Tactical JRPG Grand Guilds Brings Turn-Based Card Combat To Switch This Week

Hmmm, lot of cash for a card game. Patience is free, and very popular at the moment.

I didn't know I needed this until I saw that trailer. Sure it has PS2 level graphics but Fire Emblem aesthetics with a card based twist sounds fresh and right up my alley.

Well, I for one don't mind slightly less appealing graphics, if the vibe is right. The vibe seems right until they start using those special attacks that are incredibly non-sensical.

But that's me. I wish they kept their movesets a bit more down to earth, but I am clearly no longer the target audience.

Sounds good, as I generally love sRPGs and card games. It does look horrible though. I mean, the 2D assets look decent enough actually, but the 3D assest? Boy oh boy

Has that "generic middle-of-the-road budget 3D visuals" (quite the mouthful ^^) look to it, that unfortunately has the potential to take you right out of the experience, esp. if the game has a heavy focus on narrativen, setting, atmosphere and such. Less of an issue for a multiplayer game then, but for a story-driven RPG? Kinda a big deal.

Not saying it is a deal breaker, if the gameplay is really good, and maybe some decent voice acting and music, it won't matter that much.

I'm currently playing Operation Darkness on X360. The game features decent music, very strong voice acting und really good 2D character art. Unfortunately, the 3D side of things is butt-ugly, like cheap late-PS2 era ugly. Still, it is an sRPG with a lot of heart and one of the coolest settings out there for RPGs such as this (think basically Hellsing as a jRPG, as you'll be fighting alot of Nazi Vampires and Tiger Tanks among others).

Might be good to have a demo for this then. I'm only playing Operation Darkness because the setting intrigued me enough to try the demo, which in turn - despite some other flaws like a really unwieldy camera for instance - sold me on the entire experience. Also, demos are a good idea in general. Some games might not be ideally suited for being demo'ed, but this, I assume would.

Seeing as it is on Steam though, there is always the option to try it their and return it, if it's not to one's liking. I generally don't bother with that though, hence I'd definitely prefer a demo

@Lordplops I can't play rpgs with cards.. except Baten Kaitos.. but other card games are too slow for me. I prefer a fast action in a RPG

@Alucard83 Baten Kaitos was underrated

Looks interesting, but I think I'll wait for a review for this one.

Reading the title of the article, it had me up until i read "Card Combat". Pass

I like what I see. The visuals could be better but they're more than adequate for an RPG to immerse me. I'm interested.

I have mad love for sRPGs and card games. Dam, I just bought a frick-ton of games though for this whole situation in my city so I might never get to this

Just because I like card games and sRPG's doesn't necessarily mean I want to mix the two. I love pizza and apple pie both but mixing those sounds terrible.

I'll stick with Fire Emblem and go back the Hearthstone if I want to pick up a card game again.

Full set of cards (to unlock in the story) or microtransactions?