Cardpocalypse

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Summary

Cardpocalypse is a single-player card game where you change the cards and the rules as you play, delivered within a charming school-based narrative.


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Cardpocalypse Reviews & Ratings

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Review by TheSixthAxis
November 20, 2020

I didn’t expect Cardpocalypse to resonate with me as much as it did. It's a cute, clever and charming little homage to what CCG life used to be like. Sure, we didn’t have supernatural big bads running around the playground, but the excitement of opening a booster pack or getting a new rare to put in your deck really shines through. If you’re a CCG fan, or even if you just think back to your Pokémon cards with a sense of nostalgia, definitely give Cardpocalypse a look.

80
Review by setuis [user]
October 16, 2020

A good card battler when you first get into it. You have a variant of cards with different effects some standard effects (e.g charge) attack the turn monster is played , defender block damage from going to your champion's health pool , Moprh which switches its attack and defense each turn , Swarm which gets +1 tll the end of turn for each minion played , hiding meaning it can't be attacked by the enemy chamption/ monsters. and finally lethal where if the minion just does 1 damage to another miinion it will kill it. There are four factions to play Dogs , Cats , Snakes, Mouse. Snakes are strong due to lethal being very powerful , this can be combined with stickers to combine lethal with defender for example. Stickers allow you to change the cost of minion , attack of minion and health of minion. The story mode allows you to skip fights if you wish to do so this is reccomended as game needs to be played four times for platinum trophy to get this platinum you need to visit the friends house twice that play through and everyone else once. The new recent expansion was also tried and it introudces a netural clan and mini story but no trophies so Just stick to base game if your a trophy hunter. The expansion adds new cards and strickers and can make the game longer if you do each extra challange before movining on. Its recommneded to build a red , green or purple deck however as Blue pipsqueak is underpowered and its recommeded you trade all blue cards for clans of other colours as you are given a full blue deck on day 4 thursday due to story misson. Its recommneded you always boost defender , boost charge , boost lethal in order to get the tiny dog to 4/4. eveything else should be nerfed. Always trade large cost food cards e.g something costing 10 mana is not very good. Certain cards have additional effects like +2/+2 each turn etc these cards are fantastic. The most powerful cards in game are barc angel a red card with 3/3 stats a must use with a hidden sticker to protect it from most problems to get +3/+3 to every minion every turn due to its effect.. Another great card is fenix its a defender which returns to hand every time it dies its the only minion i have seen that returns to hand and yet again its a red card , putting a lethal sticker on this and lowering food cost sticker makes it an utterly broken card for 2 mana each turn. Finally you can change the rules in this game when you defeat a power pets monster that appears at the school this changes the game often. On your first play through I would recommending doing all quests and taking notes which cards drop for your other play throughs to shorten your deck to just what you need. Best wishes folks.

80
Review by Xbox_Alive [user]
January 5, 2020

Cardpocalypse has a hand-drawn style, with the characters and environments appearing to be part of a story book created by a kid with a greatCardpocalypse has a hand-drawn style, with the characters and environments appearing to be part of a story book created by a kid with a great deal of imagination. While the animations can sometimes seem non-existent or bland, the art style lends itself very well to the overall presentation. The sound design isn’t bad, but is nothing you'll find yourself humming when not playing. Some moments shine more than others, the title screen definitely starts the hype I felt as a kid when my favorite shows came on TV as a kid. With the schoolyard story of kids fighting monsters and playing cards, it really takes me back to my son's childhood of trading on the playground and hiding from the adults who would probably take his shiny trading cards. Jess is a strong-spirited girl who is pretty easy to identify with. Her charming bravery and dedication to just having fun at her new school while trying her best to fit in is certainly admirable. Buckling down and doing her best to save the school, and the entire world shows just how brave a kid can really be. While the game has its quirks and with a few bugs, it's honestly an enjoyable little journey that kids of all ages can play and enjoy on the Xbox One family of consoles.

70
Review by Chulja [user]
January 3, 2020

While the cardgame itself seems to develop some nice mechanisms and potential, the story surroundings become annoying fast to me. Good oldWhile the cardgame itself seems to develop some nice mechanisms and potential, the story surroundings become annoying fast to me. Good old quest WORK, go here, go there, and here, and there, and there, and here. You will find tons of dialouge, dialogue and dialogue. It feels like pure "Let`s work em up" Quests. The idea of putting the card battles into a storyline is not so bad, the realization annoyed and bored me pretty fast. This is not a bad game, a lot of good potential is eaten by annoying questwork.

66
Review by Xbox Tavern
December 13, 2019

Cardpocalypse is a nostalgic blast from the past. Players who enjoyed card games such as Yugioh! will get a kick from this along with a flood of warm memories of the 90’s. The turn based title may have trouble shining through among other titles in the genre, but I can’t knock Cardpocalypse for gameplay and story narrative.

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Game Information
Release Date December 11, 2019
Publisher Versus Evil, Gambrinous
Content Rated E10+ (Everyone 10+)
Game Modes Single player
Genres Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Themes Fantasy, Comedy
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch