Recent reviews by alby

fun pvp deck builder in the vein of ascension/dominion, but the fight takes place between players on a strip of lands and a fog of war. really enjoying my time with it thus far, also has a fair dlc policy where in pvp, only one player needs the dlc for both players to access it. will update with more thoughts if anything changes

amazing successor to crypt and probably the best rhythm game I've played in a long while. bonus points for having a workshop already out, I cannot wait to make my own beat maps

I was an early access on epic person for the first Hades. I also prefer this to the original Hades, however you definitely have to unlearn some of combat styles and mechanics of the first Hades. It is more punishing than the original for failing mechanics and enemy patterns, but I personally, am super here for this change, but it may not be what people are looking for. I'm excited to see how they change things, balance it, and add more content just as the first Hades benefited quite a lot from the original early access.

the demo was worth the 15 already, and now there's so much more than that. easy buy, I'm going to sink way too much time into this

exceptional deck builder with a lot of fun mechanics for each character. the corruption bar is a unique way to add to the depth of strategy which fits right into the very different style of deck building you have to do for this game due to the "cards" being 6 sided dice you can manipulate. there's a lot of pushing your luck and working with what you have when it all fails, and I'm addicted. just don't be like me, fail at counting because you forgot about a blessing's downside, and die unceremoniously with an otherwise strong build.

definitely fun, but very stressful with what appears to be a high skill cap. Planning cities, juggling lots of dice around with calculating the pros of rolling again on dice vs their durability, and winter and the unknown on the horizon aiming to tear down everything you've built. I would recommend watching a video or two to see what you're getting yourself into, since it's not a turn based board game.

absolutely great innovation on 4x taking ideas from the endless series and other 4xs to create a wonderful fresh experience in the genre.

honestly, more addicting and better than I thought it would be given the premise. if you're into roguelikes, you might like this synthesis with auto-chess/battlers. the addition of keeping symbols/synergies upon leveling up a character is a fun twist.

a wonderful synthesis of roguelike, snake, and auto chess. still getting game changing updates and has a great amount of depth for strats on the fly. so excellent, and especially for its price

it's great to see this game once more, forgot how fun it is until i started playing it again. the story really engrosses you into it and then the 'fun stuff' is just the icing on the cake