SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech

SteamWorld Quest is the role-playing card game you’ve been waiting for! The game is side-scrolling and is separated into small explorable areas that the player is encouraged to loot for treasure. The player may encounter enemies and become engaged in battle. Attacks are performed by collecting punched cards that the robots can use to execute programs. The game uses standard RPG elements with the exception of steam pressure representing mana. The player must also build their own deck of attacks using character-specific cards. The card battle system is incredibly addictive and offers a ton of gameplay options to boot. And while the story is somewhat by the numbers, the memorable characters, dialogue and rewarding gameplay elevate it above the pack. SteamWorld Quest is presented as a fairy tale told within the otherwise science fiction universe of SteamWorld Heist and is therefore not directly linked story-wise to the previous games. It follows Armilly and Copernica, two small-town friends who set out on a small journey that spirals into a much larger one. Image & Form has done it again. They’ve created another gem in their SteamWorld series that not only shows their talent as game developers but also their love of RPG’s.