Culdcept Saga Review

Your fifty-card book is constantly getting new cards added to its pool, whether you win or lose a game.  The game never reminds you to upgrade your book, leaving you with the same weak fifty cards until you either read to do so in the manual or magically remember to update your book.  Since keeping a balanced book is one of the keys to victory, it would have been nice if the game did a little teaching regarding this great feature too.  Though the cut-scenes and game board renderings of your creatures look fine, the mid-eighties sci-fi art style of the cards is a little stale.  Yes, it ties into the mythic nature of the creatures and items, but having 2-D cards slash at each other is not nearly as exciting as a 3-D rendered fight would be.  

In the end, Culdcept Saga is certainly not for everyone, but is a damn solid game that everyone should at least give a shot.  Those who fall in love with it will fall hard.