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Crunch Time!

51%Game Brain Score
gameplay, humor
replayability, music
51% User Score Based on 126 reviews

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About

"Crunch Time!" is a humorous card game based on video game development, where you manage your own company and compete to complete the best projects. Use cards representing developers, positive cards to speed up work, and negative cards to hinder opponents. The game features over 100 unique cards and 28 available projects to complete, providing insight into the video game development process. A physical version of the game can be obtained through the developer's website.

Crunch Time! screenshot
Crunch Time! screenshot
Crunch Time! screenshot
Crunch Time! screenshot

51%
Audience ScoreBased on 126 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
replayability3 negative mentions

  • The game has a fun and humorous theme centered around game development, which can be enjoyable for those familiar with the industry.
  • It's a simple and easy-to-understand card game that can provide a few hours of casual entertainment.
  • The production quality is decent, with nice art and a polished presentation for its low price point.
  • The gameplay is heavily reliant on luck, with no deck-building or strategic depth, leading to repetitive and unengaging matches.
  • There is no option to discard cards, which can result in players being stuck with unplayable cards, further diminishing the strategic element.
  • The lack of multiplayer options and a main menu, along with balance issues, makes the game feel incomplete and limits its replayability.
  • gameplay
    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is criticized for being overly simplistic and heavily reliant on luck, with many players noting that the draw mechanic leads to frustrating situations where players are left with useless cards while opponents execute combos. Despite its polished appearance and unique concept, the game lacks depth, strategy, and meaningful mechanics, resulting in an experience that feels shallow and underdeveloped. Overall, the gameplay is seen as unpleasant and in need of significant reworking to enhance player engagement.

    • “The mechanics of the game are relatively simple and not a whole lot of explanation is required to understand what you must do, which is a good thing, because card-battling games at times can get very complex.”
    • “The gameplay is pretty simple; you have 5 cards, and you can play as many as you want per turn as soon as they have a valid target.”
    • “Shallow, underdeveloped card game with tons of rule pitfalls and 90% pure luck gameplay.”
    • “Polished and relatively unique, but the actual gameplay boils down mostly to pure chance, with no deckbuilding and little strategy involved.”
    • “The biggest drawback is the mechanics (you always get up to 5 cards max), which means you'll be sitting around with unnecessary cards in your hand while your opponent pulls combo after combo.”
  • humor
    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is a mixed bag, with some players finding it genuinely funny and others noting that many jokes fall flat or are hindered by poor translation. While the programmer humor and quirky writing about game development are highlights, the overall comedic experience can be inconsistent. Despite these issues, several reviewers still recommend the game for its amusing elements.

    • “This game is so obviously broken that the only thing that got me to finish a full match was the programmer humor, which is its only redeeming quality.”
    • “Either that or the writing is just idiosyncratic enough to be funny sometimes, corny sometimes as it makes fun of the game development process.”
    • “This is a very funny game.”
  • graphics
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics received mixed reviews, with some praising the beautiful HD visuals and nice animations, while others criticized them as weak overall. The art style was noted positively, but the overall graphical performance did not meet expectations for many users.

    • “Beautiful HD graphics and nice animations.”
    • “Nice art style.”
  • replayability
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features a fun theme and humorous text, but it suffers from very low replayability. Players report that after one session, all interesting cards are exhausted, and the lack of strategic depth leaves little incentive to play again.

    • “After one game, you would have exhausted all of the interesting cards, but there's no strategy to fall back on for replay value.”
    • “- very low replay value”
    • “- very low replay value”
  • music
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game has received largely negative feedback, with many players finding it awful and repetitive, leading some to mute the game entirely. Additionally, there are complaints about the inability to turn off the music separately from other sound effects. While some players appreciate the accompanying sound effects and the overall art, the music remains a significant drawback.

    • “The quotes on the cards are awesome, especially if you've had any exposure to the game dev industry. The art is cool too, and the music is enjoyable, though it can get a little repetitive.”
    • “The music is awful, and you have to mute the game entirely to turn it off (the sound effects are ok).”
    • “My biggest problem with the game is you can't turn the music off!!!”
    • “The music is ok, but gets a little repetitive.”

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