Nowhere Prophet

now here

It's a good game, I like it for the world building and aesthetics, but the gameplay keeps drawing me back in. There is a clothing label, 'Hamc.us' the dev would like them I think.

It's slay the spire, but with more lines of text and worse. Crucially: it's really hard, meta progression is very slow, balance is really poor at times, and bugs still exist. For example of the latter, I "merged with the machine" after beating both final bosses and didn't unlock anything despite playing a whole game (not quick) of a leader and deck I don't enjoy just because they would unlock other leaders and decks. There's 2 hours down the drain just because the dev either has a bug or is spiteful. Either way I can't recommend a game that doesn't respect your time.

This game is draining, I spent easily over 20 hours on this game on console attempting to beat it but that never happened. I saw it on sale for steam and thought, "Hey, there's that game again. its been a while maybe they've updated it to be fun?" To that i was sorely wrong. The game is punishing in a way that i have never seen a game of its type try to do, and probably for a good reason. Whenever one of your followers is prompted to attack an enemy follower it takes damage according to the enemies damage stat. This little feature is the most aggravating quick that could be added to a game and it turns any regular walk in the park encounter into a bout of walking on coals and needles trying to find a spot that wont leave you without feet to stand on. this feature makes it so a 5/4 follower of mine suddenly gets eviscerated by a 4/1 follower that the enemy leader can crank out faster than rabbits multiply, just because i wanted to clear the lane i get punished. The bosses are a grueling and honestly dreadful experience that could probably make any sensible developer wince. Take the waste of code Lizard King. That ♥♥♥♥♥♥ is the worst thing that could happen to any run ever, get this, the leader has a modifier that when any follower attacks it they take a lethal amount of damage no matter who they are or where they are on the board. This doesn't even consider that the Lizard King cranks out beasts that have an average stat-line of 3/3+ every turn. The game-play loop for the normal fights is honestly boring unless you get unlucky with your cards then suddenly *SPLAT* you and your whole caravan have been pancaked by 20 beasts in the middle of nowhere because you thought unlikely meant maybe about 30-40% chance when in actuality you could just go ♥♥♥♥ yourself because unlikely means that you'll never see the alternative outcome in a million years. The shop systems in this game are horrific, only offering a couple of already damaged followers that cost enough to make a poorer prophet weep in despair at how low the world has fallen. The leveling system is decent, or could be decent if it didn't leave you bankrupt every time that you think your ready to progress. The gear in the game is so non-consequential that i think the devs could have made every single piece of equipment do the exact same thing and it wouldn't change the grand outcome. If you're looking for a game of this type PLEASE do not buy this one unless you are certain that you are an avid player of these games that can use tactical might to play an experience similar to dragging nuts or vaj through shattered and filthy glass. I recommend the alternatives of WILDFROST (personal pick) or Breachways (Much more niche) or just go buy dredge.

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This game felt a lot less like a deck builder and more like a roguelike version of a strategy RPG with an utterly STUNNING artstyle. The cards represent different fighters you have in your convoy and lined up for a fight, as well as a few powers you have as their leader. There are battlemaps of different sizes and you can decide where to put the fighters you want to play, putting them behind cover, utilising their special abilities, or placing the tank in the front to prevent you and the rest of your party to have a really really bad time. Was definitely nice to play and finish a run, and i can imagine getting the itch to play this again in the future.

It's good. It's a bit weird, but it's good. Functionally, this is a Banner Saga esque resource tracking game where your units die. But it's also a ccg roguelike. The spin it puts on this is interesting. Your summons take chips of damage, which lowers their cost, drops their starting health, and can eliminate them from your deck if they get damaged enough. So everything plays kind of expendably. Chump blockers don't stick around long unless you keep spending resources at campsites to renew them. Of course, a unit that KOs a player loses its damage chips, increases its cost, and gets an upgrade. So there's a lot of flex to your deck even over the course of a single area. Runs, for their part, are solidly long. About 4~ hours on normal, which I cleared on my first try. Unlocks are mostly different ways of playing. New classes and cards. This isn't a roguelike you grind to win. Which. Does mean it might not have huge staying power unless you really vibe with the mechanics. I thought they were cool, but didn't love them enough to do another run. I think on sale, this is a really safe pick. It's good, approachable, solidly written, the art is nice. It wasn't lifechanging for me, but neither is a hamburger, and people don't usually regret spending ten bucks on a hamburger.

Extremely frustrating and not fun at all. Game has no customization and is extremely dull and annoying, feels more like a job than a game.