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I'm a bit less positive with regards to MtG. Though I have not played it for a long time (mainly did in 90s). IMO they innovated the combination of loot boxes a
by Fnoord 7y ago
I'm a bit less positive with regards to MtG. Though I have not played it for a long time (mainly did in 90s). IMO they innovated the combination of loot boxes and pay to win, which with regards to children I find especially cruel (I was a kid in 90s).
The only good card game I played in recent years is Slay The Spire. Inspired by Netrunner it has a static, one time fee less than 20 EUR (buy to play), rogue like elements, unique characters with unique playstyle, and a balance between RNG/adaptation/skill. It also has a unique, simple art style which is I guess indy like. I find it daring and refreshing.
Hearthstone I was enthusiastic about during beta. I quickly figured it was pay to win (or a massive grind which is IMO an excuse).
Garfield and Blizzard might have made good games, and perhaps they still do. But it's also big business.
I've seen a myriad of other card games on Steam. If anyone has any recommendations, I'm interested (solo or multi-player).
- andrewzah 7y ago> I quickly figured it was pay to win (or a massive grind which is IMO an excuse). A grindy system basically -is- pay to win for anyone who has a fulltime job and responsibilities. Good luck grinding for what you need if you only play ~30-60 mins every other day or so. I've always disliked league due to this. On top of cosmetics, I also have to purchase heroes...? I guess, or I can just play dota (which is a better game, no bias here :-)). > IMO they innovated pay to win With MTG it was entirely too expensive for our group, so we used Cockatrice to play it for free online. Commander/EDH is fun with friends. More so when you can play decks where the only limit is your creativity. However, one fun and relatively inexpensive format is booster drafts for mtg. I used to play this every once in a while at my local card shop. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_formats#Booster_Draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_formats#B... > Hearthstone At least you can sell MtG cards. Hearthstone was manageable when it first came out, but I took a break for a while and was overwhelmed when I came back. That devolved into a soulless grind of a game unless one started spending some money on opening packs (... for each expansion). Hearthstone also made me realize I dislike trading card games in a competitive environment. I like fooling around in EDH with wonky decks with a few friends, but trying to climb the hearthstone ladder was terrible.
- r00fus 7y agoHearthstone battlegrounds is truly free (well still beta) and quite fun. No prizes other than ranking and gold to feed back into HS normal play.
- baud147258 7y agoIn the solo category, I've heard that the Lord of the Ring card game is fun, but it might just be the licence appeal (I haven't played it yet).