![]() ![]() Even potentially helpful status ailments one can inflict on the enemy combatant that can help turn the tide in one’s favor. Between cards that allow high value attacks, those that can support said attacks (be it for the character associated or for anyone else), healing types, elemental/magic attacks. ![]() ![]() Part of Quest‘s flexibility, thus its enjoyment in more ways than one, is finding that required balance between attack and defense depending on the situation. Deducing what cards, divided into three categories, to take into battle and what quantities to allocate, without going over the permanent maximum allotting of eight total, is part of the conundrum. The basic gist is that for each of the characters that form your active party of three selected characters - starting off with what you could consider the “main” protagonists in aspired (if a little lost in the moment) knight Armilly and level-headed alchemist Copernica - comes a deck of eight cards with which players can swap in and out during one’s travels. Of potentially losing those who grew to appreciate the series’ ventures in traditional RPG and explorative leanings alike. Maybe even falter, due not just to the alternate set of expectations that genre entails, but of the fanbase already established. You might initially think that bringing the SteamWorld mold of robotic characters in a vibrant world to a completely new genre opens the door (not for the first time) for the studio to underestimate. While some may attempt to deter by noting the persistence of a 2D plane and relative confinement in an aesthetic, it takes little away from how much the SteamWorld series has gone from strength to strength over the years, with 2017’s SteamWorld Dig 2 heralded by many as the studio’s best work - a sequel that not only built on its originator’s premise, but also proved to be a delightful spin on the now-established Metroidvania resurgence of the past few years. In one sense, it’s surprising how well Image & Form have remained consistent in their output for high quality releases. ![]()
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