Malys

Very beautiful game! For those who liked slay the spire is very similar. Waiting for new patches, new content and some bug fixes!

Love the idea but it’s seems to be abandoned this year since the last update was December last year. A lot of cards are well designed. My favourite example is one step closer. It’s gain 2 stacks of take 50% more damage and 2 strength but you are allowed to apply to your self for the strength or to your opponent to help burst them down. However they are not balanced well at all unfortunately. So I recommend getting it on sale

Un bel gioco di carte e costruzione del deck in puro stile rogue. La difficoltà si può selezionare a proprio piacimento, pe cui lo consiglio vivamente!

Se volvio aburrido. El juego no tenia algo que me atrape, El gameplay se vuelve aburrido al rato, cuesta desbloquear cosas nuevas. La historia es visual, osea, con solo ver imagenes de juegos ya podes entender de que va el juego y la verdad basta y sobra, las conversaciones con los NPC me las skipeaba a cierto punto porque no aportaban nada. Visualmente el juego es lindo pero no muchas mas.

I hope the Game keeps being Mantained, this is a real Hidden Gem that deserves to get some more further Development and Attention. Also, there's a very Annoying Bug regarding the Card "Reversal of Fortune": it's supposed to put the Last Card Played or Discarded on the TOP of the Draw Pile, but it Most certainly DOES NOT do that! It's a shame, since the Combo with the Miracle Cards being put on the Top and then being Drawed is very useful, but it doesn't actually do that, most of the times, because it doesn't do what the Card says it does; it just shuffles the Card in the Draw Pile. There's also a Similar issue with the Pocket Keyword: if "Read the Signs" Discards a Card with Pocket – might be worth poiting out that the Pocket in Question was given by the "Prepare" Card – not only the Card doesn't get Drawn as it should, since it should put the Discarded Card on the Top of the Draw Pile, but it doesn't even get Put into the Draw Pile AT ALL; which is contratticting to the text on the Cards.

This game has so much potentia1 but unfortunate1y is current1y in deep need of a ba1ance or meta-progression mechanism to actua11y be p1ayab1e.

I'm kind of mixed about this one. I was interested because I do like roguelites, and the involvement of David Gaider and Liam Essler was of course a huge plus. Coming to Malys from Slay the Spire and similar, I felt myself noticing some balance weirdness - the glow/light deck feels so much stronger that I barely even tried the other two. A reliable source of regen, barring the few demons that can snuff your candles? Yes please. There's a reason that many roguelites severely limit availability of healing. Okay, so maybe it's not going to convert anyone who's already married to Slay the Spire, but Malys oozes style. From the gorgeous opening track to its magnificent boss themes, the music really shines. With some roguelites, I mute the soundtrack and listen to a podcast instead, but that felt weirdly heretical here. The limited voice acting (provided by Summerfall staff) is evocative and left me wanting more, with the exception of Noah's slightly too-frequent combat lines, since you do hear them quite a lot. And the character designs! Oh my goodness. The angel was far and away my favorite, for reasons I cannot touch on without enormous spoilers, but Lydia and Gideon really shone as well. Something as simple as turning merchants into characters who have a major role in your story added so much for me. I also very much appreciated Malys for its narrative and thematic dimension. The flashes of text prior to exorcisms hint at what you'll face, and enemy types repeat but on the whole are mechanically quite varied. Greater demons include creative abilities that reward the player's flexibility, and their designs are spectacular, as magnificent as they are grotesque. I guess my biggest complaint is that, depending on deck, some of the greater exorcisms especially can be really, really drawn out. This is more merciful than some games might be, in that rolling in with a so-so deck doesn't result in you heading back to the start, but it can unfortunately pall. So, tldr, this is one you play if you're the kind of freak who plays roguelites for the story and you don't mind it being effectively a one and done, rather than an endless game with a drip-feed of content. I appreciate that this is a game you can experience in full in a pretty reasonable amount of time while still being a fun one to pick up and put down. Do I recommend this game? I think so, but with reservations. It isn't going to compete with the big names in the genre, but that's fine, it isn't trying to. It's a gorgeously atmospheric and tightly-written story about the world's most dejected priest and his situationship with a nonbinary angel. If that appeals, you're probably the target audience.

I love Malys! Vibes are excellent, art is beautiful and creepy. Tickles my optimizey, min/maxy brain xoxo