Banners of Ruin
This is a rogue-like card battler game where you take on the role of
anthropomorphic animals on a quest to murder a city's Warden.
I played for just under 13 hours.
THE GOOD:
- Nice, atmospheric graphics
- The mechanic where you control multiple party members, who all share
the same card draw, is novel and interesting.
THE BAD:
- On my first try, I made it to the final boss. I would have beaten
him too except for a non-obvious special ability of one of the
enemies.
- I beat the game on my third try.
- The game got repetitive after only three play-throughs. There just
aren't that many city events. All the fights feel pretty similar. All
the cards are pretty similar from playthrough to playthrough.
- The 3 different phases of the game don't really feel any different
from each other.
- I still have 3 more animal types to unlock but I don't feel
motivated to keep playing.
THE UGLY:
- The game doesn't show you what the enemy actions will be in very
much detail, leading to frequent surprises—especially against
bosses.
- Poor controller support
- Cards don't have any indication of their rarity.