableau (and sometimes it's better to leave something there for your next turn). Doing well is usually a matter of getting or keeping your combos going, particularly in the nightmare difficulty. I thought Shadowhand was more fun to play overall, but Ancient Enemy was still good enough for me to complete several times.

Wound up really enjoying this one, despite it being a little off-putting at first. The RNG seems better than earlier games but some of the later levels do require some thinking and planning (without coming off as frustrating). Very solid Solitaire + battle game.

[h1]Gameplay: 7/10[/h1] [h1]Graphics & Sound: 6/10[/h1] [h1]Narration: 3/10[/h1] ✔️ Fun solitaire mechanics exploited in interesting ways to interact with your opponent. ✔️ Nice music, okay visuals. ✔️ The game is long enough to exploit its implemented mechanics fully, and short enough to (almost) not feel repetitive. 💭 I wish the game tried to exploit its mechanics in more diverse ways - as it stands past the middle of the game you have already seen all the mechanics the game has to offer, which is a bit sad given the vast possibilities of solitaire mechanics and their implementation here. It does feel like they had to operate on a tight budget tho, so I guess better that than an unfinished game. 💭 The UX and feedbacks aren't great. Not awful, mind it, but in an era where we're used to games like Slay the Spire or Hearthstone that manage to instantly display all the information you need, feedbacks the action result previsions, and present a clean information hierarchy, this game feels lacking. ❌ The narration tries to be something intriguing, but just isn't good enough. It's not well written, the stakes are unclear, and the ending disappointing for something that is built up for the entire game. ❌ The useable items feel unnecessary, the game could have just had potion charges without all the other items clutter, and it would have been a cleaner solution. Not a huge recommendation, but the game can be worth playing. Despite its weaknesses it's still pretty original in what it offers, and can scratch a "short puzzle-adjacent solitaire game" itch. Don't play it for the story though, you'll be disappointed.

Great game, really fun. Played nonstop over 2 days. took about 12-13 hours total, and got all the achievements in one playthrough. Definitely worth buying, especially if you liked their other card battler, Shadowhand.

You're probably here from Forbidden Solitaire, let's be honest. This is more of that, except more focus on "meta" mechanics than board mechanics. Combat gives you multiple actions to choose from, rather than just attack with as big a combo as possible, and they're not always ready... There are three suits, and each charges a different move. Meanwhile, while I'm not done, I have yet to see exploding (maggot/crystal) cards or poison cards, and likely some other mechanics I can't remember. It's a different game in a lot of ways, but it's still built on 10-card Golf Solitaire, and there's only so much you can do to change that... If you like the core gameplay of "get as big a combo as possible," this has that, although on some turns it's not particularly beneficial to get a large combo past a certain point. A lot of mechanics there will make sense when you see they've been carried over from this - why reward the player with gold for stacks rather than just the whole puzzle level? why have something hidden below the cards if you have to finish the whole thing? because in this you can fail to clear the whole puzzle level and keep going.

A variation on solitaire that adds mechanics without getting too bogged down - was easy enough on Relaxed that I beat the game but not so easy that it was totally without challenge and friction. I liked it so much I might actually go back for the higher difficulties, and would say it's an easy recommend if you're interested enough to be reading this review.

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