The Royal Writ

Item: The Royal Writ
Rating: 80
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-09

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Summary

Engaging, replayable gameplay with innovative card mechanics
Charming art and sound design
Deep strategic layers and satisfying combos
Excessive reliance on luck can be frustrating
Confusing rules and mechanics hinder accessibility
Insufficient game content and problematic boss mechanics

Emotions

Satisfaction32%Frustration15%Excitement14%Disappointment7%Joy5%

Reviews (sample size): 88
Helpful reviews: 86%
Unhelpful reviews: 14%
Protest reviews: 0%

80%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
20%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 242
Negative points: 93
Gameplay points: 60
Perf. points: 1
Rec. points: 29
Misc points: 31

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging & Replayable Gameplay Description Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, finding it fun, addictive, and highly replayable. They appreciate its unique mechanics, strategic depth, and engaging gameplay loop, noting its accessibility and long-term appeal. Importance 100%	Players consistently praise the game's overall quality, finding it fun, addictive, and highly replayable. They appreciate its unique mechanics, strategic depth, and engaging gameplay loop, noting its accessibility and long-term appeal.	100%
Charming Art & Sound Description The game's aesthetic elements, including its hand-drawn art style, charming animations, and pleasant music, are highly praised. Players find the visual and auditory design appealing, contributing to an immersive and delightful experience. Importance 49%	The game's aesthetic elements, including its hand-drawn art style, charming animations, and pleasant music, are highly praised. Players find the visual and auditory design appealing, contributing to an immersive and delightful experience.	49%
Innovative Card Mechanics Description The game introduces innovative and unique mechanics within the roguelike deckbuilder genre. Players enjoy the variety of cards, the depth of card synergies, and the clever interactions between different game elements, which keep the gameplay fresh and interesting. Importance 41%	The game introduces innovative and unique mechanics within the roguelike deckbuilder genre. Players enjoy the variety of cards, the depth of card synergies, and the clever interactions between different game elements, which keep the gameplay fresh and interesting.	41%
Satisfying Combo Potential Description Players enjoy discovering and exploiting powerful card combinations and synergies. The ability to create 'broken' combos and achieve high damage outputs provides a satisfying and rewarding gameplay experience. Importance 12%	Players enjoy discovering and exploiting powerful card combinations and synergies. The ability to create 'broken' combos and achieve high damage outputs provides a satisfying and rewarding gameplay experience.	12%
Deep Strategic Layers Description Despite its charming appearance, the game offers significant strategic depth. Players appreciate the complex systems beneath the surface, which allow for intricate planning and decision-making. Importance 6%	Despite its charming appearance, the game offers significant strategic depth. Players appreciate the complex systems beneath the surface, which allow for intricate planning and decision-making.	6%
Smart Cutscene Implementation Description The implementation of cutscenes is well-received, particularly the design choice to only show them on the first progression through an area. This prevents repetition while still providing narrative context. Importance 5%	The implementation of cutscenes is well-received, particularly the design choice to only show them on the first progression through an area. This prevents repetition while still providing narrative context.	5%
Impactful Thematic Story Description The game's story and thematic elements are perceived as realistic and impactful, particularly the concept of units becoming 'worse' with education, which resonates with players. Importance 4%	The game's story and thematic elements are perceived as realistic and impactful, particularly the concept of units becoming 'worse' with education, which resonates with players.	4%
Amusing In-Game Events Description The game incorporates humorous events that players find entertaining and memorable, adding to the overall enjoyment of the experience. Importance 3%	The game incorporates humorous events that players find entertaining and memorable, adding to the overall enjoyment of the experience.	3%
Flexible Fight Management Description The ability to save, quit, and restart fights is a valuable feature. It allows players to experiment and learn game rules without severe penalties, enhancing the learning curve. Importance 3%	The ability to save, quit, and restart fights is a valuable feature. It allows players to experiment and learn game rules without severe penalties, enhancing the learning curve.	3%
Polished & Bug-Free Description The absence of discovered bugs or glitches suggests a high level of polish and stability in the game. Importance 3%	The absence of discovered bugs or glitches suggests a high level of polish and stability in the game.	3%
Encourages Player Attention Description The game's approach to minimal hand-holding encourages players to pay close attention to mechanics and details, fostering a more engaged learning process. Importance 2%	The game's approach to minimal hand-holding encourages players to pay close attention to mechanics and details, fostering a more engaged learning process.	2%
Excellent Score UX Description The user experience for score calculation is described as phenomenal, indicating a clear and satisfying way for players to understand their performance. Importance 2%	The user experience for score calculation is described as phenomenal, indicating a clear and satisfying way for players to understand their performance.	2%
Reasonable Price Point Description Players find the game's price to be very reasonable, indicating good value for the content offered. Importance 2%	Players find the game's price to be very reasonable, indicating good value for the content offered.	2%
Appeals to Card Game Fans Description Some players already have a pre-existing preference for card games, which contributes to their enjoyment of this title. Importance 2%	Some players already have a pre-existing preference for card games, which contributes to their enjoyment of this title.	2%
Unexpected Wargame Elements Description Players were surprised by the inclusion of wargame elements, indicating an unexpected but potentially welcome genre blend. Importance 2%	Players were surprised by the inclusion of wargame elements, indicating an unexpected but potentially welcome genre blend.	2%
Passionate Developer Effort Description Players perceive the developers as passionate about their creation, which often translates into a higher quality and more enjoyable game. Importance 2%	Players perceive the developers as passionate about their creation, which often translates into a higher quality and more enjoyable game.	2%
Clever Item Design Description Specific in-game items or mechanics, such as an item granting gold upon shop entry, are highlighted as clever and beneficial additions. Importance 2%	Specific in-game items or mechanics, such as an item granting gold upon shop entry, are highlighted as clever and beneficial additions.	2%

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