Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

September 13, 2022 Alim, Square Enix Creative Business Unit II Square Enix
Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Card & Board Game
PS4 Android PC iOS Switch
About

Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden, is a new standalone turn-based RPG adventure, that brings players to an illustrated world presented through the medium of cards as the third release in the Voice of Cards franchise, now giving players the ability to trap the monsters they defeat in cards to use them as skills in battle.

This truly unique gaming experience brings back the creative minds behind the previous Voice of Cards games, beloved NieR series and Drakengard series, including: Creative Director, YOKO TARO (Drakengard series, NieR series), Music Director, Keiichi Okabe (Drakengard 3, NieR series) and Character Designer, Kimihiko Fujisaka (Drakengard series).
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Follow a new tale set in a world where a millennia of hatred rages between monsters and humans, and a girl who loses her home swears revenge on monsters. She joins hands with a mysterious boy as they set out into the unknown and unravel the fate of this broken world.
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Release Date September 13, 2022
Developer Alim, Square Enix Creative Business Unit II
Publisher Square Enix
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Bird view / Isometric, Text
Themes Fantasy
Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden

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