Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

 Switch
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Digitally Downloaded
    Oct 4, 2022
    90
    At about 15 hours in length Beasts of Burden respects your time and moves beautifully from plot highlight to highlight. It’s the perfect “Sunday morning gaming” game to unwind with while enjoying a coffee and there’s a humble warmth and love for the genre that makes it difficult to criticise those small things that don’t quite work in its favour. Thanks to the monster collecting, this is the finest in the Voice of Cards series so far, but you really should play them all.
  2. Nintendo Life
    Sep 19, 2022
    90
    Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is an excellent entry in this quirky new franchise, pulling together a darker story, a new battle mechanic, and that ever-present cozy atmosphere to make for a hypnotizing and immersive experience. Though some may be miffed at this being yet another one of these games in a relatively short window, we feel that Yoko Taro and company have moved the series forward another (single) step with this new entry. If you enjoyed the last couple of games or are just looking for a new JRPG that doesn’t require a ton of investment, we would certainly give this one a recommendation; it’s easily worth both your time and money.
  3. Cubed3
    Feb 10, 2023
    80
    Even though an RPG lover since an early age, the thought of a stripped down, bare bones experience raised a lot of questions. The answer, however, is that Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is an absolute treat on a handheld console. Easy to pick up and bash out for a quick half hour but still allowing you to fall in love with a beautiful world and its cast of characters as well as retaining every factor that makes an RPG great. There is certainly no burden giving this one your time.
  5. Checkpoint Gaming
    Sep 30, 2022
    75
    Three games down in quick succession, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden manages to mostly avoid that infamous and known series fatigue. That’s largely thanks to yet another compelling fantasy story and enchanting immersion of a tabletop campaign journey. It’s in fact my favourite story of the trilogy, complete with a new and welcome mechanic that is monster collecting. It just is ever so slightly barred from being great due to more obvious padding and traipsing around until it reaches its wondrous conclusion. Regardless, we have another good entry in this weird little Square Enix series. That voice inviting you to play cards? Trust it. It’s as enjoyable as ever.

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User Score
4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Starmansam
    Dec 2, 2022
    8
    The voice of cards series is a curious little experiment, but three entries in, I'd say its a successful one. The format is classic jrpg, andThe voice of cards series is a curious little experiment, but three entries in, I'd say its a successful one. The format is classic jrpg, and the window dressing is that of a table top game. Combat is super basic, but the embellishment of capturing monsters to use in place of skills is a nice deviation from the formula from the other two voice of cards games. The story is tighter than forsaken maiden, and more unique than isle dragon. All the narrators have been excellent, but this one is particularly good. These aren't huge deep games. But they are excellent little cozy (sometimes sad) games. It is a treat that we're getting so many of them so quickly… Full Review »
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