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It’s structured in that way card games are most compelling. So onto the meat of Ash of Gods: The Way. The cards in your hands are just as mortally expendable as your party in Ash of Gods: Redemption because the tournaments cruelly use real people to play a live-action version of The Way. I like the idea of using the card-battling as a story point rather than just throwing it in casually as a mechanic for real fights. The animations in battle add flowing elegance to the brutal nature of what’s actually occurring. The hand-drawn character art, the regal menu and HUD style, and the finer details of the places Finn visits are well-realized and fit the tone of the drama encased within the world. That wider world is a rather beautiful creation by the way. While Finn is playing for his nation, the consequences of his actions, or lack thereof, can affect the wider world. The storyline is shaped by how Finn settles matters both on the playing board and in conversation. Between the tournaments, Finn engages in various RPG interactions by conversing with opponents, royalty, townsfolk, and other characters. However, the gameplay is not limited to these events alone. Political battles are waged to ensure Finn can enter tournamentsĪt the heart of the game are the tournaments that Finn must compete in. Finn ends up being his nation’s hope as long as he can infiltrate the Frisian nation and master a card game primarily used to teach aristocrats about warfare. You are Finn, a young man troubled by the prospect of war between his nation and the Frisian empire. And it’s fair to say AurumDust has done a pretty good job of that. But the important thing is that it fuses these together into a cohesive whole. A turn-based battle system, a story that connects things together, and an attention-grabbing visual style. This game proved to me that you should never write off a genre completely, as there may be a variant that resonates with you eventually.ĪurumDust’s Ash of Gods: The Way has many of the traits I enjoy. While it took me a few games to appreciate the charm of deckbuilding games, I finally understood their appeal through Midnight Suns by Firaxis. Can Ash of Gods: The Way take things in a positive new direction? Find out in our review of the turn-based deck-builder. The Ash of Gods series returns with a different kind of game to Ash of Gods: Redemption.
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