Hyperspace Deck Command

So, another Hyperspace game, and still as addictive as others. While it is your kind of typical card battler, a lot of systems are very much fresh, and play off each other in very intersting ways - Sleepr Games have a knack for emergent gameplay.

Весьма занятный декбилдер в редком для жанра НФ-сеттинге. Я играл в мало игр подобного жанра, поэтому в первый раз встречаю в них позиции с войсками , которые чем-то похожи на аналогичные в Darkest Dungeon (в пошаговых тактиках я тоже нечастый гость, за сим примеров в голову тоже не особо лезет). И это хорошо так разбавляет формулу жанра, кажется, набившую оскомину, как только появился Slay the Spire. Графика на любителя, очень контрастная и косящая под векторную, мне вкатило, но для мимокрокодила скрины будут скорее всего выглядеть как мешанина. Саундтрек не утомляет, а для рогалика это главное. Из минусов могу отметить не особо приветливый интерфейс, да и иногда кривоватый. Например, порой сообщения юнитов вашего флота (вроде тех, что были в Into the Breach) перекрывают интерфейс и убрать их никак нельзя, нужно немного, но ждать. Ещё не хватает защиты от мисскликов в зоне с рядом с карточками, у меня пару раз чуть катка не сорвалась из-за этого. А ещё в самой игре есть ачивки, вот прям отдельная вкладка, чтобы смотреть всё открытое, а в самом Стиме ничего не нет, вообще! Грустно, считай, единственное, что меня останавливает, чтоб назвать Hyperspace Deck Command прямо отличным таймкиллером.

An excellent roguelike deckbuilder, up there with Cobalt Core, and another great game with Sleeper Games' unique style. As for complexity and difficulty, you will find it is quite unforgiving, with steep learning and progression curves. Finishing a run may take unlocking a few starting options, and at least for me, crucially, the extra optional challenges that provide a bonus after finishing an encounter. The music is harsh, full of synths, kind of industrial, often with added noise. It won't be the kind of thing you can add a podcast on top of, but it really adds to the tension of the difficult encounters and brings life to the unforgiving universe and unforgiving enemies. The lore is good, maybe great, but I'd say not everyone's cup of tea. There are a few lines of dialogue, but you learn about the lore kind of reading log entries in the details page of some cards and enemies. Both lore and unlock progression follow the style that Sleeper Games has used in other of their games. Their signature style is quite unique, but maybe not the most appealing at first. I have played some of the other games in the rooster, with a lot of hours in Hyperspace Dogfights in particular, and I can say that although it may be a bit hard to adjust, these and other design decisions are quite deliberate. There are a few things I would like to see polished: *There are some minor typos and oddities in some of the text. *Some cards and mechanics descriptions could stand to be improved. There has been at least one card in which I thought one effect was a continuation of the text from the previous line but was actually a different thing (so, for instance, I thought the activation of some effect happened on receiving damage). *The more I play the less of an issue it is, but I would really prefer to have bigger text boxes and icons for card descriptions *Some card mechanics would profit from having icons or better icons, or some other naming scheme. There are lots and lots of mechanics in the game, and it feels inconsistent when one card value has an icon, another an icon and a word, another just has a word, and another has just the initials of a word (AM buff, AM amplification, the ability to move between orbits, and PD). To summarize, this is a great roguelike deckbuilder with a unique style and design as well as an elaborate mechanics with lots of options to sink your teeth into. The game is rough around the edges when it comes to trying to convey these mechanics, so there may be some trial-and-error involved (though if the playerbase grows, maybe the wiki would fill up with more useful information). That being said, these imperfections stem from the fact that this a very ambitious and complex game produced by an indie studio, and the scope is greater than that of many higher-budget games, so most players will find themselves just going with the flow.