Floppy Knights

Relatively simple but fun tactical game with an interesting artstyle and nice music. Somewhat easy for most of the levels, but the flexibility of the normal stages is very nice for varying playstyles. Admittedly, the card drawing rng can clash with the tactical gameplay (I really wish there were more cards earlier that let you thin your deck) and that can be more problematic in some of the harder optional levels that give you a predetermined deck. While it has a few potentially frustrating challenge levels and flaws, I'd say I enjoyed this game a lot.

Not a bad game, just pretty boring.

Having completed the story missions with all side objectives done + a little bit of the challenge modes + side quests done, I can comfortably say that its a very solid game. Not knock your socks off amazing but pretty good. Just don't expect a gripping deep story or anything. I'm not usually the biggest fan of deckbuilders but FK did enough to keep me invested. You start with one deck, Plants but gradually unlock more over time. Each deck has 2 commanders (1 of which you have to unlock down the line) that you can pick from each with their own playstyle, Plants being based around Growth/Healing, Monsters around Self Damage + Buffing/Armor, and Hooligans around high mobility/trickiness idk lol You have to keep your commander alive because you automatically lose if they die. You unlock cards and earn money by completing levels/side objectives and can make certain cards with said money. You can have up to 30 cards in a deck and a minimum of 12. Other than that, the sky's the limit. You can freely mix and match cards from any other deck to create the build of your dreams but typically the best synergies will come from matching cards from the same deck. I mostly rocked plants until I got hooligans who I stuck with till the endgame. biggest criticism I have that especially applies to the last two areas is that it felt like if you don't get a good starting hand/a few cards you need in particular you're just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and need to reset which doesn't feel great. The game plays like Fire Emblem but every action is dictated by the deckbuilding. You draw 5 cards a turn, each having their own resource cost from 0-3 and a small resource pool to take from. Biggest thing that threw me off is that you don't get any free movement, you need to play movement cards to actually move your characters. Your commander will always give you at least one movement card and it does add a little bit of decision making but if you don't have enough movement cards or don't draw any more, you're just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ or have to sit around and wait for next turn and hope you get more. Same logic applies to attack cards, however every character you control does get one free attack per turn. But again, if you don't draw enough attack cards or don't have enough resources and you're in a sticky situation, good luck. Maybe that's a failing on my part and I'm just not good at deckbuilders but more likely it's 50/50 I think. It's typically fine and you can just kinda wait around for a couple turns to make some progress but on levels with a time crunch, it's stressful and might have to reset a couple times to finally beat it. The story is nothing to write home about. It's cute, it's cozy, it gets you from Point A to Point B, the characters are all simple and their motivations are pretty clear. It's funny at times and charming but obviously it's nothing rich or complex, it's no Disco Elysium or something lol If you can look past that, I think you'll have a good time but if not you can always just skip it and cut straight to the gameplay. The visuals are probably the best part of it. Marlowe Dobbe who worked on Dicey Dungeons also provides the art for FK and it's just as standout as before if not even better. The charm just exudes in every environment, cutscene, card, you name it. The music and SFX are pretty good as well, Grahm Nesbitt who did the OST for Garden Story returns for FK and yeah, it's good, not much else to say about it tbh. Overall, it's a pretty good little tactics cardbuilder that you can sink quite a bit of time into if you're willing to put in the work. The story might take you 10-15 hours and then there's additional side quests and an even harder challenge mode of the main story levels. It's not perfect, I did run into some bugs here and there and you could argue there's issues with balance and things like that, but at the end of the day, it's not perfect, no game is but it's only $8 USD so the worst you can do is pick it up, not like it and refund it. But I say give it a shot, see if it's for you. Recommended

A fun little game where you build decks over the course of the game that allow you to move and attack with your floppy knights. As a fan of deckbuilders, I thought it was fun and easy to get through.

pretty good, i played the demo a while back and the full game doesnt disappoint a somewhat introductory strategy game mixed with deck building, you need to build a proper deck and complete lots of missions, your cards and units allow of many "combo moments" that make deck building game so addicting nice artstyle and soundtrack too, i guess my only complain is the lack of an "undo move" button, other strategy games often allow you to undo a move if you havent attacked, but its not a big deal

Clean, simple and cute

I'm sorry to say this, because the game has some charm, but I really did not like it. I tried, I played through maybe 15 missions or more. But it just does not click at all. So, I play a lot of strategy or tactics games, often turn based. And the main problem here is two-fold. First, the difficulty is ridiculously low. Not once in all the levels I went through there was even a hint of danger of not winning the game. Every time it was very obvious, it was just a matter of time. Secondly, the levels are not random, they are hand crafted - but the design is just not very great. This is made worse by the fact that in every (or almost every) level, the enemy spawns new units constantly, regularly, every 2-3 turns. Which adds to the tedium, but not to the danger, because they leak steadily, but slowly. Furthermore, I was not in love with the main mechanic (cards), because it meant a single unit could do all the work (the only benefits of putting other units on the board are: they could soke enemy damage, rarely needed; they can attack for free once, but this almost always require spending a card to move them, and often many cards; and usually they add some temporary card when they spawn, which is the main use, and in practice it only empowers the main unit you are working with anyway). I have to note the graphics are indeed very special, but if you are looking for a design even remotely in the same league as Dicey Dungeons, you won't find it here for sure. Story seems to also be rather big part of the game, and honestly, it's rather mediocre. Tons of dialogues that are not really funny or interesting.

Mi biggest problem with this game is that it didn't need to be a card game. Think fire emblem or even wargroove, but instead of being able to plan ahead, you have to pray you draw the correct amount of movement and attack cards or else, you will die. Of course you could not do anything reckless to mitigate this but then, it just becomes boring. The story is funny and the art is fun. During a sale? sure try it, is really cheap but gameplay is frustrating at best.