The game then enters a third-person perspective action mode, where the player can attack, dodge, reflect and counterattack enemies and traps represented by the cards that were drawn. If the player encounters a monster or maze of traps, the number and type of enemy are determined by cards drawn by the Dealer (if any). The latter three can augment the player's attack power, defensive power, health, speed, or provide special abilities or conditions both inside and out of combat.
Each movement step consumes food, and certain events can cause the player to gain or lose health, food, gold, blessings, curses, or equipment. Some of these events include a tree of options that the player can choose, while chance is presented as four shuffled cards representing rates of success or failure. When each card is encountered, the Dealer narrates the event and resolves its effects.Įvents can include meeting non-player characters, shops to buy and sell cards that benefit the player for the remainder of that dungeon, enemy encounters, or chance events that may benefit or hinder the player. To navigate each floor of the dungeon, the player moves a token across the tableau one card at a time, revealing it if face down. The player starts with a limited amount of health, food, and initial equipment, modified by the player's selected class card and certain conditions obtained over the course of the story. In addition to random encounters, each floor also includes either an exit encounter that lets the player reach the next floor or a boss encounter on the final floor of that dungeon. To progress in Story Mode, the player must complete a "dungeon" by exploring two or more "floors" created by a tableau of randomized, face-down encounter cards dealt from the combined deck of both player and Dealer. After a certain number of these bosses are defeated, the player also unlocks Endless Mode, which provides an infinite number of "floors" of increasing difficulty for the player to challenge with every card they have collected up to that point. These bosses, representing the royalty of each suit, must be defeated in order, but the player can return to previous bosses to challenge again and unlock new rewards. In the game's Story Mode, the player must defeat thirteen bosses: twelve court cards and the Dealer himself. Furthermore, the dealer has his own deck from which surprising elements such as more challenging encounters and monsters are drawn that also grows as the player gains cards and progresses through the game. The player earns more cards as they progress in the game, which they can use to customize their deck up to a fixed size. On starting a new game, the player is given a starting deck of cards, consisting of equipment, hero class, and encounter cards. He also serves as the primary antagonist for the game. This dealer narrates the player's adventure, dealing the game's cards, rewards, penalties, lore, and commentary.
The player takes the role of a nameless hero that meets a strange Dealer voiced by Anthony Skordi, in a "cabin at the end of the world". Hand of Fate is an action role-playing video game with roguelike and deck-building elements. A sequel, Hand of Fate 2, was released in November 2017. Hand of Fate received generally positive reviews, and led to the successful crowdfunded physical variation of the game. As the player progresses, they can earn tokens, which, upon completion of a dungeon (successfully or not), gain them additional cards that they can use to customize their decks for the next dungeon run. When combat occurs, the game switches to a third-person perspective brawler-style game, requiring the player to time attacks, blocks, dodges, and other abilities to defeat enemies without losing all their health. Most of the game is played through an in-game tabletop tableau, with the player's actions narrated and executed by the mysterious Dealer, at times requiring the player to make choices to proceed. Hand of Fate has the player work their way through randomized dungeons, generated by cards selected from customizable decks, to try to reach a final boss of each dungeon. A PlayStation Vita version was announced but ultimately cancelled due to development issues. Hand of Fate is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Australian studio Defiant Development for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, released via early access on 7 July 2014, and then in the full release on 17 February 2015.
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