I have around 180 cards unlocked, but the matchmaker puts me with players who have 400+ cards unlocked every game. I lose games not because I lack skill, but because their decks are completely overpowered compared to mine.
So instead of coming away feeling like I learned something I come away feeling like if I don't pay money, or grind the shit out of the game for the next 5 months I will continue to lose to players who bought packs or have been playing non-stop for 6 months, or both.
Again this wouldn't be a problem if the match maker didn't pair me with others I have no chance of winning against.
First of all - DON'T. EVEN. WASTE. YOUR. TIME. INTERNET. AND. DISC. TO. INSTALL. THIS. CRAP.
Okay?
Now, I tell You why.
You may think "It's witcher! It must be good, man", "CDPR didn't get any crap productions in their library", "Gwent in W3 was grat, what may go wrong?"
Well you see.. Everything may go wrong. I have played in this game for more than 280h, from eeeeaaaarrrrllyyyy closed beta. Really. When it started - I started to play ( so... 2 years?). This game got plenty of changes over the time in beta, according to what we may see in W3. Some of them was good, some of them was bad, but overall this game still rocks, and you may have fun solo, or with friends. Game evolves, and changes during time - still having convention that we may see in W3, and that was good. At all it was an independent title BASED on minigame from W3, so small diffrences are good and acceptable.
THEN BOOM.
We got final product.
Developers gived us an game that looks like handicapped fusion of HoMM, and card game.
Looks bad, works bad, rules are bad (even f*cking cards are bad) - IT'S JUST BAD GAME.
Zero tactic, zero dynamic play (zero play at all), frustrating mechanics, bad effects of cards, this game just went ALL THE WAY wrong.
Also - this game looks actually like and demo version for thronebreaker.
For this moment i am uninstalling GWENT: The THRONEBRAKER DEMO from my PC. Best wishes for the game, but when i don't see the real... I mean REAL HOMEBACK of this game to the old version - ia have no reason even to hold it on my PC.
Gladly I have my paper cards, and still may play in a good card game with friends.
Don't listen to the people mad about the changes, the release is much better even though it has its own problems.
The only thing I dislike is the 3d boards - they make it hard to focus with all the particle effects flying around.
It is now easier than ever to get cards thanks to unlock trees (you get lots of free stuff from them), and that means if you didn't play the game yet: THE TIME IS NOW! The deck building portion of the game is now much more balanced: cards cost provisions (if you ever played strategy games like starcraft, its something like the food cap) to put them in the deck - that means that even weak cards will get played and it is easier than ever for the developers to balance them.
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 ;(
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