Sylvion
2015 / Solo/cooperative card game / 1-2 players
*****
Urbion was a bit of a letdown, but this greater deviation from the formula won me over more than expected with its immersive theme (you can feel the heat when the elementals blaze), eccentricity (what's a whale doing in a forest? lol) and recreational stress.
Most people compare its tower defence approach to something called Plants vs Zombies, but my reference point is more Final Fantasy VII's Fort Condor minigame, because I'm from the '90s. Its soundtrack is the Theme from Sylvion now.
