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For this week's Mobile Friday i tried Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter, from developers COLOPL, on my #iPhone 14 Pro. I switch between two microphones, the backup recording starts and my normal recording set up finishes, so it may sound a little strange.

The press releases for this game have focused on two things, Kazuma Kaneko has joined from #Atlus and worked extensively on the game and that together they developed “AI Kaneko” to generate cards in this game. But what was strange was that when i checked the store page for this game, the focus had moved away from the game's use of Ai, so i included a copy of one of the press releases just to highlight such promotion of Ai.

The game came across as highly polished which made rough areas really stick out. for example, they did a great job avoiding the #DynamicIsland that when it did get it the way it was noticeable. another was a translation error in that English was missing. but other than that, it felt great to play. the music was also fantastic. it hadn't been highlighted in the press releases or on the store page but i think it really adds to the experience.

there is an additional data download at the start. in comparison to other games i've played with such a download, it's relatively small. but it's still big enough that i wouldn't recommend starting this game on a mobile network. starting it at home isn't an issue as Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter has a cool console feature, the ability to manually save and come back to the game later. the auto save was also noticeable.

The Roguelike element to Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter is fairly simple but i do think the game could've done a little more to make it clearer to the player. when your run ends, you do not carry over any of the cards, items, or currency into the next run. However, the Ai generated cards are logged and you seemingly can pick one to take into the next run. your experience points are also kept. as you level up, you unlock items that can be discovered in the runs. these are one time use items, but you can find many of them. in this video, even tho it's long, i was only able to start a second run so there are plenty of gameplay elements yet to uncover.

I only got to experience 2 Ai cards being generated in this video. the first one was satisfying. it looked good and what it did was useful. the second card that was generated was trickier to use in a run and i wasn't too satisfied with the artwork that had been created. The artwork was fine, it just didn't really match what the card did. for example, the first card was equally defensive and attacking. the picture was a knight in armor. this felt appropriate. but the second card was a guy in a suit, something that didn't match that this was an attacking card. maybe i was lucky, maybe i was unlucky, i can't say. perhaps in the comment section you can talk about your experience. but the game's news section was asking players to report inappropriate Ai generated cards so it's clear the system isn't perfected quite yet.

I think Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter is worth trying. the card combat was good, the graphics and art were great, as was the music, and it worked well together. there are a couple of rough spots and i didn't progress far enough to comment on the story or other gameplay elements. but what i did play was solid and the manual save feature is great for those playing at home or out and about on a commute.

Version 1.0.1 Played.

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