Racine
The spirits have gone mad and are assaulting the humans throughout the land. You, the Wanderer, one of the ancient protectors overseeing the relations between humans and spirits, have been awoken to find the source of their anger and restore balance, with the help of your praying cards. Explore a world full of mysteries, enchanting landscapes and mythological creatures, and face unrelenting waves of hostile spirits that will try to prevent you from discovering the secret behind their uprising.
Thanks to the praying cards in your hand, you will be able to influence the outcome of the fights, but you’ll have to do it swiftly: since all of the action is happening in real time the enemies will attack you as soon as they can, whether you played your cards or not. No need to rush into the melee though, for the boosts you give to your character carry on between the fights, so take your time to wisely select the cards you will take with you on your journey.What to expect?
-Dynamic real time combat with increasing intensity: Quickly use your cards to give your character a chance to survive not only the current fight, but also the ones to come. Everything happens in real time so you need to help your avatar by using your cards before he gets crushed by the relentless attacks of the spirit.
-Manage your character appropriately: Act fast but not too hastily, the intensity of the fights will keep increasing so you need to optimize your character’s boosts properly if you want to stand a chance. Since stats boosts you give your character persist between encounters, you may want to think about what would be the most useful things to increase from the start.
-Build your deck: According to your play-style and the dangers to come, you may choose different kinds of cards to take with you on your journey. You’ll have to make a choice, and this choice will determine what options will be available to you when the time to fight comes.
-Gather new praying cards: Explore various areas to find powerful cards that will help you on your journey. Find ancient shrines and sacred sites to discover the cards they hide.
-Start to uncover the secrets of this world: Seek the answers to the mystery of the sudden burst of violence displayed by the spirits, and unveil a part of the truth about the roots of the world you wander.
Game Discussion
Steam User 3
Very original & satisfying but repetitive game system.
Fights are a simple auto-battler (your character & enemies regularly attack each other) where you can only play cards permanently improving your character's stats or giving them an immediate edge... But playing a card is also how you parry enemy hits, leading you to follow closely enemy attacking speeds & patterns.
Creating synergies is quite fun as most build paths that arise lead you toward some manner of breaking the game, but still require you to be active & attentive to your enemies; but repeatedly seeing the same low-level cards does feel a bit monotonous after a while.
The challenge in choosing one's path lessens as one masters the game's systems, the danger in dallying dissipating before one's broken build & consistent parries. The endless mode unlocked after beating every boss feels more immediately satisfying & gets you to advanced synergies faster.
The game's atmosphere of eastern-inspired animism & post-post-apocalypse is really charming, & the soundtrack goes from nice to really cool.
A nice touch I personally loved: (in the french version) the game text sacrifices a bit of clarity for style, to awesome effect.
Steam User 2
It's a lot of fun. It takes a few failed runs to get the hang of things, and then once you finally get a good build going that feels strong, it's a great feeling. It's a roguelike, so expect to die a lot and get stronger over many runs.
Steam User 2
Racine looks chill but hits hard. You build decks, time shields, and try not to get wrecked. No tutorial, just trial and error. It’s rough at first, but when things click, it’s really satisfying. Smart plays matter. Bad luck hurts. I keep losing, but I keep coming back.
Steam User 0
Solid Mechanics, very nice gameplay loop, satisfying progression, neat animations and background art, and really good sound design!
The game clearly needs tweaking and polish here and there, and it did crash multiple times on me that I had to restart my run, but I'd still highly recommend this indie gem!!
I hope that the developers would be motivated to update some character designs and tweak the story dialogue a bit, and give a little extra explanations here and there, if not, at the very least to just finish bug fixing.
Steam User 0
Interesting and fun game, played it while on holiday with my Steam Deck but didn't get around to finishing it till now.
Has its challenges and can be really painful to 100% but also doesn't have anything truly memorable.
6/10 - Decent challenge.
Steam User 0
Nice game, i like the visuals and mechanics. Story is a bit wobbly but overall its very enjoyable game for reflexes and fast thinking.
Steam User 0
Edit: I had a very enjoyable play session after the dev fixed many of the previously mentioned issues. Really happy that they're working to make the game better!