Artifact

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 622 Ratings

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  1. nooblox85
    Dec 12, 2018
    0
    20$ for a virtual card game still pay to win
    there are even better free card game out there that is way better than this game
    this is the worst card game ever made

    Valve from massive success company to EA
  2. formulas666
    Dec 2, 2018
    0
    Do NOT buy this game. It is a very obvious scam. I refunded this after an hour.
    I paid almost $AU27 for this game, finished the 2 game tutorial vs bots and was told to claim my reward, 2 starter decks, 5 event tickets and some other stuff. At the very bottom in small print, the game tells you if you claim your starter items you give up your ability to refund the game. I declined claiming    Do NOT buy this game. It is a very obvious scam. I refunded this after an hour.
    I paid almost $AU27 for this game, finished the 2 game tutorial vs bots and was told to claim my reward, 2 starter decks, 5 event tickets and some other stuff. At the very bottom in small print, the game tells you if you claim your starter items you give up your ability to refund the game. I declined claiming the items so that i could try the game out a bit first before deciding if i would commit.
    And.... you are locked out of any social modes, competitive or casual until you claim your starting items and tell valve they can bend you over. Red flags.    … Expand
  3. Lukeros
    Dec 6, 2018
    1
    This card game is really fun when you first play it
    BUT! BUT! BUT!
    As time increases, you will find this is a game about burning money. Let's do math: If 3-2 is the standard that does not lose money. Then: A 2, 2, 1-2, 0-2 is a net loss of 1$, 4-2 seems to make a net profit of 2$, but under nowadays market price. If you can open a total value of 1$ card package, you can Thank God,    This card game is really fun when you first play it
    BUT! BUT! BUT!
    As time increases, you will find this is a game about burning money.
    Let's do math:
    If 3-2 is the standard that does not lose money. Then:
    A 2, 2, 1-2, 0-2 is a net loss of 1$, 4-2 seems to make a net profit of 2$, but under nowadays market price. If you can open a total value of 1$ card package, you can Thank God,
    But do not forget the mmr. This ranking mechanism will always ensure that your winning rate is around 50%.
    Once you enter the 50% winning rate area, you will be in lost 1$ for each round you play.
    I have played so many games, this is the first time I saw a player who has 50% winning rate, but each round game will have to pay 1$ to experience the failure.    … Expand
  4. Efesys
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    I have 3 tables:
    At first you are Mastercard lodges:.
    On the second Visa you carefully lay out:
    On the third invoice for the house and for the desire .....
    Love Gabe
  5. LeoShum
    Dec 2, 2018
    2
    Very interesting gameplay and great mechanic, also great features like buying and selling cards, but there are still 3 BIG minuses:
    1) Pay-to-Play and Pay-to Win, when you should buy packs and tickets and there no alternative fore biggest part of players to enjoy gaming.
    2) No Social features like chat 3) No player information like statistics. We are still love Valve and still can    Very interesting gameplay and great mechanic, also great features like buying and selling cards, but there are still 3 BIG minuses:
    1) Pay-to-Play and Pay-to Win, when you should buy packs and tickets and there no alternative fore biggest part of players to enjoy gaming.
    2) No Social features like chat
    3) No player information like statistics.
    We are still love Valve and still can love Artifact like every Valve game if Valve will remember about their reputation and and will cease to be so greedy!    … Expand
  6. SwagBelly
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    nice donate simulator Gabe, u have surpassed EA in all meaning for sure, this game is not what we wanted from u
  7. SWERD
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Это же надо быть таким жадным что бы за деньги играть с человеком в платную игру! ГАБЕН ты че епти!!! АЛЁЁЁЁЁ ТЫ мля зарабатываешь на The International больше чем победители!!! Давай апдейт быстрооо!!! дэли челлендж делай!!! Если нет вымрет игра твоя! ВОЛЬВО ЖАДНЫЕЕЕ ДО БЕЗОБРАЗИЯ!Это же надо быть таким жадным что бы за деньги играть с человеком в платную игру! ГАБЕН ты че епти!!! АЛЁЁЁЁЁ ТЫ мля зарабатываешь на The International больше чем победители!!! Давай апдейт быстрооо!!! дэли челлендж делай!!! Если нет вымрет игра твоя! ВОЛЬВО ЖАДНЫЕЕЕ ДО БЕЗОБРАЗИЯ!
  8. ireviewbadgames
    Feb 17, 2019
    3
    A tragic tale of how far the folk hero known as "Valve" has fallen; gone are the days of critical acclaim and commercial success, instead they invite this foreboding specter of almost unfathomable greed. Almost.

    The lessons you should learn, dear reader, are simple: show up 10 minutes early, don't double dip and listen to advice when they tell you that shirt does NOT go with that    A tragic tale of how far the folk hero known as "Valve" has fallen; gone are the days of critical acclaim and commercial success, instead they invite this foreboding specter of almost unfathomable greed. Almost.

    The lessons you should learn, dear reader, are simple: show up 10 minutes early, don't double dip and listen to advice when they tell you that shirt does NOT go with that jacket.

    Lord Gaben decided to finally delve into the CCG market. . . unfortunately he did so years too late. Now he faces down competition like Gwent, Hearthstone and of course, the massive machine known as Magic the Gathering. Then, Valve decides to ignore common sense and generously decides to sell the ability to even play the game for $20.00 USD. What's that, you actually want cards, not the bum ones you RNGed when you bought the game? You'll have to empty your wallet some more, because the only way to acquire new cards is through real cash! Valve needed to pick one system or the other.

    Even with this disaster in the making, our once-golden child still had a chance. . . the beta testers! But alas, instead they recruited an army of Yes-Men and boot-lickers, endlessly singing Lord Gaben's praises: "Oh yes, the game is perfect! No changes needed." "Best card game ever, Hearthstone is done for!" Any real criticism was brushed aside and ignored, leaving us with this wallet-sucking monstrosity- simply too horrible to even look at.    … Expand
  9. TheTime
    Dec 13, 2018
    0
    Game for donators only
    its Pay2Win
    Dont waste your time and money.
    im disappointed
  10. Gampy
    Jun 21, 2019
    0
    For now Artifact has smaller player base than Gothic 2 (a 17 years old single player game). Enough said.
  11. Rocharox
    Jun 19, 2019
    0
    After buying the game you still have to spend a huge amount of money on cards.
    Are you kidding me? A paid game with pay to win aspects? Who thought this was a good Idea?
    One of the worst games I ever saw.
  12. chuminh320
    May 4, 2019
    7
    This is a good game with bad handle by Valve,get bash by Valve community,noone want to see it succeed ,you can clearly see from all these 0 rating.Even tho it have flaw, it still is a very interesting game, I write this one to speak the truth, give this game some credit it deserve, and give some justice to it.
    A.pros:
    1.Best competitive card game out there if you only count gameplay. The    This is a good game with bad handle by Valve,get bash by Valve community,noone want to see it succeed ,you can clearly see from all these 0 rating.Even tho it have flaw, it still is a very interesting game, I write this one to speak the truth, give this game some credit it deserve, and give some justice to it.
    A.pros:
    1.Best competitive card game out there if you only count gameplay. The card game where better player always win.
    2.Gameplay is good,easy to pick up what happen,still, deep strategy focus. It's like starcraft but card game. The amount of time i'm sweating when play this game is countless. You really have to challenge your mind to win and the win feel good.
    3.The only card game where draft mode is competitive viable. And you can play it without the need to buy card.
    4.constructed mode is very good and amount of deck that constructed viable is huge.It is half a year since launch-more than 1 year for beta tester-and the meta is not set yet.every month,there is some new deck come to the top and i love it.
    5.Quite good graphic- animation,card artwork,board design,menu,etc,good UI-very clear,informative .Music and voice over is god-tier quality. It add some interesting lore to dota 2 universe.
    Cons:
    1.monetization is on full greedy mode.No religion discount, no sale on any event, paying upfront but still have to pay for card to play constructed,pay for ticket to play at highest competitive environment,and pay for loot box.A trading card game but you can't trade with other player,you only can trade through the steam market which valve take 10% every tranfer.You can get full collection with way easier than other card game,but that still not make this one right.
    2.RNG factor is small impact(except for ogre magi) but feel bad af.ogre magi multi-cast is the worst,you can straight up win game if ogre magi multi-cast right.it is 25% and you have atleast 34 chance to do it. attack arrows is a feel bad RNG too-it serve as wave to balance out high attack power hero,make them cant attack tower ,aka your win condition,50%-75% of the time. but it feel so bad when you sure you win and suddenly a curve and your hero attack a creep on his left instead of tower.then you lose.
    3.Mana ramp and overpower card.In this game ramp is overpower since you can get some mana back when you start to ramp make it have way higher impact than other card game.it make late game card come too early like Time of Triump which is a turn 6 card, come at turn 2.And speak of time of triump,why the f does it have so many stat in it.it make hero basically unkillable and deal massive amount of damage.Why bolt of Damocles deal half of a tower max hp,why axe stat and signature card is way too good. Still,even though this game have some problem with card power,it is quite balance.
    4.A true brain stomper. You will be drain out in 4 hour of play non-stop.And it might be frustrated sometimes.
    5.A competitive card game with out a competitive ladder,no support from valve to help esport scene grow,there is no reward to play after lvl 16,there is no reason to drive people play more.
    6.Lack of update and communication from dev. At this point,it is clear that re-launch will happen and there is no update until then.    … Expand
  13. BulgarianCritic
    Sep 21, 2019
    1
    Gets pretty dull after 3 hours and the only way for you to actually improve and add more cards to your collection is via using money + dont forget that the main price of the game is pretty big so i would suggest to everyone to avoid it if they are looking for a card game.There are many f2p card games out there which will allow you to test them out and see if they are more of the thing youGets pretty dull after 3 hours and the only way for you to actually improve and add more cards to your collection is via using money + dont forget that the main price of the game is pretty big so i would suggest to everyone to avoid it if they are looking for a card game.There are many f2p card games out there which will allow you to test them out and see if they are more of the thing you liked while theres a huge risk with artifact + there are barely any players anymore so lmao… Expand
  14. vokoracer
    Apr 26, 2019
    0
    DONT waste TIME and MONEY , yes MONEY, for this C*AP. Friendly advice for the better human's future
  15. hubi123
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    wow, V$lve invented the pay2pay2win ...
    this game probably contains more gambling and RNG than any casino
  16. HarambePraiser
    Dec 2, 2018
    9
    Artifact is a great TCG. Don't get turned off by all the people who know nothing about traditional card game monetization and whine about it being "pay2win". The monetization fits the game well.
    Artifact is complex, fun, thrilling and addictive. Highly recommended
  17. WoobWoobDriver
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    If you wanna play HS go and play. But if you really want play true card game – play in Artifact
  18. CristobaL
    Dec 3, 2018
    9
    This game have some imbalanced rare cards, but even if you have it, you can easily lose match to basic deck. You should think on every move and every card on battlefield — this is challenging a lot.
  19. WalterHooke
    Jan 21, 2019
    10
    Best card game ever played and still it has a good potential. Big thanks and good luck to developers.
  20. radi0star
    Dec 2, 2018
    0
    Before this, Valve had flirted with pay2win only once, during 2010 when Team Fortress 2 had received an update that allowed players to trade items. Along with this new economy, they've added a store and new items, among which were four sets that gave unique gameplay abilities (that were quite powerful) if the player had the cosmetic hat equipped. Hats are rare, and the economy priced themBefore this, Valve had flirted with pay2win only once, during 2010 when Team Fortress 2 had received an update that allowed players to trade items. Along with this new economy, they've added a store and new items, among which were four sets that gave unique gameplay abilities (that were quite powerful) if the player had the cosmetic hat equipped. Hats are rare, and the economy priced them high. A hat that completed the set that allowed Sniper not to be headshot was $7.49 and about $2 on community trading services. Three years later, they had retooled these sets, no longer requiring the cosmetics. The value of Sniper's hat plummeted.

    For five years, Valve sought to chase that high of pedding pixels for $7.49. All they needed was an excuse.
    In 2013, Valve released Dota 2. Much like CSGO, it had an in-game store, but the items were still cosmetic.

    Cut to today. It seems like they did find their excuse - card games. They even invited the Big Garfield to help put together the game. No surprise that this game resembles MTG so much - the only way is to get good cards is to buy cards, and the publisher's solution is gambling for a good card. MTG player trades are not taxed by anyone but Uncle Sam, but I'd guess they'd gladly tax you too.

    In Artifact, you pay to play; you pay to gamble for decent cards, you get taxed for trading. Pay, pay, pay. In Gwent, you can unlock good cards without spending a penny, and changes are entirely cosmetic.

    Gwent "gets" it. In modern day and age, F2Ps are people, too. They get to enjoy the gameplay and even some luxury, while P2Ps get to decorate their hobby. Gwent is more like TF2 and CSGO than Artifact.

    This is a low point for Valve. Greed, a big sin, had clouded entirely their judgement. They have released a perfect game - where everything, every move costs you money. That is why I'm rating this game a zero. Valve has hit bottom.    … Expand
  21. amaterasuqq
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    что можно делать в игре? Можно играть обычную игру (никакой статистики, никаких уровней и т.д., просто игра), можно играть в рейтинговую, при этом нужно ставить билет, который стоит также денег. Все, это про все чем можно заняться в этой игре. Не говоря о том, что в игре куча доната без которого невозможно играть в рейтинг!что можно делать в игре? Можно играть обычную игру (никакой статистики, никаких уровней и т.д., просто игра), можно играть в рейтинговую, при этом нужно ставить билет, который стоит также денег. Все, это про все чем можно заняться в этой игре. Не говоря о том, что в игре куча доната без которого невозможно играть в рейтинг!
  22. qlucker
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    The internal economy is completely absent. You wanna play? Pay for everything! 1 ticket can be bought for$ 1 dollars, but because of the non-working economy in the game, this ticket can be made for$0.3. There is no motivation to collect rare cards, because when you spray them , all cards are equal. There is no motivation to play. Play is not what does not encourage.
  23. MoldGaster
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    Pay for everything? Daaaamned... I don't want to pay for win! I want to use just my skill. Why I SHOULD pay for everything? No no no... thank you Valve. This "game" is not for normal people.
  24. harrosh221
    Nov 29, 2018
    0
    The worst game in human history
    Please put 0
    Made a pre-order, DO NOT BUY IT!
  25. BringMeTheMemes
    Dec 7, 2018
    1
    Все нынешние проекты VALVE находятся в ужасном состоянии и нуждаются в срочной реанимации. Но вместо патчей (они то выходят, но делают игры уж точно не лучше) они выкатывают ЭТО? ARTIFUСKEDUP
    Кратко и объективно по игре. Нормальная карточная игра в сетинге второй доты. Играть местами интересно, но, на мой взгляд, партия идет очень долго. После первого запуска вам кажется, что это    Все нынешние проекты VALVE находятся в ужасном состоянии и нуждаются в срочной реанимации. Но вместо патчей (они то выходят, но делают игры уж точно не лучше) они выкатывают ЭТО? ARTIFUСKEDUP
    Кратко и объективно по игре. Нормальная карточная игра в сетинге второй доты. Играть местами интересно, но, на мой взгляд, партия идет очень долго. После первого запуска вам кажется, что это действительно что-то очень крутое, но после 3-5 часов становится скучновато. В игре есть интересные моменты. Если бы проект выкатили как free to play игру, то я бы, возможно, посоветовал бы ее друзьям. Но есть одно маленькое(ОГРОМНОЕ) но. Это "удовольствие" стоит 20$! Ах, да. Что бы играть вам тоже надо платить!=) Для комфортной игры нужно влить 100-150$! Это перекрывает все плюсы! У меня есть один вопрос.
    Толстый уже совсем вкрай оборзел?! Это прикол? А почему сейчас декабрь, а не апрель? Просто наш Гена(Gabe) задумал попасть в топ 5 списка Forbes. Это уже совсем перебор. Хватит это терпеть! Я устраиваю БОЙКОТ steam-помойки. Вы с нами? Никаких донатов! Никаких шмоточек! Никаких покупок в steam! Обнаглевший Gaben должен получить соответствующее отношение, аналогичное его отношению к юзерам.    … Expand
  26. warik013
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    In this game there are heroes, cards, and Donat Donat Donat Donat Donat Donat Donat Donat Donat
  27. justkiddo
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    nice money hoover
    soon this game will be free to play
    хороший денежный пылесос
    скоро эта игра будет свободна играть
  28. Owell
    Dec 11, 2018
    0
    Купить игру за 560 гривен чтобы потом вкинуть в эту же игру еще 1-2к гривен. Хорошая работа, Вольво. Вместо того чтобы навести порядок в двух своих предыдущих играх эти дауны выпускают новую. Аплодирую стоя.
    Так же стоит отметить что в игре отсутствует абсолютно любая мотивация продолжать в неё играть, так как рейтинга не существует в принципе, а единственный способ получить игровые карты    Купить игру за 560 гривен чтобы потом вкинуть в эту же игру еще 1-2к гривен. Хорошая работа, Вольво. Вместо того чтобы навести порядок в двух своих предыдущих играх эти дауны выпускают новую. Аплодирую стоя.
    Так же стоит отметить что в игре отсутствует абсолютно любая мотивация продолжать в неё играть, так как рейтинга не существует в принципе, а единственный способ получить игровые карты это донат. Все ждали убийцу ХС, а вышло говно, впрочем, ничего нового.
    P.S. 1 гривна = 2 рубля.    … Expand
  29. redmajor
    Dec 26, 2018
    1
    - Too much RNG
    - Constructed is pay to win.
    - Broken promises like rarity != power.
    - Lack of meaningful progression system.
    - Matches take too long.
    - Badly implemented rank / ladder system.
    - Chat system doesn't work.
    - Boring art / cards.
  30. TRANE95
    Jan 14, 2019
    0
    We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!We Need HL 3!
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#20 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#60 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
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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