Inkshade

Inkshade, a solid 6/10 The first couple hours of the game is by far the most enjoyable as you are getting use to the systems and the fact you can upgrade your pieces mid run prevents restarting runs just because you think you cant progress without upgrades. Not a puzzle game at all though, the puzzles are simplistic and dont require much thought at all bar one. The game is too dark, like i get why parts of it is dark and it is a good addition to the gameplay but the fact my pieces aren't visible in the darkness is just annoying. It doesn't result in me not playing them it just results in me scanning the screen with my mouse. The gameplay feels redundant near the end as there isn't many layers to the gameplay, get a tank and a ranged unit and you've won. I would of liked more use out of the map aswell, the question marks 9 times out of 10 were just lore points masqueraded as random encounters. I genuinely dont know why you do elite encounters, whenever i did them it was just harder for no noticeable reward. TLDR, Fun mix between Fire emblems character permadeath, general gameplay and inscryptions deck building. The game is not a puzzle game and you wont find engaging puzzles within while playing. But it overstays its welcome as it doesn't add new layers to gameplay as you progress.

Loved it, played through it multiple times trying to get all achievements and the skull mode was pretty fun!

I am so happy I picked up this game. The atmosphere is great and the core gameplay loop is challenging, yet fair. One of the things I love about it is that it's simple enough to get into, but after the tutorial, you are on your own to explore the mechanics and build upon your knowledge organically. Once some of these things click, you can really dive into different strategies to decide which pieces to bring (and upgrade) on different routes and games - and which pieces to sacrifice to ensure your don't water out your collection. The only thing I feel took too long to get was when I couldn't change my starting pieces after finishing the first route, as it took me out of the game (and I assumed it meant I was no longer playing - but I was). The primary thing I think could be improved are the puzzles in the "outside" world - Inscryption did this really well to build story, but in Inkshade, there is a bit too much emphasis on looking in every corner of large rooms and clicking random things instead of focusing on the fun of the puzzles.

Great game

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Amazing worldbuilding. So mysterious!

this may just be the peakest peak game to have ever peaked