Pox Nora is insanely intricate. If you haven’t had the opportunity to play this game yet on PC (it’s been out for about 10 years), then you’re going into this like me. Getting a lesson on a game this deep doesn’t come easily, and though I got some of the basics down — enough to complete a simple encounter that took about 30 minutes — there was clearly a lot more of Pox Nora that I was missing. I was only scratching the surface, but I’ll try to briefly explain some of the nuance of my time with the game.
Pox Nora is a free-to-play game that combines card collection with tactical strategy, and because the game has been out for a decade, PS4 players will get to dive in with 1,500 champions, 500 spells, and 400 relics & equipment, and over 40 maps. There are over 4,000 abilities and 35 ongoing campaigns. Getting a sense for how insanely huge this game is yet" It’s not as simple as countering fire with water, or measuring out defense stats against attack numbers, although those basic mechanics are in the game. It just goes deeper. So much deeper. At a core level, Pox Nora is a grid-based tactical game. You draw cards, or runes, each turn and use a variety of different points to do different things like summoning heroes, moving spaces, and using unique hero abilities, each one of which has a variety of stats and little things to remember. This is in addition to making sure that you are familiar with the pieces that your e...