Urban Cards

This is the most challenging & frustrating game of its genre I've ever played. While each card type takes a while to master, it feels like it doesn't really matter how good you are sometimes if RNG decides you stink.
Well, it feels better to blame rng, anyways. This is a game of patience, timing, knowledge & memory. I don't think I'm ever going to beat it, and there have been several times I've wanted to snap my deck clean in half after being served a boss my deck wasn't built for.
Urban Cards requires 1 part luck, 2 parts skill and 6 parts willingness to start again. I'm aware that math doesn't add up - that's because I'm still missing the key to completing this game.
If you're looking for something to actually challenge your knowledge on deck builders & test your favour with the RNG gods, look no further. If you want a quick and easy deck builder you can finish in a day, skip this one.

Fun, thought provoking, casual, and strong concept.

I played many roguelikes, and out of all of them this is one I feel the most neutral about. I think it needs a bit more time in the oven.
The debt system required a bit more thought, and the events in the game need a bit more of that as well. Progress towards earning new cards is unclear. Defeating an enemy with debt doesn't seem achievable but perhaps the right cards have't been unlocked for me yet?
The game has a lot of positives going for it, in spite of all this. It's fun enough to play.
7.5/10

I don't know why so many negative reviews. This is a great game, with a different spin on deck building games. Definitely a lot better than a lot of roguelike card games. The devs have appeared to be tweaking it over the years so it is a lot more balanced. I find I can win the game 1 out ever three runs once you learn how the game works. There are some cards that are definitely better than others but not always in every case depends on how you build your deck. Would be kind of nice if you could see your future path so you can decide accordingly on how to handle the bosses. If you get this game on sale and you like deckbuilder games I don't see how you could go wrong with it.

A strategy roguelike with little replayability due to it being too strategically shallow. But it also has a dazzling AD, and fun enough mechanics that it can keep entertaining you until you can no longer overlook its limitations. Took me 20 hours, the rest was me trying to close up on the achievements before it stopped being fun altogether.
On the plus side, the game has a super groovy soundtrack, and a rich, lovely AD with lots of humor. From wallet-losing tourists to actual sharks wearing suits and playing the stock market, the game finds lots of light-hearted ways to explore the business world, and is worth every penny for the laughs alone.
And, while I usually couldn't care less about it, the amazing voice acting is a lot of added value. Nothing like several workaholic brokers going "sleeping is overrated!" in quick succession.
Now on the negative side, the game consists in a series of 2-player card game encounters, but the card game itself isn't very interactive, and lacks polishing. Notably, no matter how conservative players are, they'll eventually run out of cards in their hands, and the advantage you can get from vomiting your hand early on is way too easy to mitigate. Once you realize that, you'll start picking only high-impact cards and remove the cheap ones every chance you get, and as a result, deckbuilding isn't very stimulating. (If henchmen could target workers, aggro strategies would probably be a lot more relevant)
Apart from that, the game puts a lot of emphasis on the debt mechanic, which turns out to be mostly anecdotical. Winning with it is near unfeasable (resulting in certain cards feeling like they exist just to be played against you), and losing due to it is also unlikely, due to that one event that shows up every 2 or 3 matches and lets you remove a massive amount of it.
It could be an issue - and therefore add some depth to the game - if you weren't always guaranteed to have enough cash to afford it. But you do. In fact, you make so much money in this game, that you barely ever have to make a choice at all, and can usually afford to buy items you don't want just for the luxury of removing them from the pool.
Lastly, there's few different events, and they're mostly... uneventful. Fun writing, though.
All in all, the gameplay's not too bad, but lacks refinement. However, it's enough for a really fun couple dozen hours.