Arcane Trigger

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The game throws douzens of tutorials before you can even start the game.

this game is so so so so fun .

同组合搭配一般就能达成出其不意的效果，一套成型之后就进入虐杀模式了，希望之后可以出无尽模式，无脑看特效很nice

[h1]Arcane Trigger: a Perfect Playthrough's Perspective[/h1] [h3]TLDR: I liked this game enough to get 100% Steam achievements, but would note that it's not a must buy for everyone![/h3] [h3]What even is this game?[/h3] Arcane Trigger is a roguelite turn-based deckbuilder, as you likely gathered from the store page. Each turn, you load up to 12 bullets (cards) into your magazine (deck), then fire them off in order sequentially. Once done, the enemies take their turns, which mostly consist of healing, shielding, moving forward to make a melee strike, or firing a ranged weapon at you. [h3]The buildcraft[/h3] The game's general conceit is 'wizards with guns defend against an inter-planar invasion', more or less. There are five playable characters with different playstyles and elemental loadouts to work with, along with various relics to make a proper build with. The achievements give a good guide to various relic builds you should try to get a feel for different characters and their build possibilities; sadly, the most recent two characters (Gunblade and Succubus) have no achievements with them, so you'll have to figure them out on your own! Your goal is to balance bullet acquisition and enchantments against the resource cost to acquire each bullet, versus the ever strengthening horde. In the early game, I find it best to forge (draw card) as soon as possible to fill out my magazine. Once my damage output has stabilized, I wait for stronger forges to grant me enchantments. In the meantime, you want to accrue Melt Charms (card removal and rerolls) to help you nail down whatever build you're working on. You also have access to a Carpet of one of several varieties that'll help with various effects. I always used one that reduces relic reroll cost to 1 and automatically activates whatever relic you choose on waves 2, 4, and 8. Survive to Wave 15, take out the boss(es), and that's the run. An Endless mode is available if you want to see how hard you can scale. [h3]The flaws[/h3] I turned off the music pretty fast. It's not that it's bad per se, it's just that I can only listen to the same music for so long. Some mechanics are poorly explained, if at all, such as the difference between Power and Boost enchantments. One relic activates on wind or dark damage, yet the character does not have access to bullets of those elements. There's a wind scroll bullet whose text description states that it needs to be at the leftmost of the magazine to trigger its effect, but in reality it'll activate from any position, which can be seen and verified when its cooldown is up and it has a < scroll > arrows to either side, indicating it's buffing everywhere in the row. [h3]In conclusion[/h3] Arcane Trigger is, to my mind, a flawed gem. Like most of the things I enjoy these days, that's completely fine and some jank is expected with most everything of an indie nature. The game has received multiple post-release content updates and bug fixes, so I certainly can't fault the developer(s) at all! Ultimately, if this looks at all interesting to you, I'd say give it a shot. As an addendum, some reviews and discussions have criticized the need to start from scratch when challenging the game with a new character, with respect to the difficulties (or Ascendance or what-have-you may call it). You can spend a small amount of meta currency to unlock Difficulty 10 (of 15 levels worth of achievement difficulties) and all previous difficulties before that, so nowadays that's much less of an issue.

That its made in Unity instead of UE 5 is a big W