Card & Board Game

The short version is that Hearthstone faced the same problem all card games faced. You have to constantly add in new cards and gimmicks to keep the meta and game play interesting (and also the investors happy because you need to sell cards at the end of the day). In order to make players wanna play and buy these cards, you have to power creep them. Eventually you end up with way too many cards and gimmicks in the game that the game has lost its identity, but also most of the old cards are unplayable because they're just too weak after 10 generations of power creep. I started playing in 2015 right around the time the Black Rock Mountain Expansion was added all the way to around 2018. I did feel a slight decline in quality around 2017, and after Ben Brode left in 2018, all of it just went to shit. But early Hearthstone really was peak. The decks and classes all had a ton of their own unique identities that mirrored how the characters played in wow. Face Hunter, freeze mage, control warrior, patron warrior (my favorite), handlock, demonlock, and so many other ones (mill druid probably my all time favorite deck to play). Turn 2 coin (always) huffer (YEP) will always be one of the most aids interactions in all of gaming. There was also a very vibrant community with a ton of good streamers like Forsen, Rekful, Reynad, Dog, Savjz, TrumpSC, Kripp, Amaz, Firebat, and so many more. And Blizzcon would be fun to watch because back then most of the players would be these streamers. Since then the game's gone completely to shit. I think around 2016 the oversaturation of cards became an issue, they introduced standard where you only play cards from 3 sets. And while i cant speak on the state of the game for the last couple years, i also have 0 desire to play it these days. If I were rating this game back in 2015-16 it would be around a 9. Today it would be a 3. So just like Sam I was going to give this a 6, but tbh battlegrounds is a pretty fun gamemode and it did bring me back for a year or so. So for that I'll give it a +1.

Until it wasn't. Was really great when it first came out and then for an expansion or two but no trading and way too many cards with power creep just destroyed the game. Wouldn't touch it with a 10ft pole today even though I still dream of the fun nights playing it back in 2014.

at a time when hearthstone was at an all time low, I tried out this game and it was so trash that I decided it was better for me to stop playing games completely (maybe this deserves a 10).

these maps are fun and replayable. if you steal my star I'll hold it against you forever even if I say I won't

probably the most fun ive had playing any card game outside of early day hearthstone. Each character has it's clear identity and builds. Ascension 20 offers a properly difficult challenge and really challenges you to come up with creative solutions. Had to pull out the most unethical haram deck possible to barely beat it. Silent forever my favorite.

Good with IRLs. Bad for keeping them as your IRLs. Many a fights have begun with me on this game. Always choose chaos and ruining your friends fun

This game was very fun and then I got fed up with it and now I can't look at it anymore. I don't regret it but the higher the difficulty the more CBT it becomes. Or maybe I'm just bad! Getting gold stakes is really hard and I didn't feel like looking up meta for this game Hours played is a rough estimate

It’s fun. It’s not the best out there. I’d much rather play something like slay the spire. It was nice for a bit though.

Great concept and well designed game, but the replayability does not feel very high. Once you beat a deck on gold stake once, other than maybe plasma, clearing antes on other decks just feels repetitive. Same with getting the full completion. The grind to get every gold sticker on every joker doesn't add a lot to the experience. Mods like multiplayer and pokemon mod or other creator's mods add a ton to this game. The variance and nuances between each deck and even each decision and play style becomes much more apparent in multiplayer. Overall it's a very easily accessible and well designed game