Deathless. The Hero Quest

I wasn't sure what I was going to get with this game, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's solid. If you like Slay the Spire, this has a lot in common with it. It also has some interesting new mechanics, which can be confusing until you learn them. For example, monsters that you "defeat" stay on the battlefield and block you from attacking living enemies and block melee attacks from enemies. Enemy positioning is a critical strategy in this game too. Pros: * Solid gameplay with interesting mechanics * You can see the rewards you get from each encounter and choose accordingly * Encounters have modifiers which makes the "direction" choice more interesting * You can postpone regular boss fights until it is convenient, but they will get stronger if you wait * Interesting and unique lore * The art and attack animations are nice bonuses * Each character plays differently, leading to a lot of replay value Areas for Improvement: * There are a lot of new mechanics that require a few playthroughs to understand * It would be very nice if the right mouse click would cancel a card drag instead of doing nothing * You must play the game at full resolution in order to have readable tooltips and numbers. Even then, it can be hard to read. The text is TINY! On that note, I'd actually prefer to have large icons for the encounter rewards, and maybe a book icon with a tooltip giving you the "story" explanation of the rewards. Right now most of the display area is taken up by text describing the fight and rewards in an in-character manner, when all I do is hover over the tiny icons at the bottom to see what the actual rewards / buffs / debuffs are. * The end-game is very difficult. For example, you can breeze through the first 3 bosses, and then, depending on your meta-progress, you might be expected to fight 4 legendary bosses in a row, followed by the ultimate boss? The characters have unique strengths geared against ONE legendary boss, so it's not realistic to expect up to 4 legendary bosses to be beatable with the same character. While it's a cool idea story-wise to have all the legendary bosses as optional-yet-kind-of-required bosses at the end, it would be less frustrating simply to have them unlock and grant you their item if you've beaten them with any character before (meta progression instead of per-game). In summary, if you want an StS-like game with a lot of replay value, this is a good one. Just be ready for a learning curve. Pick it up on sale!