Shogun Showdown

This is only my third negative review (out of 40) on Steam and coming from someone who loves roguelike deckbuilders. I know I am very much in the minority here. But anyway, here's my take. This game just didn’t make me want to keep on playing after a couple hours. Usually, I get addicted to roguelikes immediately, but this one felt boring and just annoying. Here’s why, at least to me: Mainly, I just think this game is severely lacking satisfying synergy building. There is pretty much no engine you can build to make a satisfying and unique run. All runs feel more or less the same. It’s just rinse and repeat. Also, pretty much no economy building. It’s lacking so much of what other roguelikes bring to the table. Usually, within a couple minutes of a run in a roguelike, you have a unique run in mind, a strength you can play into, a game plan or… well synergy. But here, it’s just “I guess I’m gonna just pick what’s generally best and move on.” All in all, at least to me, it’s severely lacking the satisfying synergy a deckbuilder should have, or even needs to have. You will most likely enjoy this more than I did or do, but this doesn’t compare to Slay the Spire, Balatro, Peglin, Loop Hero, CloverPit, or even something smaller like Combolands or Merge Maestro when it comes to satisfying and unique runs you will experience. In those runs, a relic or joker completely changes the trajectory of a run. Here, every item or upgrade feels like a minor improvement and especially change at best. I get this game is meant to be more difficult than casual, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun at the same time. To me, at least, it’s lacking the satisfaction a deckbuilder needs. Might come back to this review tho...