Lost Kingdoms II cover art

Lost Kingdoms II

An action RPG where combat is driven by summoning creatures from a card deck.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /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

    4/10

    Real-time card-summoning combat needs some positioning skill.

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Enemies are scripted, not truly adaptive.

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    6/10

    Card draws heavily influence available combat options.

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Deckbuilding and card synergy are the deeply solvable core.

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
2003
Developer
FromSoftware
Platforms
NGC
Modes
Single player, Split screen
IGDB critics
68/100
IGDB users
66/100
Role-playing (RPG)ActionFantasy