Nadir is a rogue-lite deck builder card game themed around the circles of hell. You play as Jeanne d'Arc, but other characters like Vlad Tepesh and Hernan Cortez are unlockable. I quite like the mechanics of the game. Each card you have has a r…
Nadir is a rogue-lite deck builder card game themed around the circles of hell. You play as Jeanne d'Arc, but other characters like Vlad Tepesh and Hernan Cortez are unlockable. I quite like the mechanics of the game. Each card you have has a red and a blue part, each with different effect. You play those against the enemy cards, which are always 3. You can play the blue effect on a blue card and vice versa. When you play it a charge slot on the enemy card is filled and when all of them are full, the reaction effect written on the card is performed and the card is flipped to the opposite colour with a different effect. Some of your cards require multiple charges to be played, which means the opponent must have the right number of cards of the corresponding colour.
The first available circle of hell is Gluttony (also there are only 5 rather than the usual 9). You proceed in steps and each sub-level has multiple nodes. You always have to start with a battle. Once you win, you are free to choose the other nodes, or just step further down. Some other options are a shop where you can buy card parts (either red or blue) and Proper Ascent, where you can dismantle a card, heal a bit or return to Nadir. When you win a battle you gain resources and the ability to build a new card out of 3 red and 3 blue options. I did my best, but I didn't manage to get to the bottom of Gluttony because I simply ran out of health.
Here I'll mention some of the card effects even though they are well explained when you hover over the card. Armour protects your health and is reset to 20 after each battle. Shielded absorbs a single attack regardless of the power. Rage increases the damage your deal by its value and weakness does the opposite. Damage dealing cards are simple enough, but there are some modifiers like piercing, which ignores armour and breaking, which ignores shields. I found Stealth cards particularly useful since they don't fill charge slots regardless of the cost - they are essentially a free move.
The city of Nadir acts as your base, where you can develop different buildings once you have the resources for them. Those provide you with upgrades. With the resources I gathered from my run I built the Alter of Dark Embrace which restores 10HP with every step you make. That's quite useful for survival considering how rare healing spots are.
