Fast paced and easy to learn. It's great for short sessions though not too sure of it's payment method at the moment. For some context, I got this game from the Humble Monthly Bundle like what I assume a good few others.

In short it's a tower defense game with cards as your attackers. You can choose a hero to play which give certain abilities or buff as the round progresses. You send out troops that take control of the bridge between you and the opponent to gain exp for your hero. Your goal is to manage to break though your opponents defenses and have your troops attack the enemy's hero. The stronger the card, the more the cost to use them. From what I can tell from my a bit over a hour play, it's kinda balanced. They set you up with a few challenging solo enemies at the start which after defeating a few, gives you a reward of having a chance to get better monsters. My time in online play was pleasing as well. I lost but the reasoning why I lost was easy to understand. You see, the hero he got is able to to revive monsters after he gets enough exp to do so. He's monsters were mostly low in cost and they eventually out numbered me and soon enough out powered me. I was able to put up a fight for a while but in the end, my lack of realization for his plan cost me and I lost the game. Yes, I lost... by getting Zerg rushed. It was interesting to see what other strategies can come about with similar monsters but a different hero. All in all, a fun game.

So where does the RNG fall in? Well mostly in the card you can draw in. As far as I can tell, they don't seem too unbalanced since the stronger monsters are harder to bring out anyway. I guess an issue you can face is that if you need a type of monster (ranged, melee, or building) it's up to RNG to decide it for you. There are some RNG in the rounds themselves though but only a minor one. Most the monsters you summon. Like mentioned before, there is the use of card. A bad hand can give you a bad day but it's also how you utilize your monsters and how you set up your deck.

So like I mentioned before, I got this on a bundle. So you view on it price-wise is a little biased. That said, for a game you pay for it, seems to rely a bit on micro-payments. As of writing this, the game is on early access so I don't know if it will stay this way or the game will become a free to play later on but at least if you got it around the time I wrote this review, you get a free DLC which gives you a lot of the paid currency and some boost in exp and such. The amount given is quite a lot and you can easily purchase a hero you like, a map/arena you like and even some chances to get some new monsters. I haven't the need to use any of the paid currency at this time and the card and the heroes on rotation seem to do me alright. So as of now, the payment method is particularly unfair but it is something you should consider when buying this game.

The game is fun. Nothing about it is too offensive, it seems balanced and the strategies you can utilize make it a challenge in higher levels. It's pretty cheap as well though depending on how the developers go through the game (making f2p or keep their current model) it might be fair to consider a price drop before making any rash decisions. All in all, not bad.

Fast paced and easy to learn. It's great for short sessions though not too sure of it's payment method at the moment. For some context, I got this game from the Humble Monthly Bundle like what I assume a good few others. [h1]Gameplay[/h1] In short it's a tower defense game with cards as your attackers. You can choose a hero to play which give certain abilities or buff as the round progresses. You send out troops that take control of the bridge between you and the opponent to gain exp for your hero. Your goal is to manage to break though your opponents defenses and have your troops attack the enemy's hero. The stronger the card, the more the cost to use them. From what I can tell from my a bit over a hour play, it's kinda balanced. They set you up with a few challenging solo enemies at the start which after defeating a few, gives you a reward of having a chance to get better monsters. My time in online play was pleasing as well. I lost but the reasoning why I lost was easy to understand. You see, the hero he got is able to to revive monsters after he gets enough exp to do so. He's monsters were mostly low in cost and they eventually out numbered me and soon enough out powered me. I was able to put up a fight for a while but in the end, my lack of realization for his plan cost me and I lost the game. Yes, I lost... by getting Zerg rushed. It was interesting to see what other strategies can come about with similar monsters but a different hero. All in all, a fun game. [h1]RNG[/h1] So where does the RNG fall in? Well mostly in the card you can draw in. As far as I can tell, they don't seem too unbalanced since the stronger monsters are harder to bring out anyway. I guess an issue you can face is that if you need a type of monster (ranged, melee, or building) it's up to RNG to decide it for you. There are some RNG in the rounds themselves though but only a minor one. Most the monsters you summon. Like mentioned before, there is the use of card. A bad hand can give you a bad day but it's also how you utilize your monsters and how you set up your deck. [h1]Micro-Payments[/h1] So like I mentioned before, I got this on a bundle. So you view on it price-wise is a little biased. That said, for a game you pay for it, seems to rely a bit on micro-payments. As of writing this, the game is on early access so I don't know if it will stay this way or the game will become a free to play later on but at least if you got it around the time I wrote this review, you get a free DLC which gives you a lot of the paid currency and some boost in exp and such. The amount given is quite a lot and you can easily purchase a hero you like, a map/arena you like and even some chances to get some new monsters. I haven't the need to use any of the paid currency at this time and the card and the heroes on rotation seem to do me alright. So as of now, the payment method is particularly unfair but it is something you should consider when buying this game. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] The game is fun. Nothing about it is too offensive, it seems balanced and the strategies you can utilize make it a challenge in higher levels. It's pretty cheap as well though depending on how the developers go through the game (making f2p or keep their current model) it might be fair to consider a price drop before making any rash decisions. All in all, not bad.