Card Hog 9+

I mean it. This game is amazing. Simple, the definition of pick up and play. You can play for 3 seconds and make progress. But if you try to play for 3 seconds, you’ll end up playing for 30 minutes, but at least it is possible to play for 3 seconds. And of course the 3 seconds are going to be good, so here’s a rundown.

The Gist is you play as a little pig guy, and you are on a grid of cards (3x3, 3x4 or 4x4) and each turn, you move along one card. On this card can be a neutral space, an item, some spikes, an item, currency, a spell, a cave, an NPC or an enemy, alongside a few other things, but these are the main ones. These all do special things, to name a few:

A mole that only appears when you attack it’s burrow
A bat that dodges your first attacks
A Poision Bomb that posisons anything adjacent to it (accept diagonally)
A Blacksmith that upgrades your weapons using the currency scrap
An anvil that repairs your weapons (they use durability)

There a lots more I could explain, but it so easy to pick up, so I would recommend just playing it. In essence it is an endless arcade action-puzzle game where you have to navigate your way around the room to survive. There are also other game modes other than the default endless mode, but I’ve mainly dabbled in the original one right now. It is just so great. That’s my review.

This game is ideal for mobile, simple yet intuitive, you can play for pretty much any length of time.
Took me a short while to get a long run on the go but after my first one I was hooked. A few different modes so you can change it up, nice additives like bosses, perma upgrades, little places to explore like crashed alien spaceships just all add up to make a sweet pocket game. I can sit down and play this for 30 seconds or 20 mins, you can save after everymove! At approx 32 megabytes as well definitely gonna have this on my phone for a good while.

I think this is my first review on the App Store, but I’ve got to give praise where praise it due, this game is damn good!

It scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. It’s a quick pick up and play and lends itself to a more in-depth gaming experience in equal measure.

Interesting enemies, variety of weapons, clever power ups are all in play here.

From what I gather this was made by one individual alone and is a massive step up from they’re previous games. If you told me this was made by gaming company team, I’d totally believe you.

No in app purchases or annoying adverts. This is what mobile gaming should be. Thank you Aurimas Garuolis, honestly, thank you.

5/5 - MUST PLAY