Here, you have to choose between three different versions of an upgraded card, all of which are randomized between runs, which are comprised of six to eight randomized worlds - depending on which routes you take - steadily increasing in difficulty and capped with momentous boss battles. Pacts from the shopkeeper also offer a tantalizing risk-reward factor that will balance your run on a knife’s edge.Īnother common feature of the genre that One Step From Eden employs is upgrading cards, but its spin on them is far more interesting. It follows the tried-and-true routine that Slay the Spire and many other deck-building rogue-likes use you select one of three paths towards a boss and fight enemies, find treasures, and stop to shop along the way.Īfter each battle, you pick new cards for your deck, and you can find powerful Artifacts that provide additional combat buffs and effects. Thankfully, the progression structure is very familiar by comparison. It’s chaotic, and it’s hectic, but boy, is it fun. Skills are drawn from a deck of cards in a set pattern, though you can shuffle at any time to reset your hand if you don’t like the two spells available to you. To simplify it as much as possible, you’ll fight enemies on symmetrical 4x4 grids while launching skillshots and avoiding wave after wave of incoming attacks. In One Step From Eden, you're put into grid-based combat encounters that mimic Megaman Battle Network’s combat - an early 2000’s game that not many have played, but tactical RPG fans remember fondly. One Step From Eden Review - One Giant Leap for Rogue-Kind There isn’t much of a story behind One Step From Eden, but when you consider this fantastic title was developed almost completely by one person, this is very easily forgiven. His enthusiasm was infectious, and it’s great to see the finished product live up to the hype and receive backing from Humble Bundle. I’ve been following the game since its Kickstarter and even interviewed the game's developer, Thomas Moon Kang, last year. One Step From Eden is a deck-building, action/rogue-like that deserves far wider acclaim that it's currently receiving, but it could also do with some polishing of its rougher edges.

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