Wildfrost

Wildfrost is not a rogue-like deckbuilder, really. It is definitely a rogue-like but it's more of a tactics game than a deckbuilder. The amount of cards you add to your deck are relatively low and highly controlled in what exactly they are. Draw order is also not (usually) a concern because of deployment phase and the ability to cycle your entire deck in a couple turns. Generally, you will have what you want when you want it, and what you're actually doing in practice is playing a tactics game. Synergies in this game are extremely paint-by-numbers. You play Kobonker with Snoffel. You play Chickichi with Monch. You play Bombarder with Fizzle. Everything is nicely color coded to tell you what works together, and generally it is very easy to assemble a strategy due to how controlled your card picks are. I don't think I have ever died to the final boss of this game (though I have certainly died before it!) because by the time you reach it, you will have already seen a pre-built synergy package that will give you what you need to scale up. The last fights are, in my experience, a formality. So, where is the gameplay? It's mostly in the early and mid-game. At this point, healthbars are low (both yours and the enemy) and so there is a lot more back and forth of trading blows and carefully counting up damage from items and timers. This is a quite difficult but very engaging experience, but it doesn't really have much to do with your deck. It has a lot more to do with when you are playing your cards and what you're playing them on. Because of the timer system, card ordering is extraordinarily important in this game. With a few rare exceptions (zoomlins and noomlins), every card played advances the turn order by one tick. And with attack timers rarely exceeding 5, every single card played is a weighty decision at higher difficulties. So, it's really a tactics game that stores its game pieces in things that look like cards. Of course there is the 1-in-100 turn where you bottom-deck all three snow cards that you needed but really, I feel like 99% of the time I have access to the tools that I need, when I need them, and it's just a matter of whether I sequence them correctly or not. But is it a good game? Yes, I think it's quite fun for what it is. Maybe a bit low content for 20 dollars, but there is a pretty big modding scene for extra replayability.

Wildfrost is a unique enough roguelike deckbuilder with a solid unit positioning system and turn progression system that advances with each individual card played. I like how randomly varied the choice in starting MC are, and the final boss takes an interesting approach to make itself varied as well. The visual presentation is fine, the music is pretty good. the UI could use more work though, wandering around unmarked huts (no tooltips pop up to tell what building it is, or if there are unfinished quests) in the village to check for goals or the long scrolling right through the shrines isn't great; if you just make quest list that you access by hitting Esc the default, the rest of the village is basically is pointless. The map could also be more descriptive on encounter type for new players or returning players. The game also doesn't have an option to reset all progress, or having multiple save slots so you can start a fresh journey, so resetting requires manual deletion of game files. Being able to refresh by repeating tutorials would also be nice, the Esc menu is already a book, put a tab there for game mechanic tutorials. Also no option to mute while in background, which is slightly annoying; but at least there's a slider to turn blood amount to maximum (who's this for, really?).

fun card game that has lots of features that add abilities to your deck on runs, also a couple of unique game mechanics

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A very solid deck-building roguelike. Not as in-depth as slay the spire perhaps, but plenty of complexity in it's own way. The art is good, the music is good, runs are different enough, and while there isn't a whole lot of meta progression, I don't really consider that a mark against the game. I worry adding meta-progression for it's own sake would end up bloating the game unnecessarily. Mod support is good, too. Overall, no real complaints from me.