Review: Book of Demons (Steam)
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash Deck-building hybrid in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
Pros:
- Cardboard looking graphics.
- 698MB Download size.
- Controller support.
- Three save slots.
- Three game modes- Casual, Normal and roguelike.
- Online leaderboards with filters.
- Can skip cutscenes.
- Dungeon crawler card battler gameplay.
- Earn EXP, Level up and pick between health or mana.
- Steam achievements.
- Village-Hub where you can interact with NPC and shops/blacksmiths etc.
- Clear easy to read UI. Kind of Diablo/Wow style with globes at either end showing health and mana.
- Movement- There is a path you follow and you can change direction whenever. Your right stick/mouse has a cursor that you use to interact with pots/interactions and fighting.
- Auto attack- Does damage but you do more damage if you click attack manually.
- Footsteps- Show where you have been and change color to let you know if loot can still be found or if the area is empty/clear.
- Stats screen with a full breakdown.
- Earn/unlock avatars.
- Share to Twitter and Facebook.
- Ongoing tutorials.
- Flexiscope- Lets you choose the size (time) of your dungeon to explore. Changing the settings and affects rewards/progress and gold.
- End of level breakdown and recap.
- Cauldron- Ingredients found in the dungeon can get transformed into loot. If you die then you lose any stuff in the cauldron.
- Procedurally Generated Dungeons.
- Dungeons & Streamers – Twitch and Mixer integration.
- 70+ different types of monsters
- Cards are collected and used as items and attacks in the game. Assign cards to build your loadout as it were.
- So much fun to play.
- Easy to get into.
- A lot of replayability.
- Feels like Diablo meets card battler in a way.
Cons:
- Graphics are a minimal just resolution, display, and v-sync.
- A lot to take in.
- Some small text.
- Takes a little while to get going.
