Inscryption

STIMULATION

TL;DR This game would be an instant recommend if the devs had scrapped Act 2 & 3 as well as the ARG elements and instead poured their efforts into making Act 1 longer & with more content. Act 1 is exactly what you think it is, a neat roguelike deckbuilder with fantastic theming and interesting puzzles alongside the deckbuilder that expand the game out dramatically. I can't recommend Act 1 enough. But it's quite short, I beat it in about 3 hours. Then the slog begins. Act 2 is an 8-bit card battler, nothing like the game you were playing before in theming. Like if halfway though a horror movie they played an entire unbroken episode of Pokemon. Completley kills the pace and made me lose interest in the game. Act 3 is a return to formula, now you're trapped in a factory instead of a creepy cabin. P03 isn't as interesting an opponent as Leshy, so it's not as fun or interesting. The finale is interesting, but it doesn't make up for everything else. The devs appear to be familiar with the phrase "kill your darlings," considering that the core mechanic of act 1 is just that. But they should have looked at their own game and cut cut cut all the bloat they added on. It's disappointing and could have been done much better.

As a grown ass man, the end of this game brought me close to tears. Story writing 10/10, attachment 10/10. Ouroboros 45/45. R.I.P fishman, seeing you go hurt too much to admit.

i just hella love this game man and if you see this you should give it a try, too i'm not the best with rougelikes/rougelites but this game will keep you hooked i promise as a person who is also terrible with card games i assure you you'll find a piece of this game you'll thoroughly enjoy

its so peak i could cry... game 10, story 10, everything 10

Chaotic D&D

Loved the post-game in particular. The main game is fun and very intriguing too It’s one of those very imaginative high quality have-a-unique experience games