Floppy Knights

Game is fun

Super fun and addicting. Not very complicated to catch onto.

It's one of the few games I actually played pass 10 hours (besides Bloons TD 6 and stuff) so my opinion on the game shouldn't be too terrible and overlooked some details. I feel like I need to drop a review for this game, because, well, it deserves more attention! The reason why this game doesn't get the attention it deserves is because 1. there wasn't anything too special, like Balatro who opened up a whole new world about gambling rougelike (rouge-lite? I'm not too familiar with the words) and 2. It looks like a freaking children's game! I'm not gonna ask you or recommend you to play this game, because if you can't accept this kind of art style, no matter how fun the gameplay is, you can't tolerate it. However if you enjoy this type of 2D cartoony style kind of game, then maybe you can hear me out in this review. Now, the story? It feels like you are watching a 15 y/o girl's drama unfold (sometimes), which is kinda fun, kinda silly, well how about the gameplay? Maybe I don't play a lot of games, so my standard isn't very high, but it is very fun for a childish-looking game. The card design is surprisingly deep and every card has its own usage in battles, they may not all be powerful and game-changing but you can always trust it to do its job when the time comes (except for maybe suspicious tea/drink, but you get it fairly late anyways), and the best part? even if your deck is complete garbage you can still out-maneuver your opponents because the gameplay isn't just based on your cards! You have to move your units around and finish the enemies, in levels that aren't time-based (e.g. requires you to finish levels under 10 turns, usually side missions that gives you extra coins), having a terrible deck isn't a problem at all, which brings to the question, is the game too easy? for the most part, yes! If you are looking for a challenging deck-builder, this is certainly kindergarten's level, but if you are a casual gamer like me who wants to get immersive with the story and the game, being easy doesn't mean this game is complete meaningless to play, you still have to work for your finishes, if you go in blindly heroes will die, your units will get injured (returned to your deck with an extra waste), it is less punishing than wildfrost when you make mistakes (I love that game though), which is why I'm able to basically freak around and try out different decks with different combinations. The difficulty curve is pretty smooth, each world presents a new challenge you have to solve with your deck-building and the new cards you get by completing different levels or visiting the shop, without getting too hardcore or sudden with it, there are like 3 levels that are really tough and drives me crazy (one of them is even a side mission so you can basically ignore it; fyi it is the second level in the Shimmering Cave, one in Steelshore Coast and the final level in the graveyard in the side mission). Well, how about the bad parts? Enemy behaviors, you can't be 100% sure where enemies are gonna go, do they choose to attack (mostly they will if they could), do they chose to go the other way around and ignore you instead? If there are two units present, which one do they attack? Do they target randomly or do they try to hunt for finishes (they usually will, if they could kill they would), whether it's a bad part or not depends on you, but I got extremely salty in a few instances because of it. Attack zone not showing potential threats areas when you move around. Attack zone can point out enemies' effective range but guess what? In this game, you and the enemy can block each other's way with their cutesy cartoony body, if you block their roads then move out of the way then they may still be able to attack you, this isn't really a game problem since there's no way to fix that (if you play the game you know), but it just sucks that it happens man! This has screwed my runs a few times and made me really upset. So, TLDR, if you accept the artstyle, the gameplay is surprisingly deep, but the difficulty may be deemed too easy to people looking for a challenge, the plot is charming (although a bit childish) and the difficulty curve is rather smooth except for a few levels, the cards are balanced well (not in a every card is strong way but a every card has its own usage way) and you have rooms for mistakes, which makes you able to try different combinations and strategies in your deck. I haven't played a game that succeed in both world-building and gameplay before this one (if you accept the artstyle and the rather easy difficulty that is), and I strongly recommend everyone to try this out, this game deserves more attention.