GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

Its a very good game, I have spent about 400 hours on it completely free of charge ( i bought the starters package to support cdpr though). They added new mechanics that ultimately add more depth and force every deck to be unique to some extend in order to fit the individual playstyle and current meta, all packaged by a provision system which allows instant and effective balance options for cdpr (as they have done with Artifacts in the latest hotfix Nov2018). It is difficult to transition from the beta to this as a lot is very similiar but a lot has also changed, though that process can actualy be fun- I had a couple of people add me after I tried out some wonky crap commenting on it, discussing how it could be improved- something that never happened during my 300 hours of beta. Theres quite some room for improvement- however in order to purposfully fix cards and expand the cardpool there needs to be a somewhat stable meta so either way we will have to wait and see. Otherwise: Game Mechanics are good, ton of new combinations still to discover, visuals and atmosphere are objectively better (unless you're a fan of post stamps), game runs stable and reliably with minor hick-ups And its still free. On top of that: considering how a company can monatize card games gwent is incredibly relaxed and generous. If the day comes where some CEO decides to milk the shit out of it I'd prolly get mad too but until then I will happily enjoy this game, support the company that made it and have patience with minor issues.

it's ok that "Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales" don't satisfy the financial expectations, but why "The Witcher Card Game" has to suffer as a result? :/

The programmers allowed people to cheat in game and use several bugs. You we're WARNED!

I am one of the people that read about Gwent and dismissed it as a pay to play game. Then I saw a video of Thronebreaker and being a sucker for the Witcher games I bought it, expecting a RPG. It wasn´t really, but it introduced me to Gent and I found that I quite enjoyed it and I enjoyed the process of leveling up your camp and by doing that, increasing the upper provisioning limit. It was fun to collect cards, open chests (but what the hell is those banners for? I want cards!) By the end of thronebreaker I had a really powerful deck with some really sweet artifacts and so on. Then I installed the Gwent game and tried it. It was fun initially with a lot of rewards and cardkegs earned from playing Thronebreaker. Nice touch that. But the frustration set in. I tried to put together a deck with cards I knew from thronebreaker, but though the cards looked identical, they had totally new effects and abilities. ???? Also, the provisioning limit is locked under 170 and I have no way I know of to increase it. But worst of all is how weak all cards are. I often maaged to get my cards I played out in Thronebreaker to above 250 in power. I was very satisfying and I liked how you could see the strenght of the deck increase when you were leveling. In Gwent I have won matches with only 3 in final power in the third round. Sure, it felt good to win and outsmart the other player but I like BIG wins :) and find these weak decks simply uninteresting. Especially since all the cards looks the same as in Thronebreaker but have swapped fuctions and abilities. I know I said it before, but for me, that last detail ruined the game for me and cost the game two of it´s stars in my rating. Now I barely play it.

The joke has gone on long enough CD. It's time to reveal that this was all a cruel prank and give me back the game that doesn't make me so bored I literally quit while winning and has cards that actually work in unison. Having gameplay where things could actually turn around if you played smart as opposed to "I play card you play card me have bigga numba me win" was a pretty enjoyable feature.