Tendryll
- April 30, 2024
- Brute Farce
- 15h median play time
Get on Steam"Tendryll is a single-player strategy game, described as a combination of Slay the Spire and Into the Breach. Assemble a team of heroes, each with their own move deck and unique abilities, to battle corrupted Tendryll. Coordinate your heroes' moves and attacks to overcome deadly enemies, traps, and environmental hazards in this turn-based tactics roguelike deckbuilder."
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a unique blend of deckbuilding and tactical combat, providing engaging and challenging gameplay.
- The art style is beautiful and well-polished, contributing to an enjoyable atmosphere.
- There is potential for deep strategy with the dual-hero mechanic and various card synergies, making each run feel distinct.
- The game suffers from balance issues, particularly with boss fights and card draw mechanics, leading to frustrating experiences.
- Players have reported that the game can feel overly reliant on RNG, making it difficult to execute strategies effectively.
- As it is still in early access, there is a lack of content and variety, which can lead to repetitive gameplay.
- gameplay17 mentions
- 41 % positive mentions
- 41 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its engaging blend of deckbuilding and auto-battler mechanics, offering a unique and challenging experience with strategic depth. Players appreciate the innovative board mechanics and the variety of enemies that require thoughtful approaches, although some balance issues and frustrating moments have been noted. Overall, the game delivers a fun and rewarding gameplay loop, with potential for future enhancements.
“It's a fun game; I really enjoy the extra strategy added to the deckbuilding and play experience by the board mechanics, especially with two heroes that are involved with the board.”
“Great mix of Slay the Spire-style mechanics with a classic auto-battler.”
“Unique, very challenging enemies that use interesting mechanics and pose a serious threat to players, forcing them to truly think through every situation.”
“The gameplay is absolutely cruel where you have no choice but to take damage.”
“The game might need some balance or mechanics tweaks, but which ones might be debatable.”
“This mechanic is fine overall, but can be frustrating at times.”
- music6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received mixed feedback, with some praising the card art and potential for personalized soundtracks, while others find the current background music lacking and empty, contributing to a hollow gameplay experience. Reviewers express hope for an improved original soundtrack as the game develops, especially given its early access status and small development team. Overall, the music aspect is seen as an area with room for enhancement.
“Music and card art is great.”
“I can only imagine how far it could come with more people and time, such as additional heroes, cards, settings, and more personalized music, animations, and hero aspects.”
“However, I believe this can be easily fixed and I look forward to seeing an OST developed.”
“One large factor that seemed to almost instantly go away was when I replaced the background music.”
“I understand that the game is in early access and it's a very small team that is making the game, and I say this with no malice, but the background music is very empty and leads to a hollow feeling throughout the whole run.”
“I feel the main reason for this is a mix of the card draw and deck management feeling cumbersome, the lack of a range of music, and bosses feeling way too tanky, even as a boss enemy.”
- graphics2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their amazing art style and beauty, contributing to a smooth gameplay experience. Players appreciate the visual appeal alongside the challenging and rewarding combat mechanics in this fantastic deckbuilder.
“The art style is amazing, and the combat is challenging yet rewarding.”
“A fantastic deckbuilder with beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay, and interesting choices.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be slow and tedious, particularly noting that the card abilities contribute to a frustratingly prolonged gameplay experience.
“As of now, the gameplay is a little too slow and card abilities are a little too tedious.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The story involves players selecting two heroes for each mission, indicating a need for a minimum of four heroes to engage in the gameplay effectively.
“The story feels disjointed and lacks a coherent narrative arc.”
“Character development is shallow, making it hard to connect with anyone.”
“The plot twists are predictable and fail to engage the player.”
