Dominova

日本では割とマイナーなボドゲのドミノを主題としたローグライク系パズルゲーム。 スコア倍率上げつつドミノを並べて規定スコアを獲得していくという代物。 通常のドミノとは異なり、始点につなげずコマを置くことも可能だが。 イージー以外では「色か数字が同じでないと隣接して置けない」という縛りが出る。 自由に置ける場所は最初は狭いが、コマを置くことで広がっていく。 氷結や炎上等のデバフ的なものもあり、中には重いデメリットもあるが。 対となる状態異常で解除出来たりと中々奥も深い。 慣れるまでは難しいが、ゲームルールが分かってくると楽しくなってくる。 但し、注意点として・・・ このゲームのアーティファクトに相当するノヴァカードの絵が軒並み昔の生成AIを彷彿させる代物で。 色合いや造形含めて破綻していたり、混沌とした絵柄が多い。 更には動きが付与されてる物も一部にあり、生理的嫌悪感を招く可能性がある。 ・・・何故「白い背景の黒い斑点」を動かしたんだ！ それ以外はリピート性も高くおすすめ出来ます。

Is this what those old ladies playing dominos have been doing the whole time?! Wow! I didn't know anything about dominos before I purchased this game, but now im on the path to becoming an expert.

A fun little game that keeps you going time and time again. Nice to play if you want to listen to something in the background.

Well, Dominova isn't necessarily out of this world, but I enjoyed the concept and its execution well enough. Bonus points for snazzy portraits. Good effort.

[quote] Please consider following my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41005226/]Curation page[/url]. I cover a wide range of genres both paid and unpaid, providing unbiased opinions as well as regular giveaway events. [/quote] [b]Video Review TBD[/b] https://youtu.be/0AzpabLnmsU [h2]There Are Some Forced Problems[/h2] I get it. Let's take Balatro's style, the genre where you gamble for the highest score in the fewest moves, and blend it with not cards, not dice or puzzles, but the timeless game of Dominoes. What you end up with is surprisingly one of the best ideas in recent memory. It's deceptively challenging, but not always in a fun way. The difficulty feels unbalanced, heavily leaning into deep strategy with permanent debuffs and modifiers that can force failure if you don't play along. In my 5 hours with the game, I've never once won on normal mode, no matter the modifiers, no matter the build. Each time I come back, it feels like the difficulty spikes exponentially, with punishing mechanics like losing all of my placement tile points because I didn’t sacrifice my domino tiles to the meteorites. Meanwhile, other runs have given me over 40 movement points and a 50% discount on all tiles... and I still failed because I decked out before I could even beat the final boss when I was on the path to victory! Then there's the complexity of some decks, like those that allow for turn-one KO victories, effectively winning an entire run in a single move. While I can't see that being all that fun given the already high difficulty, it's exactly this kind of unexpected depth that keeps me coming back. Constant failure and near-successes are strangely compelling. Every time I fail, I feel the urge to try again, and that sense of accomplishment when I finally succeed will feel incredibly rewarding and of course the atmosphere here is quite chill and universal. [h2]How To Play[/h2] I feel like most people only know about toppling dominoes over after stacking them into towers. It's very basic rules. You match color to color or value to value, chain the comboes and score the points with the help of joker effects while avoiding negative modifiers. Each tier has 3 attempts and if you fail to meet that quota, you die. Fun! [h2]Conclusion[/h2] I don't really like Balatro, but I do like games that are innovative with their remixing and blending on niche concepts and making them fun and engaging. Everything you do here is permanant. Did you burn a tile? It's burnt for the entire run, heal it with a heart tile. Many modifiers are like this and then there are boss fights that end up making it even harder by making it harder to use upgrades or even heals, many shop effects help and also can screw you over, so it does make you really think. Definitely worth checking out if you're into strategy!

best game maybe ever

Super addictive and with enough game modes to potentially enjoy for a hundred hours! Levels get lenghtier as you rank up, but that adds to the difficulty.

Lovely and addictive little game! Has some unique mechanics I've not seen before in similar games, has satisfying progression, lots of decks and builds to try. Good stuff!! :D

Super fun and hard to put down. The Nova Cards can change things in real interesting ways. A must try!!

Süchtig machendes Spielprinzip! Man will immer "noch eine Runde" spielen!