ГВИНТ: Ведьмак. Карточная игра

As many previously stated this game is no longer enjoyable. Which is pity because I played many hours in beta and it was my favourite game even outside card games genre. I played 3 days in a new 'gwent' and realized that I will not play this game anymore. The tempo of the game became really slow. Balance issues at its core in both constructed and arena: either you have a lot of cards that will snowball you the game overtime if not get answered and you win or they have an answer (multiple answers) to those cards that generate value and you lose and visa versa. Not fun nor interactive. No tacticks anymore, no mind games, no complexity. You either have an answer or you don't and games are boring and predictable. 10 cards cap kills the core mechanic of the game - card advantage as well as new mulligan and draw system - now player with the best starting hand wins and your deck always plays in the same way 1st 2nd and 3rd round. Sometimes you bleed your opponent because of his deck but you know it already since the matchup started - predictable and boring. And random decks like reveal Nilfgaard makes it worse because you feel bad when they high roll. Controlled random was the reason why I loved old gwent as well as the fact that you used to play with your whole deck and now its gone together with my desire to play it.

Homecoming was a chance to return to the pre-Midwinter roots of Gwent when it was at its peak. Sadly, CDPR derived all the wrong conclusions from years of beta testing, choosing to discard a wonderful rough gem in the making for an abominable simplistic reductionist offering that still carries the Beta's flaws yet none of its strengths. Judging by GOGstats (http://gogstats.com/game/1971477531_gwent-the-witcher-card-game) as well as Google Trends (https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2016-10-27%202018-11-27&q=%2Fg%2F11bzs2z_sr) and Twitch numbers, the game has never performed worse than right now, shortly after the release of Homecoming. The release version has rendered Gwent as a game irrelevant in today's market, as reflected in Homecoming being less popular than even Beta Gwent during the infamous 6+ months of complete content drought. Sadly, CDPR hasn't shown an ability to identify the core issues of Homecoming. Homecoming's design removed every shred of emergent complexity within the game, reduced the creativity and outplay/outsmarting/counter-play potential of the game, and devolved most strategies into binary scenarios of "answer or lose." After more than 2 years and thousands of hours played, it is painful to see a beloved game reduced to this.

Very good game economy and also with a good team behind making the rght decisions... even if youm miss old gewnt, give it a try, the developers are giving their best with the game!

I play it daily and enjoy it a lot, while I do miss my 2 favorite Northen realms deck from the open beta, I think homecoming did end up making it a better game. I now have 6 favorite decks I play so if nothing else homecoming made the game more creative for the average deckbuilder like me. I was also confused about removing the siege row at launch but with the introduction of reach for effects, it has actually ended up making row placement much more impactful with just 2 rows than it ever felt with 3 rows.

Been playing from open beta last year and I have to say Gwent is in far better state right now and it just keeps improving every patch. Beautiful card art, tactical gameplay and generous reward system. Recomended to any CCG fans out there having doubts.