Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

• Genre: RPG
• Time Played: 15 Hours
• Too Short/Long: Feels just about right.
• Pleased/Disappointed: Pleased, I really like these games.
• Why I played: I liked the previous two Voice of Cards games.
• Recommend to others: I would, if you liked the others. I'd suggest starting with the first.

I don't know if Voice of Cards: Beasts of Burden is my favorite of the series. I think I liked the first overall, the most, but I very much enjoy each of these games. I know I had some complaints with the second as far as progression and character builds went and this went in the complete opposite direction.

The last one I know I complained a bit about how much you were forced to grind. This one doesn't put you in that spot as much and grinding is more rewarding anyway because that's how you potentially get new/improved skills. The characters were a little less each their own in combat, but it had the most customization.

Story-wise, it may have been the weakest just because the characters are so stubbornly set in their way and at least for me, rarely actually did what I wanted them to. There were definitely things I saw coming and was like "come on" when it couldn't be avoided. That said, playing it was less of a chore than the last, you're naturally incentivized to do combat, so even if it wasn't actually less - it felt like less, or at least more like the appropriate ratio of story/combat.

It was nice getting three of these games in a relatively short period of time and I do hope to see more Voice of Cards games in the future, but it would be nice if they did something more drastically different in the future, rather than another asset flip.