Fights in Tight Spaces (NSP, XCI) ROM

Fights in Tight Spaces is a roguelike deck-building tactical game developed by British studio Ground Shatter and published by Mode 7 Games. The game was released in December 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S after an Early Access period that started in February 2021. It is also scheduled to release for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in May 2023.

The game is based on simulating the melee combat of one protagonist against many enemies in close quarters common in action films, using turn-based combat with playing cards representing various moves the player can make. Construct your deck, dominate the battlefield, and harness the environment to conquer your foes. In a world where espionage primarily relies on digital analysis, Section Eleven takes a more hands-on approach, tackling criminal organizations that thrive beyond electronic communication.

When all other intelligence services falter, Section Eleven is the ultimate call. As an agent of Section Eleven, your mission is to confront emerging threats head-on… often by forcefully introducing your adversaries’ faces to various objects. This game seamlessly combines deck-building, turn-based tactics, and adrenaline-pumping animated combat sequences set in iconic action-movie locations.

Master the art of balancing your hand, momentum, and positioning to triumph against all odds and vanquish your enemies. With a selection of over 200 cards, customize your deck to match your unique play style and adapt to your opponents’ strategies. Encounter unexpected events, acquire enhancements (or endure injuries), and make crucial decisions on how to best upgrade your agent for the upcoming battles.

GAMEPLAY

Players take the role of an unnamed agent who is tasked with taking out several boss characters across the game’s chapters. To reach the boss, the player must beat several smaller scenarios, defeating the boss’s henchmen who will try to stop him. In a roguelike fashion, the order of these scenarios, what type of henchmen the player will face, and the rewards for beating each scenario, will change on each runthrough. In a scenario, the game plays similarly to a tactical role-playing game and plays out in a turn-based manner.

The player’s character has some action points on each turn to make various moves, which are set by the cards that they have available in their current hand, after drawing up to a fixed number at the start of the turn. Card actions include many attacks that include options to reposition the player character or move an enemy, movement options, or defensive stances to block or counterattack opponent attacks. Playing most cards builds up a combo meter for that turn, and some cards require a minimum combo meter amount before they can be used or may terminate a combo.

The player is given the indications of what attacks the enemy characters will try to do the next immediately, and can use this to dodge gunfire or to push an enemy into oncoming gunfire, for example. The player trades turns with the computer opponents until either all the enemies are incapacitated, allowing the player to progress to the next stage, or will end the run-through for the player and require them to start over.

If the player successfully finishes an encounter, they have the option to watch the encounter play out in real-time in a cinematic fashion. Players gain the choice of a new card to add to their deck between encounters, as well as in-game money that can be used to buy cards, upgrade cards to more damaging versions, or remove cards from the deck at certain points during a run-through.