Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which Steve Hogarty explores the wilds of early access. This week Steve is still MIA, so Brendan is playing Griftlands, a roguelike card game mostly about arguing.
Developer: Klei Entertainment
Publisher: Klei Entertainment
Release: Out now (early access)
On: Windows
From: Epic Store
Price: 11.50/$15/ 12.50
You can buy drinks for reprobates in Griftlands. The mingling crimefolk of this sci-fi card game hang out in bars and harbours, lounging on static screens hoping to sell you stuff, or waiting for a fight to break out so they can jump in for either side. There are hairy bouncers, froglike bartenders, and scar-faced bandits. Cultists, bent cops, and bounty hunters of all kinds. This is basically a card game based on the pondlife of Mos Eisley cantina, and as a deck-building roguelike of Slay The Spire flavour, it s too short-lived to confidently recommend just yet. But it has enough character that I ll happily pull up a stool and sip my spacejuice as developers Klei finish things off. And while I m at it bartender – drinks for all my new friends!