The combat does feel more fluid and heavy then the original. So, the game does improve on the original but itвЂ™s not without its own flaws or annoyances. Keep in mind you can wear as many rings as you desire, and you do not have an inventory limit in how many weapons and pieces of armor you can carry with no need to equip them. Be aware some attacks can only be blocked with a shield. Aside from a sword and shield option you can also find hammers, axes and dual wield weapons. The game has various trinkets you can equip for limited use if you find them on the board. You string together attacks and you can block attacks from foes if they have a green mark when they are attacking, red attacks are unblockable and must be dodged. Once you beat the final challenge of a level, you of course unlock more cards and you unlock more levels.Д¬ombat in the game is still very simple and straightforward. If you land on a gold or silver part of the pendulum you succeed, anywhere else and you fail.

Some events have a skill based mini game in which you must stop a pendulum of light from swinging on a certain space. You now have dice events and events based on a spin of a wheel as well. You have the return of the classic success or failure cards in which you choose one face down card to determine what happens. Some events choices will require you to play a particular mini game to determine success or failure on your choices. Certain equipment or events will require different amounts of fame to be used. You have gold to purchase items and now you also have fame to worry about. Each step on the table will cost one food, as you consume a piece of food you get a small heal, if you have no food you lose health. Sometimes the spaces are just for shops or trading equipment, yet some could have you risking a deal with a den of thieves or hoping a group of goblins is kind enough to give you food. As you move along each card will play out its event with text and then you make whatever choice you feel is right. Your character is represented as a small gold game piece to move across each face down card like itвЂ™s a board game. Some weapons have these tokens now to unlock new weapons, the challenges can involve things like defeating certain factions of enemies a certain amount of times or deflecting attacks and performing a riposte. Just like the last game, some cards will be marked with tokens of various colors, by completing the event or challenges on the card you will unlock more cards to use in future levels. After you set up your deck, the dealer will add in more cards of his own depending on what level youвЂ™ve chosen. Crimson cards are very dangerous events or items that can make you game over very quickly, however with skill you might just be able to use them to destroy any challenge in your way. New platinum cards are valuable events or items that can really save you from a dire situation if luck swings in your favor.

Now we have card rarities to consider as well. You now have one companion you can take with you in each level, you have a preset number of event cards youвЂ™re allowed to take in each stage as well as equipment and supplies you can start with. Before you pick any level in the game you first build a deck just like the previous game.

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