I bought ODD (not the dlc) on Switch Lite because of the lack of reviews for the Switch Lite. Here's my thoughts after a day of playing.I bought ODD (not the dlc) on Switch Lite because of the lack of reviews for the Switch Lite. Here's my thoughts after a day of playing.
(-) The text is tiny but most dialogue boxes you can zoom in by highlighting the thing.
(+) game controls work via the + button, not touch (at least, it doesn't respond to my fingering). There is no mouse simulation. The buttons are responsive.
(+) In Options, you can set the animation speed to fast (with touch screen strangely).
(-) As with all digitized games, you lose the overarching feel. I have the analog version, am used to an grand overview of the cards and dice, and to fit onto a small screen has a price. I need to squint intensely to figure out the situation, an issue I have with the switch on more games, which may lead me to not playing the dig version as much as I intended.
(+) Assigning dice to slots and skills works very well but takes some getting used to.
(-) Overall, as a program, it feels unpolished / unfinished but it works so far. It's serviceable.
(+) The tutorial is identical to the Steam version, caliana lures you into choosing a warrior and sets you up vs a combat, a trap, and will nag you when you reach the stairs.
(-) An unfortunate design choice is that you need to press the L mushroom (L3) for a certain menu, but if you don't do it precisely the program will misunderstand you and think you want to navigate instead.
(-) Another issue is that you can see the skill cards you obtained in a single screen, but the resolution is too low so the option as a whole is useless.
So why do I rate it a 9?
Because regardless of the criticisms, the game is extremely addictive. Initially I rated it a 6, but after a point you get used to the controls, and then it becomes second nature, and the negative points above vanish into thin air.
Some points to consider
1. you should always play in campaign mode, any loss will give you points that you can spend on improving your character so he/she has better survivability in the harder dungeons.
2. Phoenix den's second level has a text, that I missed. Shields cannot be filled with black dice. Non shield boxes can be filled by black dice. The program doesn't allow you to fill shields with black, but it doesn't state the reason either, it's on the card though.
3. One thing I never realized was that you can assign black dice to skills that cost a die as well. The app points this out. Never used it - yet. But nice to know.
So should you buy it?
Only if you have played the analog version, and don't get to play that version much, or you are unsure whether you got the rules right. Its added value is primarily geared toward the board game player.
I wouldn't buy it as the next digital dungeon crawler, for its price point there are more pure games on Switch out there (Quest of Dungeons for $1 for example) that do the same thing - if you're a gamer and not a board gamer...… Expand
