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Forgotten Lore

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58%Game Brain Score
gameplay, humor
graphics, music
58% User Score Based on 53 reviews

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Forgotten Lore is a single player and multiplayer casual strategy game. It was developed by Coty Getzelman and was released on October 5, 2017. It received neutral reviews from players.

An online TRADING card game about lore long forgotten.

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58%
Audience ScoreBased on 53 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Unique gameplay mechanics such as paying life for mana and a variety of tomes offer a different experience compared to other card games.
  • Active developer involvement with regular updates, community card creation via workshop support, and a player-driven economy.
  • Trading cards on the Steam marketplace adds an interesting dimension to the collectible card game experience.
  • Small and inactive player base results in limited multiplayer opportunities and repetitive bot matches.
  • Numerous bugs, glitches, and unpolished elements including UI issues, graphical problems, and game balance problems.
  • Game is unfinished and feels like an alpha or early access product lacking sufficient content, polish, and stability.
  • gameplay
    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay draws comparisons to Hearthstone but introduces unique mechanics like paying with life, which some find innovative yet raises balance concerns. While the core mechanics show potential and include interesting card interactions, many users find the pacing slow, the interface clunky, and the overall gameplay rough or bare-bones, leading to mixed opinions on its depth and polish.

    • “I really like how you pay with your life, it's a mechanic which isn't used enough.”
    • “The actual gameplay itself is fine, with some cards actually possessing interesting mechanics to them.”
    • “The actual gameplay is very similar to Hearthstone, however I admit that I very much enjoy the way summoning mana is handled in Forgotten Lore over Blizzard's take on it.”
  • graphics
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally criticized for being outdated, bland, and buggy, with several UI issues and placeholder artwork that disrupt the visual experience. While completed card art has some charm, overall presentation feels unfinished and reminiscent of an early access title.

    • “Each creature, item, and spell has its own artwork, which helps present the physical appearance of the card.”
    • “At the time of writing, a few cards have placeholder artwork that stands out jarringly, but the completed cards have a charming look to them.”
    • “The graphics and animations feel bland and outdated.”
    • “Hilariously bad, from card design to UI to graphical bugs to text.”
    • “The community is very small, and the game presents itself more like an early access instead due to the bugs, and poor rendering of graphics.”
    • “The graphics and animations all feel very bland, and outdated.”
  • music
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is generally seen as simplistic, repetitive, and somewhat annoying, with no sound effects to accompany it. Some users also report issues with the music not staying muted when disabled. Overall, the soundtrack is considered lackluster and unremarkable.

    • “The music is simplistic and annoying stock music, which doesn't stay muted and turns itself back on.”
    • “Its music is also meh.”
    • “No sound effects, only music.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is a mix of unintentional and intentional, with comedic elements present in the card art and some descriptions, though it is often undercut by poor design, UI issues, and graphical bugs.

    • “Hilariously bad, from card design to UI to graphical bugs to text.”
    • “It's a shame really, because there is some definite humor in the card art and a few descriptions.”
  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is criticized for being monotonous and unengaging, with missions that quickly become repetitive and boring.

    • “The levels are monotonous, and the missions quickly become boring.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The grinding in the game is considered tedious and may negatively impact the early gameplay experience.

  • stability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's stability is currently problematic, with recurring online bugs and issues like the music unmuting unexpectedly. As it is still in early access, these stability concerns may improve over time.

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Forgotten Lore is a casual strategy game.

Forgotten Lore is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

Forgotten Lore was released on October 5, 2017.

Forgotten Lore was developed by Coty Getzelman.

Forgotten Lore has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Forgotten Lore is a single player game with multiplayer support.

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