Mahokenshi combines samurai action, deck building, and top-down strategy gameplay into one inventive genre fusion.
Ever since Slay the Spire was released in 2017, deck-building has become a go-to genre for indie developers, right up there with roguelikes and Metroidvanias. Six years ago, it felt like a relatively untapped genre waiting to be torn apart. In 2023, the scene is much more bustling, which makes it a bit more difficult for something genuinely fresh to break through.
What’s the deal? At first glance, Mahokenshi might look like a traditional tactics game. Players take control of a samurai battling their way through the Celestial Islands, a series of detailed, grid-like maps made of hexagonal tiles. On each turn, players get four ticks of energy that can be used to move and attack enemies scattered throughout the map. Each tile has its own specific effect, with something like a forest tile granting a bit of defense on a turn.
There are a lot of similarities to Slay the Spire here if you look hard enough, but entirely deconstructed and reassembled in clever ways. Missions, for instance, almost play out like an open-ended roguelike run. In an early one, I need to make my way north up a map to seal an oni-spawning summoning pit within 22 turns. As I move up the map, I come across a variety of tiles I can take detours to — so long as I’m confident I can reach my main objective in time.
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