Hand of Fate

This game kicks major ass. Odd quirk on console, you can use two controller to control the same character, makes for some really fun and quirky two player

A aleatoriedade está no âmago de Hand of Fate. O jogo nos traz um RPG linear em que a ordem dos eventos, o tipo de inimigos, a recompensa das missões e dos combates, tudo está contido em um barulho de onde as cartas brotam ao acaso. Ou deveriam brotar ao acaso. Somos convidados de uma figura misteriosa, que literalmente dá as cartas de nosso destino. É uma mistura de mestre de jogo e narrador, que irá nos conduzir por uma série de desafios para derrotar seu exército de criaturas. Conceitualmente, a ideia é fascinante. Na prática, o jogo está para um RPG autêntico o mesmo que Paciência está para uma partida de Pôquer (nunca joguei nenhum dos dois, peço perdão antecipado por uma eventual metáfora mal aplicada). Falta jogabilidade emergente, sobram movimentos mecânicos e cartas repetidas. Da mesma forma que uma partida de Paciência pode servir para passar o tempo (principalmente se você está entediado no escritório), Hand of Fate pode servir para passar o tempo, na falta de opções melhores de jogo. Nenhum dos dois cenários se aplica a mim. Essa entidade misteriosa ostenta uma prosa refinada que mais aborrece do que cria uma atmosfera. Parece algo criado por uma Inteligência Artificial, não textos vívidos escritos por um roteirista engajado. Ele vai puxando cartas que já vi várias vezes antes, me apresentando situações pelas quais já passei antes, na expectativa de aparecer uma rara carta inédita e um novo desafio. Entre um momento ou outro de genialidade, o jogo acaba nos brindando com um combate que não é decidido nas cartas, mas em um sistema de ação limitado de ataques e bloqueios, contra oponentes mal modelados em níveis desinteressantes. Há algo de livro-jogo em Hand of Fate, nas decisões que ele oferece em determinados pontos, mas a mesma repetitividade dos livros-jogos marca presença aqui, sem, no entanto, colocar na mesa a mesma qualidade narrativa dos melhores livros-jogos. Teoricamente, o jogo nos oferece a possibilidade de customizar nosso próprio baralho, mas é trabalho demais para continuar tendo acesso às mesmas cartas. Desta forma, Hand of Fate carece de variedade, carece de agência, carece de adrenalina, carece de motivação. O que eu estou fazendo aqui? Quem sou eu? Por que estou me submetendo ao jogo dessa entidade? Por que eu estou me submetendo aos desígnios de uma falsa aleatoriedade? Eu escolho meu caminho mais uma vez e esse caminho me leva para longe de Hand of Fate e de volta para os braços da verdadeira aleatoriedade. Publicado originalmente em: [url=https://blog.retinadesgastada.com.br/2024/08/nao-jogando-hand-of-fate.html]https://blog.retinadesgastada.com.br/2024/08/nao-jogando-hand-of-fate.html[/url]

机制设计挺有新意，不过战斗设计真的太垃圾了，固定视角蠢得一b，战斗手感肉得不行，后摇巨长，后期基本都是多动症群怪，经常碰到多个怪同时攻击的场景，根本没法应对。 移动的操作精度也很烂，也无法原地转身，碰到迷宫机关关卡就是吃屎。 最傻逼的是建模碰撞会把敌人推着走，举例来说，蜥蜴被反击后会接一次无法反击的攻击，于是无数次我反击后跳走，蜥蜴也一边蓄力一边跟着我平移，然后给我一刀。 场地设计也很垃圾，动不动就满地陷阱，反击时还会自动谜之走位，几次眼睁睁看着主角走到陷阱上。要么就是场地狭小，尤其是《试炼》，tmd面对无法反击的一翻滚就出场地踩陷阱，恶心得要死；以及解锁后的牛头怪，tmd场地丁点大，牛头怪攻击范围又广，攻击还几乎无间隔，玩个jb

This seems like a very different twist of a game. It does have deckbuilding, but the storytelling theme is something I never saw before. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't know that I would pay full price (currently 19.99 USD), but at 50% off it is a 6/10 and gets better the bigger the discount.

After I finally picked the game up years later early this year and now also finished Hand of Fate 2 in succession, I think I am able give a proper overview of what this game did better than its successor without judging it on the things Hand of Fate 2 improved. As such, here is my review of Hand of Fate 1: Summary: The game is a tactical deck builder in which the player is given the ability to stack the odds in their favor, but skill still rules supreme. As such it can both adhere to the puzzler and strategist among the gaming community as well as the hardcore gamers that prefer to stack the deck against themselves. The deck building itself is your difficulty setting, even if a soft difficulty exists in which you can speed everything up with the later added hardmode or change some rules. A special shoutout to the "ore eater" class which has to consume equipment and has no value for food it can give away in events. Atmosphere: 8/10 The dealer and you (Kalas as named in Hand of Fate 2) are in a struggle for control of the game of fate. The cards dictate the world and only those able to fight their fate will be allowed to wield it. As such the stage is set for the human Kallas to fight against the dystopian world of plagued ratman, the cruel lizard empire, rampant bandits and undead hordes that swarm the land while mages hold all human kingdoms hostage to their whims. This beautiful backdrop of a story is told in the thirteen campaign missions and the story cards Kallas will slowly unlock along his adventurer through the dealer's dungeon. Alongside come characters that will accompany you until Hand of Fate 2 in some cases (Greetings to Lionel the goblin) a century later. While the story is well crafted and people can find lore and details in every corner, the stale and little variant dungeon layouts and variety in the runs tear away from it. There also is little connection between card events once unlocked. They can freely be combined and a boss like the Kraken can appear one step in, ending an early run for all but the best players. Kallas is also given a free item each start of a campaign and that can range from worthless to the most broken item in the game (Dragon Armor) being handed out in floor 1. This lessens the story weight and the fight of Kallas against fate a little. This has been improved in Hand of Fate 2, but that is not a reason it detracts, it is bad regardless of the improvement made. There is something like too much freedom and RNG. Gameplay: 8/10 The strategy on how to stack the odds with your deck to gain the advantages you need and then being disappointed the needed item comes too late or doesn't can feel painful in a long run. Getting the winning item out of the gate and crushing a challenge for building a good deck can also feel unrewarding. Regardless, the fact you can tailor your challenge to yourself, combined with the storylines added with the character classes in the DLC make this undeniably the player's fault. Anything is in your grasp, even starving. The Explorer doesn't starve when walking on open tiles again, standard for Hand of Fate 2. It is considered the "easy" class. Any fight is winnable with no items and base equipment, even the final boss rush. This is special and something Hand of Fate 2 will lose. Gameplay in Hand of Fate 1 purely rewards skill and the difficulty only lessens with good preparation and resource management. It is an excellent execution and all actions in battle are instantaneous. There is no animation lock, if you want to switch out of an attack to a block or an evade, it will happen. Every moment of battle no matter the speed, only looks at your own reaction time. For people that love skill based fighting, this game is for you. The detriment to the gameplay is the endless mode, which for those not savescumming is anything but endless. You will not get below floor 50 if you do not savescum. There are curses, pain cards and all encompassing destruction of your hit points every other step below floor 20 due to the achievement towards 30. At some point endless mode doesn't reward skill, it just seeks to punish you. This is a mistake Hand of Fate 2 would repeat and prevents people from just enjoying their own endless adventure of their character. Thus despite stellar gameplay for skill based ARPG combat, the gameplay still suffers heavily under lack of replayability and an actual endless mode that is endless. More importantly the high difficulty high speed gameplay does support keyboard and mouse, but is close to unplayable. You need a controller. Sound and Design: 6.5/10 It has decent battle sound design and good music. The variety is just very low and will get old long before this game is completed or all story cards are fulfilled. You likely listen to Youtube before the game is finished in the background, despite the few good melodies it has. Still a solid enviroment. Conclusion: 7/10 A great game for casual or story experience with the right character class and a challenging self-made purgatory for souls-like fans, this rogue-lite game will fascinate the lore enthusiast and challenge your skill in planning ahead. It will also infuriate some due to the absolute random nature of all elements involved, ending a seemingly perfect run. Especially the only "quick time event" in the game during the final boss may catch some by surprise and spit on the game as it is entirely unfair and a one-hit death. Overall, a great experience you won't regret if you like ARPG combat and rogue-lites. If you don't, stay clear. This game is not for you. It has my full endorsement as a breakthrough title, even if the studio didn't survive in the middle of the second game, which still feels like features from Hand of Fate 1 (character classes) had yet to be added. In return this makes Hand of Fate 1 and 2 feel different and their own game of similar mark. In some way, it may be a good thing. Go forth and may you restore humanity to its glory Kallas, as you fight against the current lord of fate, Valenos the dealer.

hand of fate is incredibly fun. the systems feel somewhat dated, and progress feels more time consuming than rewarding. i'd recommend using a wiki and ensure you're always maxing your token chance.

看啊雷的实况知道的，这么久也是玩上了，游戏简单，内容一般，事件多重复，算是童年买单。

Eh... It is fun at first. But the only thing the game knows how to do to increase difficulty seems to be to add another layer of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ RNG card drawing. There is a quest that you get early on that is literally nothing but a series of increasingly unlikely RNG draws. So far you have to get 4 in a row or you just fail the encounter with no recourse. So I have to keep it in the deck until I get lucky and there is nothing else I can do to make it more likely. Also no way to trim the Gain deck. Super fun getting 1 food after 3 layers of 25% chance RNGs. Seems like its one of those games that is fun until the mechanics become so obvious as to be uninteresting half way through.