Iris and the Giant Review (Amenoso)
Enjoyable gameplay with different styles.It is possible to clear it playing very different decks. It's not really hard but not that easy at certain moments, where you have to strategies the use of every card at your disposal. The randomizer doesn't punish.
-----The story is about teenager introvert. Nothing new, nothing to note.
-----The balance is good BUT there are some moments where the player is soft-locked. Like the stages with invisible archers. If you don't have the cards against them you just can't clear the lvl.
-----So, why the review is negative? The answer is simple - it's unfinished game sold as full. The game has 60 cards in total. But there is a nuance. You can obtain only 58. So it's imposible to fully clear the game. What else does it mean? That there are mobs that weren't added.
-----Another point - bugs. There certain bugs that soft-lock you. An the good thing that you get profit from your progress no matter where you stuck. But the time is wasted. Especially when several of these soft-locks are on the LAST boss. Like killing The Ferryman with trap thrown by whip breaks the game logic and you can't progress.
-----Totally useless map. You can't even check it. You see it for a few seconds between the stages ans that's all... There should be "push to continue" between the stages, so the player could study it. BuT even studyng it is almost impossible. Most of the passages are connected somewhere you can't see. The treasure rooms icons are between several rooms you can't guess where to go.
-----You can't add some mobs to collection until you met them in 1 certain room.... This is very strange decision. Especially putting these rooms closer to the end of the run (Yeah, red snakes, I'm talking about you). If it wasn't for this map, It would be at least easier to reach some rooms. But I have to sit and read WiKi not to waste a few hours.... And it's not because I want it to be easy. But because I'm at 98% clearance and it turns out that I have just left the run thinking I got the mob.... But it turns out I have to start from the very beginning just to get to some room and kill the mob (that I killed dozens of times) IN THAT exactly room. It's just frustrating.
-----The giant fight is also exceptional.... We ghave to use the game mechanic that doesn't exist in the whole game but the giant fight....
-----Medusa is also bugged. Some weapons work, another doesn't. No logic.
-----So. A good game ruined by unfinished state. It is good over all. You can spend some quality time playing it. But it lacks some polishing. Final touches. But As I saw at forums - the developers didn't fix a thing for half a year. Frustrating.