GWENT: Rogue Mage

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 11 out of 27

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  1. Nokturnalex
    Jul 19, 2022
    1
    Bruh, how do you mess up a single player rogue-lite Gwent game?

    I'll tell ya. 1, Make it more like hearthstone. 2. Remove deck building and force players to use pre-made decks, there's only 4 to choose from and they're all boring. Only way to deck build is during gameplay and it's all based on luck, want to remove a certain card? Nope, you only get 3 choices. Want to pick a certain    Bruh, how do you mess up a single player rogue-lite Gwent game?

    I'll tell ya.
    1, Make it more like hearthstone.
    2. Remove deck building and force players to use pre-made decks, there's only 4 to choose from and they're all boring. Only way to deck build is during gameplay and it's all based on luck, want to remove a certain card? Nope, you only get 3 choices. Want to pick a certain card? Nope, 3 random choices again. You can re-roll the choices but that costs mana... now about mana...
    3. Insert a Mana attrition mechanic that forces you to use spells to win fights, completely unbalancing the game. You're basically given incredibly overpowered spells to use (one early one for example basically lets you play a free card every turn) but not enough mana to use them every turn, so you're basically just picking and choosing when to use mana hoping you saved up enough for the boss fight at the end. It throws deckbuilding out the window and is all about mana management.
    4. It's not even Gwent anymore. The reason Gwent was fun to play in Witcher was collecting the cards, once you got all the cards it was boring, that could've been done well in a Rogue-lite game, but they threw any sort of deck building out the window.    … Expand
  2. tjohobbit
    Jul 10, 2022
    2
    Sadly they lost it. A very boring roguelite and only trying to make money on the brand.
    They managed to steal a whole game and then take all the fun out of it.
    Incredibly booooooring. Dont understand how you manage to do something as bad when you already stole almost the whole game. Its not even a gwentgame they only used the assets but they dont even make use of the only thing that i    Sadly they lost it. A very boring roguelite and only trying to make money on the brand.
    They managed to steal a whole game and then take all the fun out of it.
    Incredibly booooooring. Dont understand how you manage to do something as bad when you already stole almost the whole game.
    Its not even a gwentgame they only used the assets but they dont even make use of the only thing that i unique with Gwent.

    You want to try the gameplay?

    Role a 6 sided dice and beside you have a bag with dice where you have 1 6 sided and the rest d12 and then you pick one random and roll and see which is highest.

    You can choose one card that they call the keycard and they can for example every 2 turns put rain on a row thet do 1 dmg on 2 random enemies.
    Wow just how underwhelming you manage to do the game.

    Also of course there is ingame purchase which I dont care about if not the game is so bad.

    Cant understand why they want to drag their own IP down like this.
    Bought everything they ever made but it have at last come to an end and I am still one of the few that hade a ok experinece with cyberpunk but you clearly see that they are not the same anymore releasing something like this.    … Expand
  3. Kunray
    Jul 12, 2022
    1
    don't want and don't have time to write here. to be short - I'm very disappointed
    1/10
  4. DarkNeroN7
    Jul 13, 2022
    0
    Полная хрень. Это не игра, а халура. Она должна быть бесплатным дополнением для Гвинта, только в этом случае с ней можно ознакомиться. Покупать это - деньги на ветер.
  5. yohewa9979
    Jul 8, 2022
    4
    An apt reminder that the best part of The Witcher 3 was actually not that good.
  6. Sepherim
    Dec 27, 2022
    4
    Me encanta Gwent, tanto en el Witcher 3, como juego independiente y en Thronebreaker. Por eso me compré Rogue Mage tan pronto salió pero, desde el principio, me temo que algo no ha estando haciendo click para mi con el juego. Las mecánicas del juego han sido modificadas en algunos puntos para ser un deckbuilder pero el juego en si no acaba de funcionar como debería en ese sentido. LasMe encanta Gwent, tanto en el Witcher 3, como juego independiente y en Thronebreaker. Por eso me compré Rogue Mage tan pronto salió pero, desde el principio, me temo que algo no ha estando haciendo click para mi con el juego. Las mecánicas del juego han sido modificadas en algunos puntos para ser un deckbuilder pero el juego en si no acaba de funcionar como debería en ese sentido. Las partidas se basan demasiado en el mazo inicial, de modo que se vuelven repetitivas, los sistemas de progresión entre partidas son demasiado simples y directos y, especialmente, las batallas pierden componente estratégico al volverse a una única ronda y otros cambios que tienen. Si añadimos a eso que, siendo lo buenos que son CD Projekt con tramas, este juego no se puede decir que tenga una más allá de lo más básico (una que, además, tiene incoherencias cronológicas como personajes que puedes jugar por cartas pero que no existen en la época), el resultado es flojo.

    Estéticamente está bastante bien porque, como juego de cartas, gwent siempre ha sido vistoso. La música muy bien aunque reciclan temas, y las pocas voces dobladas que hay también cumplen bien. Y, al menos en mi experiencia, no he encontrado bugs significativos.

    El resultado de todo ello es que, aunque es un juego que tenía todo para gustarme, lo he ido dejando y dejando y dejando hasta que ya va tocando reconocer que no lo voy a continuar. Un 4.    … Expand
  7. Don_karton
    Aug 31, 2022
    0
    I sincerely love all gwent games but this one just hurts me to play how badly done it is. It's like I'm back in the noughties strategy. The only thing that connects this game with the original is a copy-paste of cards from online gwent.

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67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    40
    Rogue Mage is an enjoyable card game that I was happy to spend a few evenings with. However, it lacks the greater depth and addictiveness of classic rogue-like titles for prolonged play. As a result, this version of the cards isn't bad, but it's unfortunately the weakest of all on offer. [Issue#321]
  2. SECTOR.sk
    Aug 8, 2022
    65
    GWENT: Rogue Mage is an expansion suited for players who need new challenges, like to test their patience and improvise strategies. But because of a rather repetitive gameplay and disappointing story, it’s a game that casual fans of Gwent can easily skip.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jul 29, 2022
    70
    Rogue Mage lacks the scope and ambition of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, but despite that provides lots of fun thanks to its addictive, well-balanced gameplay. It’s also a great way to get acquainted with Gwent.
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