GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

I've been playing Gwent since the early Beta days and I really enjoyed the unique feeling of the game. That feeling is now gone. Homecoming turned Gwent into a new game which I simply dislike. The amazing array of card abilities, the creative synergies, the (in comparison) fast paced gameplay as well as the original identity of Gwent are gone. Two stars may seem a bit harsh, but after waiting and not playing Gwent for months I'm disappointed of the result. Card art looks great nevertheless. Sorry CDPR ;(

I'm a new player who started after launch, so I'm writing from a new player perspective, I believe i gave the game a fair try, and its the worst new player experience I've had in a multiplayer game. The game is heavily overdesigned with 'creative' mechanics that make it pretty tedious. The tutorial does not do a good job of explaining even a tenth of the abilities and mechanics. The starter decks are very bad, getting the resources for cards is a very slow process. People keeping their stuff from the beta test is a very weird decision, this leads to new player being at a terrible disadvantage. A fact that is somewhat mitigated in the Arena (which has is own problems). I'm not gonna write about that game mode, because I only managed to stomach about 20 matches there, so I don't have the experience. After you manage to get some resources, designing a deck is incredibly hard. The ability descriptions are convoluted, some abilities are extremely unclear. Even if you manage to figure some synergy out, the odds are, unless you spend cash from the very beginning, you won't have the cards or materials to realize it. My biggest problem with the game is: The matches are incredibly slow, compounded by the fact that you have to read each card very carefully, because misplays are very easy to make. Its incredibly furstrating when after a 20 min match, that appears mostly even, in round 3, the enemy plays a deus ex machina card that moves the score with 20 or more points, making the stratedy you've built up to this point pointless. This keeps happening (I'd say half my matches) - maybe its the metagame or I still don't get the mechanics. I've sunk 20ish hours and I don't plan on wasting any more time on this. I had higher expectations for the game made by the Witcher developer.

I have played this game since closed beta for thounds of hours. I probably should not have spent so much time but nevertheless I did. I love original Gwent with three rows and three copies of card. When CDPR lauched HC project, me as a old player am so exicted! "Back to its roots" they say. BUT TO WHERE EXACTLY? I no longer feel the consistency and combo, the skill to pass. Instead we get so many gimmicky cards that win/lose the game instantly. I cannot help but wondering if this is just a continuation of midwinter update. CDPR, do you even know what does gwent even mean? Because I think you don't. And have a nice break! who cares about the hotfix, right?!

Beta tested Gwent for years and then ended up doing a remake in just 6 months. Unfortunately gwent is no longer fun

This breaks my heart. I played the Beta a lot and was excited to jump back into Gwent! I was praying the two row system was just for the tutorial or something like that, but it's not. Gwent is not Gwent with only two rows. I loved the Beta and spent a lot of money. I don't regret any of that. I tried to play this and it is not the same. Frankly it just sucked. It feels like a basic card game now. Like a bad version of Hearthstone or Legends. Gwent used to be its own thing. Maybe it is still, but it's no longer good :(