Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - The Grand Tournament

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User Score
4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 143 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 143
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 143
  3. Negative: 76 out of 143

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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!!!!!!!!!
  4. 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
  5. Bloodnes
    Feb 11, 2020
    10
    Очередное и отличное обновления для любимой игры, близарды знают толк в играх! 10/10 игра шедевр!

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#28 Best PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
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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