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Hand of Fate 2

An expanded card-driven action RPG where improved combat execution and broader equipment synergies meet high encounter variance.

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Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    Expanded combat with more weapon types raises the execution ceiling

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Companion-scripted AI provides no genuine reads

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    7/10

    Multi-dealer card system adds more complex hidden-information layers

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Companion abilities and equipment synergies deepen build planning vs. original

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2017
Developer
Defiant Development
Platforms
PS4, Linux, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
76/100
IGDB users
70/100
Role-playing (RPG)Turn-based strategy (TBS)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureIndieCard & Board GameActionFantasy