It appears that Fable Fortune isn’t the one lesser-known CCG leaving Early Access this week. While a bit extra well timed than it’s genre-cousin as a result of Smite nonetheless being an everyday favorite on the aggressive MOBA circuit, Hand Of The Gods: Smite Tactics appears to be like like it could be struggling a bit already with its launch in the present day into a really crowded style because it leaves Early Access.
Unlike most different CCG spinoffs, Hand Of The Gods is a tactical hybrid recreation within the vein of Duelyst, though maybe a bit extra restricted by way of motion. Cards turn out to be moveable models on the board, which will be walked round and have interaction targets freely, with the final word purpose of whittling down your opponent’s base crystal right down to zero well being, quite than making an attempt to beat down an opposing hero-unit.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like its divergence from style requirements has helped it a lot. While it’s additionally out there direct from Hi-Rez, the Steam model is worryingly under-populated, particularly contemplating that is launch day, and searching on the multitude of adverse critiques on the storefront reveals constant complaints about an exploitative enterprise mannequin.
At least along with the booster packs you should purchase usually, additionally they promote a Core Set Bundle for £16/$20, which incorporates all of the Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Mayan and Neutral Pantheon playing cards, offering a very good place to begin for newcomers, and one thing which I’d like to see extra CCGs supply. Digressing a bit, however in an ideal world, Steam can be stuffed with Living Card Games similar to Netrunner, that are bought in mounted expansions, quite than as random attracts.
Hand of the Gods is out there now by way of or the official Hi-Rez site for the game, and is free to play, with the sport spitting out 4 core-set card packs so that you can open after finishing the tutorial, and the promise of extra sooner or later.
