On 3/23/2024 9:09 AM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 3/22/2024 8:00 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>> Well, I was wondering when GOG was going to get back into the act.
>> Their spring sale has been going strong for a week, but its only now
>> that they're offering the give-away that usually accompanies their
>> sale. Well, better Nate than lever...
>>
>>
>> * Book of Demons
>> https://www.gog.com/en/game/book_of_demons
>>     A Diablo-esque hack-n-slasher, except instead of weapons
>>     you fight with a deck of cards. I don't think I need to
>>     express to you how much a deck-building mechanic turns me
>>     off at this point. I mean, I'm sure it's a fine mechanic,
>>     but it's just not anything that appeals to me. It's got
>>     a certain lack of polish too, that might make you rethink
>>     getting it too; reviews indicate a balancing issues and
>>     a certain grindy  repetitiveness of gameplay. It's
>>     conceptually a good game, it seems, and if you grit your
>>     teeth and bear with some of its jankiness, you'll
>>     probably have fun... but it may require more effort
>>     than you think it is worth to get there.
>>
>
> Wasn't this given away by Epic at some point?  Maybe it's just similar
> as simliar games are being given away like political flyers.
>
> Oh well, it's Gog, so I picked it up.  I suppose there's a remote chance
> I'll like it.

Tried this today (no longer free, but may be of interest if you got it
then.) It's not really a deckbuilder, it just uses cards to represent
items and spells. It's better than I expected, very much a diablo clone,
only with a paper popup aesthetic (probably using cards as it fits in
with that.) It's a bit slow, and very simple compared to even diablo.
I somewhat respect that. But it's very hard, sure you can resurrect in
town after you die, but I'm dying a lot even on normal. Unlike diablo
you can't grind to get levels/better gear, you have to go through the
monsters generated in the dungeon. That wore on me pretty quickly.
Might be of some interest if you miss diablo and your reactions are
slower and you don't mind the aesthetic.

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Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Tried this today (no longer free, but may be of interest if you got it
> then.) It's not really a deckbuilder, it just uses cards to represent
> items and spells. It's better than I expected, very much a diablo clone,
> only with a paper popup aesthetic (probably using cards as it fits in
> with that.) It's a bit slow, and very simple compared to even diablo.
> I somewhat respect that. But it's very hard, sure you can resurrect in
> town after you die, but I'm dying a lot even on normal. Unlike diablo
> you can't grind to get levels/better gear, you have to go through the
> monsters generated in the dungeon. That wore on me pretty quickly.
> Might be of some interest if you miss diablo and your reactions are
> slower and you don't mind the aesthetic.

When you start a new dungeon level, you can do a short or long session.
I did the short since I didn't want to grind. :)

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