Spellstone

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: Microtransaction infested mobile app![/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] "Spellstone" is one of thousands of nasty mobile apps infesting the "free" section of Steam, but it's not really free. This is a godawfully P2W cash grab Hearthstone ripoff but with cartoony furries instead of Blizzard characters on the cards. The game costs an eye watering SIXTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS worth of P2W DLC before you get into the utterly toxic cash shop, recharges/refills... this isn't just cancer, this is the bowel cancer of gaming. There's only a superficial game here. The game visuals and the game itself are incredibly shallow... think of them as the too-bright, colourful, thin plastic cabinet dress theme on a poker machine at the casino. That's basically what this is. So really, the mobile app "game" is just a veneer, a thin skin wrapped around a nasty, predatory mobile app cash shop. Putting that toxic mobile app monetisation aside.…

There is not much point in getting into the game nowadays, but I appreciate that it is still playable.

The game sucks; it's extremely pay-to-win, and the strategy consists of putting your highest rarity. A lot of the achievements are broken after years, and the dev's made a Family Guy version that is at at least 3 times more functional somehow.

I have nonexistent play time on this Steam, but I have played this game and its predecessors (mainly War Metal: Tyrant) excessively on Kongregate and Android back when I was younger and less discerning. In short, it's a fun junk food game to click around and watch your numbers go up, but utterly messed up by power creep and exploitative microtransactions. You have a deck of 15 cards (originally 10 in Tyrant) and a hand of 3. Each turn you choose one to play. They have 0-4 wait, meaning they sit that many turns in play, vulnerable, before they activate and start doing things. Played cards go in a line and while they are active, your first card activates its 0-3 abilities and attacks the opponent's first card, and so on, and if the opposite side is empty they attack the opponent's face. You can see this in the store previews. In early Tyrant this played surprisingly well despite being so simple, with all the interplay between faster smaller cards and heavy hitters, and abilities that could heal, prevent or directly deal damage, or perhaps stun cards for a turn. In Spellstone all this is vastly overshadowed by ridiculous numbers creep. To illustrate, the common 1-wait card in your s…

Игра Spellstone – это захватывающая карточная стратегия с элементами RPG, которая затягивает с первых минут. Оригинальная механика эволюции карт, когда ты буквально скрещиваешь и улучшаешь своих существ, создает невероятную глубину и разнообразие тактик. Не ждите простых матчей "кто больше ударит", тут важен грамотный подбор карт, их комбинации и умение предвидеть действия соперника. Приятно радует визуальный стиль: яркие, детализированные рисунки карт и красочные локации. Сюжетная кампания предлагает интересные задания и постепенно раскрывает мир игры, а PvP-режим дает возможность испытать свою колоду в сражениях с другими игроками. Конечно, игра может показаться немного сложной на первых порах, но подробный туториал и дружелюбное комьюнити помогают быстро освоиться. Из минусов можно отметить некоторую зависимость от доната, особенно на высоких уровнях, но даже без вложений можно получать удовольствие и добиваться успехов. В целом, Spellstone - это отличный выбор для любителей карточных игр, которые ищут что-то новое и необычное. Рекомендую!

Very fun at first, but doesn't take too long for it to become extremely pay-to-win