Talespinner

I've been looking forward to this game for a long time, and I am happy to say it was worth the wait. It's one of the very few deck-building games which caught my attention over the years, as I'm not usually into that genre. Having played the demo, I had a pretty good idea of what to expect, but the full release still exceeded my expectations. Talespinner is an easy game to pick up and play, and rewards creative, thoughtful decision-making both in and outside of combat. The rules of the game are easy to understand and grasp, even for somebody not exactly too familiar with card games and their designs. Each character offers a unique take on the experience, requiring a different kind of considerations - my favourites for now being Himura and Kiri, with their side-swapping and teamwork mechanics. This is a delightful little game. Gorgeous hand-drawn art meets rich Japanese folklore, intriguing card interactions and easy to understand gameplay. If I had one complaint, it'd be about the tutorial popups - while they are undeniably helpful, some of the messages were a little bit confusing to me at first. Maybe it's my lack of experience with deck-building games showing? In the end, Talespinner lends itself just as well to learning by doing, which immediately clears everything up and provides that extra context that I previously missed interacting with the tutorial popups alone. If you're looking for an easy to pick up, but still robust deck-building game, which also happens to be beginner-friendly, I'd recommend it - Talespinner is a good time.

While I really like the theme and idea behind it the game itself is quite bad.. Balancing is allover the place and unlike most roguelike you don't really grow, gain benefits or unlock anything that carries over - your deck is completely the same, the run depends 100% on rng and after entering stage 3-4's of every run monsters and bosses escalate and outscale you entirely. Many mechanics are poorly or not at all explained and your character is pretty much stuck dealing the same amount of damage from start to end. They implemented a level up mechanic but it only goes to level 4 and instead of increasing the characters stats you just unlock potential cards you can find in your runs - yepp, that's all.. And while you try to struggle your way through the levels enemies throw endless amounts of curses at you which in many cases can single handledly end a run because it bricks your hand fully. The leveling system and balancing need a major workover before this becomes playable. Also - the game seems to have a tendency for forgetting setting changes too :/

日式可愛美術，妖怪有機會成為同伴助益，並有不同故事線可以選擇。手繪風的美術風格令人放鬆。 重要的打牌過程充滿無奈，遊戲節奏拖沓，功能卡、時機卡、詛咒卡、道具卡全部混在牌組，加上敵方除了召喚流派，這麼剛好所有的Boss都會每回合讓玩家2張手牌變為異常。無論燃燒、冰凍、中計、中毒、恐懼，為何都是一模一樣影響玩家手卡的敷衍設計？開發者選擇2作為影響數值，一套手牌不到20張，8回合內不但打不死，卡組也全數遭受汙染，這時候便進入無腦換血階段。每個Boss流程都要再次體驗，實在煩躁無比。 每回合抽5張卡，你猜怎麼樣？其中2張錯誤時機無用、1張道具卡、1張詛咒卡，其他全部都是出牌會受傷的異常卡。0費卡的重要性非常高，需要時機的卡還限定只能敵方破綻時才有用，試玩版和正式版4小時，我僅有成功打出乙次，後期看到就絕對不會加入卡組。 1.戰鬥講求時機的卡片太多，效益低落且打亂節奏。 2.夥伴除了被動，主動皆有3回合以上的冷卻。大多夥伴甚至會主動影響2張手牌，加上敵方技能，就有4張手牌不能打出，不然就要吃2*4=8點直接傷害。 3.卡牌升級無論防禦、攻擊，數值都是增加3點。重要性過於強大的抽牌、臨時攻擊力卻是翻倍。早期取得高級卡片、移除佔卡組的爛時機卡牌、增加0費牌，都好過靠角色機制陷入卡手像白癡一樣。 4.角色強弱差異過大。武僧講求破綻時機，卻又設計禪定卡片讓你不能輸出。花女可以將優勢附著在卡牌上混入棄牌堆。因此在我第一次扮演花女便可以無傷通關，相比之下武僧又要看時機打、又會被時機卡卡手，整體輸出綁手綁腳。 5.無局外成長機制，戰鬥流程短因此升級機會非常少。除了學習新機制外，剩餘時間就是重複體驗抽到時機不對的卡、異常狀態卡手。無法高速輸出就是被機制疊滿磨血死亡。 6.商店可以隨時開啟，因此戰鬥中可以隨時購買連抽都不用抽，像是作弊也不符合故事觀。 7.商店介面說明太少，看起來像是錦囊的禮物包，其實都只有乙項升級、刪除、增加夥伴格數的功能。 目前體驗上，攻擊卡牌數量過少。圍繞角色機制的時機卡佔比過高，導致抽卡容易車禍。玩家抽到兩張以上的防禦卡就會陷入輸出不足，現在又多時機卡、異常卡、道具卡，真的是卡手牌遊戲。試玩版和正式版我扮演武僧三小時，打到快入定。扮演花女卻能夠取得無傷通過Boss的成就。到底是我是遊戲天才，還是設計上難度懸殊過大。

I am having a blast playing Talespinner. It’s a solid deck-building roguelike where you guide your chosen character through different runs and each of the three characters each feel distinct with their own mechanics (Rinka is my fav 🪷!). Building card synergies is satisfying, the narrative choices during each run adds choice variety (chapter options give a positive or negative effect). I love the addition of companions each with their own mechanics. It has enough of its own identity that it doesn’t just feel like another Slay the Spire clone. If you’re into the genre, this one’s worth checking out!

Deckbuilder with 3 distinct classes that each operate differently with several different build paths. Won't take Slay the Spire out of my rotation, but it is nice to have something to slot in. Gorgeous animation, interesting creatures and boss fights. Worth your time and your cash.

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i like the twist in the sts formula, but the ux/animation is very clunky compared to sts