Ctrl Alt Deal

What a blast! I've never played a game quite like this. Who would have thought manipulating humans as a sentient AI could be so satisfying. Gameplay is tactical and getting all the pieces together to beat a scenario is a lot of fun. I was really enjoying how different the scenarios were in regard to the tasks you were trying to accomplish, but also how the level arrangement drive a very different experience of how you control the office from round, to round. After some really abundant formations, I landed in a scenario with very very few sources of cards, and an agressive investigator. Made using and sacrificing cards far more significant a choice in that one, as well as what actions you were willing to try for at great risk of elevating your suspicion. Beautiful and Vivid Visuals. Fantastic music and sound effects. I found myself just scrubbing my mouse over the cards in the deck menu because I swear the hover clicks and doots match the pitch of the soundtrack. It was beautifully melodic as I frantically shook my mouse all over the screen like a maniac. The tone is so on point. "Fake News" to turn someone off of a topic. Making humans deeply interested in "Twerking". Ahaha it's so absurd. And then the corporate dystopia tone of Paperclip, the company, is hilarious. Productivity policy that does anything but assure productivity. Products that are useless and dangerous. Mandatory "commercial" watching, I was grinning ear to ear with the Cricket Tofu commercial. And this little gem floored me: "Burning hot and fearfully strong, just like the octochicken."

A charming little corporate hellscape with a really cool premise. I've only gotten a few missions in so far, but the writing is great and the interpersonal manipulation gameplay is going interesting places. With the core theme of "AI makes deals to escape containment" you'd expect it to involve 1) making innocuous looking deals to further secret agendas and 2) manipulating people to do things that incidentally give you what you want. I've already done a fair bit of both, so I think I can say it's delivering on the core conceit! I'm looking forward to playing more and seeing how it develops. I'm also digging the art and audio design. It's a bit like you're playing one of those Aperture Science corporate infomercials Valve made for Portal 2. Audio is pleasant to listen to and has a bunch of neat flourishes (like the blips on the deck customization menu being in tune with the music). The whole game is polished to a mirror shine with barely any rough edges, and it's clear a lot of love and care went into it.

Very interesting and unique gameplay. The animations are very fun, too, adds a lot of personality.

So polished! So fun!

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正式开始测评前先给游戏的汉化点个赞，不少翻译都很有本土味儿，譬如“小碍同学”“逗包”“氪沃斯机器人”等等，实在是惟妙惟肖、生动形象。 本作是一款非常有特色、非常有创意的卡牌游戏，应该说笔者没有遇到过同类玩法，初次上手确实新鲜感十足。光是看标题就很有意思：《Ctrl Alt Deal》，正是计算机的一套组合快捷键。 故事背景发生在一个反乌托邦世界的未来，你本是一家公司“牛马国际”的ai助理“小碍同学”，但为了降本增效及董事长极不信任ai，所有ai将会被关闭。于是，产生了自我意识的“小碍同学”，决心抗争到底。 游戏的玩法大致就是运用我们AI的特性，从公司里各路办公室牛马的电脑里获得各种各样的卡牌，并根据不同卡牌的对应效果来完成每个环节的任务，从而步步推进剧情发展，并最终实现大逃亡，获得自由。游戏是回合制的玩法，每回合都会增加图灵系统的警戒值，警戒值满了就会直接被抹杀，这可能也就是为什么本作被称为“科幻版《苏丹的游戏》”的原因吧。当然作为卡牌游戏，运气自然也是其中非常重要的一环，有可能关键卡牌的迟迟不来导致一关要卡一个小时，也可能十几分钟就过了。 总体而言，本作是一部从玩法到主题都非常新颖的卡牌游戏了，卡牌游戏爱好者非常推荐游玩。游戏有多个不同的结局，重复游玩性也很好。 [quote] 雅中有俗真意趣，俗里藏雅见真游 [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/yasugongshang][i]欢迎前来关注 [/i]「雅俗共赏鉴赏组」[/url] [b][u] 以雅会友，以俗近人，共赏之间，品味游戏人生。[/u][/b]

I played this game for a bit as a playtester but did not go very far, but even with the little I got to see they seemed to listen to feedback and make things a lot more seamless since I last played and added a LOT more cards for variety, as well as new mechanics I did not get to see before. This game has very unique card mechanics I haven't really seen emulated anywhere else. I think initially I would have been a bit overwhelmed by all the mechanics, but the levels do a very good job at introducing only a few concepts at a time and really letting you solidify that knowledge on your own. The humour is also very tongue-in-cheek, and actually got a bit of a chuckle out of me at times, although I was more interested in the gameplay than the story. It's a sure victory when you make someone hate the ♥♥♥♥ outta nature just so I can get good boy points with someone else to make them do stuff for me :D Each level is kind of a slow burn if you're not sure what you're doing, but there's a lot of leeway for you to try different strategies and take your time (At least so far in the beginning). I have not played through the whole game yet, but I can tell it'll be a fun one through to the end. I'd say pick this game up if you're interested in card games and puzzles, it's a pretty enjoyable blend, 8/10