Crown Trick vs FATE: The Traitor Soul
Crown Trick
Crown Trick is a roguelike adventure RPG that’s set in the Realm of Nightmares. In this game, nightmares from this realm have spewed forth, bringing pain and suffering upon the inhabitants of the mortal realm. As the last remaining dreamwalker, albeit a novice, you, playing as a young girl called Elle, are the only one left to save the world from the never-ending nightmares, and with the help of the arrogant yet omniscient Crown, you might be able to do just that!In a roguelike context, Crown Trick is perhaps the very first to use what is a rare gameplay mechanism to further enhance its turn-based gameplay, and not every move or action will consume a turn either. There are some abilities, blinking for instance, which will allow you to move and perform an action in a single turn, but of course, you will have a limited number of blinks, and restoring them takes some strategizing, especially during boss fights, as well.
As a dungeon crawler of sorts, Crown Trick offers players a nice variety of loot, ranging from the usual weapons and consumable items, to the much more valuable relics that grant permanent passive abilities for the entire dungeon run. As mentioned before, weapons in this game have different attack ranges and grids, and this is important when considering which weapons to equip since you can only have one at any time, and which Familiar abilities (which we’ll cover in a bit), items and relics to complement the weapon you’ve chosen.
Crown Trick is truly one of the best indie roguelikes that I’ve had the pleasure of playing and reviewing. It’s not as hard as Children of Morta mainly because of its turn-based-like format but its quality is on par with the former game and that’s the highest praise I could give. So, to sum up, if you love turn-based games and roguelikes, Crown Trick is one game you mustn’t miss out on!
FATE: The Traitor Soul
FATE: The Traitor Soul is the third installment in the popular and classic dungeon crawler game series, Fate. Set off on yet another exciting adventure - this time, to the Temple of Fate - in hopes of securing the treasures that are rumored to be hidden within. However, you'll need to first get through the Temple's Chamber of Trials consisting of numerous dungeons, caverns and tunnels. Like the original, you'll have a pet by your side, but you get to choose one out of five available. You can also choose a hero out of the three (an Orc, Cogger, or Elven warrior) to play with. Of course, having so many loot in your backpack, you can trade them in town or even gamble them away for a chance to get something better.Playing Fate will always bring back the good old memories of the hours you've spent playing it back when it was "the dungeon crawler game to play". Fans of classic dungeon crawlers will find this game an absolute delight, that's for sure!