Shadowhand

 PC
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. GameWatcher
    Dec 18, 2017
    80
    ShadowHand takes an old game with a reputation for dullness, and dresses it up in an elegant Victorian English RPG coat. Somehow miraculously, it works really well. It isn’t a reinvention of the wheel, but the sense of personality the game pack in addition to being simply fun definitely makes it worth the time and money.
  2. CD-Action
    Mar 14, 2018
    70
    The developers did what they could to avoid the word “solitaire”, but that’s what Shadow Hand is at its core. It’s not just a solitaire though, it’s a hell of a solitaire. [02/2018, p.52]
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  3. Games.cz
    Jan 21, 2018
    70
    The original combination of never-aging card classic with innovative RPG mechanics, hidden in a bit of trashy scarf of the British countryside with a touch of buccaneers. Ideal for long winter evenings and a quarter-hour breaks when you just need to relax.
  5. Meristation
    Jan 2, 2018
    65
    Shadowhand is an enjoyable strategic card game with RPG elements. The core of the game is not other but the traditional solitaire. Al tough the additions are interesting, lucky factor is too important and ruins, in some way, the general experience.
  6. PC Gamer
    Dec 12, 2017
    65
    An ambitious game but one which exposes and compounds the weaknesses of solitaire.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Dec 8, 2017
    Blending solitaire with role-playing, combat and a racy, buccaneering plot, Shadowhand is a delight - and a true British eccentric. [Recommended]
  2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Dec 19, 2017
    Shadowhand, by contrast, is not for me. I’ll put Pip and Adam’s love of the previous game, which looks to be the same mix of cogs and odds, down to a monumental clash of tastes. Where they found that blend of petticoats and card-plucking soothing and thoughtful, I found this one boring in the extreme and stylistically overblown, floating through a brief few hours with it in a somnambulic state (I couldn’t bear to finish it) occasionally roused enough to tut at an uncooperative deck or the hackneyed dialogue.

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User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. VidGamingFather
    Nov 25, 2022
    8
    My Shadowhand Video Review is available here:
    https://youtu.be/fJLkfrqzy-0
    Has Shadowhand: RPG Card Game managed to deliver an addictive    My Shadowhand Video Review is available here:
    https://youtu.be/fJLkfrqzy-0

    Has Shadowhand: RPG Card Game managed to deliver an addictive card battler with an RPG system that is interesting and complex enough that can glue you to the monitor for a long time? There are many pluses on the game - catching historical story full of twists, charming and charismatic main hero, easy to learn game mechanics, complex RPG systems providing many ways to customize your character, many ideas enhancing classic solitaire game concept, 3 levels of difficulty, user friendly interface, beautiful hand-drawn graphics, atmospheric orchestral music, distinctive sounds and addictiveness. One needs to search carefully for the minuses - maybe too static presentation with the absence of dubbing that would make the game atmosphere even better and the system of luck that goes too much against you sometimes.

    Pros:
    - story
    - charismatic main hero
    - easy to learn
    - complex RPG systems
    - refreshing new ideas
    - 3 levels of difficulty
    - user friendly interface
    - graphics
    - music
    - sounds
    - addictiveness

    Cons:
    - static presentation
    - absence of dubbing
    - luck goes too much against the player sometimes

    I was thinking that Shadowhand: RPG Card Game will only be one of these shallow card battlers that bring only basic RPG elements mainly for the advertising purpose and the story that could be written by the 10 year old kid. I am glad that I was wrong this time as the game delivers exact opposite of this - it is easy to understand but there are complex RPG elements under its cover which along with refreshing ideas provide a lot of space for customization and various tactics and all of this is wrapped up into beautiful audiovisuals with catching story as the cherish on the top. The game glued me to the monitor for several hours which is another proof of its quality. With the good voice acting and less static presentation the game would be just perfect in its genre. Like this I have still enjoyed it a lot and thus I am giving Shadowhand Thumbs Up and VideoGaming Father’s Index 8+ out of 10 - recommended!    … Full Review »
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