Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden
- September 12, 2022
- SQUARE ENIX
Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is a well-polished traditional JRPG experience with a creatively unique presentation and a thoughtful narrative.
Get on SteamIn "Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden," players navigate a dark fantasy world through a deck of cards, making choices in a tabletop RPG setting. The game follows a group of companions banding together to fight against the awakening of primordial beasts, while exploring themes of sacrifice, camaraderie, and redemption. With strategic turn-based battles and narrative decision-making, players will shape the fate of their party and the realm.
Reviews
- story122 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
- gameplay61 mentions
- 16 % positive mentions
- 80 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- music28 mentions
- 54 % positive mentions
- 46 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- graphics21 mentions
- 5 % positive mentions
- 95 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding10 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- character development5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Voice Of Cards: The Beasts Of Burden Review - Yoko Taro's Compelling Tabletop JRPG Gets Its Best Entry To Date
By maintaining its easily accessible JRPG mechanics, gorgeous tabletop aesthetic and engrossing narration, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden manages to elevate itself above its Voice of Cards brethren thanks to a neat, Pokémon style monster collection mechanic. Much more than just a token inclusion, this new monster collecting mechanic not only expands the player's arsenal in battle, but provides ample additional incentive to explore The Beasts of Burden's painterly, card-flipped lands far and wide in search of rare monsters to recruit.
80%Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden Review – The Monster Mash
Three games down in quick succession, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden manages to mostly avoid that infamous and known series fatigue. That’s largely thanks to yet another compelling fantasy story and enchanting immersion of a tabletop campaign journey. It’s in fact my favourite story of the trilogy, complete with a new and welcome mechanic that is monster collecting. It just is ever so slightly barred from being great due to more obvious padding and traipsing around until it reaches its wondrous conclusion. Regardless, we have another good entry in this weird little Square Enix series. That voice inviting you to play cards? Trust it. It’s as enjoyable as ever.
75%Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden Review
Even though an RPG lover since an early age, the thought of a stripped down, bare bones experience raised a lot of questions. The answer, however, is that Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is an absolute treat on a handheld console. Easy to pick up and bash out for a quick half hour but still allowing you to fall in love with a beautiful world and its cast of characters as well as retaining every factor that makes an RPG great. There is certainly no burden giving this one your time.
80%
