TLDR: Game is very fun. The negative reviews have (some) merit, but its nowhere near as abysmal as they make it sound.

Original Shadowverse was a really solid card game, this is all that and more. It's slicker, way prettier (and original was already a very good looking digital card game) and already tons of fun even with a very small initial card set (56 cards you start with, 142 to get in packs, but next set is just a month out).

Everyone on here is aggressively complaining about the "issues" with ingame currency and vials (what you use to "buy" individual cards, instead of opening packs for them), but honestly I don't think it's going to be all that much. It might take you a little longer to craft your "perfect" list, but... Just play with the cards you have. Enjoy life. Play some good cards, make some friends, have some good times.

I was a little excited to revisit ELDEN RING now, and the recent patch unfortunately brought back all the frame pacing problems of the original release. It's still a pretty good game, but it will almost certainly not run smoothly. I've seen it tested running on medium settings @ 1080p on a rtx4060 and stuttering. If you get it, just know that it's not your PC that's bad; it genuinely just runs like that. They did fix it, somewhat, in 1.02.3, but its back again now with the DLC patch (even if you dont own the DLC!). It's not "unplayable", but it's certainly unenjoyable. If it gets fixed, I'll rectify this review, but until then I genuinely can't reccomend this game.

Short version: This game is so incredibly good. I cannot reccomend it enough to anyone interested, especially if you've got three friends willing to go in with you, but it's fun to solo as well.

Long version: This game is exactly what it says on the tin; It's a ffxiv-inspired raiding roguelike. Gather with three of your rabbit-shaped friends, pick your classes, and set off to fight increasingly tricky to overcome enemies. Each of the ten classes plays very different and all of them have fun playstyles, which you can customize a lot at each of the shops you pass through (by changing fundamentals about either of your four skills), which you wanna be on top of to survive the patterns of each boss. A donut-shaped safe area between two damage fields, with a rotating cross forcing you to dance in a circle as you also cant get close to another player? Check. Figuring out where you'll go after a teleport, which needs you to land on top of another player after their teleport but also make sure you dont land in a damage zone? Check. If you've played any higher level ffxiv content, you'll feel right at home. If you haven't, Rabbit & Steel is an excellent game in its own right.