Indies' Lies

As far as deckbuilders go, this one has promise with its partner system, runes, and team positions. I can't say I don't recommend it, because I am having fun... but there are a few things that irritate me and prevent me from wholeheartedly recommending it. 1. Lack of synergies. For example, Warrior has a few cards that mark a heretic and a few that have bonus effects when hitting a heretic, other than that interaction the cards aren't worth getting by themselves. Because there are better alternatives, and a heretic debuff doesn't do anything else. 2. Dragon's Abyss. The "endgame" I guess you would call it, basically a 10 floor delve of progressively harder bosses. The damage scaling of the player doesn't keep up with the bosses HP and attack power, the player's defensive options can scale enough, but then comes the next issue. 3. Cleansing buffs/debuffs. I swear that cards that say "remove effect" don't work 95% of the time. There is no way to remove the enemy's strength buffs, the poison or bleed effects from players, and the myriad of other "positive effects" that Albert's special card should be able to remove from foes. 4. Cosmetics. Costumes for the characters are nice, but why must 90% of them be locked behind the Dragon's Abyss, which only gives coins for a successful 10 floor delve? I swear if this game were a gacha, you'd be able to get the costumes through a DLC purchase. And speaking of DLCs... 5. The Puppetmaster. Only available in a special campaign, the inability to use them in other places is very infuriating given how fun they are to play. TLDR; if you like deckbuilders, then wait until a sell for this one as it's unclear how its cards work, cards lack more interaction, and costume options being gated behind pure RNG. I can't recommend it at full price. Edit: Completed a run of Dragon's Abyss, the time and luck for one run wasn't rewarding or fun... 410 coins for almost 2 hours of suffering. I'd need to do 8 hours total to unlock 1 skin. Not worth the effort or time commitment, my previous recommendation of not at full price still stands, but I'd go even further to say wait for a 90% sale or better. I cannot recommend it unless it is practically free.