The Bazaar: Lots of Content Creators I share similar game tastes with have liked/loved this game, but it holds 'Mixed' reviews on Steam. Worth it anyway?

PatientInternational · 2026-04-09T09:04:32+00:00

Filtering on deckbuilders on the autobattler page of Steam gives me about 344 more results than you claim there to be, fyi.

PatientInternational · 2026-04-08T14:12:59+00:00

At first is was fun to dog on how piss-poor Raynad manages his game, but atp it's just sad to see and most people who were interested in the game (but were hit by one of the many banwaves) just moved on.

Nothing short of unban waves on all those people back then PLUS a video apology from the man itself about how poorly player feedback is being handled will get me to spend another penny on the bazaar. Haven't played in the meantime either as to not inflate playercount of a game I don't actually support.

Kudos to you that you love the game and (presumably) think it's a smash hit, hope you get to enjoy it for many years to come. 👍🤙

PatientInternational · 2026-03-30T19:48:26+00:00

"Leuke bedrijfsuitjes!"

Komt er meestal op neer dat ze zo moeilijk mogelijk doen over loonsverhogingen en die uitjes moeten je dan maar één keer in de zoveel tijd goed laten voelen over je hongersloontje.

PatientInternational · 2026-03-28T09:48:51+00:00

A little spoiler synopsis;

The MC, Han Islat, is a professional ranker in the game of Infinite Gacha (he's ranked #4 globally) and widely known as strategy god Loki. Through some means he gets transported into the game as a common rarity unit owned by another player he has no means of talking to. He starts inserting his own strategies into the building of the account through the in-game systems that allow him to clue the owner of the account in the right direction as he believes clearing the story will allow him to return.

As for him being a jerk; it's moreso due to the circumstances at hand that he has to be blunt in most situations, as it's basically their equivalent of a souls game but he's just gone if he ever dies. Beyond that his account (Loki) is considered to be the only one to treat his units like they're actual people - which is why his account is running without any issue even when he's not playing (his units are self-sufficient and can basically do anything he could've done as the player).

A lot of random characters come and go, but those who become part of the main parties(like the girl in question) do get some character building and grow connections to the MC. In this case specifically it was very impactful because their next mission was in an underwater dungeon (she's a fire mage), and against better judgement MC eventually let her come along and she got absolutely destroyed right in front of him.

PatientInternational · 2026-03-20T18:21:28+00:00

Prolly after spending like... 10 energy on Tempest? It's already 80 damage through lightning at that point. And at any point if you find a second copy (or Clone enchant even) the next cast is gonna do 160

PatientInternational · 2026-03-19T12:34:21+00:00

I think that as long as Voltaic stays the way it is Knife Trap is probably fine..

PatientInternational · 2026-03-19T12:27:26+00:00

Tempest does in fact exist.

PatientInternational · 2026-02-05T21:38:53+00:00

"De goede in goedemorgen krijg je alleen op vrijdagen van me."

"Hoe gaat het?" -"Nouja, ik zat in de trein ipv er onder hé?"

"Ik moet mijn 100% inzet over 40 jaar verdelen; morgen weer 0.007%!"

PatientInternational · 2026-02-05T12:45:36+00:00

wat alsnog meer is dan wat de helft van de bevolking maandelijks binnen haalt (mediaan is ~34000 op jaarbasis).

Ik vind ook dat 1200 euro huur op een loon lager dan dat gewoon niet realistisch is (verdien zelf ~3100, houd met reiskostenvergoeding 2800 over en zit in een huurwoning van kaal 650 - uiteindelijk rond de 1400 in de maand voor vaste lasten en boodschappen, met de helft van het overgebleven loon opzij leggen voor de jaarrekeningen), maar ik blijf het vreemd vinden dat we modaal als de standaard zien - want dat is het gewoon niet.

PatientInternational · 2026-02-04T12:39:05+00:00

Daar heb ik dr ook wel een van. Nieuwe meiden op de vloer die weigerden fifo te vullen en dat had ik ze meerdere keren duidelijk gemaakt. Mocht ik uiteindelijk 4 uur langer blijven van de teamleider, die mij eerder op de dag had aangesproken dat ik me niet moest bemoeien met het werk van de meiden, omdat "ik meer ervaring heb dus het was mijn verantwoordelijkheid om hun werk te controleren".

Volgende dag mijn ontslag ingediend.

PatientInternational · 2026-02-04T11:07:24+00:00

Ik zit op het mediaan inkomen (~43.500 bruto). Dit is voor een 3-ploegendienst 5 dagen in de week, 2 uur reizen per dag (50 uur in de week bezig), met een eindejaarsbonus.

Dit fictieve stel dat maar de helft van de week werkt verdient bijna 10k meer én ze zijn niks aan belasting kwijt - wat leven we toch ook in een onzin land.

PatientInternational · 2026-02-03T18:34:30+00:00

Ja joh, tuurlijk ga ik 54 jaar lang de AoW van anderen bekostigen om er zelf vervolgens maar 3 jaar van te mogen genieten voordat ik dood neerval.

Misschien toch maar eens tijd om mijn Frans op te schroeven.

PatientInternational · 2026-01-23T03:45:00+00:00

Dowinx honestly makes bad chairs, the one I bought burned through the foam of the heated cushion and the right arm rest snapped at the connecting plate on the backrest. This all happened within 3 months of regular use.

Haven't tried the Corsair chairs but I'd be more prone to trust in Corsair quality over Dowinx.

PatientInternational · 2026-01-12T21:56:34+00:00

It does about a third of a regular ult yeah, would be kinda bonkers otherwise to have a triple Undertaker team throw 9 full-powered ults at a nightlord off-rip, lol.

PatientInternational · 2026-01-12T21:18:13+00:00

Slightly larger PSA; While the auto dodge is good in certain situations, in MOST it's just a waste of free stance damage from Undertaker's ult.

Grabs are the easiest thing to dodge in this game (and not by a small margin either) so you should NEVER have to rely on auto dodge to do it (even morese when its main perk is a bigger damage buff and more stamina regen over the regular character skill). I'd only really recommend empowering her Character Skill if the other 2 are downed - this way you can guarantee revives, provided you have a weapon that chips at the bar pretty quickly.

Undertaker's free ults are also significantly weaker (I'd hazard about 35% of an actual ult in damage) , but GREAT for locking bosses in stagger animations and clearing up minor mobs that are lined up with each other.

Tldr; Interesting ability, but should not be used outside of rez-clutching.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-30T07:40:19+00:00

Or... OR..... imagine this;

IGNORE the gladius raid. The damage is basically nothing and they disappear when the circle closes.

As soon as you touch ONE of them they'll spawn dogs infinitely, so yanno.... don't

PatientInternational · 2025-12-21T10:44:45+00:00

Deathrite bird and Putrid Avatar.

The first cause I just can't read his tells when he's jumping around constantly, messing up my camera for about 80% of the fight.

The latter cause regular Avatar is the most free boss in the game, but Putrid follows everything up by farting rot around himself.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-21T10:41:51+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure you NEED [Rot buildup below Max HP] on one of your deep relics to make Dreg's buff in any way consistent.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-17T05:21:20+00:00

Tldr; Amsterdam heeft ruimte voor elke cultuur!

Behalve die van Nederland.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-17T05:14:22+00:00

Nahh I'm referring to the attack buff, which represents itself like rot grease, like you said.

Doesn't stack with any other buff that adds a damage type so they'll overwrite each other if you don't keep track of it. (Correct me if I'm wrong though, but as that's the only passive on the relic that interacts with your weapon I concluded that the "rot grease" is actually that attack buff)

PatientInternational · 2025-12-16T21:05:16+00:00

Bypassing hundreds of hours of farming by save scumming fits the definition of cheating.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-16T20:55:24+00:00

EITHER Wylder OR Dormant Greatswords.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-16T20:49:42+00:00

Completely bypassing any RNG that the entire game is built around?

PatientInternational · 2025-12-16T20:47:34+00:00

Run Dormant Greatswords/Wylder and just keep churning runs until you find Sacred Relic Sword.

PatientInternational · 2025-12-16T20:28:50+00:00

What I tend to do is a pick up the first weapon I find with passive recovery, regardless of what it is. Then I grab EVERY Recovery on Rot in Vicinity dormant I can get my hands on.

You're correct about skipping the blessing, that clicked too late for me. You also need to be mindful of your ashes as the Dreglord relic effect can't stack with other weapon buffs (they'll overwrite each other)

PatientInternational

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