Recesses

Game is honestly just a great time, wish everyone would give this a go. Despite what looks at first glance like an oversimplified artstyle, the game is really in-depth and nuanced. The mechanics are fun and dense, the story and dialogue is witty and interesting and the artstyle becomes charming with how much of everything else is stellar. If you're tossing up on this please give it a go. Someone clearly poured their heart out on this one.

[h2][spoiler]Life is not special; free will does not exist; thus the universe strives to break free from the chains that confines itself. [/spoiler] Then what?[/h2] 坐在电脑前的我也许在听到某一个哲理的时候，会出于好奇心/求知欲继续努力向前；因此，也许我会像西西弗斯那样屡败屡战。但是游戏中的“我”其实并没有去多思考：“我”只知道自己要找到Clair，仅此而已；因此他也像西西弗斯那样屡败屡战——他挺荒诞的。我（当然也包括第一周目的Clair）也许会在第一周目的结尾陷入一场虚无主义危机，但是“我”反而不会——我挺荒诞的。 Battlaliens这个天真而无厘头的游戏自身蕴藏着什么人生大道吗？我表示怀疑。然而，每一局新的游戏、每一次新的挑战，并不追求什么“胜利”，也不追求什么言说的“哲理”；只有那个全心投入的小孩，只有那个西西弗斯，只有......我。 ------第三周目，校长面前的追评------ 肉鸽模式我就不愿意花时间去玩到关底了，每一局因为敌我卡牌的自身的效果全部随机，而费心费力；我这个一年都没爬过塔的脑子怕不是要冒烟了。我知道当我打败所谓的关底boss之后会发生什么——我会“胜利”，然后有人会像九头蛇的另一个头一样，取代校长并成为新的boss，让我下一轮再次挑战。 “生命不过尘埃一粒，自由意志遥不可及，于是生物们高筑通天巴别塔，只待其再次化为尘埃。” 每一局新的游戏、每一次新的挑战，仍然追求着这个胜利、仍然追求着这个使命；只有这个毫不起眼、荒诞至极的五年级小孩，只有这个西西弗斯，只有......我。

非常好玩，体量和乐趣都远超预期。让我想到 Fortune-499。同样是玩法与故事并重，充满自我表达的独立游戏，不过 Recesses 里打牌才是重点。 在极小的 卡池 / 随机池 里，打牌意外的[strike]难[/strike]有策略深度。基本的 颜色克制 / 数值对撞，各种各样的多卡 combo，先制康 / 亡语 / 变形针对，拼数值能以一当十的打手，ntr / 衍生物 / 手卡破坏 / 全局增益，不用打出就能提供支援的卡... [strike]每张卡片都有它存在的价值 kora[/strike]。单卡间有 特效>>数值>>针对>>特效 的克制关系，每局游戏在哪手打关键卡同样是一种猜拳。[spoiler]有点像天气会把战力变 1 的古老版本昆特牌，牌表确定后自然会有一方不利，但猜得准也能逆转。[/spoiler]反倒是过于依赖强力单卡的对手，信息透明后，不太用猜所以能轻松战胜。 整体是一个类似游戏王的，小朋友打牌拯救世界、用决斗带来笑容的故事，他们充满个性和想法，勇敢地做着自己认为正确的事。游戏也时不时借角色之口，讲着与现实世界相关的 [strike] cynical[/strike] realistic 大实话，这时文字和 bgm 风格突变的演出效果很有趣，亲身去做解决现实问题的态度很积极。 (喊卡名的效果实在是记不住，只能对着截图看了 :(

A very creative card game roguelite with a good heart. The mechanics take inspiration from the pokemon TCG, which is very refreshing for a game within the genre. They work well, feeling satisfying in the way these games are, and while giving a sense of mindgames even against an AI. The deckbuilding is also great, providing modes to simulate a constructed-esk experience as well as a draft-esk experience, and they both work well. The game is punishingly difficult, but necessarily so, so that you experiment with the full breath of cards the game has to offer. The story is in the literal sense preachy but there's a lot of interesting thoughts to be had, and I appreciate there being stories like these out there made to get people thinking about different concepts. When the writing wants to, it can also be personal and touching. The art is uh, programmer art, but you get used to it pretty quickly if you're like me. The soundtrack is certainly noteworthy, Kasey Ozymy's great at music and his additions are very welcome. I could easily recommend recesses to anyone who likes card game roguelites, or just card games, or anyone who loves nihilism and hates capitalism.

There's a lot of fresh ideas here. It's a solid card game that I'd love to play in person or in an online mode. It's fun to deck build and experiment and the game does a nice job showing off it's best features. Check this one out, more than worth the investment.

This game has so much personality, and it's actually a great and interesting card game! It is highly endearing, well-thought-out, and genuinely challenging. I can't really find anything to complain about, other than how long it's going to take me to read all of the entertaining card flavor text! My short attention span made it a little difficult to absorb both my own and my opponents' card effects simultaneously, but every step of what happens is clearly communicated to the player, and often with humor and pizzazz. If you're thrown off by the simple graphics, don't be, because the art is awesome. The cards in particular really come alive, and it's partly due to the excellent soundtrack. CoZyro and Kasey Ozymy (Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass) make a really good team, resulting a full sound that's both intimate and just plain weird. That, and sick beats, time signatures, and syncopations. All together, you get an audio-visual experience that is very fitting and striking. If you are looking for a new indie TCG darling, you should look no further than Recesses. (And then you should play Card City Nights/Card City Nights 2.)

第一次看到遊戲頁面：OK 好像蠻有趣的......等一下44篇評論100%好評？我需要試試 第一次打開遊戲：玩法和對話都比我想像中有趣，和小學生打牌有什麼難的哈哈 第一次通關：學到了 alter ego、反資本主義、時間膨脹與人類存在的本質之間有什麼關係，以及所謂「真相」 第一次完成「教學」：我已經準備好和世界抗衡 [hr][/hr] 遊戲的核心分成了對話和打牌兩個部份。玩家扮演的主人公，在好友 Clair 消失之後決定找一群平常有跟她玩的小孩們找找線索，沒想到卻從此走進了一場探索自己和世界的知識之旅。而這一切的開端，就是小學生等級畫功的卡牌遊戲「[b][i]異形之戰[/i] Battaliens [/b]」。 卡牌的部份則是在對戰規則上大幅簡化過的 CCG，就只有特殊效果要讀一讀而已，並混了一些輕度的 Rogue-lite 要素。簡單來說，遊戲的進程就是開卡包、打牌、輸掉、重新挑戰，直到贏下來為止。 本作最強的地方在於，上至角色們的看法，下至遊戲架構本身，都和遊戲本身的劇情主題相呼應，讓我相信這一次次重覆地挑戰強敵是有其意義所在。而 Rogue-lite 的部份也有許多調整讓重打的過程不那麼單調。即便是同一個對手也有多個不同版本對白，讓你更深入了解他們的背景。儘管不是每個角色的說法都讓人認同，但透過每一次重跑，你起碼能知道他們是抱持著理念而行動的人、他們有話想說、是立體的遊戲角色，而非只為了和你打牌而生出來的NPC。 「This silly game that has the power to change the world」說的不止是遊戲內的 Battaliens，更是《Recesses》本體，這也讓我再次想起自己為何偏愛獨立遊戲而非3A大作。兩週的遊玩時間，儘管還未打完，但我能夠確定地說這是我2024玩過最棒的遊戲，沒有之一。 [hr][/hr] *不過有些 RNG 的確蠻讓人苦惱的，像我本身沒在打牌所以不太擅長 deck build。如果你卡關了，別忘了去跟全知大師 Euenge 拿個提示，其他 NPC 也有機會給你提示的。還是卡的話可以參考一下指南。

Holy crap.

If you told me I was buying a game about elementary school recess, I’d have expected dodgeball, maybe a juice box, and some questionable decision-making. Recesses somehow delivers all of that… but with cards, existential dread, and surprisingly intense strategy instead of snacks. The heart of the game is a single-player deckbuilder/strategic card battler: every outdoor break becomes a strategic duel against another weirdo from the playground. Each card has weird, wonderful effects, and losing feels as rewarding as winning — because it unlocks new dialogue and strategies and gives you more cards to add to your collection. If you go in expecting some breezy card game, you’ll be surprised by how captivating Recesses is — 100+ unique cards, tons of goofy but sharp dialogue, and real strategic depth that sneaks up on you like someone throwing sand in your face at recess. In short: it’s kind of like if your favorite deckbuilder and your 5th grade memories had a weird art project baby, and it’s way better than it has any right to be. Bring your booster pack and your bird puns cause we are going on a wild ride.