Artifact

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 622 Ratings

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  1. Zaigon
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    -Donate Simulator
    -Casino Simulator
    -not half life 3
    -Pay2Win
    - no achievements
    - no steam cards
    - no daily challenge
    - Axe Axe Axe Axe Axe
    -30 min+ for 1 match
    -boring

    +its not fallout 76
  2. Iliyahelvegen
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Это ужасно. Я зарегистрировался на этом сайте ради этого отзыва. Я купил игру за 1500 рублей и получил тонну негатива. Баланса нет, донат везде и всюду. Чтобы выигрывать, нужны нормальные колоды, которые не собрать без доната никак, про рейтинг забудьте. Ежедневных или еженедельных заданий нет ,как в гвинте и хс, поэтому на карты вы не выбьете и не получите задротством, а только донатом.Это ужасно. Я зарегистрировался на этом сайте ради этого отзыва. Я купил игру за 1500 рублей и получил тонну негатива. Баланса нет, донат везде и всюду. Чтобы выигрывать, нужны нормальные колоды, которые не собрать без доната никак, про рейтинг забудьте. Ежедневных или еженедельных заданий нет ,как в гвинте и хс, поэтому на карты вы не выбьете и не получите задротством, а только донатом. Это отродье не должно существовать. Мечатю о том, чтобы валв в один день сказали что это пранк и вернули всем деньги, Досих пор настроение испорчено.… Expand
  3. qiuxu0727
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    pay to play
    pay to win
    pay to pay
    f**k you Gabe
    We want HL3, L4D3 ,Portal3
    not this f**king money-sucking ccg
  4. splinter3d
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Without Gordon and Alyx this game makes no sense. What happened after Alyx's father died? This game just doesn't tell us.
  5. blablablaeins
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    well valve got so damn greedy now , just stay away from valve products , example you are now forced to watch artifact advertisement in there other games without a choice to skip that, thanks valve
  6. ItsSuffy
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    An absolutely cash grab, having to pay a fee of R$ 78,00 just to play ($20), just to be surprised with the fact that every card has a price, making it already competitive broken (Strongest card is R$ 80, more expensive than the game itself).
  7. honeyGlow
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Hi, I'm Gabe Newell and i want more money. So i've made a donate simualtor. Thank you.
  8. Drongash
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я купил эту игру и очень сильно разочаровался, игра переполнена донатом до краёв, играть смысла нет, разве что у вас зарплата на много выше средней по России, 2 доллара за пак и по 20 долларов за конкретную карту, это шок контент!… Expand
  9. Surenos57
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Nice game gaben

    Buy, then buy inside the game, then buy again

    its not p2w yep ahahaha, fk u gaben, very bad game, valve
    very bad company in the eyes of society
  10. R1seAndShine
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Pay to Pay
    Without Half-Life 3/Left 4 Dead 3/ Portal 3

    Valve, Resistance is coming
  11. kislorod
    Dec 1, 2018
    1
    Минусы:
    - За обычные игры не дают никаких плюшек, какой смысл теребить впустую? Даже нет никаких ежедневных заданий аля хс, чтобы как-то можно было колоду собирать
    - Рандом лютый, ну вы поняли где так же и где не попросят с вас 1390 рублей - Донаты зверские. Бесплатно ты сможешь что-то получать, только если купишь себе деку имбовую и начнешь с ней каждый день рандомить, так себе    Минусы:
    - За обычные игры не дают никаких плюшек, какой смысл теребить впустую? Даже нет никаких ежедневных заданий аля хс, чтобы как-то можно было колоду собирать
    - Рандом лютый, ну вы поняли где так же и где не попросят с вас 1390 рублей
    - Донаты зверские. Бесплатно ты сможешь что-то получать, только если купишь себе деку имбовую и начнешь с ней каждый день рандомить, так себе мотивация
    - Игры вольво и так выходят редко, теперь еще на это дно будут ресурсы расходовать
    - Никакой статистики, по ощущениям это все альфа и сон собаки

    Плюсы:
    - Вернул 700 рублей с 4 рарных карт, но вливать эти деньги обратно в игру нет никакого желания    … Expand
  12. TheBluray
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Не покупайте! Это слишком! 1400р игра + еще пару десятов тысяч чтоб собрать колоды! Деликов нет! Отдельные карты стоят свыше 700р! Игра только для магнатов!
  13. Greatinquisit
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    2 eur booster.
    1 eur arena.
    No ladder.
    There are no awards for ladder (there is no ladder)
    No balance.
    No in-game currency.
    No external customization.
    No progress tracking
    No move history, Carl
    Random in mechanics
    Pay2win
    1 game - 40 minutes
  14. HalPete
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    Awful gambling-based economy. Other card games relying on gambling as a card acquisition mechanic doesn't mean it's an acceptable model.
  15. xlmaelstrom
    Nov 29, 2018
    2
    I actually got into the beta through a friend and it was very,very fun while we had access to all cards.Draft versus good players, try out every constructed deck you'd want.
    Then the "public" beta opened and the true nature of the game showed up. You pay2pay2pay2pay2 eventually ,possibly win something little if you maintain 60-70% win rate.
    I stopped playing Magic, because of it's ****    I actually got into the beta through a friend and it was very,very fun while we had access to all cards.Draft versus good players, try out every constructed deck you'd want.
    Then the "public" beta opened and the true nature of the game showed up. You pay2pay2pay2pay2 eventually ,possibly win something little if you maintain 60-70% win rate.
    I stopped playing Magic, because of it's **** economy and now this thing is even worse. You have a market where the tax is 60% of the card value for some of the cheaper cards.There is no direct trading. If someone like the Gwent developers can profit off something that is essentially a dead game by now and give good prize pools, then there is no reason for Valve to pick-up MTG economy.
    In Gwent you can have pretty much full collection while being f2p and shell out some money on animated(premium) cards.
    Here, if you want to play constructed and play the 2 of the strongest colours - well ,get ready to shell out the price of an AAA game for 2 cards on the market. Full collection price is at least 150 pounds (200$) and you can't try the game for free.
    You have to pay to try it out, you have to pay for the competitive modes, you have to pay for constructed since you can't own all the cards even if you payed for the game already.If you decide to pay for competitive, well getting any reward is happening at 60% win-rate and you still don't get your money back at this point. Going 3-2 in a competitive, for which you have payed already to enter , you win just your ticket back LOL, not even a pack for a 2$ entry.
    Rewards are a joke ,competitive modes are behind a paywall, constructed collection costs what you would spend for 1 year ahead on AAA titles.
    I am not even sure if it's only Valve's fault as Garfield has defended MTG Economy multiple times, but still **** Gaben, **** Garfield for ruining a beautiful, fun , high-skill cap game with their greed.    … Expand
  16. Breathtaker
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Донатом обмазана вся игра, вы платите за вход, вы платите за выход...просто за все. Геймплей никакой, арты намалеваны пятилетним ребенком. Мы ждали убийцу Hearthstone а получили нечто вобравшее из него самое худшее и ничего хорошего от себя. Не тратьте свое время и свои средства, игра точно того не стоит.Донатом обмазана вся игра, вы платите за вход, вы платите за выход...просто за все. Геймплей никакой, арты намалеваны пятилетним ребенком. Мы ждали убийцу Hearthstone а получили нечто вобравшее из него самое худшее и ничего хорошего от себя. Не тратьте свое время и свои средства, игра точно того не стоит.
  17. RightZ
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Pay to win, pay to play, pay to pay. Pay for card packs, pay for heroes, pay for ranked. You want to make a refund? Oh, sorry, you've played more than 2 games, so you cant take your money back. Great game.
  18. DirtyBeef
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    Greedy fawkers.

    Other digital CCGs seem to manage without making you pay to win.

    This monetization means you can't pick up and play with friends. You can't try it out to see how it's going to be. And you can't just play casually.

    Valve let their game go to their head. I won't be buying any more Valve games.
  19. HobusTobu
    Nov 28, 2018
    3
    The game is enjoyable on the surface for any TCG players out there. However, the game is clearly a desperate hail Mary from Valve to find a foot in a market by spinning off one of their most popular IPs at the moment.
    I think somewhere along the development pipeline, Gaben saw the game and said, "I'm not paying to promote this." Because this game really, super quieltly eeked out of the    The game is enjoyable on the surface for any TCG players out there. However, the game is clearly a desperate hail Mary from Valve to find a foot in a market by spinning off one of their most popular IPs at the moment.
    I think somewhere along the development pipeline, Gaben saw the game and said, "I'm not paying to promote this." Because this game really, super quieltly eeked out of the woodwork. I didn't know the release date until it was out. They added an update to Dota just to show the release trailer for artifact.
    Other reviewers have touched on why the pay to win model is dumb, but let me add something, I genuinely can't comprehend why someone would pay for digital cards. Physical cards, sure. I can physically trade those in a few years and they may increase in value because they're physical. But digital TCG, I can only trade Steam Wallet dollars. Which is about as useful as trading Dave N Buster's bucks at the Car Dealership. So, you're paying as much as you would for other TCG, you get less, and the experience is only online. I shouldn't have to explain why that's dumb.
    The game has cool features at first, until you realize that outside of the most basic matchmaking features, the game requires you to buy tickets to play the other features.
    The game as is, is the polar oppostie of Dota. It's absolute horse **** that they attatched Dota's name to this game. The art design is the same, but outside of that, they're nothing alike.

    Lastly, the consequences of this game directly impact Dota 2, the game that we actually give a **** about. Many of the changes to heroes in Artifact recently showed up in the 7.20 update for Dota. Expect to see hero buffs and nerfs take place purely based on how Valve wants to inflate or deflate the value of Artifact cards. If you think that supporting this game is all's well that ends well, peep how complacency empowers lazy, fearful, greedy companies like Activision, Bethesda and EA pays out.
    Pro tip: You get **** games in the future.

    To all those who are saying this game is good for trying something new, keep in mind that new ideas aren't always the best. And all the pro Dota players or Dotacasters that are sucking this game off are totally biased. They're paid by Valve to promote the game. And being able to stream a game before everyone else gets their hands on it will guarantee you views/donations. That's just the law of averages.

    AVOID if you can.    … Expand
  20. satory
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    Pros:
    - Cool visual
    - DotA universe, it is good for people who actually playing DotA 2 - Less RNG than hearthstone has - Requires lots of skills from player Cons - Paywall - No in-game currency to craft cards, only USD is - I always complained how Hearthstone expensive but Artifact is going to be even more expensive in long run - Game can't bring people who don't like DotA and    Pros:
    - Cool visual
    - DotA universe, it is good for people who actually playing DotA 2
    - Less RNG than hearthstone has
    - Requires lots of skills from player
    Cons
    - Paywall
    - No in-game currency to craft cards, only USD is
    - I always complained how Hearthstone expensive but Artifact is going to be even more expensive in long run
    - Game can't bring people who don't like DotA and moba games
    - We should get HL3 instead another card game    … Expand
  21. sarge945
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    I really wish I could give this game a higher score. It is very fun to play, and has all the hallmarks of Valve's insane amount of polish. It's very skill-based and enjoyable.

    But then there's the monetization. First you buy the game. That's fine. Then you buy packs containing a lot of duplicates. Sure you can sell them on the Steam Marketplace, but they are only worth a penny since the    I really wish I could give this game a higher score. It is very fun to play, and has all the hallmarks of Valve's insane amount of polish. It's very skill-based and enjoyable.

    But then there's the monetization. First you buy the game. That's fine. Then you buy packs containing a lot of duplicates. Sure you can sell them on the Steam Marketplace, but they are only worth a penny since the rare - and good - cards that everyone wants are the only ones people are looking for. At upwards of $30 for a single good card (like Axe), this absolutely reeks of pay-to-win. If this game instead had a way for everyone to be on a level playing field, but also allowed monetization on the side (such as opening packs for a chance of foil cards, which would be ultra-rare and high-value), it would be less on the nose and less offensive. Other digital TCG's, such as hearthstone, also have annoying monetization schemes, but with one key difference - there is a way to get card packs while playing, albeit slowly. This means that theoretically, everyone is on an even playing field since given enough playtime, everyone can eventually get all the needed cards. This game doesn't offer that, and as such has no way for any player to get any needed cards without paying - either through the market, or through card packs.

    I honestly believe that this game's overall legacy, longevity, competitiveness, and overall quality are all being effected by a system which is, at it's core fundamental level, worthless and adds nothing to an otherwise amazing game.

    It's a real shame, since it's obvious Valve put a lot of effort and polish into this, but tying the good cards to rarity seems to completely undermine the skill and balance of the game at it's core, something I expected from a lesser company. This is egregious, and unfortunate.    … Expand
  22. rulezfin
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    While a card game from the Dota Univer may have its appeal to some people, there is no excuse for how this game is.
    Overall, Artifact is too complicated and too heavily botched with bad RNG.
    Not to mention, the only currency in the game is your wallet. On the long run, this game is more expensive than HS and that is never a good thing.
  23. kazkovsky
    Nov 28, 2018
    2
    The best card in this game is your credit card. I love Dota 2, I love the concept that you have all heores and pay only for cosmetics. Here you have pay 2 win scheme.
  24. ZGiSH
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    As a long time Magic: The Gathering player, it's a shame that other game developers see that monetization model as something to adopt and not something to avoid. It's a terrible system that has people sinking thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars into. To this day, the playerbase is still combating with the "MTG Finance" community that limits the ability for new players to engage inAs a long time Magic: The Gathering player, it's a shame that other game developers see that monetization model as something to adopt and not something to avoid. It's a terrible system that has people sinking thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars into. To this day, the playerbase is still combating with the "MTG Finance" community that limits the ability for new players to engage in competitive play.

    For Valve to see this and go "yep, this is what we should do" should be highly alarming to any fans of the company.    … Expand
  25. bortnessundine
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    I'm going to be real with you. This is a pay to win game. I spent over 100 dollars buying packs and if I didn't I wouldn't be competitive at all. I'm still not competitive. If I spent that 100 dollars buying packs on Hearthstone, which I have done when a new expansion is out, I could have dusted the repeat cards and gotten the legendaries I wanted. Here, you dust to get event tickets.I'm going to be real with you. This is a pay to win game. I spent over 100 dollars buying packs and if I didn't I wouldn't be competitive at all. I'm still not competitive. If I spent that 100 dollars buying packs on Hearthstone, which I have done when a new expansion is out, I could have dusted the repeat cards and gotten the legendaries I wanted. Here, you dust to get event tickets. Also only 20 or so cards are actually more worth .03 or more cents. This isn't a "Trading" Card Game, it's Magic Online (Not Arena) with Valve being the seller instead of 3rd party robots. You gotta pay to play here. I'm sorry, but it's the truth.… Expand
  26. Bobito8000
    Nov 28, 2018
    1
    There is little to compare between this and Hearthstone (another CCG).
    Artifact is very slow paced, it has a lot of luck involved in its gameplay, a lot of cards are broken, it is very confusing at the start and it will take a lot of time an effort to get yourself going into this card's game mechanics. It is just not good, requested a refund asap.
  27. iMarbot
    Nov 28, 2018
    0
    Awful mess of a pay 2 win game. Paid game, and then you need to pay even more to play anything that lets you progress...
  28. wagllgaw
    Nov 28, 2018
    4
    This game could have been a real interesting competitor to HS / MTG Arena / Eternal but unfortunately it cripples itself with pay-to-win, total lack of progression system, and a real focus on gambling as the core mechanic. This game is interesting if physical MTG was your only competitor but cardgames are a crowded space and I don't see how I could justify any more $s on this game.

    It    This game could have been a real interesting competitor to HS / MTG Arena / Eternal but unfortunately it cripples itself with pay-to-win, total lack of progression system, and a real focus on gambling as the core mechanic. This game is interesting if physical MTG was your only competitor but cardgames are a crowded space and I don't see how I could justify any more $s on this game.

    It is a real pity because their are positives. They really looked to innovate on the core card game formula and that should be worth a few points just by itself.    … Expand
  29. IPostForMoney
    Nov 30, 2018
    0
    **** game, no doubt, pay2win games always fail, nobody will talk about this game passed 2 months.
  30. 4125MakeItSo
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    So greedy game. You have to pay for game, you have to pay for lootboxes and you also have to pay for tickets.
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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    75
    Complex and challenging card game, but with some fundamental flaws and bad monetization system that basically killed the game even before it went out.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    80
    Innovative mechanics designed by Richard Garfield (Magic: The Gathering), rules that you can grasp after just a couple of minutes, clear interface – Artifact is a great game. It’s a shame that it’s huge esports potential can be squandered, because Valve doesn’t seem to care for it enough to implement progression systems, leagues, rankings or means to comfortably communicate with rivals outside an invitation-only friendly tournament. [01/2019, p.58]
  3. Games.cz
    Jan 15, 2019
    50
    In theory, a brilliant card game for a demanding audience. In reality, a concept heavily damaged by bad balancing and a truly terrible monetization system. It may yet prove to be a success in the future - but right now, this is a game for wealthy masochists only.
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