The Bastonnes Reviews

([b]Edited[/b]) After playing about half an hour of this game, in its current state, as much as I would like to recommend it - I can't. The game's idea is very cute if not overly complex: you can think of it is a rock-paper-scissors with a twist. The game's graphics are very eye pleasing and for sure one of this game's stronger points. However: 1. The game's options, at least the resolution selection, do [b]not[/b] stick: I started the game, changed the resolution from FHD to 4K, quit the game and enteres again only for the resolution to be reset to FHD. This happens all the time. Yes, it may be connected to me playing full-screen... in which case, disable the option to choose resolution in the first place. Also, when changing from FHD to 4K, or the other way around, I didn't see any noticeable change. 2. The offered tutorial is too simplistic and doesn't really explain the game. It gives a very quick summary of the game's controls and even quicker review of the game's mechanics, and that's it. Sure, in a game like this there isn't [b]a lot[/b] to take in, and still, a full-blown, step-by-step tutorial would have been appreciated. 3. The [b]in-game[/b] help screen, and yes, it's [b]only[/b] in-game and can [b]not[/b] be accessed from the main menu, [b]is[/b] comprehensive... but also glitchy with some parts of the text overlapping each other making reading some parts of the 4-pager documentation impossible. 4. Unlike my previosu assumption, you can have local hot-seat without a turn timer... too bad you have to dig in the pre-match settings to find it out. Maybe if there was some [b]helpful, accessible[/b] documentation to explain everything... All in all, this is a very eye-candy pleasing, rock-paper-scissors with a twist, and a nice twist it is. And for the price it [b]is[/b] worth it. I [b]do[/b] enjoy playing it, don't get me wrong. But I want it to be better, and be better for this game means fix the tutorial and help documentation. Until these are fixed I will [b]not[/b] recommend this game.

After playing a couple of hours, I once again wish that Steam had a 'neutral' review option. I love supporting Indie devs, and it seems a lot of soul has gone into the production of the game, but for me, it's too bare bones to be sold for the price they are asking. The game revolves around the idea of having your characters sitting around the table, with each one performing a different attack to attempt to knock out all other player's characters first. It's simple and fun for probably the first hour, but then it starts to lack. Although the game is marketed as "pvp" there is no pvp except with those on your Steam friends list, and even then, the number of different cards/characters you have to bring to a game means that most matches feel identical. I think the game [i]could work[/i], but it needs more time in the oven. I personally would love to see a lot more cards be introduced (perhaps some that don't require a physical character) and some kind of deck system alongside proper randomised matchmaking. If you find the game on sale, I would say go for it, you'll at least get more fun out of it than those $5 Unity asset flips. But if you're coming for a new spin on the online PvP card game genre, then this is not it - maybe after a few updates, but not yet.