Originally posted by wartyxwt Tell you what, it'll be very interesting to see who makes the better CCG here, Notch (Scrolls/Minecraft) or Blizzard. I could get into this, card games *can* be very fun, online just means actually being able to find people to play with.
Majong or Activision....mmmmh....Really a hard choice -_-
"Isn't a raid plundering villages in WoW or something like that?" - Robert Desable
MTG is one of the coolest games I've ever played in my life. I'd love to play it on competitive level but i can't afford / refuse to pay for new cards every 3-4 months.
Blizzard has a history to take popular games, polish them and dumb them down for casuals to consume. I can't see any difference here. I've no doubt HearthStone CCG will be an AAA product, like everything else coming from Blizzard, but from me PoV HearthStone CCG vs. Magic the Gathering CCg is like MegaBloks vs. Lego.
MTG is one of the coolest games I've ever played in my life. I'd love to play it on competitive level but i can't afford / refuse to pay for new cards every 3-4 months.
Blizzard has a history to take popular games, polish them and dumb them down for casuals to consume. I can't see any difference here. I've no doubt HearthStone CCG will be an AAA product, like everything else coming from Blizzard, but from me PoV HearthStone CCG vs. Magic the Gathering CCg is like MegaBloks vs. Lego.
To be honest... TCGs were always about having imba cards way more than strategy, and in more recent editions of MTG it even feels more so that way than ever before. Keep in mind Hearthstone is not meant to be competitive pro-scene TCG either. It's CCG (the difference between Trading Card Game and Collectible Card Game is huge in itself) that's meant to be played for fun... I know people here seem to hate fun in pursuit of some elitist nirvana and/or climax but really, some people just want to enjoy their time playing silly vidyagames.
I'm actually excited about this, mostly because of the pricing model. MTG's clunky interface and absurd prices kept me from enjoying it, and if this game gets popular, I could see myself battling other players all day long.
The one thing I'm not thrilled about is mac support over consoles, and ipad but no android. Bliz has some strange love of apple that makes no sense. Get with the times guys.
it is not mac support over consoles, have you looked at any blizzard game recently? they all release on Mac OS at the same time as Windows.
WRONG ATTITUDE everyone!!! Before you entered a place like mmorpg.com how acceptable was your gaming habit to pretty much everyone you came in contact with? This looks like a welcome break from being hunched over the keyboard. It may not be your cup of tea, but its going to be someones. Hats off to blizz this is actually neat. Some of us would prefer to sit around a table and socialize thats not always an option in reality.
MTG is one of the coolest games I've ever played in my life. I'd love to play it on competitive level but i can't afford / refuse to pay for new cards every 3-4 months.
Blizzard has a history to take popular games, polish them and dumb them down for casuals to consume. I can't see any difference here. I've no doubt HearthStone CCG will be an AAA product, like everything else coming from Blizzard, but from me PoV HearthStone CCG vs. Magic the Gathering CCg is like MegaBloks vs. Lego.
To be honest... TCGs were always about having imba cards way more than strategy, and in more recent editions of MTG it even feels more so that way than ever before. Keep in mind Hearthstone is not meant to be competitive pro-scene TCG either. It's CCG (the difference between Trading Card Game and Collectible Card Game is huge in itself) that's meant to be played for fun... I know people here seem to hate fun in pursuit of some elitist nirvana and/or climax but really, some people just want to enjoy their time playing silly vidyagames.
I do understand it's not meant to be a professional game like MTG. It's true some single cards can win you games in MTG but strategy and deck building is still an important aspect in MTG as well as in any other CCG. I gotta admit I could be interested in this game if the game itself would be smart and needs strategy, but I've learnt these words doesn't belong to a vocabulary of Blizzards and therefore I presume it wont be fun for me.
On the other hand, if this game brings more players to competitive MTG, it's all but money wasted.
One of these days, they'll give a huge workup to one of these "unveil" events..
And the gaming press will hurl their shoes or something.
Just sayin. Works in Iraq.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by Icewhite One of these days, they'll give a huge workup to one of these "unveil" events..And the gaming press will hurl their shoes or something.Just sayin. Works in Iraq.
Originally posted by DamonVile a CCG...seriously.? Way to milk the hype of titan to sell garbage no one wants Blizzard.
It's a no brainer money spiner for the business suits who run Blizzard. Take (or should that be steal) the Magic: The Gathering and then transport it into the WoW universe. Must be a zillion deck building collectable options with which to leach money away from players.
Originally posted by wartyxwt Tell you what, it'll be very interesting to see who makes the better CCG here, Notch (Scrolls/Minecraft) or Blizzard. I could get into this, card games *can* be very fun, online just means actually being able to find people to play with.
Majong or Activision....mmmmh....Really a hard choice -_-
oh Activision making a CCG too? Not sure what place that has in this blizzard thread.
I get what Blizzard is doing and I can EASILY see this being popular. If for nothing else then when they start offering card packs online for $5-10 a pop with a chance at loot cards for WoW.
Not a fan of game type personally, but they are going to rake in cash when people have even a 1 in a thousand chance of getting a mount or item for MoP.
Originally posted by Four0Six Online Card Game....seems kinda like an oxymoron to me.....But I know folks that play MTG online.....Yes, sometimes I think they too are morons.
Well this is highly underwhelming... yet another attempt to cash in on stuff from a popular franchise rather then make something new. That and its a card game with an attempt to charge for virtual booster packs...
Yeah, I've given up on blizzard making anything new that is good. Least I got to see the project Jay Wilson probably joined, it seems like his caliber. XD
I'm actually excited about this, mostly because of the pricing model. MTG's clunky interface and absurd prices kept me from enjoying it, and if this game gets popular, I could see myself battling other players all day long.
The one thing I'm not thrilled about is mac support over consoles, and ipad but no android. Bliz has some strange love of apple that makes no sense. Get with the times guys.
Original warcraft games were made for macintosh. Blizzard has a very very large mac fanbase due to the always simultaneous launches on both platforms. While it may not make sense to you, I have several friends whi are still blizzard fans for this sole reason. Why would you want to tick off your player base?
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Majong or Activision....mmmmh....Really a hard choice -_-
"Isn't a raid plundering villages in WoW or something like that?" - Robert Desable
MTG is one of the coolest games I've ever played in my life. I'd love to play it on competitive level but i can't afford / refuse to pay for new cards every 3-4 months.
Blizzard has a history to take popular games, polish them and dumb them down for casuals to consume. I can't see any difference here. I've no doubt HearthStone CCG will be an AAA product, like everything else coming from Blizzard, but from me PoV HearthStone CCG vs. Magic the Gathering CCg is like MegaBloks vs. Lego.
To be honest... TCGs were always about having imba cards way more than strategy, and in more recent editions of MTG it even feels more so that way than ever before. Keep in mind Hearthstone is not meant to be competitive pro-scene TCG either. It's CCG (the difference between Trading Card Game and Collectible Card Game is huge in itself) that's meant to be played for fun... I know people here seem to hate fun in pursuit of some elitist nirvana and/or climax but really, some people just want to enjoy their time playing silly vidyagames.
it is not mac support over consoles, have you looked at any blizzard game recently? they all release on Mac OS at the same time as Windows.
Blizzard said so.
I do understand it's not meant to be a professional game like MTG. It's true some single cards can win you games in MTG but strategy and deck building is still an important aspect in MTG as well as in any other CCG. I gotta admit I could be interested in this game if the game itself would be smart and needs strategy, but I've learnt these words doesn't belong to a vocabulary of Blizzards and therefore I presume it wont be fun for me.
On the other hand, if this game brings more players to competitive MTG, it's all but money wasted.
CCGs are evil. People who don't have more money than they know what to do with should run far, run fast and never look back.
One of these days, they'll give a huge workup to one of these "unveil" events..
And the gaming press will hurl their shoes or something.
Just sayin. Works in Iraq.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
lol Not really
It's a no brainer money spiner for the business suits who run Blizzard. Take (or should that be steal) the Magic: The Gathering and then transport it into the WoW universe. Must be a zillion deck building collectable options with which to leach money away from players.
Sony's been doing this with the world of Norrath with LoN for how many years now?
It's not like they are bringing something fresh and new to the table. Best of luck to them though.
oh Activision making a CCG too? Not sure what place that has in this blizzard thread.
I get what Blizzard is doing and I can EASILY see this being popular. If for nothing else then when they start offering card packs online for $5-10 a pop with a chance at loot cards for WoW.
Not a fan of game type personally, but they are going to rake in cash when people have even a 1 in a thousand chance of getting a mount or item for MoP.
on ur iPad?..
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LOL--Blizzard...LOL!
Well this is highly underwhelming... yet another attempt to cash in on stuff from a popular franchise rather then make something new. That and its a card game with an attempt to charge for virtual booster packs...
Yeah, I've given up on blizzard making anything new that is good. Least I got to see the project Jay Wilson probably joined, it seems like his caliber. XD
Having had some time to digest and think this over the game is going to be MASSIVE!, might even out do LOL in the long run in the F2P space.
It has the ultimate trinity - Blizzard + Warcraft + F2P, going to be huge, I just hope Blizzard ploughs the money it earns into bigger games.
Original warcraft games were made for macintosh. Blizzard has a very very large mac fanbase due to the always simultaneous launches on both platforms. While it may not make sense to you, I have several friends whi are still blizzard fans for this sole reason. Why would you want to tick off your player base?