Duelists of Eden is an incredible follow-up to one of the coolest deck builder hybrids ever made: One Step From Eden. In One Step From Eden, you fight through loads of awesome enemies and bosses, discover game-changing artefacts, and build a powerful deck as you go. Fights take place in real-time on a grid and have you firing off different spells from your deck and trying to create a build around them as you go.
It’s all very heavily inspired by the Mega Man Battle Network games, and it’s truly sublime. It had multiple endings, plenty of stuff to unlock, and a gameplay loop that could theoretically last you hundreds of hours. Duelist’s of Eden isn’t a sequel to One Step From Eden, it’s a new version of the game, but instead of playing against enemies and bosses, you’re fighting for your life against other players in brutal PvP battles.
In Duelists of Eden, you get to pick your character, build the deck that you want, and then go online to try and beat down other people who’ve done the same. The result is an intensely fast-paced fighting game with a unique feel to it. If you’re a fan of the original roguelike then you’re in for a treat with an entirely new level of challenges, whereas if you’re a fighting game fan who’s looking for something different, Duelists of Eden is exactly that. As with any game, it helps that the graphics are amazing and the sound design is great. It also helps that despite this being a truly exceptional game, it’s somehow less than a fiver.
The bottom line is, you can get this instead of a coffee and still have enough money left over for a chocolate bar or an energy drink to help you try and retain full focus for the battles ahead.
