SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  1. sityoazzdown
    Apr 27, 2020
    6
    Pros:
    + kind of addicting gameplay loop
    + solid game mechanics + good game in a rare genre So- So: Grindy and repetitive Cons: - lame story - lame characters - boring dialogue - questionable dfficultiy - reskinned enemies It's an ok game. My biggest gripe are the uninteresting story and characters devoid of any personality. I also found the difficulty to be too..easy? I    Pros:
    + kind of addicting gameplay loop
    + solid game mechanics
    + good game in a rare genre

    So- So:
    Grindy and repetitive

    Cons:
    - lame story
    - lame characters
    - boring dialogue
    - questionable dfficultiy
    - reskinned enemies

    It's an ok game. My biggest gripe are the uninteresting story and characters devoid of any personality. I also found the difficulty to be too..easy? I found my go-to cards about 2 hour into the game and kept spamming them. I've never failed one encounter in this game, I think this is the first time in my life I've never got a game over, ever. It's essentially a card based turn based game. I enjoy turn based games, and the game mechanics here are solid to keep me grinding through.. (being that there's not much card based games helps also.) Everything else in this game is pretty bland though imo. To end, if you don't like turn based games..stay far away. If you like, give it a shot when it's on sale?    … Expand
  2. Underpants158
    Mar 23, 2020
    7
    This game feels a little tackier in tone than the previous games. I think that is because it is told as a fairy tale and when it's not Grimm it's tacky. The overall story does enough to keep you moving forward. I myself feel propelled to play games by reaching story beats and I was sufficiently propelled. The gameplay is a card-based fighting game system, which is the first time I haveThis game feels a little tackier in tone than the previous games. I think that is because it is told as a fairy tale and when it's not Grimm it's tacky. The overall story does enough to keep you moving forward. I myself feel propelled to play games by reaching story beats and I was sufficiently propelled. The gameplay is a card-based fighting game system, which is the first time I have ever played such a game. It was simple enough for me not to be overwhelmed and gives you enough variation if you feel like experimenting with characters and cards. I stuck with the same 3 characters and overall the same build while making occasional change ups. For seasoned pros of this genre this game may be too simple. However for me it was fine. Overall I didn't like it as much as Heist or Dig 2 but I liked it just fine.… Expand
  3. headspacej
    Aug 24, 2020
    7
    My least favorite of the Steamworld games; just lacked some of the polish and charm I've come to expect from Image & Form. Weird difficulty spikes and odd balancing didn't help either. I strongly disliked the main character and swapped her out as soon as I could. Thankfully, it still has the addictive gameplay loop that all of their games feature, so I'm still rating this fairly high. ItMy least favorite of the Steamworld games; just lacked some of the polish and charm I've come to expect from Image & Form. Weird difficulty spikes and odd balancing didn't help either. I strongly disliked the main character and swapped her out as soon as I could. Thankfully, it still has the addictive gameplay loop that all of their games feature, so I'm still rating this fairly high. It was enough to get me to play through it a second time, so still fun.… Expand

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  1. GameGrin
    Jul 29, 2019
    85
    SteamWorld Quest Hand of Gilgamech is a very fun, beautifully designed RPG, deck building game that can be beaten in a short time but does have some minor drawbacks.
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  2. 4P.de
    Jun 18, 2019
    77
    In terms of content and mechanically identical to the previously releases Switch version, the card battles with their simple ruleset suffer only from the rather lackluster port to PC.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Jun 10, 2019
    95
    A perfect introduction to the card game genre. Steamworld Quest may not be the deepest game out there, but what it tries to achieve it does so in a sublime way. Highly recommended.
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