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Ancient Enemy

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Ancient Enemy

Apr 9, 2020

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2.47 average rating based on 19 ratings

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An unusual, strategic RPG card game from the makers of Shadowhand and Regency Solitaire. "Awakening from centuries of slumber, a fallen mage returns to battle twisted folkloric foe across sprawling, ghostly landscapes. His ultimate destination: the nameless antagonist, a dread nemesis waiting patiently in the dark fastness of monstrous citadel, his Ancient Enemy. You'll embark upon a quest inspired by British mythology and Mabinogion, so expect card battling, visceral fights, mixed with bleak and evocative folklore! Loot the fallen to fill your hero's RPG-style inventory with collectible cards, capture strongholds and gather talented henchmen. Only powerful magic and iron determination … More
An unusual, strategic RPG card game from the makers of Shadowhand and Regency Solitaire. "Awakening from centuries of slumber, a fallen mage returns to battle twisted folkloric foe across sprawling, ghostly landscapes. His ultimate destination: the nameless antagonist, a dread nemesis waiting patiently in the dark fastness of monstrous citadel, his Ancient Enemy. You'll embark upon a quest inspired by British mythology and Mabinogion, so expect card battling, visceral fights, mixed with bleak and evocative folklore! Loot the fallen to fill your hero's RPG-style inventory with collectible cards, capture strongholds and gather talented henchmen. Only powerful magic and iron determination will enable revenge upon your ultimate foe." Less
Developers
Grey Alien Games
Publishers
Grey Alien Games
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Adventure, Card & Board Game, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Fantasy
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Release Dates
Apr 09, 2020 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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User Stats
457
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How Long Is Ancient Enemy?
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anarchistica
anarchistica gave Jul 9, 2022
anarchistica gave Jul 9, 2022
Basically just Shadowhand 2

Playtime: 1h32m

Review

Ancient Enemy is almost the exact same game as Shadowhand. You go from encounter to encounter playing a game that is a mix of Solitaire and Mahjong. The setting is different and there's a map with nodes that sometimes lets you pick which one you want to do first but that's it.

Seriously, every point i made in my review of Shadowhand still stands. It's overly random, offers very little actual choice and has a frustrating scoring system (beat enemy before turn x for perfect score). Sometimes you struggle and barely win after 9 turns. Sometimes you beat the exact same enemy on turn 2. It's just frustrating nonsense.

[PS: Wow, my last review was back in April!]

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grizzling
grizzling updated their status Aug 2, 2022
grizzling updated their status Aug 2, 2022

Nothing especially interesting. Combination of Mahjong and puzzle-battlers from mobile - not really strategic game. It's not bad, but rather not worth much time. The story I didn't even read so no opinion on that.

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anarchistica
anarchistica updated their status Jul 7, 2022
anarchistica updated their status Jul 7, 2022

This is free on the Epic Games store this week:

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ancient-enemy

Next week we get Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap. Also some DLC for Idle Champions.

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