
Warrior - character specialized in melee combat and defensive skills, relies heavily on Artifact cards.In Book of Demons players can choose from three classes, each characterized by a different playstyle and set of class cards. Healer - heals the player, brings him back to Town after death and charges the Death Rage skill.Barmaid - brews a stew from ingredients found in the dungeons and exchanges it for various prizes.Fortune-Teller - upgrades the player's cards, recharges them and fuses Rune cards used for upgrades.Sage - identifies cards found by the player and writes the Bestiary.Citizens of the Town also provide various services: Above the ground, in the Town, the player can interact with four citizens - the Sage, the Fortune-Teller, the Barmaid and the Healer, who build the story of the game through rumours. In the dungeons player meets most of the monsters typical for games set in dark fantasy settings - ghosts, spiders, goatmen, demons, skeletons, zombies and gargoyles. Their only hope is the help of a wandering hero, the player's character, who starts the crusade against the Ultimate Evil. In the depths of the maze under the cathedral, a new evil has awakened and threatens the lives of the locals. The action takes place in the Paperverse, more specifically in the dungeons beneath the cathedral standing in Town. The world created in the game relates to the classics of hack and slash genre. The game also brings some novelties to the genre - the card system which replaces equipment and skills systems typical for the genre, the Flexiscope feature which allows players to control duration of a game session and movement restricted to a path which add a tactical element to the gameplay. The game features an unusual art style - all elements of the game (starting from the GUI and ending with monsters) are visualised as papercuttings and pop-up book elements, and such style defines visual framework for the whole series.
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Book of Demons is the first installment of the Return 2 Games series that aims to bring classic hardcore genres to broader audiences. The game was originally developed for Microsoft Windows, but the developers informed about plans to release it also on Xbox One. The game was officially released through Steam on 13 December 2018. Microsoft Windows, iPadOS, Nintendo Switchīook of Demons is an isometric hack and slash action role-playing created by Polish studio Thing Trunk.
