Hand of Fate

If you are wondering if you should play this game when a sequel that does most things better exists, the answer is YES, the original Hand of Fate has its own strengths. First off, it's just more flavorful. HoF 2 uses a more modern streamlined UI, which I am not a huge fan of, and the "nice" dealer who doesn't talk as much is worse than the talkative a-hole from this game, even if it's the same character. Secondly, it's more brainless, which I do not use as an insult, but rather a different approach that I sometimes miss when playing the sequel. In most challenges, you can load up on random cards you just discovered, add a few favorites, a few picks that sound good based on the parameters of the level, and have fun. In HoF 2 deckbullding is more restrictive, requires more strategizing, and you typically don't get to add as many cards, incentivizing you to stick with what's tried and true instead of what's new and unexplored. Similarly, the combat of the original is less deep, but it's more over the top in its effects and animations, which is fun in its own right. So yeah, do play both of these games, because Hand of Fate is not in any way deprecated by its follow up.

A solid roguelike with deckbuilding elements. I played it after finishing the second game, and you can really feel that this one is less polished—there are balance issues, some bugs that were never fixed, and a general clunkiness to the whole experience. That said, it was the studio’s first project, so it’s easy to overlook those flaws. Overall, it still turns out to be an engaging game with fun mechanics and a charismatic antagonist. P.S. I was surprised to find out that despite the studio shutting down, there’s a new game set in the same universe currently in development — Hordes of Fate: A Hand of Fate Adventure — and it seems like it’s even being made by some of the original developers.

One of the greatest game yet.

卡牌肉鸽+即时战斗的结合确实挺好玩的，就是这个即时战斗环节做的不是很好（其实感觉是有机会做好的，所以这应该叫有很大成长空间）： 人物操作起来很难对准想要的方向，我到现在也没法一直摁着我想打的敌人打，尤其是在迷宫里要躲机关的时候，配合上上下下飘忽不定的视角突然转变，经常不小心连吃好几个陷阱，如果是固定的俯视角感觉会好很多；敌人每次都是乌泱泱一大群涌过来，依旧是日常找不到我要打的那个敌人在哪，这么多人围过来也很难有操作的空间了，我玩这个即时战斗就是右手拼命摁鼠标不停歇（我现在手腕还在痛），左手看到敌人亮指示灯就摁对应的键，感觉比起真在打怪更像一种QTE；为何最终boss打到中场还突然开始QTE的？！我恨你！一时没反应过来带着一身神装被初见杀了！ 每一步都在纯享赌博的刺激确实挺上头，我总是因为想小贪一下而暴毙，但暴毙完之后总是立马就回去调整卡牌然后重开一局，笃定我下一次肯定能赢，于是不知不觉玩到深夜。不过我是不想玩续作了，因为，额，这游戏它啥剧情都没有，就是两个人打牌。发牌人是看板郎也是唯一会跟主角对话的角色，不过他的对话也都没什么信息量，说了如说，只是个不性感荷官在线发牌，通完剧情模式只是感觉，其实看不看的吧......都一样....... 对新玩家的建议： 官中不太行，卡牌效果一大堆翻译错的，这块建议看看攻略，免得像我一样快打到结局了才发现有那么四分之一的卡牌效果我都是理解错的。 还有如果觉得打故事模式一些关卡太难了不要慌，可以选DLC的冒险家，还觉得难就直接开简单模式，依旧觉得难就活用大退，不要折磨自己，想挑战自我还可以在无尽模式去挑战。 顺便一提我玩到快结局了才发现这游戏的洗牌是真的在你面前洗牌，所以洗牌的时候可以用鼠标尽量跟着一张牌。

I enjoy roguelite games, i enjoy card-driven games and action-RPGs. This game has all of it and i really wanted to enjoy it. The premise is very promising and the game starts off actually interesting and beating minor bosses felt rewarding. After a while i noticed that fights, monsters and items become very repetitive and RNG is absolutely massive in this game and the game plays you more than you play the game. If you manage to collect an effective set of items before you encounter the boss depends only on RNG. There is very little you can do to influence your build during a short run. I worked my way with a lot of cursing, frustration and rage quitting to the final boss and that's where the game finally became unbearable. I just lost all motivation to do runs over and over again until i have a viable build with non-crippling curses and surviving waves of annoying repetitive enemies. There are better games doing what this game tries to achieve. Don't waste your time.

Signed up for a roguelike deck builder, was given an action roguelike with combat instead of cards. Cards are only present as a story telling element, this is not a card game, and its labels are very misleading.

one of the best games from the 360 era

Hand of Fate - це цікавий гібрид карткової гри, "рогаліка" та екшен-RPG. Рогаліки самі по собі ігри доволі складні на початковому етапі, але поєднання із картковим рандомом призводить до подвійного удару у вигляді доволі несподіваних викликів. Через свій унікальний мікс, який я раніше ніде не зустрічав, гра не старіє, а сбьогодні ще й бадьоро грається, адже запускається та чудово йде навіть на портативках. Якщо комусь хочеться чогось незвичайного, не дуже складного, але із фентезі та несподіваними поворотами, то спробуйте.

Игра, которая в 2015 году попала во все мои вкусы и осталась в списке самых любимых, а потом вышла вторая часть и сделала всё ещё лучше. Харизматичный ведущий с колодой карт раз за разом рассказывает историю, собранную из разорванных воспоминаний. Удачные действия игрока позволяют продвигаться в этих историях, добывать новые карты, идти к новым боссам и получать ещё больше кусков историй. И тут сверху идёт DLC, где можно выбирать предысторию: появляются новые ветки и испытания, правила на забег и шмот, события, истории. Игра даёт 60+ часов, чтобы ведущий рассказал всё, что у него есть. "60 часов? А тогда почему у тебя 130?" А потому что ачивки из DLC — это фестиваль рандома, который заставит повозиться с колодами и бесконечными перезапусками. Игра очень случайная: игрок не влияет на порядок выхода карт‑событий, а парочка испытаний — ОЧЕНЬ требовательные. Игра определённо прошла через десятилетие достойно. Надеюсь, новые игроки всё ещё будут находить её на распродажах и приобщаться.

The Good: Dealer Writing The Bad: Everything else. This is very annoying to 100%, and the game's balance is way worse than HoF 2. Combat is also very unpolished. The Ugly: This game can easily 100% your GPU without you knowing. It was the first time I heard weird noises from my GPU fans, and went to check in Libre Hardware Monitor. Yep, 94 C temp, 95% fan speed max Wattage. So this can also get you a big electricity bill if you don't lower the graphics settings.