Hand of Fate

Let me be clear, Hand of Fate is NOT a bad game in any way and my god is it worth it, but it's not perfect. Let's start with the graphics. The game looks great, the textures are nice, character design is great but something was lacking from the start and I can't get over it, and that is the animation. They look very choppy, half of the time my blows don't even connect and they still deal damage, it feels as if someone took toys and stop motioned their movements, only to speed it up afterwards. They aren't good at all. That being said, I understand that it's made in Unity which granted isn't the best engine on the market. Gameplay? Fan-****-tastic. Don't be fooled by the "Trading card" label. The premise is you're collecting cards which are divided into two. Equipment and Encounter cards. Now equipment is self explanatory, but encounters are really unique. You're actually picking which encounters you will have, so for example if you want to fight but not play trough a challenge treasure hunt, you can. Music and voice acting is great, I've got no complaints there. Overall it's a good game, if you're really into smooth animations and fluid combat, you'll find it lacking but you will still go back to it because the game itself is great. If they just updated the animations it'd definitely be a 5/5!

It's not really just a card game in spite of deckbuiding elements, it's not really a boardgame in spite of your character's token advancing on a board, it's definitely not an action game in spite of it's action combat sections, it's only kind of a tabletop RPG because although it has a game master and you weave a story together, it's a lot more linear. What it is, is a very solid and very unique roguelite game that takes a bit of everything mentioned above and does it's own blend of it, which I'll take more of, thank you very much.

This game is random, but really fun. Sometimes I didn't get anything for items, then sometimes I was stacked and smashed my way through every encounter. However, the very ending is this unacceptably cheap finale boss with cheap tactics that have not been in the entire game once. The final fight feels completely out of place and the difficulty spike is ridiculous.

First time writing a review so bare with me. First off I've never really been into card type games, but that all changed once I started playing hand of fate. It was a free xbox live gold membership a couple months back so I figured why not give it a try? I'm so happy I did. I could not put the game down. Grant it the difficulty is not too easy and not too hard. The adventures are excited, the narration is amazing, and the countless cards to choose from make all the difference in your adventure. I urge you to give this game a try. You will not regret it. Also hand of fate 2 will be coming out soon! I cannot wait!!!!

This game combines multiple genres into one. Cardbuilding, CCG, RPG, roguelite, action combat, light story telling/story generating. Some concepts are very well executed while some other needs improvements. The cardbuilding/CCG aspect is very well executed and it's definitely the strongest point. There are a few types of card: equipment, monsters/boss, and random encounter. Equipment and monsters are quite self explanatory, which gives an average RPG/roguelite experience. But the encounter/event cards are what makes this game unique. Each card, or series of card, is a story. You could follow a series of card to complete a side quest. The card dealer is comparable to a dungeon master that tells you the story when you select a card. There's a huge amount of encounter cards; it's worth discovering and play them. Every run feels unique since there's an even bigger amount of combination of cards. But it does feel repetitve at times due to the combat system which everyone complains. The graphic/art direction is another strong point. Despite being almost 10 years old, it still looks great and plays well on modern spec system. The weaker side is the action combat part. The engine shows its age and combat feels like button smashing + QTE. I took a star off from the overall score because combat is only around 30% of the game. While boss fight combats are unavoidable, it is not a game with huge emphasis on combat.