Hand of Fate 2

Extremely fun, fantastic writing, great sound design. The most interesting take on a "deckbuilding" game I've played yet. Really cool game.

When you can get a grip onto the Jungian pretexts in the work, you can see how much love has gone into this. Works seamlessly with the first game to provide two excellent role playing experiences with a back to back and vice versa vibe of playability. Game 2 can be significantly harder to understand and therefore be enjoyed than game 1 so be warned, supplementary playing is in my opinion a must!

Like hand of fate 1 but better Better combat better RNG Better story Get on a sale.

One of the greatest hidden gems out there. This is a must play for anyone!!

I sadly cannot recommend this game, despite an intriguing premise, and some fairly fun deckbuilding because too many of the minigames are luck based, causing far too much RNG to haunt proceedings, the combat is decent but too shallow for one of the only non-RNG portions of the game to rest on, and in a world with games like Loop Hero, this game's central gimmick just isn't as interesting as it once was. Bottom line, barring an extremely deep sale, this is just not worth it given how many other options there are in the rogue-like deckbuilding genre, It's depressing to know the studio behind this game didn't make it, because it closes off any opportunity for them to correct, or at least mitigate better, the remaining flaws.

Picking back up This game again after four years, and I just found out that the card draw game that other review about is actually not totally random, you can track which card goes to the top of the deck if you observe carefully, it is all about manipulating the odds to your favor, which fits the theme of the game. The RNG is just a surface.

It's entertaining, but it severely lacks polishing. Especially the combat is gruesome due to what I would consider outright bugs. For example, you are behind an enemy, backstabbing them. They want to retaliate. Do they turn around so you have some sort of clear visual cue to which you can respond? No, they teleport. All of them, no exceptions. Without delay, without an animation, you suddenly have to already be dodging a hit. This is fine, it's annoying but playable. The problems really start when you encounter Ogres. These guys also have busted hitboxes, huge damage and really short attack animations, meaning that you WILL get hit because there is simply no time to respond. You can build around this, but sometimes you get hit by a curse of lose your equipment and then it's simply over. 9 out of 10 times you not winning your run isn't a skill issue, which is fine in an RNG roguelike to some extent, but in this game it gets really annoying really fast. 6/10, super interesting concept but lacks the finishing touches