Review: Frost (Nintendo Switch)

Frost is a Survival solo Card game. Inspired by deck-building board games like Dominion, Ascension and the like, it’s a unique take on the genre as it puts you in charge of a group of people struggling against a restless, lethal storm.

Pros:

• Wonderful hand drawn graphics.
• 516MB Download size.
• Opening tutorial with a bonus in-depth help section in the menu.
• Deck management survival game.
• Supports touchscreen.
• Pro controller support.
• Two modes- Classic and scenarios.
• Unlock new cards as you discover them in game.
• Idea cards- Can be weapons, health, danger. They show up in new regions and again every other turn in a region. You have to pay the activation cost to get it.
• Attacks/damage- You can take the damage yourself or have a survivor take the hit.
• Event cards- Can be trades, Danger or other survivors. Again pay the activation cost or have the weapon needed to kill the danger.
• All cards can be zoomed in and have handy tooltips.
• Game goal- Outrun the frost and make it to safety.
• Clear UI. Every part has a button shortcut icon.
• Surprisingly easy to get into.
• Very addictive as you start collecting all the cards.
• Has a light and dark theme.
• Deck- Random selection of all unlocked cards. You get your hand drawn from this.
• Survivors- Play them to take damage or get a random card from your deck.
• A clear number of steps left along with a big frost counter.
• Travel- You must pay the resource price as shown in the middle of the board. Once complete you make one step closer to safety and outrun the frost.
• Simple drag and drop system in play.
• Can do as much as you want in a turn, Card dependant.
• Cards get highlighted for eligibility when you have one in your hand.
• Can save and quit a run.
• Roguelike- One life one run.
• A lot of replayability as you unlock further game modes.
• Temperature dictates your hand size.
• RNG.

Cons:

• Music is not the best, A lot of humming and clanging about.
• A slow starter as you take it all in and build up your cards.
• RNG.
• A bit fiddly to play with a pad.
• You have to unlock all other game modes.
• Plain animations and background.
• The danger of fatigue as you have to play a lot of the game to get everything out of it.
• Found it to be very simple for the first few runs, Simple as in doing this to move that. Didn’t feel that deep or varied.