What a wild ride it was!

I had the game on wishlist for quite some time. Trailer gave me the Swords & Souls vibe: play minigames to strenghten the party, minigames get progressively harder and so on - got instantly interested and oh boy...

It is indeed similiar to Swords & Souls, and also there I was grinding minigames like crazy. The turn based battles were never my thing, so I was glad I could just set the battles on auto and focus on playing the meaty part.

So about the meaty part - minigames!
I love how the minigames do change with getting more and more upgrades. Like the digging minigame - you start with short expeditions trying to dig as much gold as possible and after getting some upgrades you try to catch some sweet multiplier from chess pieces or multiplier potions, ideally both. After some more upgrades you can get a lot deeper by detonating bombs while collecting even more bombs and when you think you've seen everything, there are more gamechangers after you complete some game modes.

Collecting apples? Not for long - you'll be playing bullet hell in no time!
Fishing? At first yes, later you're probably gonna avoid the fish to catch more fish... however ridiculous it sounds like.

But hey - there are also Vampire Survivors but different and a chill minigame about tactical ice gathering by carefuly deploying bombs and drones... or just deploy everything and watch the ice melt!

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The gamemodes were fun as well - not like 100% fun, but still it was great! It isn't just some challenge mode - it's kinda like New Game+, as you carry some progress from previous gamemodes. You get some unlocks as well!

The story was kinda basic yet fun with optional skits being a bit like short, kinda funny side stories.

Technicaly the game is very good with tons of Quality of Life features - amazingly well done!

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TL;DR
Overall, gameplay is just brilliant. Graphics and music is pleasant, story is simple but fun. There's something waiting around every corner. Complete the game and you still got a lot more to do if you dare! I dare - I got 100% achievements and it was some well spent money!

Was definitely fun at first and has its charme, that is, aslong as you don't aim to 100% it. The minigames all have automodes and its mostly a half-idle game.

The achievements are quite a grindy pain, it will take a lot of time and sometimes can get frustrating if it gets you stuck due to bad luck.

Fantastic incremental - always more to do, never boring and never seriously tedious. Highly recommend.