The visuals haven’t changed much from Hand of Fate, but still manage to be pleasing to the eye and again captures the theme of the game extremely well with the dark tone it sets thanks to the dark and alluring ambience. That’s obviously good news for fans who enjoyed the predecessor, to say the very least. Hand of Fate 2 for the most part is a game of skill and chance, not really departing too much from the core formula found in the first game. There’s not much of a story present per se, but you can divulge in some optional stories via new characters, which adds a bit of weight to the overall design. You’re allowed to pick a set amount of each but the setup can ultimately be a make or break for each challenge. There’s three different choices that you can keep in mind, weapons, cards and companion. Nothing is ever really certain in Hand of Fate 2, and although you’re able to select cards from your deck prior to each challenge, you never truly know in which order they’ll present themselves. Whatever the case, much of this really depends on how you setup your deck in the deck building screen. There’s some super easy challenges to take on, as well as other challenges that will have you pulling your hair out in fits of rage. In any case, the difficulty throughout the game fluctuates constantly. You can indeed acquire better gear as you collect more cards, too. You’re able to change a few things about your player, from gender, hair, and clothing colour. Combat in particular is both fluid and enjoyable. Fans of the first game will notice the addition of extra attacks, including the finisher move which is now required to kill certain enemies, and the power move, which you’ll need to string a set amount of attacks together to perform. You can now also bring a companion with you to aid you in battle, with each available companion bringing something different to the proverbial table. You can still evade, parry and attack, but be prepared to put up more of a fight to overcome these segments. These encounters, more specifically the AI, is much more fierce here than what they were in the first game. Failing to dice roll will see you thrown into an arena to take on a battle, which ensures that the card game captures your full attention. Artefacts can either hinder you or aid you – pushing the boundaries of chance further inward. Card reveals come in a wide portion of flavors, be it story-specific moments, shop encounters, earning health, gold, fame points, blessing cards, and more. Each turn will see you stepping onto a card and revealing its contents, which often requires a dice role to determine the outcome of specific circumstances. Cards will be laid out in front of you face-down, and it’s your ultimate goal to get through to the end pile. You’ll soon learn that there’s quite a bit of reading to be done during each challenge, and once you get into the flow of the game you’ll be trading multiple choice with chance throughout the entirety of play. If you are indeed new to this series, you can expect – in a nutshell – a game that houses elements of RPG style combat between the dice and card chance games. Starting out you’re given a brief story about who you are and what you’ve just let yourself in for. I reiterate, this is a card game like no other. With 22 brand new challenges to test your deck building abilities and your fighting skills, you’re put against new foes ranging from quick and agile thieves, right up to tough trappers and musketeers. It’s been a full century since the last game, but the dealer is back with yet another player to try out his luck. Once again you’re greeted by the enigmatic dealer who has a score to settle. Developed and published by Defiant Development, the stakes in this game are so high that you play with your very existence, with life and death being the only goals to work toward. If you never got the chance of playing the first game, let me be the one to tell you that this is a card game like no other. Following a slight delay for the Xbox One version of Hand of Fate 2 (originally set to launch on November 7th alongside the Xbox One X) the game is now readily available.
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