Any Hearthstone beta players out there? I understand they will be going to open beta sometime in January.
I got into the beta recently and have been playing it pretty hard for the last couple of weeks. Overall I think its a pretty fun game, moreso than I thought a computer version of a collectible card game would be.
Right now the most enjoyable part of the game is arena, because I do not have to worry about not having a complete set of cards. In arena, you build a deck using random cards and play against other people who built their decks the same way. You have to generate a new deck every time you either win 9 games or lose 3, so everyone is constantly using new decks--in other words no one can luck into a ridiculous deck and dominate with it for long periods of time.
I've had success with the custom build, "Play", section of the game as well, but it's a little frustrating building decks for now without access to all the cards. It takes time to build out a complete collection unless you want to drop a lot of cash. On the other hand you can definitely win with basic cards, it just gets frustrating sometimes when you play against someone who has a similar rating as you but nevertheless drops a couple legendaries. That said, the legendary cards are not that overwhelmingly powerful that they can't be dealt with basic cards.
Games are short, about 10 minutes a piece. I could see myself getting to the point where I did a single arena run a day.
Overall, pretty fun game.
I got into the beta recently and have been playing it pretty hard for the last couple of weeks. Overall I think its a pretty fun game, moreso than I thought a computer version of a collectible card game would be.
Right now the most enjoyable part of the game is arena, because I do not have to worry about not having a complete set of cards. In arena, you build a deck using random cards and play against other people who built their decks the same way. You have to generate a new deck every time you either win 9 games or lose 3, so everyone is constantly using new decks--in other words no one can luck into a ridiculous deck and dominate with it for long periods of time.
I've had success with the custom build, "Play", section of the game as well, but it's a little frustrating building decks for now without access to all the cards. It takes time to build out a complete collection unless you want to drop a lot of cash. On the other hand you can definitely win with basic cards, it just gets frustrating sometimes when you play against someone who has a similar rating as you but nevertheless drops a couple legendaries. That said, the legendary cards are not that overwhelmingly powerful that they can't be dealt with basic cards.
Games are short, about 10 minutes a piece. I could see myself getting to the point where I did a single arena run a day.
Overall, pretty fun game.
