Against the Moon

[fantadomat]

Sooo this popped up on GoG out of nowhere,any thoughts on it?


https://af.gog.com/game/against_the_moon?as=1649904300

Against the Moon

Description
Against The Moon is a turn-based strategy where chthonic monsters will challenge your tactical skills. Lead a squad of superhumans in a desperate attempt to save humanity's last stronghold, the intelligent city of Arx.



Featuring a bleak post-apocalyptic setting, Against The Moon mixes elements of popular trading card games like Slay the Spire, Hand of Fate and Talisman to create an epic strategy experience with a thrilling plot and unique visual style.

Having lost control of the planet to weird beasts of their own creation, humanity’s last survivors took refuge in an ancient citadel. Now the superhuman Ultori represent mankind’s last hope. Lead a squad of powerful Ultori to defeat the Furos, the nightmare creatures of the Moon, and restore humanity as the rightful rulers of Earth.

Craft your own deck, upgrade your cards and level up your characters to combat bizarre and dangerous opponents. Crush enemy bosses, build your forces and gather the resources you need to challenge the Moon itself!

May Great Mother Arx bless your mission. You are our only hope!
Features
Unique deckbuilding system
Against The Moon offers a new approach to deckbuilding: each card can evolve along two different paths, allowing you to adapt to your opponents’ strategy. Keep an eye on your energy levels, and remember: the enemy is watching your every step.

Giant arsenal
Lead a squad of epic heroes – the Ultori. Each Ultori has unique abilities, weapons, and most importantly, their own units to lead into battle. Think strategically, outsmart your enemies with cunning traps, and finish them once and for all with your team's ultimates.

As beautiful as it is deadly
Immerse yourself in a unique post-apocalyptic world with dozens of atmospheric illustrations, and intense, vividly animated combat.

Something for everyone
While Against the Moon offers easy to learn game mechanics to entertain casual players, hardcore genre fans will also be challenged by special missions with unique rewards!

Epic sci-fi adventure
Enter a world where humanity has been left behind and explore the mysteries of the godlike Ancients. Uncover the origins of the strange and vicious beasts called Furos, and challenge the tyrant behind the invasion of Earth. Bring back the former glory of Arx, the last bastion of mankind.

New adventure each playthrough
The world of the future does not forgive mistakes. Beyond the walls of Arx, every decision could be your last. Combine mighty artifacts with a careful strategy and conquer the brutal wastelands.

Inspired by the classics

We’ve blended classic RPG concepts and modern game design for an engaging, challenging and fresh gameplay experience. Every easter egg and hidden detail adds to an adventure both new, and reminiscent of favorite games of the past.

 

[Bara]

Looks a lot like that shutdown card game duelyst.

Same devs/studio?

 

[Thac0]

Bought, had this in my sights a little longer but I stopped buying any and all Early Access games.
Steam has an Eastern Europe Indie sale right now, which is nice of them. Has put this in my memory again.

Anyway I refunded. Here are the reasons why:

Speed up animation mode barely speeds up animation.
Text slowly rolls out while the voiceacting plays, a click immediatly skips the entire text, even the one that isn't shown yet. 1 click for show all text, 1 click for skip it is industry norm for a reason.
Text slowly rolling out can't be toggled, extremely barebones options in general.
Forced tutorial which is awfull.
Game in general is way too handholdy. You might be strategising deeply and suddenly some story event happens that warps in a million dudes on both sides of the battlefield. Feels shallow.
The enemy does not seem to be bound by the same rules as you, it just pops in a random amount of dudes on the board. That or the game just really obfuscates how your enemy plays and only shows you the turn results.
Balance is shite. Playing a lot of those games you get a feeling on how much monsters have to cost for what cost to be worth playing. This games designers seem to have never played another game in the genre.

There probably is a good game in there beyond all the shoddyness and jankyness but I didn't care enough to dig for it. The market is oversaturated as fuck and when a Slay the Spire like comes out with this much glaring issues I am just gonna boot up another run of Monster Train.