Inscryption

First Act is really good. Second Act is incredibly boring to me. Third Act is frustrating. Act 3 feels like it has limited choices with no reversing. Felt Soft locked. If you wanted to play a game that is completely luck on only your own cards Act 3 is for you.

I like the story and the gameplay, but replayability is killed by the fact that difficulty is mainly raised by cheating on dealt card distribution.

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What really sold me on Inscryption was its ending, which I won’t spoil as I would normally do, but I will say it actually made me cry and have a somber moment alone. It brought up old memories of my grandmother passing, of not being able to say goodbye, and it hit right in the feels so powerfully I was thinking about the ending for weeks on end. I went and watched others to see their reactions, bought the soundtrack to listen to on my walks, and I even came back for seconds with the challenge mode that unlocks after beating the game called “Kaycee’s Mod”. At first it was just because I wanted more, but then I found out there was lore to uncover, pages from Kaycee’s diary detailing their work on Inscryption in its earliest stages. Needless to say the challenge mode is in fact very challenging, but a seasoned Inscription player knows that with the right deck, good items, and a little RNG, no challenge is too tough. And heck, if you beat all the challenges, you’ll even unlock a secret boss! A boss I really wanted to fight after they had been introduced earlier on in the main campaign, and it is totally worth it. To conclude I am ending with the fact that Inscryption is the best game I have ever played, ever. Placing above things like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age 2, Portal 2, Escape Velocity: Nova, and BioShock 2. Which were my original top five games of all time, however to date no game has ever gotten a perfect score from me. In anime this has happened a few times, but never for video games. Until now that is, as Inscryption not only takes 1st place on my top 5 games of all time but it also has the honor of being the only game I have ever given a full score. There was nothing about Inscryption that I did not like, it had me enwrapped and entranced and my only sadness comes from the fact I don’t see a second game coming out with how this one ends. But in a way, it is comforting, as this means this totally completed game will forever remain the way I remember it.

This is the kind of game you absolutely don’t want spoiled. I hesitated for a long time before picking it up—the imagery made me uncomfortable, yet deeply intrigued at the same time. If you enjoy card games or puzzle mechanics, go for it without hesitation. Just know: you won’t be prepared for the experience that awaits. I found myself watching lore breakdowns and theory videos afterward—it’s that deep and fascinating.