Shattered Heaven

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Shattered Heaven is a single player role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Leonardo Production and was released on November 8, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

"Shattered Heaven" is a single-player deck builder with RPG elements, combining card games and roguelikes. It features dynamic deckbuilding, tactical RPG fights, and a branching narrative influenced by players' choices. With procedural dungeons, a deep crafting system, and a unique 2D cartoon style, this game offers great replay value and immersion in a dark fantasy and Lovecraftian world.

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77%

Audience ScoreBased on 78 reviews

story20 positive mentions

The game features excellent world-building and narrative, with interesting characters and well-designed monsters that keep players engaged.
The art style and soundtrack are phenomenal, contributing to an immersive atmosphere that enhances the overall experience.
The gameplay is solid, with a unique deckbuilding mechanic that allows for strategic play, and the story mode offers a substantial campaign without the typical roguelike reset.

The dialogue is often criticized for being overly verbose and poorly written, which can disrupt the pacing and immersion of the game.
There are significant issues with the user interface and mechanics, such as unclear damage indicators and a lack of meaningful deck customization, making gameplay feel cumbersome.
Some players have reported technical issues, including crashes and performance problems, particularly on certain platforms like the Steam Deck.

story
74 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is a mixed bag, with many players finding it engaging and character-driven, yet convoluted and difficult to follow at times. While the art, music, and voice acting enhance the narrative experience, some feel the dialogue is overly heavy and the overarching plot can be dark and lengthy. Overall, the story is appreciated for its emotional depth and world-building, but it may not inspire multiple playthroughs due to its complexity.
- “The story mode allows you to play through a roughly 30-hour campaign, gaining strength, abilities, and loot the entire time.”
- “Story: if a AAA team can make me care about characters before the first boss, it's a damn good game; this indie makes me cry.”
- “Amazing art and character design combined with great music and an interesting story!”
- “There's a story, but it seems convoluted at times and doesn't inspire me to do another playthrough to understand all perspectives via the different endings.”
- “You can piece together parts of the main story, but the rest is too hard to follow.”
- “This doesn't help when you're confused with the story.”
gameplay
46 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is highly praised for its engaging deckbuilding mechanics, allowing players to create diverse strategies based on character abilities and adaptive cards. Each character features unique mechanics and talent trees, contributing to a rich and interconnected dungeon-crawling experience. While some players noted a significant amount of time spent on character dialogue, the overall mechanics and worldbuilding have captivated many, making it a standout in the card battler genre.
- “The deckbuilding element is a lot of fun, lets you build strategies based on abilities and mechanics, and then adapting those to new cards you pick up in the dungeons.”
- “This game has actually gripped me, I've beaten the demo a few times and played a few hours in the main game and I can say the story and mechanics of the battles feel incredible.”
- “Your characters all have their own little quirks and mechanics, their own special resource generation, their very own toolkit and special attacks, and since certain status effects and cooldowns carry over after a fight, the whole dungeon delving feels more connected and complex.”
- “I do think it's a little sad that I basically ignored these three major mechanics of the game.”
- “For 30 minutes of gameplay, at least 20 minutes is spent watching the characters auto-talk.”
- “I'm not really the biggest card-game enthusiast, so I cannot comment on how the mechanics hold up compared to other games in an already crowded genre.”
music
26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is widely praised for its phenomenal soundtrack and immersive quality, enhancing the overall atmosphere alongside the impressive art design. While some reviewers noted that the music can be unmemorable at times, it remains a standout feature that contributes significantly to the game's appeal. Overall, the combination of great music and art creates an enjoyable experience, even if the gameplay elements may feel simplified.
- “Phenomenal soundtrack, great art with persona-esque monster design.”
- “Amazing art and character design combined with great music and interesting story!”
- “Immersive game with great music, combat system, lore, world building, and characters :)”
- “There is little song and dance involved in highlighting your character abilities, sometimes making you forget they even exist, especially in the lower difficulties where they might not even be needed to breeze through fights.”
- “But I think if you set your expectations to that of a story-driven game - like The Witcher - you really start to appreciate the atmosphere this game tries to build, with its art, music, setting, and characters.”
- “- the art style and the music.”
graphics
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a stunning art style and beautiful environments, which many players appreciate, particularly in the context of its unique setting and music. However, the quality of the card art and some UI elements is criticized as being mediocre and inconsistent with the overall aesthetic. While the cutscenes are well-received, the character animations during dialogue can feel awkward.
- “A compelling dungeon-crawling deckbuilder game with a unique setting and art style.”
- “Events are totally unique, very well written, and have incredible artwork.”
- “Responsive devs. Fantastic artwork, music, and the price is very reasonable.”
character development
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Character development in the game appears to be inconsistent, with players noting that it seems to be initiated but then abruptly reversed midway through the narrative. Despite this, the game is praised for its stunning art, character design, and engaging music, which contribute to an interesting overall story.
- “Amazing art and character design combined with great music and an interesting story!”
- “It feels like there was supposed to be character development, but they decided to undo it halfway through.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a captivating gothic/renaissance atmosphere reminiscent of titles like Blasphemous, enhanced by its art, music, and character design. Players who approach it with expectations similar to story-driven games, such as The Witcher, are likely to gain a deeper appreciation for the immersive environment it creates.
- “A cool old gothic/renaissance kind of atmosphere (reminds me of Blasphemous).”
- “If you set your expectations to that of a story-driven game - like The Witcher - you really start to appreciate the atmosphere this game tries to build, with its art, music, setting, and characters.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players appreciate the game's emotional depth and storytelling, highlighting that it not only features intriguing world-building but also delivers a compelling narrative that enhances the overall experience. The unexpected addition of a card game element further enriches the emotional engagement.
- “I was expecting an intriguing world-building and an emotional story; I was surprised when I also found an interesting and compelling card game.”