For the birds, or really falcon good?
Birdwatching used to be the domain of the socially ostracised. One of the go-to spod hobbies, along with trainspotting and, well, Warhammer. But now the tides have changed. The spods have the power. Former social pariahs are now cultural arbiters. Being into comics is cool, now. In this world gone topsy-turvy, it stands to reason that knowing things about birds is now rad. And so, we have Wingspan, the Switch digital adaptation of the thoroughly acclaimed avian card game. Does it soar majestically to the skies, or plunge into the roaring depths, flapping helplessly?
The game’s initial complexity is a little deceptive; changing turn structures? Multiple decks? It’s all a little overwhelming, but thankfully there’s a rather well-done and refreshingly short tutorial to show you the birdy ropes. It doesn’t carry you all the way through a game, trusting the player to have figured it out without needing to comprehensively repeat itself. And that’s nice; it’s a change of pace in a medium where hand-holding is very much the order of the day. Games like Wingspan are all in the playing, anyway. You can go through that tutorial and know what everything does, but how it all comes together and interacts? That’s the main meat of the game, and something – much like previous efforts Mystic Vale and Faeria – you’ll learn by doing.
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