Our forums don’t usually get top billing in a review, but I have to hand it to our community. The discussion thread in our forums has been raving about Void Tyrant (Free) so much, I had to take a look. Wow. I was blown away by this free to play, pay once to fully unlock game. The folks at developer Quite Fresh and publisher Armor Games have a knack for simple but pretty layouts, and their space adventure has some real chops underneath the smooth veneer.
You play Void Tyrant by drawing cards from a deck consisting of numbers between 1 and 6. Your goal is to get as close as possible to 12 without going over. If it sounds a little like a The Price is Right game, you’re on track with how the game flows. You also have a deck of usable cards that offer a variety of buffs and help tilt the odds in your favor. Your opponent also has cards that will skew results to mess with you. My least favorite of these has to be the Incendiary card which reduces your maximum goal by 1, from 12 down to 11. It sounds insignificant, but the margin to win is usually only 2-3 numerals to begin with and you could see a 30-40% reduction in wins when you have that debuff on you because your opponent still can go up to 12. Void Tyrant is a light role playing game that takes you on an interplanetary trek through various biospheres in an effort to rid the cosmos of evil. You do this by taking turns flipping cards over and comparing the results. WAIT WAIT, COME BACK!! It’s actually a very ...