Hello there, this is my first review. Prior to playing Gwent on Windows, my digital CCG experience was limited exclusively to Hearthstone. Once you find a deck that you really enjoy playing, card games can become a blast to play and offer an incredibly joyful experience. Hearthstone is generally more quick-paced (majority of games are against very aggressive decks or rather fast combo decks) than Gwent ; at least in the Wild format, which I play almost exlusively. Whereas the average match duration in Hearthstone is about 5-10 minutes, Gwent seems like 10-20 minutes. I personally wouldn't bluntly say that Gwent requires more skill 100% as there are quite a few tricky Hearthstone decks aswell in the format. If you are a Hearthstone player and enjoy control decks / value decks (that tend to have a rather full handsize and lots of possible plays at any given turn) a lot, I'm very sure you will enjoy Gwent aswell. Gwent seems also rather calm compared to Hearthstone. Decks like 'Quest Mage' can be rather aggrevating (Flame waker, sorceress apprentice + evocation and 10+ spells in a single turn) whereas in Gwent you can play only one single card per turn, which in many aspects makes it way easier to keep up with what is happening on the board. Not exactly sure about the e-sports scene in Gwent, though it seems the developers are really working on that. While Gwent has a lot more in-depth statistics than Hearthstone, it misses very basic features like a spectate mode which contribute greatly to this game in my opinion. It's very relaxing to eat and just chill while spectating an interesting match in Hearthstone - reckon the same could be said about Gwent if the developers were to implement this arguably highly sought feature. + unique gameplay (calm, 1x card per turn) + customization in form of reward trees, avatars and many more + detailed statistics + generous in terms of f2p - lacks features like spectate mode - some bugs (e.g: soundloop in reward tree)
