Cryptmaster, a story journey the place your phrases are your energy, had a preferred in-universe card minigame, “No matter,” that you would play in opposition to sure characters to win extra playing cards so as to add to your deck. First, let’s check out No matter and perceive how this deckbuilding minigame turned so fashionable.
In No matter, your purpose is to eradicate your opponent’s life earlier than they destroy yours. That is achieved by taking part in letter tabs (suppose the letters in Scrabble!) that match the letters in the names of the playing cards in your hand. In case you full a card’s title, then its capability goes into impact, which ranges from therapeutic your self, dealing harm to the opponent, rising your hand dimension, and far more.
In case you defeat your opponent, you’ll be able to win a card to combine into your deck and win souls that can be utilized in the predominant sport for highly effective assaults. This is the reason it’s a minigame– No matter card battles break up the stream of your development via the dungeon crawler and supply sources so that you can proceed progressing. What we by no means anticipated was how a lot gamers would get into it.
In the Anniversary Update, there are a couple of enhancements to No matter which shake up the minigame, add extra alternatives to strategize and strengthen your deck, and face new opponents bringing their very own strengths and weaknesses to problem you. We considered this as “maximizing the minigame.” What if a participant needed to play Cryptmaster solely for No matter? How might we serve that participant greatest?
First off, we added so many new playing cards to the minigame. I’m speaking triple digits quantities! Over 100 new playing cards with new results and combos for gamers to play with. A part of it’s giving new instruments for gamers to play with however we additionally needed to maximise card synergies to creating deck development extra compelling. Do you go dangerous and have many playing cards share the identical letters? You’d deal extra harm and get extra results off however you would spend whole turns lacking your wanted letters. Or you would play extra conservatively the place you’re extra more likely to hit your letters however much less more likely to hit a number of playing cards at a time. I’ll be curious how gamers will play with the new playing cards.
With so many new playing cards, we additionally introduced a brand new place to play No matter and meet new characters to play with. The tavern was constructed in the Downwood space and lots of acquainted faces come there to play. If gamers defeat all 5 opponents, they transfer onto the subsequent flooring to face off in opposition to the extra aggressive gamers of the dastardly card sport. Meet the Innkeeper who runs the constructing and the mysterious Highwayman who hides in the shadows however is prepared to maintain their facet of the deal. Extra opponents means extra decks to play in opposition to, extra challenges and puzzles to unravel so gamers can proceed to gather the playing cards and refine their methods.
After we noticed folks connecting with No matter and the way a lot they loved taking part in the minigame, we have been ecstatic to consider new concepts and new content material to assist the rising love for No matter. With new characters every with their very own tales, over 100 new playing cards with distinctive skills, new places to play in, and extra, there are hours of recent content material to dive into for the in-universe card minigame, No matter. Merely sort “no matter” and deal the playing cards.
No matter…course you select, you’re positive to search out new challenges in the Cryptmaster Anniversary Update, out now on Xbox.
Cryptmaster
Akupara Video games
$24.99
SAY ANYTHING in this weird dungeon journey the place phrases management every thing. Fill in the blanks with textual content or voice to uncover misplaced skills, embark on unusual quests, and clear up mindbending riddles. Are you able to conquer the crypt and uncover the thriller at the coronary heart of CRYPTMASTER?
In the historic previous, 4 courageous heroes banded collectively to destroy a horrible evil, giving their lives to avoid wasting numerous others. However now their everlasting relaxation has been disturbed by the Cryptmaster, a capricious necromancer in whose thrall they need to ascend via the buried strata of the metropolis above them – the gloomy Bonehouses, mysterious Sunken Sea and freakish Downwood.
With the enigmatic Soulstone in hand, the 4 adventurers should get well their reminiscences, clear up whimsical puzzles and defeat outlandish enemies. From fishing and card video games to bardic rap battles, discovering the proper phrase is the key to success. Who is aware of, possibly you may even bear in mind a bit greater than you bargained for…