I like witcher series so i decided to give a shot to Gwent standalone game. I wouldn't recomend it to anyone because it's very unfriendly to newcomers. You progress rather fast till around rank 10 or something but then it gets really tedious and you can't really compete against all those meta-decks with those resources you got as a newcomer. You can't go back to sandbox either because you locked to the rank you already achieved and you aslo cant play casual where matchmaking is literally non existant and even worse than in ranking because people being matched not based on anything so you can be matched against some tryhard with full collection or vs a guy with basic deck which is rdcls. Also the game has many dead cards with no use whatsoever like "Wyvern scale shield" or "Hattori" which are not being reworked. All that leads to severe binary play and boredom seeing all the same meta decks again and again in games. All in all it's just typical f2p game scenario where overall the game lacks stable foundation but devs just keep throwing new stuff into it. The music and artworks in the game are nice tho.
I am not a big fan of adventure genre but I like robots, cyborgs etc. and post-apocalypse and also explore stuff, this game was quite satisfying in that. What I liked about the game: First of all, it's atmosphere. The game has a strong atmosphere which builds the immersion. And this is done by some features: 1.Well developed characters. Almost all characters you will meet are remarkable and have their own personalities. 2.Atmospherical locations painted with style. 3. Well written Lore which you understand as you progress through the game and explore locations. 4.Music Visual appearance.As mentioned above the locations look great and immersive, as much as they can for a 2d game where you can't actually explore stuff like you can in 3d games with exploring.Gives you a feeling of your presence etc. The puzzles. They are good in this game and also involve some kind of a crafting. It is not like those adventures where you have to do pixel hunting because you have no clue what you have to do and just hope for luck to find the item or trigger the right thing. Aside from a couple of times and some unobvious stuff most things in the game have logical solutions and it's pretty satisfying to see how you figured out the solution and it worked especially if it was not so easy. As I also mentioned above the music is great and adds to the atmosphere of the game. The game also has some funny references to other games and sort of humour. The game also has different endings. The only drawback is that the game might look way too pixelated in high res and that makes reading in-game text a bit unpleasant experience.
