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Inscryption
Released On: Oct 19, 2021
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8.6
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
85
85% Positive
45 Reviews
45 Reviews
6% Mixed
3 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
85
85% Positive
45 Reviews
45 Reviews
6% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The art style, mixed with the fun mechanic of deck building, puzzles, and overarching story is just phenomenal. And that my friends, is just Act I, at already 8 hours of playtime. Inscryption has three total acts, with much, much more content waiting for you to uncover. It has been a bit since I finished the game, but I haven’t been able to put out the review because of life things. Even so, months later, I still can’t get Inscryption out of my head. It’s just that good. You will not find a better bargain for your buck as far as story-rich horror games go.
The creepiest hand of cards you'll ever play, and one of the best pieces of interactive fiction I've seen in years.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 348 User Ratings
8.6
83% Positive
289 Ratings
289 Ratings
12% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
5% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 348 User Ratings
8.6
83% Positive
289 Ratings
289 Ratings
12% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
5% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
*SPOILER FREE*
People like to exaggerate on reviews, give amazing games a 0 because of something quite small. Like how people would give The Last of Us Part 2 a 0 because it had "bad graphics". However, if there is anyone reading this, I would like to make this clear, this is one of the few games where a 10/10 is an acceptable, and totally understandable rating. I do feel like the main criticism for this game is that the gameplay didn't match the story in quality, while there are some parts where the game may be frustrating (when the game makes a big change), if you go into it expecting to change your strategy, the gameplay is perfectly acceptable. This is a once in a lifetime game, it really is as good as people said it would be. If this game has been on your backlog, I encourage you to play it. This is the best game I have ever played, and it might be yours too.
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Inscryption is an amazingly well-put-together piece of work. The atmosphere presented…well, I’ve already doted on it multiple times. And I’ll do so again: it’s unsettling, occasionally oppressive, and always keeps the player on their toes. It could easily carry the work on its own, but luckily the card game mechanics are solid and sound as well. It’s easy to pick up, but with a ton of variables to allow customization and multiple viable approaches to the challenges provided. If only it didn’t stumble literally right at the finish line, I’d call this a near-perfectly designed game. Unfortunately, that last moment soured me on the experience…not enough render the whole thing moot (a la Mass Effect 3), but I just can’t shake it off. Despite that, Inscryption is a game that I can recommend highly. Even if you’re not typically a fan of deckbuilding games (just as I used to be), if you want some unsettling vibes for the season, this is your game right here.
This is a game unlike any other, that delivers one surprise after another, with plenty of twists to create an experience where nothing it what it seems.
Even if you feel extremely tired from the oversaturation of card-based games you should give Inscryption a change. Its fresh take on the genre offers an especially clever satire of the card-based motif and an overall experience that in the end feels like a well-crafted story-based game disguised as a roguelike. Its full story comes to an end at around 8 hours, but not before it provides a wealth of unexpected twists and turns in both its gameplay and presentation.
The game is an unholy hybrid of a roguelike deck-builder and first-person escape-room experience that reveals itself to be a grand reflection of and meditation on lives lived within a bubble.
At its best when it's strangest, Inscryption doesn't know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
A fantastic game, original, fun and thrilling. One of the best I've played in years.
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The first few hours of Inscryption are amazing, easily one of the best deckbuilding card games Iv ever played. Everything after those initial moments is mediocre at best and **** stuck to a wall at its worst,. Without trying to spoil much there are different levels in the game that have completely different art styles and game mechanics that center around cards and the results are not very consistent past the first level. I also didnt like the self insert videos that bordered on creepypasta levels of cringe, I feel like it took me out of the experience for no real benefit.
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This one took me a little while to get into. It feels like a bland card battler at first but eventually it morphs into something else. Definitely worth it.
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THIS IS NOT A ROGUELIKE!
Don't get scammed and anticipate the next Slay the Spire!
What it is, is fine, but nothing groundbreaking.
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Summary Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date: Oct 19, 2021
Developer:
- Daniel Mullins Games
Publisher: Devolver Digital
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