Addictiveness is something you won’t be short of in this dark deckbuilder.
If you’ve played a deckbuilder before, then you’ll know how addictive and enjoyable they can be. Burn With Me is no exception and is just inherently addictive for several reasons. Unlike a lot of games within the genre, you don’t build your deck from the start of the game all the way to the end; instead, it’s improved in chapters, which usually have between 10 and 20 levels. In hindsight, your decks don’t really last that long, as each chapter has unique cards and mechanics introduced, so all of them are uniquely different, which makes the game even more enjoyable.
Even when RNG doesn’t go your way, it still doesn’t kill the inherently addictive nature that Burn With Me has, which is probably weird to say, because if a game isn’t going your way and you sometimes struggle to progress, how exactly can it be enjoyable and leave you wanting more? Truth be told, the best reasoning I can come up with is desperately wanting to succeed after falling short so many times, which is something you’ll most likely grow accustomed to after playing.
As a deckbuilder, it suffers greatly from what games in that genre are prone to.
Whilst deckbuilders are known mostly for their creativity and addictiveness, RNG is also something they’re well known for, and it can kind of suck, especially if your luck in life or in video games is nonexistent. Burn with Me, in general, is a unique but fun game within the genre; unfortunately, the RNG can be brutal at times making it feel like you’re playing the lottery at times instead of an actual game. The basis of it is pretty simple: you need a certain amount of points played from five cards to progress through the chapter, until you eventually reach the boss, then proceed to the next chapter.
Gaining the points is fairly straightforward; the challenge comes in getting the cards needed to pull off synergies to achieve high points, which can be a real pain at times. Have good luck, and you’ll find the game a breeze; have the complete opposite, and progressing will be frustrating along with time-consuming. The good news is that the time spent failing (if you do) allows you to analyze and understand the best synergies to use from the cards available in the chapter, meaning that once you get a good hand, you’ll be fully prepared to take on the boss and proceed to the next chapter.
When a game is made to be RNG-dependent, it can always leave a bitter taste, especially if you’re on the receiving end of it. Hours pass, and it feels like you’ve made no progress at all, simply because luck wasn’t on your side. No one really wants to spend hours on a game that is luck-reliant, only to then receive none of it and find it extremely difficult to progress. Without it, Burn With Me definitely poses a challenge with its point requirements, but its addictiveness, unique gameplay, and appealing nature far outweighs the luck which you’ll be hoping for each run.
