![]() There are three main mini-games which the game throws at you. This will give you advantages from persuading, the ability to wield better weapons or reaching a goal. And last but not least you have your fame stack. The money stack is necessary for helping friends in need or paying for services which are granted to you. When you are starving in the wilderness, your food stack will decrease and if it hits zero or below zero, you’ll get punished by losing life points. When your life points hit zero you’ll die and you’ll have to start the whole challenge all over again. Your life points, food, gold and fame stack. When you play the game you’ll have access to four different stacks. That’s not all, in later levels you will have cards to ascend to the next level or pattern of the challenge, this can be accessed even when not all the cards on the first level are turned. Some will give you the right to participate in mini-games, some are giving you extra skills or blessings and others let you fight against the games’ minions. Your pawn starts on the starting card which is already turned face up and you need to decide which way you want to go to, this will lead you to your next card which will also turn face up when your pawn lands on it. The mechanics of this game are quite simple, the dealer shuffles the deck and afterwards, he puts the cards on the table in a constantly changing pattern. You start off with the first challenge, ‘The Fool’, where the dealer will go a little easy on you and explains the game. Hand of Fate 2 is an action adventure game set up as a card game, where the dealer and you decide which cards or adventures you will encounter in your next challenge. It is surely an investment but nonetheless a good one for the game. The dealer in front of you has an arsenal of lines but could be completely voice acted if they just wanted to. The only thing that really bothers me is the voice acting. Also when you are playing the game you’ll hear the cards shuffle, the dices when you roll them and in the fight scenes the clashes of weapons and now and then the grunts of you or your enemies. So you’ll occasionally hear horse noises or the wheels underneath you. ![]() The sounds of the game are mostly atmospheric, as the game focusses on the noises outside of the carriage you are riding in while playing the game. Maybe some different environments would be in place and a different loading screen because the flashy flairs are getting repetitive after the seventeenth time. When we search for the least beautiful part of the game it will be the fighting parts, but even they are enjoyable to watch when you play. The game board, where you can pick your challenges, is maybe a bit simplistic, but in our opinion, it perfectly represents the idea the developers were aiming for. The scene where the game is played is visually stunning, Kallas is portrayed just right for the image he has to present and the card drawings are simple but brilliant. When you keep in mind that this isn’t an AAA game, you’ll really appreciate its graphics. There is no time for breaks if you want to unravel the full story. The story proceeds step by step throughout the challenges, which makes it kind of easy to get carried away by this game. Your final battle, everything you’ve worked for will be decided there. ![]() In one of those challenges the current dealer, Kallas, will be cast back, at that moment you will start to prepare for your battle with him. Don’t forget, nothing comes for free in this game, so you need to earn their trust by helping them accomplish their goal. Challenge by challenge you will proceed in your quest and meet those mages and other companions. Some mages are plotting to bring Kallas down and cast him out of the void he entered when he won the game. During the past century, he built his own empire which is obviously corrupt as fuck, with farmers starving, a rebellious North, persecution of mages and an overall chaos in the game. As of now, he asks for your help in defeating him because Kallas has reshaped the game world into something far too dark. The previous dealer had been defeated by a violent and cruel man named Kallas. Hand of Fate 2 starts off a hundred years after Hand of Fate ended. This time around it is quite simple, do you beat the game or does the game beats you? This sequel brings you a much darker deck of cards and the challenges that await you will make you struggle for survival. ![]() Right before Hand of Fate 2 began, the previous dealer fought his way back to the surface which is way beyond the thirteen gates, to seek the ultimate revenge on the one who beat him hundred years ago.
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