Posted on: June 27, 2022
Mr_Grey
Verified ownerGames: 227 Reviews: 4
Shandalar in Witcher universe...
...which is basically Thronebreaker. You explore a world, have a card-duels/battles and improve your deck. However, Thronebreaker brings quite a plotline in contrast to Shandalar. It uses Gwent rules-frame as is some familiar cards, to bring a detailed story about Meve, Queen of Rivia. Story is well done, and while at global level someone may notice clearly used tropes, its' mini-stories - related to encounters are place where Thronebreaker shine. Aside of this - you really need to like Gwent :) because it takes most of the time. Some appeal may find also players who like puzzles, because some encounters may be won, only by very unorthodox tactics (i.e. attacking your own cards). Most of them are pretty challanging. There's also strategic layer (certain structures in army camp, resource management), set collection quests (find 3 card pieces) and roleplay-ish choices system - which are supposed to have consequences. When it comes to outcomes you basically have a couple of endings with some minor permutations. Another thing - maybe coincidence - is that main protagonist (Queen Meve of Rivia) potrayed here reminds strongly of Cassia from Blackguards2 - strong, royal, female character with handful of loyal (or not) friends. P.S. If you are fan of witcher, unfortunately there are only couple of cameos, mid-late in the game, so use of witcher in it's title is rather marketing tactic. You may meet however other characters from the books (like a Narrator :) )
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