Crunch Time!

This review was actually written Mar 4, 2015. Due to some bug I couldn't post a review, so I posted it as a guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=402411958 And I'm finally now putting it in the proper reviews area :) Fun theme, some funny text, zero replayability. Mechanically, it's pretty simple. You have to accumulate a randomized number of points in each category, and you get some cards to complete those points in 2 or 4 turns. There are several cards to help you earn points, or screw over your opponent. You enter the game, you get a hand and face off against an AI. That's it. You can do that a million times trying for a higher score, but that's all there is to it. I don't even think it's worth the 2$ price tag.

A 1-on-1 card game where you have to develop a video game and stop your opponent to do his... The game would have been more interesting if you could play with 4 players (alliances, cards that affect all the others...) and of course if you could play multi with friends! In that state, it's nice, but quickly repetitive and not really surprinsing.

I hate to say it, but this game is just not fun. The core concept is that you're playing cards that count down over a few turns, then that card counts as a point towards your total score. You win by scoring the required number of points in each of the 5 categories. You can interfere with your opponent by playing "bugs" that freeze some or all of your opponents cards for 1-3 turns, which delays their scoring. The problem comes in that you get at least 5 cards in your hand, but there are certain cards you can't play or discard in most situations. This leads to situations where you have 4 dead cards in your hand each turn only to draw one card you can play. It leads to a very difficult situation where you're just playing every card you get and can't do anything strategic. Like I said, the game ends up not being fun because of these fundamental game design flaws. It's not a terrible game, but not something that you'll likely find yourself coming back to again and again.

Die Grundidee ist eigentlich nicht schlecht, aber empfehlen kann ich das Spiel trotzdem leider nicht. Es ist nur ein Gamemode vorhanden: Duell gegen einen Ai-Gegner. Also keine Story mit Missionen/Quests und auch kein Multiplayer-Modus. Es gibt auch kein Deckbuilding; bei jedem Duell bekommt man ein Deck mit unendlich(?) vielen zufälligen Karten und kann/muss nur mit diesen gegen den eben genannten Ai-Gegner spielen. Und das wars. Habe zwei Duelle gespielt (1x verloren, 1x gewonnen) und habe damit alles gesehen was es zu sehen gibt.

Das Spiel hat für mich keinen Wiederspielwert. Zu beginn erschien das Spiel Witzig, die Karten schön gezeichnet und mit lustigen Sprüchen drauf. Aber nach der Ersten Runde hieß es für mich nurnoch warten, warten, warten.. Die gegnerische KI hatte ständig Karten, damit ich Zug für Zug "aussetzen" musste. Ich konnte zwar Karten legen, aber die hat er auch nach kurzer Zeit "zerstört". Am Ende hatte die KI gewonnen und ich hatte in keiner Kategorie auch nur einen Punkt. Vielleicht hatte ich nur Pech, die KI gecheatet oder das Spiel ist wirklich so.. Habe danach keine Runde mehr gespielt. Von mir gibts keine Empfehlung.