The twist is that cards in Ancient Enemy power up abilities you use to attack various enemies, making your way through a world of hooded bandits and skeleton warriors one combo at a time. The cards are dealt out, and then you stack them (either one number higher or lower) atop one another until you run out of moves.
“Fancy” solitaire, I’ve taken to calling it, but solitaire nevertheless. Be weird! Be creative! Be uncomfortable! And most of all, be memorable. 1 is yet more proof that games can be so much more than just the relentless pursuit of bland realism. And Tales from Off-Peak City? Two city blocks, housing a pizza place, a pawn shop, and (somewhere) a legendary saxophone ripe for the stealing. The first takes place in a bootleg train station, the latter in a labyrinthine music-themed hotel. 2015’s prologue (or demo) Off-Peak is a great place to start if you want to get a feel for these strange adventure games, and The Norwood Suite is fairly cheap as well. Little did I know building-shaped-like-a-face was one of the least surreal encounters in Cosmo D’s oeuvre.
1 there was a shot of a city block, and one of the buildings doubled as an enormous face. In a press release for Tales from Off-Peak City, Vol.
A single screenshot convinced me to play through all of Cosmo D’s games.
