Culdcept Saga for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Culdcept Saga can best be described as the offspring of Magic: The Gathering type card games, & Monopoly type board games.

Story - The story in Culdcept Saga is almost non existent. You are sold into slavery & must battle your way out. You then accompany a princess on a journey. The story is very bare bones and ambiguous. Enough said.

Sound - The soundtrack is pretty good & suits the environments, but because an area can take hours to complete, there is not enough variety. Sound effects are mediocre at best & the voice acting is really bad.

Graphics - While the graphics are crisp & colorful, & the illustrations on the 500+ cards are beautiful to behold, the game is certainly not up to par with Xbox 360 graphics. This looks more like a PS2 game (with HD/widescreen support).

Gameplay - The game's only saving grace. You'll take turns against the AI in the single player campaign, or other players online, rolling & moving around a game board.

You'll randomly draw creatures, as well as spells & items to aid them in battle from your deck of 50 cards (which you can compile from your entire collection before each stage). You must travel around the board & reach all the forts before returning to the castle. On the way you'll place creatures, increase the land value to make your opponent pay a toll if they land on it & lose the battle, and invade the opponents lands. Whoever reaches a certain numerical value of gold/land value etc. first wins.

Defeating your opponent will net you about a dozen new cards, while losers still get a few cards before being forced to try again.

A final note is the difficulty & frustration level of the game. There is a great deal of skill involved, but also a great deal of luck to negate your skill. Many times the AI seems much luckier than you, not to mention at each stage they have access to more/better cards. There will be times you lose after hours of battle.

Even the small group of gamers this will appeal to should try before buying.