Death Roads: Tournament

Ce n'est pas le jeu de la décennie, ni même le jeu de l'année, mais c'est un agréable jeu pour passer quelques heures en mode "Mad max". La rejouabilité est excellente, à cause du combo véhicules/pilote/équipement, qui permet de nombreuses façons de jouer et de stratégies. Le jeu en lui-même n'est pas si évident, il faut bien gérer son véhicule, sa vitesse, les distances. Il n'y a pas de mode easy, et si les rencontres normales ne sont pas très difficiles, elles sont nombreuses. Les boss (les autres concurrents de cette course à mort) sont assez difficiles à vaincre, mais si on les défait, ils deviennent jouables. La musique est sympa mais un peu répétitive. les graphismes sont honnêtes sans être sublimes. Le défilement horizontal constant de la route peut rendre certaines personnes malades (mal des transports), mais les devs ont rajouté une option pour régler le problème. Un mode multi aurait été vraiment sympa, le jeu s'y prète bien. Bref pas inoubliable mais sympathique.

Great execution on the theme, the game is very well done visually, really reminding of Death Race 2000. The combat system is solid and satisfying to play with. The random elements are frustrating at first, but you learn to mitigate them properly. Your "mana" resource (Handling) being attackable is a pretty nice innovation and fits the theme. (even if it doesn't work quite the same with enemies and Handling Regeneration is pretty much useless on you) On the other hand, like in a lot of Slay the Spire-likes, the events on the road are really bland, uninspired and uninteresting. They are neither memorable nor valuable gameplay-wise. There is a lot of gratuitous randomness in them, and it just feels unfair. Death Roads: Tournament also sorely lacks an increasing difficulty mechanic similar to Ascension in Slay the Spire. Once you get a good grasp on the game, it becomes pretty easy to beat, and even the variety between the various characters and cars (which provide a pretty nice number of possible combinations) isn't enough to make the runs engaging because of this lack of challenge.

I think this game is pretty cool. I had a slow start at first, but it slowly became a bit addicting. I'm only 7 hours in right now and, based on what is left to unlock, I have a ton of gameplay left.

This game isn't easy but once you know what you're doing, this game becomes a hidden gem.

Good Slay the spire variant. Enjoyable.

Awesome

Questo gioco utilizza illustrazioni palesemente fatte con l'IA e non lo dichiara se non in una discussione seppellita nel forum di Steam. Ciò non è accettabile. (Il gioco è carino e difficilotto. Sono arrivato alla prima vittoria dopo 7 ore, ma ho l'impressione che il bilanciamento sia un po' a caso)