S4E18 - SteamWorld Quest - "Cards are an aesthetic"

In This Episode:

We cover a quick main topic of SteamWorld Quest and then jump
into an extra long Weekly Geekery since we skipped it for our
Avengers Endgame spoilercast last week.  


In short, the SteamWorld games are pretty fantastic. They take a
steampunk look and put the robots and cogs and gears into
different settings. 


SteamWorld Dig is a western, SteamWorld Heist is in space, and
now SteamWorld Quest is medieval fantasy. They all work so
incredibly well that you almost forget you're playing with silly
robots.


SWQuest itself is a card-based RPG based on deckbuilding, but it
does not play like that. The cards themselves are basically just
facades for abilities you learn and choose from, and the re-draws
are essentially just cooldowns you get every turn.


The game's story is nothing special, but the graphics are
beautiful, and the gameplay is far, far, far better than we had
expected. If you're looking for a fun, cheap RPG on the Nintendo
Switch (and who isn't?), you could do a lot worse than SteamWorld
Quest.


And we promise: if you aren't a fan of card-battle games, you can
still like this one. Beej does, and he hates card-battles in
RPGs.
Weekly Geekery

Beej brings some more JRPG love including Dragon Quest talk and
Final Fantasy disparaging. He also finished Skyward, started the
Wheel of Time, is researching local races, and is still playing
MTGA.


Void finish the Katamari Damacy Boss Fight book, starting looking
into meditation apps, is still hooked on MTGA, and actually
played Magic: The Gathering in person with physical cards! Even
his kids love it!
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