Monday, January 21, 2019

Review: Lightseekers - Switch's First Great Competitive Card Game Is Here

Deck the halls.

Dial back the clock a couple of years and Lightseekers was a very different prospect. British developer PlayFusion successfully took to Kickstarter with an idea that was both ahead of the curve and a little late to the party. A mobile RPG with toys-to-life figures that served as both talking playthings and controllers – including collectable cards that used a neat AR function that added an extra layer of interactivity – it proved a crowdfunding concept too cool to pass up.

It was an ambitious project, and one that came together surprisingly well, but with the toys-to-life market already in a state of decline by 2017 (and one of its exclusive retailers, Toys R’ Us, disappearing into administration) the combo of expensive physical toys and a fun yet unremarkable Diablo-lite game were enough to see it retreat into obscurity. However, with all that lore and a treasure trove of in-game collectable cards, PlayFusion instead did the smart thing and used all that material to build its own CCG.

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