{"id":2757,"date":"2022-06-27T00:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T00:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/gordian-quest-is-a-deckbuilding-rpg-inspired-by-the-genre-classics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T00:26:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T00:26:34","slug":"gordian-quest-is-a-deckbuilding-rpg-inspired-by-the-genre-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/gordian-quest-is-a-deckbuilding-rpg-inspired-by-the-genre-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordian Quest is a deckbuilding RPG inspired by the genre classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Card-based deckbuilding RPG Gordian Quest has <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/981430\/view\/3358010319627335196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just recently<\/a> left Early Access, reaching a version 1.0 after a few years of development that saw it journey from a just-ok card RPG to one that floats near the top of the pack. Not just my opinion, either, since Gordian Quest sits at 92% positive Steam reviews on a total of 3,461 as I write this.<\/p>\n<p>Building a party from 10 different characters, with their own personality and class, Gordian Quest sends you out on a deckbuilding RPG adventure with a really great broad-based equipment and skills system. It&#8217;s a fusion of the energy of older D&amp;D energy of RPGs like Neverwinter Nights or Ultima with the more modern popularity of roguelike deckbuilders, featuring a more classic four-act campaign alongside alternate modes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Mixed Realms)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The upshot for many is that it&#8217;s not a single setting game. A variety of difficulties are available to you, from a casual mode where deaths are a setback to brutally hardcore. That&#8217;s just campaign mode, there&#8217;s also a mode called Realm Mode, which is built from the ground up as a roguelite experience. Both modes use include a meta-game progression system that gives you benefits which carry over into future playthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/981430\/Gordian_Quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordian Quest on Steam<\/a> for $20, or 25% off until July 7th for the summer sale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Gordian Quest is a deckbuilding RPG inspired by the genre classics<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Card-based deckbuilding RPG Gordian Quest has <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/981430\/view\/3358010319627335196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just recently<\/a> left Early Access, reaching a version 1.0 after a few years of development that saw it journey from a just-ok card RPG to one that floats near the top of the pack. Not just my opinion, either, since Gordian Quest sits at 92% positive Steam reviews on a total of 3,461 as I write this.<\/p>\n<p>Building a party from 10 different characters, with their own personality and class, Gordian Quest sends you out on a deckbuilding RPG adventure with a really great broad-based equipment and skills system. It&#8217;s a fusion of the energy of older D&amp;D energy of RPGs like Neverwinter Nights or Ultima with the more modern popularity of roguelike deckbuilders, featuring a more classic four-act campaign alongside alternate modes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Mixed Realms)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The upshot for many is that it&#8217;s not a single setting game. A variety of difficulties are available to you, from a casual mode where deaths are a setback to brutally hardcore. That&#8217;s just campaign mode, there&#8217;s also a mode called Realm Mode, which is built from the ground up as a roguelite experience. Both modes use include a meta-game progression system that gives you benefits which carry over into future playthroughs.<\/p>\n<p>You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/981430\/Gordian_Quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gordian Quest on Steam<\/a> for $20, or 25% off until July 7th for the summer sale.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}