HeistGeist

+ Good mix of combat card game and text quest. - There is little variety in musical themes, especially in combat(you get tired of it quickly.).

This is a story driven deckbuilding game. Initially the card battler aspect drew me in but what really makes this game shine is the fun shadowpunk narrative, likeable authentic characters, stylish art and professional voice acting. But honestly, what really motivated me to write a review was just how much love and care the developers put into the game. The game is full of personality and little details. As for the gameplay, the card battle itself is just okay. It's definitely not going to be engaging enough for fans of games like Slay the Spire, Battle Train and the sorts, but the game doesn't really go for that either. It tries new, original ideas, and it's really cool how most cards have their own animations. Unfortunately it's not very well balanced, some cards are just straight up good or bad without sinergies to compensate, or have weird effects to the point that even upgrading them can be detrimental. Enemies don't have enough variety, with simple movesets and no challenge at all, and the deckbuilding is very slow, so combat can get stale and repetitive very quickly. The lack of adjustable difficulty makes progression very straightforward, so players will be most likely playing for the plot. The hacking minigame is okay as well, nothing groundbreaking but it does offer a mild challenge while not being a hindrance or distraction during missions. The missions themselves were very creative and fun, it's really cool how you have multiple teams that progress at different speeds. Overall a very fun and engaging experience, definitely worth for the plot if you don't mind the combat.

[h1] Wirklich gutes Deck-Building RPG [/h1] Ich hatte eine gute, kurzweilige Zeit mit diesem Spiel. Ich habe es immer wieder in kurzen Happen gespielt, und dafür war es perfekt. Zwischendurch hatte ich einen Moment wo ein bestimmter Kampf plötzlich deutlich schwerer erschien als alles davor, aber mit ein bisschen tüfteln am Deck und einer Überarbeitung meiner bisherigen Taktik ist auch das gut zu machen gewesen. Ich hatte viel Spaß und kann es nur empfehlen.

A beautifully stylish cyberpunk heist with deckbuilder mechanics that isn't quite like anything I've ever seen before. Excellent storytelling and amazing production values for an indie, but I feel there are issues with the main card game that could use improvement. Love: - Aesthetics: music and art are gorgeous. - Characters: Honestly, they're all great. The writing is very well done IMO. It's like watching a great heist movie. - Storytelling: Everything related to the visual novel part of the game is truly excellent. I like how the missions have you trading between characters. Meh: - Minor UX things. The typeface on steam deck is excruciatingly small even at the largest font setting. It would be nice for the cards to zoom in when you focus on them. It would also be nice to get a confirmation if you try to end your turn while you still have playable cards, because it's not so hard to fat-finger the end turn button by accident, which is potentially a death sentence. - Card games: The hacking game is fun but super easy. The shooting game that you get to rarely play is pretty great, but isn't developed. The main razorgirl combat game, though, has issues IMO. It relies heavily on looping combos; it seems the designers took that and said "well, in order to make this challenging, let's stop them from comboing." All this does is slow everything to a screeching halt. 90% of the time it's fun, but the other 10% it can feel excruciating. It's compounded by the fact that you can't see what the opponent decks are before fighting them, and you have to wait to lose if you don't want to go back to the previous checkpoint. I had one fight last over an hour, and an enemy racked up over 1700 shields (normal values are 0-20ish.) I was never in any real danger, but only had one shield-piercing card in the deck, and decided to be stubborn. As the famous fighting game adage goes, "I didn't buy this game to block." Enemies with AP gain, bleed, and shield gain all need revision IMO. - Ending: It feels like it ended just as things were coming together. It's an tribute to the designers that I was sad to see the team go. I'd love to see a sequel. Zoya was the runaway favorite, but I would love to see more of all of them. Even the dog!

fun little story card game

Such a cool little gem! A cyberpunk deckbuilding RPG with complete voice overs and a nice story. Took me 15 hours to complete and had fun all the way through. You role-play as a femake cyberpunk merc who is caught up in a messy situation. All interactions have voice over which is really cool. The "cinematics" are comic-book like drawings which I found pretty darn good (would have been nice to see lip-movement animations but I guess that's asking for too much). Aside from combat which is fun, there is also a hacking mini-game which is incredibly fun to do. Hope to see more games like this, from the studio.

Very addictive cyberpunk card battler. Vibes wise it's like Shadowrun meets Neuromancer meets Robocop meets System Crash (the cyberpunk card game). Just from the achievements and the language you can see the devs love the genre and Gibson in particular. Having it set in neo-Bratislava gave it a unique Slovakian polish to it - I loved the folklore based cyberwitch names and illustrations and the ammo named for Slovak vampire myths. The voice acting was quite slow - i enjoyed listening to it sometimes and skipped it other times, but the speaking pace was very clear and leisurely. Might be a cultural difference with faster talking countries. The story was interesting, i enjoyed building a crew. I only figured out halfway through it was harder than it needed to be because I forgot about the black market, so Karel reminding us it existed before the ending was good. Overall, well worth a play if you like card games and cyberpunk. It's incredibly polished and everything works well.

Hacen mucho con poco, buena historia, voces cojonudas, mecánicas cojonudas, en fin, si te gustan los juegos de construcción de mazos, dadle un try

This game was a huge surprise for me — now I can't get enough of it. Pros: – The card combat and combo mechanics are really entertaining. – The story has a nice pace, the characters are interesting, and the dialogue is well-written. It really gets to me when the storytelling goes deeper into the developing relationships between the crew members. – Cyberpunk and synthwave aesthetic. Cons: – The controls can feel a bit clunky. Every time I want to close a menu, I instinctively press ESC and get annoyed when it kicks me to the main menu instead. Minor gripe though.