GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

This update is just absolute bullshit, forcing players to play shity cards and collect dogshit decks is just a freaking brilliant idea, I hope whoever came up with this gets rewarded for their talents and get fired. I delete gwint for at least a year, if it still exists by then.

... because CDPR remade the game. Sure the old version was fun, but that doesn't mean that the new one isn't. Its very different and people hate change, hence the low reviews but if you have never tried Gwent, please give it a go. Still my favourite card game.

I love this game. The strategy, the chances, the artwork. I have spent over 1000 hours on this game alone. It is different than beta, and is different from Witcher 3 gwent, but it is still great. Give it a try, it's free. It is very generous with rewards and you don't need to play too long a day to get them.

Astounding card game that balances strategy and a bit of bluffing with creative and unique mechanics. Game is Free To Play and very generous for a F2P, and it isn't Pay To Win. Decks could be made competitive without spending money, but planning would be needed to get the most expensive cards into your deck (if you spent in-game currency on a card that doesn't work out, it could set you back if you want to stay F2P). Welcome bundle is a very small amount of real money for what you get, and game has a stand-alone expansion that unlocks cards in this version of the game for purchasing the expansion. This game just released it's "Homecoming" rework, which is the source of many 1-star reviews for this game. Homecoming was a fundamental rework, which changed the game significantly. As someone who played the beta fairly substantially before the rework, I personally like the direction moreso than before but YMMV. Because the rework is still fresh, expect rebalancing to happen at a more sudden rate than other current card games. If you're expecting the game to be stable as-is, give it more time as we're still experiencing patches to adjust some core components of the game. Metas can form around rebalancing, so sometimes you may find yourself against a similar deck across several games. One complaint I had as I was getting into Homecoming (even as a beta player) is that the rework left some of the mechanics vague and the UI didn't always explain things as well as they could have. If you do plan to get into this game seriously, pay good attention to the tutorial. It helps a bit, and maybe peruse other game guides for more tips. They just patched in more UI tips, so I expect this problem to lessen as time goes on. TL;DR: If you like card games and don't mind balance patches somewhat frequently (review written Jan 2019), I think you'd have a hard time going wrong. It's free, so the worst thing you could lose is a bit of time while you decide if the game is for you.

Homecoming is fun and different and constantly being improved. Not the same as old Gwent but the same love is being put into it. Worth a couple of games!