Review: SteamWorld Quest Hand of Gilgamech (Nintendo Switch)

What awaits you is a luscious treasure chest filled with gold, dragons, vivid worlds, magic, knights in shining armor as well as XP, turn-based battles and all that good RPG stuff! The game’s humorous mix of traditional fantasy and steampunk robots makes for an unforgettable experience with lots of laughs.

Pros:

• Gorgeous graphics.
• 940mb download size.
• RPG card battler gameplay.
• Brief tutorial with ongoing support.
• Can rebind controls.
• Speed up game animation option.
• Three save slots.
• Turn-based combat where actions/attacks are tied to cards. You have an action point system to control how and what you can use.
• In battle, you can discard a card for another random one.
• Deck builder–full control, you have to have 8 cards and can mix and match anytime from the menu.
• Play how you want mentality.
• Enemies roam the map so you can get a sneaky first hit in first.
• Clear easy to understand hud and menu.
• Simple to learn and you are ready to go in minutes.
• Earn EXP and level up to increase your stats and sometimes random rewards.
• Game is split up into chapters then levels.
• Can replay levels.
• Each level shows how much treasure you found. (100%)
• Chain-play 3 cards from the same character to do their special attack which is represented as a fourth card.
• Merchant-buy/sell/craft cards/items/weapons.
• Meet new people and manage your team of 3.
• Puzzle elements throughout.
• Colorful locations.
• Perfect for the Nintendo Switch.
• A lot of fun to play.
• Boss battles.
• Decent story.
• Lovable characters.
• Collosium-in between chapters you can face off against enemies that that increasingly get harder for unique rewards.
• Hero statue-save point that heals and revives your team but also revives the enemies.
• Easy controls.
• Decent soundtrack.

Cons:

• Slow starter as enemies have high health and you do such little damage.
• The gameplay does feel repetitive.
• RNG can ruin fights.
• Replaying levels still trigger all the cutscenes and dialogue.
• Can’t change loadout in fights.
• Massive difficulty spikes especially late game.
• Checkpoints are far apart so a lot of repetition.
• Crafting takes a while mostly because of the slog to get materials and coins.
• Few maze-like scenarios that feel bullshit.