I started playing durring beta gwent and although I like many others did not like Homecoming at first I did give it a fair try and had some fun because of the novelty of it at times. I still play it semi-regularly but the direction the devs took a while ago and have consistently followed ultimately make it a poor game. The main arguemnt against beta gwent is that it allowed insane strats that were impossible to balance but now what we have is basically a simple braindead mobile game where 99% of the cards are boost, heal or damage. That is all that the new gwent has to offer and with the provision system you can clearly see the dev's approach to balance. 1 point = 1 provision, if a simple condition of the card isnt met then the card will underscore by 1-2 points, if you fullfill the condition you overscore by 1-2 points. That is all new gwent has to offer in terms of deck building. The visuals are weird...why am I slamming the cards into mud. Makes no sense? Well you're free to buy the tavern table board for 15 usd. Why do we need to the ugly leader 3d models that are universally disliked and look weird with the 2d cards being played? Well so you can buy skins of course! With the releases on Android and iOS updates that make the game less and less newbie friendly are common and a lot of mobile game design progress can be seen - make the game just fun enough to keep playing and not uninstall but also frustrating to progress without paying. Replacing the daily reward system with journey that of course has a premium component makes the resources more scares for the majority of the playerbase despite what posts from the devs try to make it seem like. No more small rewards between levels, no full mill value after substantial nerfs to cards at the end of the season after you spent your resources on crafting them...cosmetic-only premium cards will be almost impossible to get after the next update. Sadly, at this point I would not recommend new players to install.
