SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech (Ep 05) - a podcast by Icel Media
from 2020-01-22T15:47:10
In this episode of THE BURN, hosts Aviv Icel Manoach and Omer Timetwister Kaplan talk about Hand of Gilgamech, a story-focused card game in the word of the SteamWorld series; we also go over some more end of the year articles for 2019 trends in gaming.
Original recording date - January 15th, 2020.
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Published by Image & Form, MSRP $25, Buy on Nintendo Game Store/PC
One of Omer's top games for 2019!
Omer's first encounter with Image & Form games started with SteamWorld Dig 2 which was great, SW Heist which was even better and he basically can’t get enough of that nonsensical universe: It doesn’t take itself too seriously and characters are super cute.
While most of the SteamWorld universe games so far took place in a Steampunk-esque world, SteamWorld Quest takes the same concepts and wraps it in as a children’s knight's tale using the same robots but in a medieval setting.
Gameplay-wise it’s a deck builder and Slay the Spire, progression based rogue-lite(?) mixed together. You get your cards you can either craft at a vendor or earn from encounters to build your deck. You control 3 robots per battle, each one has its own deck that shuffles into a big one. You start each turn drawing from the main deck to basically you don’t know which robot is getting which card.
Every turn you play 3 cards, you can the synergy for a single robot (and you get a bonus move for that) or you can have synergy across characters (also getting a bonus for that). Progression is story-based and is SUPER FUN.
A Bit More 2019 in Review
- XBox Windows app is stupid.
- 2019 Gaming on Twitter
- The number of Steam releases remained relatively flat from 2018 to 2019
- State of the Stream Q4/19
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