Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - The Grand Tournament

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 143 Ratings

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  1. 4Tifier
    Nov 16, 2015
    4
    Whenever a card game company comes out with a new expansion, the cards they release are suppose to forever change the META and help balance out all the classes.

    The Grand Tournament expansion completely failed to do this. Not even half the cards in this expansion are useful because they fail to balance the game and change the META. in fact, the cards that are currently used in the    Whenever a card game company comes out with a new expansion, the cards they release are suppose to forever change the META and help balance out all the classes.

    The Grand Tournament expansion completely failed to do this.

    Not even half the cards in this expansion are useful because they fail to balance the game and change the META. in fact, the cards that are currently used in the META only make the current META stronger!

    In games like this, change is absolutely necessary in order to keep people interested. If your changes don't change anything for the better, or don't change anything at all, the game will start going down the drain.

    Blizzard, get your act together and hire some guys that actually know what they're doing!    … Expand
  2. Frontrider
    Oct 18, 2015
    7
    Great expansion with a lot of great cards, but some of the cards are probably too powerfull (I hope for them to see a nerf)
    Still no stop for extremly aggro decks.
  3. Reckless39
    Jan 6, 2017
    0
    Unstable connections + rigged win/lose system. The more you pay - the more lucky card draws you'll get. Also a lot of bots that play withour mistakes, farming gold/rank/arena.
  4. Avadon
    Sep 21, 2015
    0
    In Hearthstone you used to be able to keep up for free if you were good at arena. Now arena awards packs from a random expansion, which means the only way to keep up with the latest is by paying hundreds of dollars. Just buying one or two packs a day with gold gets you nowhere. And even if you pay that obscene amount, you still lose to aggressive combo decks who stall until they have theIn Hearthstone you used to be able to keep up for free if you were good at arena. Now arena awards packs from a random expansion, which means the only way to keep up with the latest is by paying hundreds of dollars. Just buying one or two packs a day with gold gets you nowhere. And even if you pay that obscene amount, you still lose to aggressive combo decks who stall until they have the correct cards to burn you down in a single turn, while you are unable to react. If you are a free player who wants to be competitive, Hearthstone has become a chore. If you pay, it has become an endless money pit while you try to build a deck that is fun to play and doesn't lose to combo rush decks. By the time you realize that this doesn't exist, a new expansion will be out. Rinse and repeat. Hearthstone continues its downwards spiral into straight up money milking waste of time territory. Get out while it's still early.… Expand
  5. kuburga
    Oct 9, 2015
    1
    I am rating this expansion 1/10 because only 1/10 of the new cards are usable in ranked. I think this is as fair as it gets. I really don't get why they bother to release cards like Poisoned Blade or Argent Lance. It is hard to believe they aren't able to design more synergic and exciting cards, or at least nerf the older cards that have become kind of a "must" in every deck, so there isI am rating this expansion 1/10 because only 1/10 of the new cards are usable in ranked. I think this is as fair as it gets. I really don't get why they bother to release cards like Poisoned Blade or Argent Lance. It is hard to believe they aren't able to design more synergic and exciting cards, or at least nerf the older cards that have become kind of a "must" in every deck, so there is some space for the new ones.… Expand
  6. Larion
    Nov 11, 2015
    4
    I don't like this expansion, because there are only few cards you can play in ranked. I think only of four legendaries that are good. First is Justicar Trueheart (Battlecry: Replace your starting hero power with better one.) which is neutral card and can be played in all of your decks cause its ability is useful in almost every type of deck. Second card is Nexus-Champion Saraad (Inspire:I don't like this expansion, because there are only few cards you can play in ranked. I think only of four legendaries that are good. First is Justicar Trueheart (Battlecry: Replace your starting hero power with better one.) which is neutral card and can be played in all of your decks cause its ability is useful in almost every type of deck. Second card is Nexus-Champion Saraad (Inspire: Give a random spell to your hand.) which is neutral card too and his ability is very powerful. Over all you're getting mostly just one spell cause its too much threat. Third is Confessor Paletress (Inspire: Summon a random Legendary minion.). I think it's the most powerful card priest can have. But if you want to use it good you have to wait to turn nine or just be lucky and get it some different way which isn't much usual. Last card I really like is Varian Wrynn (Battlecry: Draw 3 cards. Put any minions you drew directly into the battlefield.) which has got the most overpowered ability in game. I think Varian is first card that needs to get nerfed. Well that was about really good cards. Sure, there are some common cards that are good too but this expansion was mostly about legendaries. And we've got here a new mechanics named Inspire and "Joust". Inspire means: "When you use your hero power, it'll do something. And "Joust" means: "Reveal a minion in each deck. If yours costs more do something". Joust is good to find out what deck you're standing against. But these mechanics aren't that good as it seems. Joust is just another RNG-like mechanic. When you're Inspiring your biggest problem is that usually you can't play your hero power on the same turn as card with Inspire or you have to wait to turn when you can play a card with inspire and play hero power. Well i think that's enough I hope you got something from this review and I'm waiting for new Solo Adventure named League of Explorers.… Expand
  7. Haruna
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Random random random random random random random random random. That is the agenda of this expansion and the game has become ridiculously unbalanced too. A waste of time and money
  8. Zortalak
    Oct 1, 2015
    1
    Tons of cards, yet only few of them make an impact to the game.

    Never pay a cent for this expansion; just try to craft cards that you really need to.

    Big hype and lots of garbage cards. At least they in a small amount of buffed priest and control warrior. That's why I gave 1 point.
  9. timeknight
    Sep 26, 2015
    4
    This game used to be pretty balanced, but now every match is determined by whoever can pull out Dr. Boom or other legendary cards first. Don't expect to do well in this game if you are just starting. You can do well against other players, but it will cost you a lot of money. Decks lack variety and originality because you need to have certain legendary cards in your deck to even beThis game used to be pretty balanced, but now every match is determined by whoever can pull out Dr. Boom or other legendary cards first. Don't expect to do well in this game if you are just starting. You can do well against other players, but it will cost you a lot of money. Decks lack variety and originality because you need to have certain legendary cards in your deck to even be competitive.

    Overall, you might have fun for a little bit, but the game will make you upset when you lose against someone who clearly has spent more on the game than you.    … Expand
  10. Corneto
    Nov 2, 2015
    8
    First time reviewing here on metacritic, and mostly because of the really strange amount of badly done and just overall negative user reviews.

    Let me address one thing first - if a review (at least for this game in particular) is just negative because the reviewer is complaining that you need to pay to win, then he's just flat out wrong. And you should just stop reading. It is possible    First time reviewing here on metacritic, and mostly because of the really strange amount of badly done and just overall negative user reviews.

    Let me address one thing first - if a review (at least for this game in particular) is just negative because the reviewer is complaining that you need to pay to win, then he's just flat out wrong. And you should just stop reading. It is possible AND EASY to play this game on a good competitive level and not pay a single dime. There are guides on youtube that show the creation of a new account to rank 5 in on month (see Trump F2P session for example). On a review you should comment on the game itself and since its a free game, saying you have to pay to win is just pointless and in this case extremely false.

    That being said - The Grand Tournament expansion - Most of the cards are really fun and the new mechanics are great, inspire is really fun and adds alot to the game, jousting is so far abit weak so far since the meta is still too fast. There are some really bad (weak in power level) cards sure, but that's always going to happen, and as more cards are released there could be future interactions that will make them viable. And overall its really balanced, since no card was really overpower that you must include in almost every deck (like Dr.Boom in Goblin vs Gnomes).

    The only really negative point in TGT for me, is the lack of decent warrior common cards for arena, making warrior a class that is REALLY worse than all the others in arena.

    If you are thinking of playing a card game then Hearthstone is really one of the best. And TGT should encourage you and not the other way around. GG    … Expand
  11. mreel
    Nov 15, 2015
    3
    I've been playing this game for a while now, and it's a metagaming mess. Ben Brode does not know, or want to balance the game. One class is seriously overpowered compared to the rest (Paladin), while 4 (Shaman, Rogue , Warrior and Priest) are pretty much useless. The thing that encourages to throw away that **** is the devs attitude. let me explain. There was one deck that didn't cost tooI've been playing this game for a while now, and it's a metagaming mess. Ben Brode does not know, or want to balance the game. One class is seriously overpowered compared to the rest (Paladin), while 4 (Shaman, Rogue , Warrior and Priest) are pretty much useless. The thing that encourages to throw away that **** is the devs attitude. let me explain. There was one deck that didn't cost too much to make, namely Patron Warrior. it revolved around throwing a card that summons it's exact copy when injured but not killed, and card that gives them charge.
    It has gone and stormed through the ladder for ages, but no nerf was coming, so people started trying to play around them and started succeeding, effectively pushing deck out of meta. No sooner than then Ben Brode rode from the sky with his angels to salvage us by making the card that gave charge to a crap that would still be bad even if it cost 1 mana less. He didn't agree to at least buff statistics, since that would "kill the soul of the card"[ sic].
    Game would be good otherwise and was good in beta, but power creep killed it.    … Expand
  12. MediumSoda
    Sep 26, 2015
    6
    The game is fun if you've been around since the beginning and had time to build a collection, new players have little hope of standing a chance without spending a lot of money. Most top tier decks require very rare Epic and Legendary cards that need you to either be extremely lucky to pull them or buy enough decks to have junk to craft into these cards. Even with the crafting system itThe game is fun if you've been around since the beginning and had time to build a collection, new players have little hope of standing a chance without spending a lot of money. Most top tier decks require very rare Epic and Legendary cards that need you to either be extremely lucky to pull them or buy enough decks to have junk to craft into these cards. Even with the crafting system it takes ages to have enough dust to make a single legendary, if you plan to join this late into the game as a f2p player don't expect to win very often.… Expand
  13. Bukurago
    Oct 31, 2015
    0
    Disappointing, only usable cards are paladin class cards. Every game is vs paladin and the odds are you will lose unless you play the only viable deck. It just made the game so much worse.
  14. iceman994
    Dec 17, 2015
    10
    Really good expansion which easily buyable if you farm gold. I think Blizzard is doing really well just go forward (y) o/ and this game got a lot of players more than Battlefield 4 and other top games I think its gonna be the best top 3 game.
  15. SpacePaul
    Sep 5, 2015
    8
    Its a masterpiece!!!!!!
    The new Cards expand the complete game in the right direction!!!!!

    Good 4 Noobis ,much good cards realy favorable!!!!!!!!!
  16. DaggettDBeaver
    Nov 25, 2015
    8
    The expansion did, what an expansion to a collective card game is supposed to do: It added new cards, some good, some bad, which created new decks and had a significant impact on the meta.

    As always, some cards are sadly a little bit to strong (Mysterious Challenger is such a case), while lots of other cards will never see play outside of Arena, but that is okay - balancing a game    The expansion did, what an expansion to a collective card game is supposed to do: It added new cards, some good, some bad, which created new decks and had a significant impact on the meta.

    As always, some cards are sadly a little bit to strong (Mysterious Challenger is such a case), while lots of other cards will never see play outside of Arena, but that is okay - balancing a game without the feedback of a big player base is not nearly as easy as people assume.

    Out of the cards there are in fact point to criticize. When Blizzard introduces new heroes for real money only there was a hope that Blizzard realizes that a good free2play monetization revolves around selling cosmetic stuff, not competitive stuff. Sadly, with the recent changes the opposite is fact - since you can't grind packs from the newest expansion in Arena as easily as before, since the reward packs are randomized now, the pressure to pay money for competitively needed content is higher than ever - and that is sad and may endanger the future of Hearthstone if there will ever be a worthy contender.

    Still, this can't have a to big impact on the rating for this expansion, since these changes were not part of the expansion. It is still something that makes this expansion a little bit more annoying.    … Expand
  17. DeusXCom
    Dec 1, 2015
    6
    As far as Hearthstone expansions go, I definitely prefer the adventure additions such as Naxxramas, Blackrock Mountain or now the newest League of Explorers. The Grand Tournament is basically just a bunch of new cards, but fortunately, this time around, at least it's not full of crazy robots as it was with Goblins and Gnomes. Some cards are actually quite nice, some maybe a little tooAs far as Hearthstone expansions go, I definitely prefer the adventure additions such as Naxxramas, Blackrock Mountain or now the newest League of Explorers. The Grand Tournament is basically just a bunch of new cards, but fortunately, this time around, at least it's not full of crazy robots as it was with Goblins and Gnomes. Some cards are actually quite nice, some maybe a little too powerful, but it's got a nice theme going on and I really like new inspire and jousting mechanics. Keep upgrading Hearthstone like this and it will eventually become a masterpiece among card games. 6/10… Expand
  18. Tgc
    Nov 11, 2015
    6
    This expansion is just another new card packs, nothing spectacular. New mechanism (motivation) is interesting , but not very useful in ranked games. Also cards didn't really introduced new useful builds, maybe palladin become little less ****
  19. tgt
    Nov 5, 2015
    5
    TGT has really made it so that a number of amazing decks such as HandLock be destroyed because of improper balancing, They need to come up with a new pack FAST
  20. Bloodnes
    Feb 11, 2020
    10
    Очередное и отличное обновления для любимой игры, близарды знают толк в играх! 10/10 игра шедевр!
  21. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
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#28 Best PC Game of 2015

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 12, 2015
    80
    Blizzard accomplished another tough exam and succeeded in creating a really good expansion for their blockbuster card game with just a few weak spots. [Issue#256]
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Sep 30, 2015
    80
    With 132 new cards and its new mechanic Inspiration the Grand Tournament, latest Hearthstone expansion, the game is more fun than ever with a complete shift of metagame and new seasonal reward.
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  3. God is a Geek
    Sep 23, 2015
    80
    A great new expansion to Hearthstone that makes the game more fun and adds interesting new mechanics.
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