SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

I've finished "free" version, but enjoyed it so much I bought it on GOG, especially when it is 70% off - but really, this game is well worth full price. 1st, visuals. The feel-and-look is fairy/cartoonist, drawn astonishingly well. Characters are very nice to look at, and the same about locations. In short you just see the graphics is made by some true artists. 2nd, card part. Well, a scourge of card-based games, RNG, is offset here nicely by forcing 8 cards deck for all characters, and allowing each turn to replace up to 2 cards - this way very rarely happens you don't have any useful card to play. Also, there are quite many ways to create decks, though there is a little downside - characters whose join later gonna fall behind main ones level-wise (I had 8lv difference between my team and the rest). Not only that, there resources are so limited you just won't have enough money and materials to upgrade/unlock extra cards (by extra I mean these not in your main decks). I'm also not sure if you aren't forced to have one dedicated healer character. 3rd, gameplay and boss fight. It was so much fun I've played it 3 days in a row; it is very enjoyable when you start to see how your idea starts to work better and better. Boss fights were great, demanding, but not too overbearing - well, maybe except for the last one; at least on normal difficulty level. At some point you'll unlock access to arena where you can fight 5 quick matches, with a prize for 1st completion. 4th, user interface. Well, is a bit inconvenient to use solely by mouse, and checking description of the cards could be done definitely better. However, the game is so good it could be forgiven. 5th, music. Well, is nice, but "it is just there". I haven't noticed it till before last boss. 6th, story. Dialogs are humorous, however I felt there are a bit too much of them. The story itself has nice plot twist near the end. Overall, I can wholeheartedly recommend this game to people who like card games.

This is a fantastic experience. It has a pretty strong story wrapped around a fun deck building game, with some similarities to Slay the Spire. The deck creation process allows for many different play styles and combination plays, and having complete control helps to create cohesive strategies.

If you like rpg games with deck gameplay this is for you

When a character dies the cards should be removed from play also.

Fun game