Hand of Fate

A unique and innovative blend of tabletop card games, roguelikes, and action RPGs. Who would have thought that genres once bound by conventions could come together to create such a fresh and exciting hybrid game!

It's so close to being good, I came back to try it out after taking a long break. There is a bit too much RNG and the combat/camera is very clunky at times. I'm hope HOF2 fixes those issues though, it would be an easy recommend.

Did something pretty scummy where it integrated DLC items into my deckbuilding, then when i clicked on them it opened up the store page and added the DLC to my cart. I don't like that much. I also didn't see on the u/i how to read a card's effect before putting it into the deck. This didn't seem to be necessary for the first few levels but also didn't really make this much of a deck-builder if I was going to have to figure everything out via trial and error. Would rather not.

Warning: addictive beyond logic!

iconic game concept, nice storytelling. The game becomes boring really fast though, there arent enough distinct events and the combat is too repetitive.

Ok so the style, narration and premise of the game are really cool. However, after encountering the same fight three times in less than an hour and the really awful combat of getting swarmed by enemies and pushing buttons fast to take down one after another... I just don't wanna continue.

90% of negative reviews are morons that dont realise they can visually track the cards as they are being shuffled in chance sections, like jfc idk how someone misses that, this game is heavily based on decisions, every one of them matters. much more thought out and more thought provoking than the mindless grindfests that I see on the store page every week, nice to play an actual game for once (all my hours are on xbox)

Hand of Fate is a mix-up between a Card Game, a Tabletop and a 3rd Person ARPG in this particular order. If you are looking for pure action, pure story and choice-driven games, or a complex deck-building game, Hand of Fate is not for you. But if you enjoy all of the genres mentioned above, you will find a unique game providing just the right amount of everything packed together! So what is Hand of Fate about? You build different kinds of decks compiling different kinds of cards, items, encounters and so on. Depending on which cards you choose the story you play will change, and your character progression does too. Some cards will give you more benefits than others, and the beauty of it is finding out what those cards do, because once you acquire them, the effect those cards are unknown until you encounter them. This makes it exciting to progress and reveal every card on the game board. While doing so you have to manage your resources, food, health and gold. There are also little things like buffs, but I will let you find out about that on your own. Some encounters require you to fight monsters/bosses, which are fairly different encounters which require different tactics. This happens in the 3D 3rd Person ARPG style part of the Game. Don't expect too much complexity here. It is simple, yet fun, much like the Batman games. The Endless Mode allows for multiple Playthroughs, which alter your adventure depending on the cards you choose. The overall difficulty of Hand of Fate is always fair and never seemed too easy or too hard. Yet to get some of the achievements you get to deal with a lot of rngs All of this is packed and created with the Unity Engine. Which does a beautiful job of maintaining a modern and immersive look, yet it's not "next-gen" like AAA titles out there. You cannot expect much about the overall Story here, its about creating your adventure by choosing different cards and unlocking more. The music and overall sound/narration are well done, and the card dealer is exceptionally voice-over.