The deck elements of this game necessitate slowing down: figuring out what cards you want, what to upgrade, what to toss, that sort of decision making that’s not always going to come easily. This game is dedicated to having a fast pace, and for a roguelike, where you will be restarting from scratch over and over, that’s a great thing. Moving from area to area is quick and seamless, the battles go off at a fast clip, and when you choose a card, you get an automatic preview of what it does without needing to press any extra buttons. See, Eden is fast and snappy, and no matter how much you think a game with cards should be otherwise, it’s dedicated to keeping a general feel of constant momentum. It’s a fusion of two opposite ends of game speed, and it ends up working like a charm. It results in a really unique setup, where you simultaneously need to carefully consider what cards you shove in your deck and also realize that you’re not going to have much time to consider combos or synergy in the heat of battle. And in being a roguelike, it’s taking that fast paced gameplay and putting it through the wringer of endlessly repeating runs. You’re using your shuffled deck in fast paced, real time fights, where you take what you get in grid-based action fights and have to quickly react to it or else you’re toast.
It’s not a slow, thoughtful turn based game. Crucially, this means that Eden isn’t exactly what you picture when you think of a deck of cards. Though perhaps we’re going through a bit of a glut of games like that at the moment, don’t blame Eden for being a copycat: it’s based off Megaman Battle Network, a deckbuilding gameplay system that’s over a decade old at this point. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: this game is a deckbuilding roguelike where you fight enemies, collect cards, and try to forge a powerful enough deck to make it through to the end. It’s not exactly what fans of Battle Network have likely been craving, but don’t let that stop you from seeing One Step From Eden for what it is, and that’s really something special. Alter your expectations accordingly, and what you’re going to find here is a tightly constructed game that’s doing that altered premise exceedingly well. This is no RPG, this is a fast paced roguelike using the gameplay system from an old RPG in a unique way. But the meat on those bones is of an entirely different type. Oh, it’s absolutely built off the skeleton of those games, a glance at any screenshot makes that obvious. Let’s get this out of the way: One Step From Eden is not the next Megaman Battle Network you’re all looking for.
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