Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder

I hate writing negative reviews, especially for smaller games, but I think it's outrageous how much potential this game has, and how little the devs decided to do with it. The animations are buggy and don't play sometimes, the progression is confusing, and the game controls poorly and in different ways on controller and keyboard/mouse. I play these types of games...A LOT, and usually I can find something positive to say about any one that I've played, to the point of wondering if I'm too easy to please in that regard. Playing this game just made me realize that there's an incredible standard set, and this doesn't live up to it. I'm willing to overlook lots of stuff, even when it comes to games leaving early access but still being unfinished...the difference is that other devs will still keep a line of communication with players, to show them that they care about delivering an enjoyable experience. I've seen nothing of the sort here, and the most recent newspost was just about a sale the game was having, which feels like a slap in the face. The art style and theming of this game RULES, I was so gutted that the game feels painfully rough that I even gave them a couple years to see if they'd turn it around in some way. No dice. Skip this one, there are lots of other options that will satisfy you.

good fun, some slightly different mechanics, but satisfying to master. I can now reliably beat the game with any charactor now i understand what i'm doing.

Such a beautiful looking game with fun mechanics that was sadly abandoned and released in an unfinished, buggy state. [u]Absolutely [b]NOT[/b] worth $20 [/u] Is it worth $3 and an hour of your time? Yes, but you'll be left wanting more from a game that was never finished. The studio was closed down so your money would be going into the ether. But.... Is it worth $5 and an hour of your time? No. Go play other games that respect your investment to learn, play, and ultimately have fun. +Outstanding visual designs +Creepy and interesting atmosphere +Interesting mechanic diving down deeper in hell to fight stronger enemies, greater loot, and more +Really great improvement/alternative to the StS path working your way through obstacles towards a final boss. You descend down rings of hell and have the option to engage with everything provided to you on that ring. Even an escape so you can return to base with your loot and buy upgrades or meta profession for your next run. +The deeper you descend the more options you'll get including tougher enemies, more loot, and rewards +Card crafting +Each card is a dual-card +Lots of interplay between cards played and enemy responses +/-Enemies will not attack you unless you trigger a response via numerous game mechanics +/- Extremely jarring UI at first +/- Very interesting background and UI movements. However it's designed in a way that you're going to feel like you're constantly spinning which will cause a bit of motion sickness. I was able to mitigate this by focusing heavily on the cards and not looking at the background or the UI and character elements that moved with the background animations -Bugs. Bugs that straight up ruins your gameplay. For example you can get a damage immunity status, good for negating one attack regardless of the dmg amount. Certain abilities completely ignore that immunity even though they shouldn't. There are other similar bugs such as playing a card activating or triggering an enemy response that it shouldn't have based on the game's own rules. -Actual gameplay is rough and can be hard to follow unless you're paying very strict attention to how the mechanics [i]should[/i] have played out. You'll often think you made a mistake, but it was either a bug or not properly conveyed via the UI due to bugs, misrepresented interactions, or inability to see other elements of the UI because it overlaps or blocks itself. -Very, very, very unbalanced. There's an obvious skeleton for the [b]vast[/b] amount of mechanical interplay to be exploited for your gameplay runs, but sadly it seems the game never got to that point of balancing the game's own complexities or your ability to properly take advantage of it. It leaves you feeling mechanically encumbered to the point of feeling like you're pushed up against a wall with one hand tied behind your back. -You're limited to 3 cards despite massive interplay and the amount of options you have. Based on the game's dual-card mechanic (red/blue & tokens) 3 can provide 6 or more options, but those opportunities are far and few. 4 or 5 cards would expand enough room for build and tactic diversity -- let alone an actual opportunity to play them. -All of the enemies are very pixelated and difficult to look at. As if their designs were made at 800x600 resolution and blown up 300%. Disappointing considering the interesting art style and character designs. This is particularly jarring when your character looks HD by direct comparison.

A hellbound deck builder with a killer art style, a gloomy soundtrack and a few fun twists to the genre - like collecting the shriveled heads of iconic historical figures. A little rough around the edges, and certainly not the longest or deepest experience, but worth a look for fans of macabre card games.

I really wanted to like this game. I love the concept and the art style drew me in at first! But gameplay wise? It just feels... Stale? Got bored after a couple runs. :/

https://youtu.be/MlpdYm484U4 Custom Card Creation offers some level of uniqueness, but ever action moves at such a slow pace that it's a sluggish time at best.

unbalanced card and mechanic, the games is simply unfinished. maybe I'll abuse this state to get All Achievement later, but for now, I see no fun in playing it. I saw a lot of potential so I buy it since day 1, it's a shame.