Theseus Protocol

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Theseus Protocol is a single player role playing game. It was developed by YueTang(Xiamen) and was released on August 22, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Theseus Protocol" is a deck-building strategy roguelike game set in a dystopian world, where you play as Prometheus on a mission to alter humanity's fate. Uncover Mark City's dark secrets through a fragmented narrative, explore branching paths, and engage in challenging turn-based battles with an array of cards and weapons. Efficiently manage your cards, as leftovers can be used as ammunition for Prometheus’ weaponry. NO RELEASE DATE OR DEVELOPER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

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64%

Audience ScoreBased on 90 reviews

gameplay6 positive mentions

story6 negative mentions

The game features unique mechanics where cards can charge weapons, allowing for diverse playstyles and strategies.
The visuals and character designs are praised for their quality, contributing to an engaging aesthetic experience.
Despite its current limitations, the game is considered fun and offers good value for its price, with potential for future updates.

The card pool is shallow and mostly shared between characters, leading to a lack of variety and depth in gameplay.
The English translation is poor, making the narrative and tutorial confusing and unenjoyable for many players.
The game suffers from balance issues, with some mechanics feeling convoluted and reliant on luck rather than skill.

gameplay
54 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11%
83%
6%
Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of innovative mechanics and significant balance issues. While some players appreciate the unique card consumption mechanic and the depth of character customization, many criticize the overwhelming complexity and lack of impactful enemy mechanics, leading to a gameplay experience that often feels like a mere stat check. Additionally, the user interface and tutorials are noted as confusing, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- “Consuming cards instead of using them is a nice mechanic unique to this game.”
- “Runs are longer, giving you more time to build up and enjoy the power you've earned with a bigger pool of enemies and mechanics they will use against you that test your adaptability.”
- “The 2 current characters play extremely differently and makes me excited for the third and what unique mechanics she may bring to the table.”
- “Conceptually, the gameplay of this game is broken.”
- “Enemy mechanics don't feel as impactful as how big their numbers are, meaning there aren't really conditions to clear or things to keep in mind - it's just a stat check to see if your deck has enough shield to block enemy damage and whittle it down with passive damage.”
- “The devs apparently thought that the way to make the game deep was to keep adding more and more mechanics, and the result is that there's no way to know what to do and when because there's just too many things happening at the same time.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
19%
6%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many praising the stunning visuals and appealing anime/cyberpunk art style. However, some players find the overall graphical presentation to be overly complicated and lacking in excitement, despite the quality of the artwork. Overall, while the aesthetics are generally well-received, there are concerns about the gameplay experience overshadowing the visual appeal.
- “This is probably one of the better deck builders that has a very cool anime/cyberpunk art style that I've played.”
- “Gorgeous visuals.”
- “Aesthetically, it looks amazing.”
- “Very boring and over-complicated; only the artworks are nice.”
story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
33%
50%
The story has been criticized for its poor translation and confusing presentation, making it difficult for players to follow. While some appreciate the integration of the turn-based card game mechanics in advancing the narrative, the overall execution leaves much to be desired, with cutscenes that lack coherence and story segments that feel overwhelming due to formatting issues.
- “They seem to want to tell a story, and I'm all for it.”
- “I don't know, but I like this turn-based card game battle system and how it helps to advance the story in some ways.”
- “The story is poorly translated, so that's definitely something that needs work, and the cutscenes make no sense.”
- “My only real negative is the short story segments appear as walls of confusing text since they aren't translated too well.”
- “The story is confusing with bad English, translations, and formatting.”
music
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
62%
38%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some users feeling that it lacks variety and often feels repetitive. While the art and cutscenes are praised, the soundtrack is described as a 50/50 experience, leaving players questioning where new music could be integrated. Overall, the music does not stand out as much as other artistic elements in the game.
- “Art sure, more art for cutscenes, art for doing things, art for endings, dying, etc... music, 50/50, where can you even put new music when everything feels samey.”
- “Art sure, more art for cutscenes, art for doing things, art for endings, dying, etc... music, 50/50, where can you even put new music when everything feels samey.”
- “[h1]soundtracks[/h1]”
character development
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
25%
25%
Character development in the game is visually appealing, with well-designed characters and user interface elements that cater to a specific audience, though some players may find the aesthetic unappealing. Overall, while the character designs are praised for their quality, they may not resonate with everyone.
- “Character designs, UI, cards, they all look nice.”
- “I'm always game for a roguelite card battler, even if, in this case, the character design seems to aim to please a weeb audience, which is not my cup of tea.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The optimization of the game has received mixed reviews, with some users praising its smooth performance while others report issues such as frame drops and stuttering. Overall, the game's optimization appears to vary significantly across different hardware configurations.
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is reported to have significant stability issues, with multiple users noting that it is very buggy.
- “This game is very buggy.”
- “This game is very buggy.”