Fourteen Fiends

If you're a fan of strategic gameplay and love collecting cards, then this card battler game is definitely for you! This game is a perfect combination of card collection, deck building, and tactical combat. It is very easy to pick up and play but has enough depth to encourage replays to improve your strategy. The hand-drawn artwork in this game is awesome, from the unique and varied card designs to the incredibly detailed backgrounds and interfaces. The music is fantastic and perfectly suits the action in the game. Each card has its own strengths and weaknesses that can be augmented with skills and loot, so each round requires careful consideration and strategic thinking. Overall I really enjoy Fourteen Fiends for its fun, quick gameplay and the potential for deeper strategy from different combinations of cards. Highly recommended!

[i] My Experience [/i] In general, I had a pretty good time with [b]Fourteen Fiends[/b]. I thought the varied hero cards (and accompanying voiceovers) were amusing, and mostly found the loot (that is earned and purchased) to be exciting. From time to time, you'll receive a global upgrade card that improves a stat for all of your heroes, and these feel fantastic to find. Each hero also has an ability that can be used once (some of which are very creative), and can be sent out to explore and find loot. However, upon failing this exploration action you will lose your hero, which can be a high cost. I played enough to unlock two longer game modes, completed a number of levels within "Doug's Deadly Dungeon," and tried the "Doom Moon mode" 2-3 times (after I learned about it from reading a forum post by developer Ash Jackson). Unfortunately, there were a number of gripes that I had with the experience: [list] [*]The menu music is obnoxious and there is no way to adjust the volume, so prepare to get blasted with that every time you launch the game. [*]You have to click, hold, and drag all of the loot cards you receive to equip/use them. If you just click on them to reveal them (as you might be used to from other games), you may accidentally sell them to the merchant. [*]I would love to be able to check hero abilities when I am browsing the shop. Some of the heroes have abilities like "double the effectiveness of an armor card," and this would be good to know when you're deciding what card to purchase. [*]Some of the heroes have abilities that deal direct damage to a fiend, but the percentages on these damage numbers are awful. If a hero says that his ability can deal 1-4 damage to a fiend, expect it to deal 1 damage like...95% of the time. [*]It's odd that winning a draw against a fiend allows you to keep your hero, but winning does not. I'm not complaining necessarily, but it does mean that you could get lucky with a worse hero layout and end up with a better score than someone who is dominating the fiends outright. [*]The hard mode is boring, since it disables the hero abilities that give the game so much character. If you want the game to be harder, I'd recommend diving into the dungeon or trying Doom Moon mode. [*]Speaking of the dungeon, I found it annoying that I ran into enemies while backtracking into areas I'd already cleared. This ends up making the blacksmith useless a lot of the time, since by the time you collect enough resources to make substantial upgrades he could be 10 squares away. Trying to get to him at this point may mean losing precious heroes in random battles. [/list] Although I've been quite critical, I did find [b]Fourteen Fiends[/b] fairly addictive and fun. I've only just now decided that I'm done with it, and I bought it eight months ago! If you're looking for a creative card game that plays quickly, give it a shot. Maybe you could survive the Doom Moon? I...could not.

Fun and easy to learn

Fourteen Fiends! I played this new game and enjoyed the fast paced, card game style RPG almost?? I think its pretty cool that the game "helps" you by allowing you to know which of your cards may win the battle vs an enemy, but the system also allows you to do your own strategy, by using item cards you acquire throughout battles and purchasing from the merchant, a very greedy man indeed. I like it when I am completely lost in the game by just testing it out on the first run, I prefer learning by trial and error, and this game takes about two tries til you are getting the hang of the mechanics and beginning to create strategies of your own, of course there are some flaws, like the merchant being greedy and perhaps a little "math", but i think that is positive since nowadays too many game hold your hands, anyways... I like Fourteen Fiends, price is right, which VERY COOL indeed, I'll give it 7.8/10

gud gaem

this is like p[laying cards at jack nicholsons house during an acid trip. 14/10 can't wait to see what else monster robot cooks up...

This game has original, awesome Art design and a fun concept combining interactivity and card games, skill and luck. I will definitely be playing more to get better at the mechanic and die less! The humor is a bonus, and I personally love the character drawings and facial expressions. Looking forward to unlocking the whole map!