Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

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6.9

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  1. SLTYSPTOON
    May 26, 2020
    7
    A fun little game that doesn't have much depth to it but is definitely fun. It doesn't have much content but it doesn't need to. It won't blow you away but it will show you a good time.
  2. ianann
    Feb 20, 2022
    5
    Gwent was great - both in Witcher, Thronebreaker and the beginnings of the standalone-Game. Unfortunately though, most of the creativity in colourful deck building and game-styles had been sucked out of the game due to the fact that 90% of players only play overpowered netdecks at a given rank, so you constantly face the same annoying decks which you have (mostly) no chance against if youGwent was great - both in Witcher, Thronebreaker and the beginnings of the standalone-Game. Unfortunately though, most of the creativity in colourful deck building and game-styles had been sucked out of the game due to the fact that 90% of players only play overpowered netdecks at a given rank, so you constantly face the same annoying decks which you have (mostly) no chance against if you don't "netdeck" yourself or have a specifit counter-deck for the match. You just watch the opponent combo'ing their faction-specific game-style or landing 40 points+ just at the end of the game. Balancing is completely broken. Sadly.… Expand
  3. BadIdeas
    Dec 27, 2019
    6
    A 6 Is probably more than it deserves. The game seems to be hugely flawed where one long round means, even if you win that round, you lose based on draw luck. If the other player draws combos and you don't, you lose. On top of that matchmaking appears to be garbage. My first dozen or so matches were against players so bad I thought they might be AI's programmed to lose (I still suspectA 6 Is probably more than it deserves. The game seems to be hugely flawed where one long round means, even if you win that round, you lose based on draw luck. If the other player draws combos and you don't, you lose. On top of that matchmaking appears to be garbage. My first dozen or so matches were against players so bad I thought they might be AI's programmed to lose (I still suspect that). Then after winning all but 2 where I got RNG'ed with bad draw, All I get matched against is people that obviously sunk time into the game...and I am stuck with a starter deck. Unless ofc I want to pay a bunch of money to buy packs of 5 cards at a time. The power curve isn't even close between starter decks and decks belonging to experienced players, and consistently being matched against them just means constant losses.

    It very much feels like a mini game that should never have been developed into a full fledged standalone title, but was. I have played just about every digital card game available, probably close to 2 dozen at this point, and this one feels better than average, but with much less potential for improvement than most other DCG's.    … Expand
  4. Norleft
    Jul 20, 2020
    7
    Si te gustan los juegos de cartas creo que deberías aunque sea probar este juego , te guste the witcher, te de curiosidad o te importe más bien poco.
    Si te gustan los juegos de cartas y este te termina molando por una cosa u otra, tienes un juego súper Freetoplayfriendly para viciar en tus ratos libres.
    El juego en ningún momento te va a forzar pagar por cartas ni por nada del tablero,    Si te gustan los juegos de cartas creo que deberías aunque sea probar este juego , te guste the witcher, te de curiosidad o te importe más bien poco.
    Si te gustan los juegos de cartas y este te termina molando por una cosa u otra, tienes un juego súper Freetoplayfriendly para viciar en tus ratos libres.

    El juego en ningún momento te va a forzar pagar por cartas ni por nada del tablero, lo ÚNICO que no se puede conseguir sin pagar son algunos dorsos de cartas, algunos personajes (skins de comandante) y algunos accesorios. (Los cuales no afectan en absoluto al gameplay en ningún momento)

    Los sobres de cartas se pagan con moneda del juego (o puedes pagar por ellos, pero consigues como mínimo 1 sobre al día solo por jugar una partida, asique no tiene mucho sentido) , las skins, dorsos y etc se pueden conseguir a través de hacer diarias o jugando aunque sea una partida al día. Llevo jugando gwent por temporadas desde que salio, no he jugado todos los días ni todos los años, y aun así tengo casi todas las barajas del juego, skins etc por jugar un poco.

    Si tienes curiosidad pruébalo, porque si te termina enganchando tienes un juego que te recompensa mucho por simplemente dedicarle un par de horas al día.    … Expand
  5. bronzi
    Aug 19, 2020
    6
    I loved single player Gwent in The Witcher games, and I have a fond recollection of the beta version of Gwent, but that's a distant memory at this point.

    The atmosphere and artwork is fantastic, the music is great, the card animations are mindblowing. There's a good progression system, and there's always something to do. Yet despite all of that, the current Gwent cardgame itself is    I loved single player Gwent in The Witcher games, and I have a fond recollection of the beta version of Gwent, but that's a distant memory at this point.

    The atmosphere and artwork is fantastic, the music is great, the card animations are mindblowing. There's a good progression system, and there's always something to do.
    Yet despite all of that, the current Gwent cardgame itself is just not that fun.
    I really want to like it more than I do for all the above reasons, but it gets boring quickly.    … Expand
  6. Vachis_CZ
    May 16, 2019
    5
    The game became really mediocre, not awful, but nothing worth mentioning if it wasn't for the Witcher theme. I started to play after Homecoming and I actually quite liked it. I didn´t even mind the initial patches to it, but later the game was dumbed down so much I lost interest. Either they realised, the game was unbalanced, or they needed to appeal to broader audience, but making so manyThe game became really mediocre, not awful, but nothing worth mentioning if it wasn't for the Witcher theme. I started to play after Homecoming and I actually quite liked it. I didn´t even mind the initial patches to it, but later the game was dumbed down so much I lost interest. Either they realised, the game was unbalanced, or they needed to appeal to broader audience, but making so many drastic changes in a row to something, that is supposed to be a finished game is just unacceptable. And we are not talking about changing the strength of a card a little-bit or adding new cards. Way too many cards had their effects redefined completely, so I would have to completely rebuild my deck (again), learn new mechanics etc. I lost my patience and see no point in loosing more time on something this unreliable.… Expand
  7. gentlebenno
    Jan 25, 2019
    5
    Last year I joined this game on Beta and easily cranked north of 200 hours in the first two months, I was quite obsessed. Many months later, I put it down for a while and then came back upon release hoping for a return to the same. I liked Thronebreaker, but overall Gwent as released is a huge disappointment.

    I'm not sure what CDPR was thinking in conducting a massive overhaul of the    Last year I joined this game on Beta and easily cranked north of 200 hours in the first two months, I was quite obsessed. Many months later, I put it down for a while and then came back upon release hoping for a return to the same. I liked Thronebreaker, but overall Gwent as released is a huge disappointment.

    I'm not sure what CDPR was thinking in conducting a massive overhaul of the game, but it truly is a different game. And I, like other long time Beta fans, I'm not happy with the changes. Gwent is now an inferior game to the Beta version. I could list about twenty reasons why, but I just don't have the energy because I'm sad. They spiked this game, for whatever reason, and it makes me sad.

    To me, the Beta version of this game was like a 9 or 10, but I can't rate the released version the same. Maybe CDPR will fix it in the long run, but at this point they must be committed and so I doubt it. Thus I shall remain sad, and quite nostalgic for the glory and excitement I had while playing Beta.    … Expand
  8. Jabati
    Apr 3, 2019
    5
    God knows I loved Gwent. It was was the first beta I've played and... thats why my score is so low... I like to learn how to play a game once. I had to learn 4 times to play gwent (properly I mean :D) didn't have patience for a fifth. Besides liked the beta way more than final. What happened with Dagon felt personal too :D
  9. Kreion
    Oct 30, 2019
    5
    I am a huge fan of The Witcher universe and player of Gwent beta. Yet, Gwent beta (and launch) was more chess like game, while current stage of game is much more like clone of Heartstone. Maybe it is more profitable way for developers, yet it is not much satisfaction for players like me. Gwent had something unique in a same way like The Witcher has something unique and shared with Diablo /I am a huge fan of The Witcher universe and player of Gwent beta. Yet, Gwent beta (and launch) was more chess like game, while current stage of game is much more like clone of Heartstone. Maybe it is more profitable way for developers, yet it is not much satisfaction for players like me. Gwent had something unique in a same way like The Witcher has something unique and shared with Diablo / Baldurs Gate. For now, it is gone. To players new to Gwent - it is a lot of fun, try it. You will not feel nostalgia as I do :)… Expand
  10. Gary_Move_Out
    Nov 9, 2018
    6
    Nope. I will stick to witcher RPG games. This one isn't witcher, don't even download it for the Witcher. It's a gwent game but online. And as you may know, it was a great game in witcher 3, but without Yenefers unicorn and foreplay it's not interesting. We don't need more gwent, we need more witcher. Go back and bake me some Triss cookies instead of this.
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    It's not bad, I    Nope. I will stick to witcher RPG games. This one isn't witcher, don't even download it for the Witcher. It's a gwent game but online. And as you may know, it was a great game in witcher 3, but without Yenefers unicorn and foreplay it's not interesting. We don't need more gwent, we need more witcher. Go back and bake me some Triss cookies instead of this.
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    It's not bad, I expected nothing and I'm still disappointed because you can make it better, you even showed it in thronebreaker. Why this one is different on so many levels?    … Expand
  11. jeidoz
    Jan 26, 2021
    7
    Ну якщо чесно, я очікував зайти і зіграти партійку за шпигунів Північного Королівства, як в Відьмаку. Але виявилось, що гра в реліз вийшла іншою, як була на тестувані. Рядів стало 2, шпигунів заприватили Нільфи, а геймплей зводиться до збірки метової колоди карт, із спецкартами для "чесання" колоди за потрібними картами. Особисто я зіграв понад 50 годин, і встиг виконати всі завданняНу якщо чесно, я очікував зайти і зіграти партійку за шпигунів Північного Королівства, як в Відьмаку. Але виявилось, що гра в реліз вийшла іншою, як була на тестувані. Рядів стало 2, шпигунів заприватили Нільфи, а геймплей зводиться до збірки метової колоди карт, із спецкартами для "чесання" колоди за потрібними картами. Особисто я зіграв понад 50 годин, і встиг виконати всі завдання бойового пропуску, сезону Відьмаків, Вовка та Весіміра. Гра прекрасно заходить на фон дистанційного навчання. Бали зняті за оказуаленя гри, баги, часті виліти супротивника і надію розробників в те, що хтось буде донатити на 2+ бочки, коли можна купити 50 бочок за внутрішню валюту "Руду".… Expand
  12. AJCk19
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Honestly it is like a 4 out of 10, but I really like Witcher, ProjectRed, and GOG. So I can squek in a extra point. But this game doesn't stand a chance against other well established TCG, even the 2ndary market like Duel Masters or CapcomvsSNK tcg is funner to play.

    However if you are a hard core fan of Witcher, I can see this being a 8 for you, but any more is a straight cap or that    Honestly it is like a 4 out of 10, but I really like Witcher, ProjectRed, and GOG. So I can squek in a extra point. But this game doesn't stand a chance against other well established TCG, even the 2ndary market like Duel Masters or CapcomvsSNK tcg is funner to play.

    However if you are a hard core fan of Witcher, I can see this being a 8 for you, but any more is a straight cap or that person hasn't played tcgs in their life.    … Expand
  13. 2I2l1a
    Oct 29, 2022
    5
    In GWENT, gamers clash with their friends in fast-paced duels that combine bluffing, on-the-fly decision making and careful deck construction. The game is played over a best-of-three series of rounds, as players unleash their hand by slinging spells and diverse units with special abilities and use clever tricks to deceive their opponents.
  14. Animus_V0x
    Oct 31, 2022
    5
    Basic card game within the Witcher's universe. I had some good times playing it but after a few hours got bored... You get around the mechanics pretty fast and once figured it out, realise there's not much to do. And the PVP is, like many games with ranking, rigged with some kind of meta. I had my fill of those games.
  15. danilyoer
    Aug 27, 2022
    6
    Игра классная, развиваться проще, чем в хартстоуне, но из-за отсутствия развития, миллиона багов, играющих 1-2 колод, выше поставить оценку не могу
  16. GamerVasiliy
    Aug 14, 2022
    7
    провел в этой игре почти 400 часов, открыто 43 из 46 ачивок в steam, хотя цели их выполнять не ставил. сейчас захожу только во время ивентов из-за дополнительных бонусов. в один момент я собрал 100% карт к нескольким фракциям, потом появились новые карты, вот уже из них у меня есть не все, потому что стал играть редко.
    ярко выраженного P2W здесь не наблюдается, хотя цены на бочку с    провел в этой игре почти 400 часов, открыто 43 из 46 ачивок в steam, хотя цели их выполнять не ставил. сейчас захожу только во время ивентов из-за дополнительных бонусов. в один момент я собрал 100% карт к нескольким фракциям, потом появились новые карты, вот уже из них у меня есть не все, потому что стал играть редко.
    ярко выраженного P2W здесь не наблюдается, хотя цены на бочку с рандомными картами по 1$ - это явно перебор, но они очень быстро игровым путем зарабатывается. премиумные карты отличаются от обычных только наличием анимации. я ее вообще отключил в настройках, чтобы игра меньше ресурсов компа жрала. на все карты есть фиксированная цена в обрывках. обрывки - это одна из игровых валют. есть еще ключи, валюта для покупки бочек и метеоритная пыль для того, чтобы делать карты анимированными.
    в гвинте не обошлось без боевых пропусков, называются они путешествиями, представлены в виде двух полосок с наградами. первая полоска - бесплатная. во второй полоске, которая является платной, очень много обликов, рамок и тд. то есть косметики.
    у разрабов гвинта закончились идеи. сейчас доступны все пропуски сразу и ты можешь сам выбирать, в котором набивать награды. у меня кстати. все бесплатные награды собраны пока только в 2 боевых пропусках. играл, естественно, вообще без доната.
    на сайте игры присутствует раздел с актуальными колодами от других игроков, эти колоды копируются по одному клику, если есть в наличии все нужные карты, если их нет, то предложат за обрывки купить.
    среди русскоязычной аудитории на ютубе много стримеров по этой игре. в основном это те люди, которые хорошо играют в про ранге. у них на каналах тоже можно узнавать актуальные колоды и смотреть, как ими нужно играть.
    актуальные колоды, кстати, постоянно меняются, а в про рейтинге приходится играть колодами аж 4 фракций. по рейтингу игры за 4 фракции формируется средний рейтинг. в самый успешный мой сезон у меня максимум получалось достичь 2480 рейтинга с чем-то за какую-то из фракций. это не очень много. рейтинг - это для задротов. кроме него есть сезонные игры по особым правилам, которые меняются каждую неделю. там тоже можно выполнять ежедневные задания.    … Expand
  17. IamNader
    May 9, 2023
    7
    I like playing GWENT during THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT and I am so glad to see CD-PROJEKT RED decided to release a stand alone version of it with so many improvements - 7/10

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2019
    80
    Gwent’s greatest asset are its basic mechanics – simple, easy to grasp and engaging mentally. Gives the players a lot of agency and even more tactics to discover and choose from. [13/2018, p.60]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 6, 2018
    80
    The price of this intricacy is that Gwent is anything but accessible... It feels both remarkably grown-up, and finely aged by its years of open development. [Jan 2019, p.120]
  3. PlayGround.ru
    Nov 14, 2018
    70
    Gwent is a nice card game, but its final version is totally different from what everyone expected.
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