The Abyss Within

Si

+Player choice -Looks terrible, doesn't sound that good either -Poorish UX/UI -The balance felt so off = Neutral review, but since I wouldn't recommend such game for myself, I won't do it to you either. ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧⬜⬜⬜⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬛🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜⬛🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬛⬛🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜⬛⬛⬛🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

I got this key from a giveaway so props to the developer for being generous. Interesting deckbuilder, but sadly a genre I don't have much experience with or affinity for so I can't speak to it intelligently. The mix of metaprogression perks, in-run stats, and a deck you can modify on the fly leads to a lot of synergies and builds. Unfortunately, the building blocks of those synergies are very poorly explained with many mechanics having no tooltip, many cards having unlisted effects, and an overall lack of clarity into what's going on. The art and music are also fairly basic, even for an indie game of this caliber. Still, not an unpleasant time and were it in a genre that was more my speed I could definitely see myself exploring it more.