Demeo: PC Edition - Early Access Hands-On Preview

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It’s no secret that VR and tabletop-style RPGs make a natural pairing, but what happens when you port a made-for-VR, tabletop RPG-inspired dungeon crawler, like Resolution Games’ fabulous Demeo, to the PC – where competition like Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Wasteland 3 already awaits? Good news: Demeo does something totally different from any of those, condensing its excellent card-based tactical combat into short skirmishes rather than full-length campaigns, with no leveling or grinding in-between. That’s right: you and your friends can most likely jump into and play an entire Demeo campaign in under three hours from start to finish, and crossplay support means that no matter who's playing on PC or in VR, you can always play together.

If you aren’t already familiar with Demeo, it’s a turn-based, tile-based tactical adventure game that centers around animated miniatures on a simulated tabletop board. It features monsters, traps, and a randomly generated environment – doors, corners, and all – that you and up to three other players will need to make the most tactical use of in order to survive. This works much like in any great D&D campaign, but Demeo makes all of it so much more simple and easy to pick up and play. And conversely, the biggest difference here in comparison to computer role playing games like the aforementioned Divinity: Original Sin 2 is that Demeo is more like a shot of D&D-flavored caffeine rather than a full-blown roleplaying game that you’d otherwise need to commit any serious time to. You won’t level up a character or engage in a storyline, but you can always pick it up and crawl through a dungeon by yourself or with pals. Between matches, you earn cosmetic rewards and upgrade your card deck –