Inscryption Review (PlayStation 5)

Our Inscryption Review reintroduces us to this inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still is the secrets inscrybed upon the cards…

Inscryption Review Pros:

• Brilliant graphics.
• 2.28GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• You get both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
• Has one of the best websites for the game. (Link is below)
• Graphics –  screen shake, and flashing can be turned on and off.
• Roguelike card battler gameplay.
• Brief tutorial.
• You play at a table but in between matches you can freely walk around the cabin and interact with the environment.
• You are playing against a Death-like character seeing only his hands and eyes.
• Handy shortcut buttons for card management, ringing the bell, etc.
• Boss fights will be against a particular character like AN Angler or Prospecter. Beating a boss will give a choice of 3 rare cards and a one-time use special card.
• The controller has interactive style vibrations.
• To play cards they need a certain amount of something to be played. One type is blood, and another type is bones which come from sacrificing cards in order to play a new card.
• Items – you can have a max of 3 and these are one-time use items like pull a tooth, squirrel card, make all your cards fly, or get a load of bones.
• Teeth are almost like a premium currency in a way, pull a tooth or earn them from beating your opponent, and teeth are used to buy unique items that can be turned into cards or items.
• Map – randomized map that you can navigate how you want and each icon means something. If you’ve played Slay The Spire it’s the same deal here.
• Special scenarios will get triggered like taking an ability off a card and discarding it then adding that to a card of your choice. Sacrifice a card and get a free bone drop at the start of the matches.
• Death Card-after you die you get to make a death card that lets you pick a random card to take its power/health, cost to play, ability and you name it.
• Squirrels are important cards as they do no damage but are used to instantly sacrifice for blood.
• Cool mechanics like flying where you don’t attack the card in front and instead hit the opponent.
• Houses other styles of games
• Scales – as you take and give damage, it adds weight to the scale, get it all the way and you win or lose. As a scale, it means games can go backward and forth.
• The story is told like the Death character is your dungeon master and explains the scene.
• Atmospheric.
• Excellent musical score.
• Very simple controls.
• The game is played on a 2 by 4 Tabletop and cards will attack in a certain direction (card dependent) and hit cards first otherwise if it’s empty will attack the opponent.
• The cabin/setting is like a game in itself with many secrets and stories to be found.
• Candles are used as lives and every time you lose a flame gets extinguished and you move on.
• Different biomes to play on like wetlands and snow.
• Ridiculously addictive.
• Autosaves frequently.
• Hidden secrets to find.
• Many ways to build a deck.
• There are many sigils and effects you can apply to cards that make this unique.
• The rulebook acts as a tutorial of sorts as it tells you what icons mean.

Inscryption Review Cons:

• Slow starter.
• Takes a while to get going.
• Difficulty spikes.
• You don’t like cards.

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Inscryption:

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Developer: Daniel Mullins Games

Publisher: Devolver Digital

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