I am super hype. A giant part of my adolescent nostalgia is related to these games and now there is online multiplier so I am absolutely hype about it

    • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It is a grid based action RPG. A weird one at that. It's most direct game design relatives are phantom dust, quest 64, and pokemon.

      The game play loop is doing battles to get cards, that are your attacks for battles. The action RPG battle area is really restricted so you have interesting tactical choices with the cards and also satisfying mechanical play. If it helps you identify the vibes the competitive multi-player was popular with the fighting game community for a short time. I can see why it had limited mass appeal but it is a fascinating case if how much untaped game design space there is out there.