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Roguebook deluxe edition review12/18/2023 Fugoro, Merchant of Wonders: Recruit Fugoro, a new playable hero, and unlock 50 new cards, talents and treasures to combine.The dev team has a good thing going here.Plunder all the treasure in Roguebook with the Deluxe Edition which includes the game and lots of additional content. It’s a good thing that I was hooked, because that just raises me chance of experiencing most if not all of what it has to show one day…if I quit dying that is. Just taking one look at the game’s compendium should say it all too. Roguebook feels grand, as it should with it’s pedigree. Just remember too, dying isn’t the end, it’s just a new beginning, like in all roguelikes. These take substantially longer to upgrade, but are definitely worth it. These are permanent upgrades that you can use for every run, not just the current. Finding more pages of a book can help you unlock “Embellishments” as well. This is all optional, but I’d really recommend doing so, just to get those little pushes. Maybe it’s just getting extra power next turn if attacked, maybe it’s starting with lots of rage by default. The more cards you get, the more abilities you can unlock. Rage when hitting it’s peak outs Seifer into a powered frenzy and can completely wreck any opposing forces.Įach character has their own unique abilities. He can take a hit too, and you might want him to. He’s mean, and hits even harder than Sharra. Lets talk about Seifer, who you get after beating the first area. She’s thankfully not alone, as you’ll team up with others, either starting on your side, or meeting them along the way. She doesn’t have much HP though, so play wisely. Having her up front makes your attacks stronger. Your main character, or rather starting character is Sharra. The standard attack and defend ones are cheap, but ones that have powers to cause bleeding or block AND attack, or perhaps attack multiple times, those are usually more expensive. It all depends on what kinds of cards you put down. Most cards use 1, some take 2, some can even take 3 or 4, or even more. You usually have 3 points of stamina to start out with per turn. This is a good time to mention card values. My favorite is getting a dagger for some free damage each turn. You can get allies, which are cards that can give perks per turn and can be stacked. Roguebook is a hard game too, so learning this as soon as possible is a must.Ĭombat also has other intricities to take mind of. Blocking and specific cards can rotate characters too, so keep this in mind when trying not to die. Doing this is absolutely vital and required if you don’t want to get completely destroyed. This means that attack from the enemy will be null and void. Drop down two cards that have 6 block and you’ll have 12 block. Say you have an attack with a value of 10 coming your way. The Defensive ones are made for stacking. Some attacks can cause bleed effects which can stack damage, some just do damage. The Offensive ones do exactly that, attack. A little self explanatory, but lets actually do so. Surface level, the fights have two kinds of cards. On the field you can pick up objects or money, go to a vault to purchase more cares, towers to fill up more spaces without using ink, receive blessings to grant new abilities, craft weapons with items you can find and earn, etc…There’s a lot of stuff to do, it’s not just a point a to b thing. You’ll get bottles to fill in single spaces or lines, or you can use your brush to fill in wide spaces. To get more spaces to move, you’ll need to paint them in. You can move freely on painted in spaces. First thing first, you’re on a hex-based grid. It does the job, and I’d say the music is good, just not very memorable. Don’t mistake this for there being a lack of detail as other painting-styled games have, characters, cards, items, enemies. Roguebook as a whole has this painting like style, which I adore. Lovely hi-res art for characters and enemies, all of which have designs I like. Upfront, I am particularly fond of the artstyle. Yes, I really enjoyed Roguebook…despite it absolutely kicking my ass at first.Ĭard based roguelikes aren’t even that uncommon on Switch believe it or not, which is always great for me, since I am a fan of card games. Ok, so I get it, there’s a lot of roguelikes on Switch. It’s a book…and it’s a card based roguelike led by the creator of Magic the Gathering, Richard Garfield! What isn’t to be intrigued by this?
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