Lost Portal CCG

Name: Lost Portal CCG
Price: 1.59 USD
Rating: 4.5 (312 reviews)
Author: Michael Camilli

Solo RPG card battle game

$1.59 · In‑App Purchases

312 Ratings
Ages

9+
Years
Category

Roleplaying
Developer

Michael Camilli
Language

EN
English
Size

302.4
MB

Lost Portal is a solo collectable card game where you explore dungeons and fight enemies and bosses, collect treasure and level up your character to gain new abilities. FEATURES - Four character slots allow you to create up to four different characters at a time - Four levels of difficulty for enemies and for duel losses provide increasing challenges and risks. - Random enemies and card drops means no two games are exactly the same - 285 cards to discover in five rarities: common, uncommon, rare, ultra-rare and avatar cards - Over 80 enemies and bosses to challenge across 5 towns and 15 dungeons in the main campaign, with even more after the campaign ends. - Aerahym expansion (IAP) adds 36 additional cards, another town, 3 dungeons and more enemies to face. It also adds four additional character slots and the level cap is raised by two. - Primeval expansion (IAP) adds 44 additional cards, another town and four dungeons filled with enemies. It also adds two additional character slots, the level cap is raised by two and 5 additional card backs are available. - Feldyr expansion (IAP) adds 40 additional cards, another town and three dungeons filled with enemies. It also adds two additional character slots, the level cap is raised by two and 4 additional card backs are available. DECK EDITOR Easily add cards to your deck using the deck editor. Use color, type and rarity filters to find the cards you want. Each character you create can keep up to ten decks and can select different card backs for each. CARD SHOP Buy new cards at card shops located in towns and dungeons using gold you've collected. You can also sell unwanted cards for more gold. FORGE Visit the Forge to create new cards by sacrificing cards from your library. Each forge has a random selection of rare cards that can be forged. ABILITY TRAINER Gain experience by defeating enemies. When you level up, you gain ability points that you can spend, along with gold, to increase your abilities. Increase your Health, Agility, Wisdom and Intellect to gain different advantages and unlock additional abilities.

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

312 Ratings

Solid Game, Room to Improve
11/18/2024

Frogmood
The pros:-the core gameplay is good. the mechanics are fun and engaging, with a good amount of depth-the card art is great-the rpg elements are a cool twist on the genre-theres a nice amount of customization options -does pressure you into micro transactions-only costs a buck and halfThe cons:-the UI could do with an complete overhaul. the bottoms often kind of blend in with the rest of the UI and are hard to see-it’s kind of clunky and a bit buggy, with some ocasional long load times. for instance, occasionally after a battle, it gets hung up and takes upwards of 30 seconds to load back into the map. -the tutorials could also use work. The highlighting, again, has too little contrast and is easy to miss. And there are things that aren’t explained or obvious from the tutorial, such as the fact that you need to tap on the “victory” or “defeat” messages after a battle to continue. It’s not a huge deal, but little things like that add up to detract from the experience. Overall, it’s a good game, and the pros definitely outweigh the cons, but a bit of polish and tidying up would go a long way. I would suggest looking at games like Hearthstone for cues on UI design. Generally, the simpler and sleeker, the better. obvious the dev doesn’t have the resources of blizzard, but you know what I mean.
Solid Game, Room to Improve
11/18/2024

Frogmood

The pros:-the core gameplay is good. the mechanics are fun and engaging, with a good amount of depth-the card art is great-the rpg elements are a cool twist on the genre-theres a nice amount of customization options -does pressure you into micro transactions-only costs a buck and halfThe cons:-the UI could do with an complete overhaul. the bottoms often kind of blend in with the rest of the UI and are hard to see-it’s kind of clunky and a bit buggy, with some ocasional long load times. for instance, occasionally after a battle, it gets hung up and takes upwards of 30 seconds to load back into the map. -the tutorials could also use work. The highlighting, again, has too little contrast and is easy to miss. And there are things that aren’t explained or obvious from the tutorial, such as the fact that you need to tap on the “victory” or “defeat” messages after a battle to continue. It’s not a huge deal, but little things like that add up to detract from the experience. Overall, it’s a good game, and the pros definitely outweigh the cons, but a bit of polish and tidying up would go a long way. I would suggest looking at games like Hearthstone for cues on UI design. Generally, the simpler and sleeker, the better. obvious the dev doesn’t have the resources of blizzard, but you know what I mean.
Really Good Game
07/03/2022

TSAbshear
I love this game; been playing it for years. It's fun, engaging, and interesting, with a ton of cards and great gameplay. The developer keeps patching it and adding to it, which is amazing to me, and it keeps getting better, with a new expansion added just a little bit ago despite this game being several years old. The randomly-generated areas accessible through a portal are an excellent touch for replayability, and I absolutely love that the developer recently made the special cards unique to each opponent drop more frequently, cutting down severely on grind. Buy it if you like single-player, easy-to-pick-up card games with no microtransactions, no lag, good mechanics, and continuing love and attention from its creator. To say so, I favor gameplay over story or setting for something like this, so it doesn't bother me that the writing isn't tight, but if you're looking for that it's not here, sorry. Just battle after battle, with some occasional "Please help my brother!" which, of course, translates to "Go fight ______ in a dungeon colored thematically but which is otherwise essentially the same as any other!" The enemies are different, though, with interesting combos and deck composition tailored to them, and their own aforementioned special cards you can get when winning.If he ever makes the spaced-themed game he appeared to be working on, I'd be psyched to play that too, I'm sure.
Really Good Game
07/03/2022

TSAbshear

I love this game; been playing it for years. It's fun, engaging, and interesting, with a ton of cards and great gameplay. The developer keeps patching it and adding to it, which is amazing to me, and it keeps getting better, with a new expansion added just a little bit ago despite this game being several years old. The randomly-generated areas accessible through a portal are an excellent touch for replayability, and I absolutely love that the developer recently made the special cards unique to each opponent drop more frequently, cutting down severely on grind. Buy it if you like single-player, easy-to-pick-up card games with no microtransactions, no lag, good mechanics, and continuing love and attention from its creator. To say so, I favor gameplay over story or setting for something like this, so it doesn't bother me that the writing isn't tight, but if you're looking for that it's not here, sorry. Just battle after battle, with some occasional "Please help my brother!" which, of course, translates to "Go fight ______ in a dungeon colored thematically but which is otherwise essentially the same as any other!" The enemies are different, though, with interesting combos and deck composition tailored to them, and their own aforementioned special cards you can get when winning.If he ever makes the spaced-themed game he appeared to be working on, I'd be psyched to play that too, I'm sure.
All the fun of HS with none of the pain
02/02/2018

Clubdemer
Just what I was looking for! Got to the point in HS that I didn’t care if I won and hated it if I lost— not a great recipe for enjoyment. On the other hand, Lost Portal is simply pure fun— love it when I win and, if I lost, try again! The adventure format simply adds another dimension to this enjoyment and I can imagine interesting updates where it may even play a bigger role.A couple of requests from the developer: Playing on an iPad Pro and the attack button and discard pile are a bit overly particular as to where they get activated. I often have to try to discard more than once to hit the sweet spot (same goes for the attack button). Also, the game seems to require a vertical orientation with the home button at the bottom. As I like to play with the iPad plugged in, the plug gets in the way at that orientation. It would be great if it could be flipped to put the home button at the top.You have something really good here— looking forward to even better!
All the fun of HS with none of the pain
02/02/2018

Clubdemer

Just what I was looking for! Got to the point in HS that I didn’t care if I won and hated it if I lost— not a great recipe for enjoyment. On the other hand, Lost Portal is simply pure fun— love it when I win and, if I lost, try again! The adventure format simply adds another dimension to this enjoyment and I can imagine interesting updates where it may even play a bigger role.A couple of requests from the developer: Playing on an iPad Pro and the attack button and discard pile are a bit overly particular as to where they get activated. I often have to try to discard more than once to hit the sweet spot (same goes for the attack button). Also, the game seems to require a vertical orientation with the home button at the bottom. As I like to play with the iPad plugged in, the plug gets in the way at that orientation. It would be great if it could be flipped to put the home button at the top.You have something really good here— looking forward to even better!
Fantastic CCG
12/10/2022

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Never written a review before - had to for Lost Portal. Great CCG for a player who likes a challenge. Easy to pick-up and put-down to fit in throughout the day, so I’ve played a lot!I had to work my way up to the hardest mode and “lose cards or gold” penalty, but the challenge is worth it. Really have to intelligently utilize all the tools (smith, shop, level up) available to win. I haven’t yet gone into the ‘past main storyline’ stuff, but I’m looking forward to it. For the price the game is fantastic.Not game-breaking, but a couple bugs I want to point out in case the developer wants to know:1. For any battle, if you shut the game off before the penalties (gold/cards) are dealt fully, the battle is reset. I used this exploit to work my way up to handling the hard mode on a early playthrough and avoid penalties.2. For the card penalties, you can “lose” cards that were placed in your graveyard through the battle. Effectly nullifying a penalty. Interaction only happens if you have cards like Torakal, Master’s Will, Death Undone, in the deck that can steal enemy cards.Lots of interactions to discover and decks to build. I definitely feel like the game was built for someone who takes CCGs seriously, as on easier modes you kind-of become super powerful and rarely if-ever lose, and eventually don’t have a use for the shop & smithy. But that hardest mode is frustratingly challenging in the best kind of way. Great game!!
Fantastic CCG
12/10/2022

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Never written a review before - had to for Lost Portal. Great CCG for a player who likes a challenge. Easy to pick-up and put-down to fit in throughout the day, so I’ve played a lot!I had to work my way up to the hardest mode and “lose cards or gold” penalty, but the challenge is worth it. Really have to intelligently utilize all the tools (smith, shop, level up) available to win. I haven’t yet gone into the ‘past main storyline’ stuff, but I’m looking forward to it. For the price the game is fantastic.Not game-breaking, but a couple bugs I want to point out in case the developer wants to know:1. For any battle, if you shut the game off before the penalties (gold/cards) are dealt fully, the battle is reset. I used this exploit to work my way up to handling the hard mode on a early playthrough and avoid penalties.2. For the card penalties, you can “lose” cards that were placed in your graveyard through the battle. Effectly nullifying a penalty. Interaction only happens if you have cards like Torakal, Master’s Will, Death Undone, in the deck that can steal enemy cards.Lots of interactions to discover and decks to build. I definitely feel like the game was built for someone who takes CCGs seriously, as on easier modes you kind-of become super powerful and rarely if-ever lose, and eventually don’t have a use for the shop & smithy. But that hardest mode is frustratingly challenging in the best kind of way. Great game!!