Vault of the Void

App Store Editors’ Notes

Pretty Awesome!

Heard of this game from Dawncaster, and let me say their recommendation did NOT disappoint. The animations are great, building your deck is very much in your control and less rng oriented, and the class playstyles are very fun to play and experiment with. I’m always on the lookout for great deck builders, as many are free to play and the ones that aren’t are usually smaller in scope or horrible balanced, games like Vault of the Void and Dawncaster really are the “height” of premium deck building experiences, definitely will support further to see what content and updates they add if any, for $7 the asking price is more than fair, you can tell there was a lot of work put into this.

Good game, but mid mobile UX

I like the game, and I think it has a ton of potential, but I find it to be very frustrating because the mobile experience often causes cards to accidentally trigger when I’m just trying to read them. I feel like there should be an option to adjust the activation of cards so double tapping them doesn’t activate, and instead dragging them to the appropriate target does (for self-targeting cards just use the top of the screen); this is basically how StS handles it and I’ve put hundreds of hours into that game on mobile with almost no accidental activation. I’ve put maybe 5 hours on this game and I accidentally activate cards at least twice a run, which is really annoying. I would love to play this game more and update my review if this one issue was addressed.

Solid innovation on the genre

Things I’ve appreciated so far: * Solid and diverse puzzle dynamics in enemy setups. * Ability to plan deck archetype by virtue of being able to see card rewards in advance of choosing enemy encounters. * I consider reactive blocking a substantial improvement over the traditional preemptive style. * Design clearly prioritizes UI. Map movement is somewhat nuanced over the traditional tree structure, but selection UI makes the consequences of your choice quite clear. Readability is quite good for my aging vision on my iPhone 13 Pro. Given other people’s comments, perhaps there’s a flaw in the scaling for higher res phones? * I’ve only played the bleed/combo archetype so far, which is solid, but I can see the developer put some thought into organically branching specializations. * Upgrades, rather than being an integer increment, are a one-time revamp of the card. The changes can be quite substantive in terms of utility.

Awesome balance between strategy and dumb luck!

This game takes my favorite genre and fixes the only thing i dislike about rogue-likes: The ability to plan and build a deck that can also be tuned when you come across enemies that are weak to your chosen build. There are still enough RNG elements to make every run unique and fun, and the class mechanics are fun. Note to devs: I’m playing on a large version iPad and sometimes some text gets cut off on the far right of the screen. Not a show stopper, just a small detail.

Amazing deckbuilder!

I’ve been playing this on and off for over a year and still keep coming back. I recently won runs with all 4 base characters on i+70 (just in time for the new 5th character). I love how each characters plays so differently. The amount of depth and freedom in building your deck is incredible, and the Instability system is such a smart way to customize the challenge. Honestly feels like a steal for the price. Easily one of the best deckbuilders out there.

Solid game, needs fine tuning

It’s a lot of fun, and visually impressive. The information overload at the start is frustrating for a while though. There’s also a lot of relics taking up space that have useless effects like gain 20 block on your 4th turn every battle. Definitely need to remove or just tighten them up. Note to dev: Also I end up purging cards when I meant to play them, and vice versa. It happens more when there’s only one enemy, so an option to play a card by flinging it to the left when there’s only 1 enemy would be great.

Great but doesn’t let you keep cards.

I loved playing through the first time, but was really mad when I died and found out you loose all your cards and start all over. The learning curve was big mainly because I had to guess how to select something or move the game forward. Card games like this should allow you to build and keep your own deck.

Sychronization

I bought VAULT OF THE VOID FOR APPLE. I have a problem in terms of synchronization problems when it is through the Apple cloud. Has anyone had the same problem? Also with the keyboard of my iPad m4 the keyboard gives problems only with that game. When one uses the trackpad it does not respond to commands, it is only in that game.