![]() The nice part of any card battle in Thronebreaker is, if you lose, you can restart the battle over and over with no apparent consequences. They usually outline a list of objectives you must meet to win. The fun is added when you encounter the “special” card battles. Some card battles play out as a best of three rounds wins. Like most card games you’ll need to decide which cards to keep in your deck given a limited number of allowed physical cards and a maximum card point total, e.g. Blizzard’s Hearthstone, etc.) you’ll maintain a deck where you can place twenty-five special action cards in it. Gwent is the straight up card collection game by the same developer taken out of the Witcher games/lore. The developers noted that the card battle portion of Thronebreaker is a card game that is Gwent-like, e.g. To the Victor Go the Spoils, Interesting Battles!Īt its core Thronebreaker is a battle card game where it’s your deck of twenty-five against a computer opponent, and in this endeavor, it shines! Sadly, I felt a bit of occasional frustration in this regard. In some cases, I saw things like a treasure chest and couldn’t figure out how to maneuver the different levels of terrain to get close enough to open it. Unfortunately, I felt like I spent a lot of time moving and maneuvering my character around the open world screens. I enjoyed the game from a card battle and storytelling aspect. While the feel of an “open world” was nice, in some respects it got a bit annoying. It’s just another nicely done design decision that makes you feel you’re in control.Ī typical decision quest, is it worth the coin? These usually cost you some valuable resources but in return might yield favor or other items. Other encounters include your character coming upon a “decision quest”. You’d do well to seek side quests as they can yield resources and new cards for your deckĬoming upon a puzzle icon or question mark can trigger a battle, i.e. You’re able to open the world map and see icons representing resources, story elements, puzzles, chests, fast travel points, etc. The developers accomplish this open world feel nicely via the game’s world map. you take part in, leading up to that objective, is up to you. There is one main quest objective and what side quests, etc. Your story takes shape as you guide your player character, Meve around the open world map. Nice touches include having the characters mouths move as they speak during these still scenes. But sometimes the Ole’ English dialect might be hard to follow. Dialog is spoken, choices can be made with consequences. A nice touch here is the actors finish speaking the script even though it’s all displayed.Ī lot of the story is played out in beautiful, semi-motion comic book scenes. Optionally, you can select the “A” button to reveal all the text at once. Spoken text scrolls by as the actors speak the words. Story segments happen as you meet civilians in the “open world”, you take part in “card battles”, encounter “puzzle” card battles, etc. Although, there is story related text to be read I didn’t mind because each panel had beautiful comic book type artwork with it. Of course, a tale this big also has its share of story text to be read. This is an enthralling game design that is full of well-acted, spoken dialogue. Wrapped around this design concept is a “Storyteller” who has gotten into a bit of trouble and is conveying Meve’s tale to his “captors”. The story is being built based on your actions and responses throughout the game. When you start the game you’re immediately dropped into a nice, spoken dialogue cut scene that sets the stage for the adventure you’re about to embark on.īasically you, as the player, are forging the story of Queen Meve, Queen of Lyria and Rivia. I went with the “medium” setting, “Battle Hardened”. You can choose a more story focused pursuit or even go “hardcore card battler”. One thing I liked up front is that Thronebreaker allows you to pick a difficulty level at the start. So, this impressions piece is from a guy who’s not a “Witcher” expert.Ī level of difficulty from new player to hardcore To be completely transparent I’ve started the Witcher 3 game but haven’t finished it or any other Witcher based game. In its purest sense Thronebreaker is a story-based, adventure, strategy card game based on the world of The Witcher. Since then it’s seen release on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and now the Nintendo Switch consoles. Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Thronebreaker) has been around since November of 2019 on Steam PC.
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