I'll be honest, reviews tend to scare me away from a game, specially if I haven't tried its demo and there ain't much information of it out there. it almost made me not buy it because I was extremely discouraged from the reviews. but damn, I'll say, it was my best buy last december.

Cross Blitz has charm, substance, depth, it's so much polished, so well produced, you gotta play to see it.
the game has two modes, a roguelite mode named Tusk Tales, which I feel is more arcadey than roguelite, and then there's Fables, which is a story mode.

Tusk Tales gives you 12 characters to play as, and each of them has a major archetype. there's a character which focus on summoning a big tough board, another that focuses on summoning your baddies to shoot cannons at the enemy's board, there are spellcasters focused on their minions dying and board and... there's so much. Tusk Tales is, honestly, one of the most well fleshed experiences I've seen on deckbuilders out there, and it's accessible too. it starts though, but you get the hang of it and it just. gets. better!

Fables is where the game shines the most though. the stories are fun, it's quite Octopath, you know? where some of them appear on someone else's story and you just start to make connections here and there.
there are 4 characters (so far. there's a fifth to come), and each character has 3 chapters each. it's where you're given the most freedom to try out a major archetype and their combos.

I won't say much about these modes because it really comes down to experience. it's just to give you an idea.


Cross Blitz is a hidden gem and I am so glad I got it instead of anything else. and that ALL in Early Access.
10/10, no doubts here.

First i will just say this game is worth the money and if you like card battles you will enjoy this game.

The story mode for the characters was good and you get the ability to build up your decks and customize them to what you want. I will say the third character feels off and needs to be reworked a bit more but this game is in early access.

If you are a slay the spire fan looking for something to fill that void there is a mode for that with lots of different characters and starting decks to pick from, The problem with this mode is that its to short, by the time you get your deck to where you like you might have only a few battles left before the final boss and there doesn't seem to be a endless mode yet.

There is a lot here for your money. If you are on the fence about it at least buy it on sale.