Papercraft
- April 11, 2019
- Overture
Get on Steam"Papercraft" is a Rouguelike, TBS, and DBG combined game with a fresh and lovely cartoonish style. The player, as the protagonist, enters a virtual fantasy world to solve mysteries through step-by-step battles and explorations. The story is weaved with reality and virtuality, with a pop-up book narrating the prologue to each adventure. In the game, heroes from legends hold different cards and battle in a TBS style, offering a unique and engaging gaming experience.
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Reviews
- The game features charming papercraft art and an interesting story that enhances the overall experience.
- Gameplay is fun and deep, with a variety of card play styles and strategic elements that encourage replayability.
- The game has a cute aesthetic and enjoyable music, making it appealing to fans of tactical and deck-building games.
- The English translation for the story and dialogue is poor, which detracts from the overall immersion.
- Some gameplay mechanics, such as certain side mission choices and card balancing issues, feel poorly designed or unbalanced.
- The tutorial is lacking in useful information, and there are some bugs present, although they are not game-breaking.
- story7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The game's story is generally well-received, featuring an interesting narrative and charming art style that enhances immersion. However, the English translation of the story and dialogue is criticized for its quality, and some side mission choices are seen as lacking depth. Overall, while the main story is engaging, the side content may not significantly impact the gameplay experience.
“It's fun, has cute art, and has an interesting story overall.”
“It helps players immerse more in the story and world about the game.”
“Super cute papercraft design, amazing story, and smooth gameplay!”
“The English translation for the story and dialogue is poor, though the card translations are good enough to understand.”
“Some choices for side missions are rather uninspired.”
“The only consequence of refusing to help with side quests or choosing the evil option is a minor difficulty increase for the boss fight in that world.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 83 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's graphics are characterized by an adorable, fairytale-inspired art style reminiscent of Paper Mario, which many players find impressive and attractive. This charming visual presentation complements the deep and addictive gameplay, enhancing the overall experience.
“Its art style is very adorable (if that's the right word, it's quite like Paper Mario) and the gameplay is quite deep.”
“Especially, its fairytale style artwork is impressive.”
“Especially, fairy-tale style artwork is attractive and gameplay is addictive.”
“The graphics look like they belong in a fairy tale, but they lack the depth and detail expected from modern games.”
“While the art style is charming, the overall graphics feel outdated and don't do justice to the game's potential.”
“The visuals are reminiscent of a children's storybook, but they fall short in terms of realism and immersion.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is enjoyable and deep, with a charming papercraft art style reminiscent of Paper Mario, though players may initially struggle due to a lack of clear information on card skills and unit ranges. Once familiar with the mechanics, players find the basic rules easy to learn, contributing to a smooth overall experience.
“The gameplay is fun after you get used to all of the cards, but it might take a while because the game lacks unit/skill range info and card skills information, so you need to try them in-game. Keep in mind that every card has 3 levels with different traits.”
“Its art style is very adorable (if that's the right word, it's quite like Paper Mario) and the gameplay is quite deep.”
“Super cute papercraft design, amazing story, and smooth gameplay!”
- music2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally well-received, with users noting that the soundtrack is pleasant; however, some feel that it lacks variety due to a limited number of tracks.
“The soundtrack is not bad, but it feels like a small number of tracks.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players highlight the high replayability of the game, noting that each playthrough offers new experiences, encouraging multiple sessions.
“Since the player gets new experiences for each game, the replay value of this game is high.”
“The game has a high replay value.”
“Each playthrough offers unique experiences, making the game highly replayable.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players note that the game features a grindy element, particularly appealing to achievement hunters and completionists, while also emphasizing its rogue-lite nature.
“But be aware that it's kind of grindy, especially if you like achievements and are a completionist, and it is a rogue-lite.”
“The grinding aspect feels excessive and detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.”
“I found the grinding to be tedious and repetitive, making it hard to stay engaged with the gameplay.”
- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by quirky and unexpected elements, such as the use of amusing symbols from countries like France or Uruguay placed alongside English words in the title, adding a playful and whimsical touch.
“But... more importantly, it has those funny symbols from France or Uruguay or something weird, and they put them right in front of the English words in the title for some quirky reason.”
