Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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  1. tonytopete1
    Aug 22, 2014
    1
    Garbage. Pay to win, Nuff said. Dont waste your time. You will enjoy the first 2 weeks, then you will be destroyed by retards that spend money in this game and can buy better cards. Dont play this game.
  2. Someonon
    Aug 2, 2014
    0
    Another prime example of the nowadays popular f2p p2w model. Prepare to be disappointed if you want to have fun without spending a penny. Most of your opponents will be players who pay a lot, and that means a HUGE advantage against the non-paying gamers. Skip this game if you want to avoid a headache.
  3. urmomsayharro
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    Worst **** game on the market right now. They call this "free to play" but the game is completely pay to win . The only way to get good cards is to buy packs. Good luck trying to buy packs with gold because it will taking you **** forever to get something decent. If you have time to waste, then play this game.
  4. Sorril
    Jun 24, 2014
    0
    Completely uneven gameplay, elite cards that you BUY with CASH MONEY are completely unbalanced and beyond what you earn in basic play. Once one of these 'elite' cards is put into play at any point in the game it is over, and no amount of skill or luck will save you. Since card draws are random, you can't even strategize a way around them.
  5. Alsmir
    Jan 5, 2015
    0
    I've watched a video where certain youtuber recommended Heartstone. This game was supposed to be fun, addictive and with decent f2p model. Well, f*** anyone who recommends this.

    Free to play? Cool, lets try it out. I was a bit sceptical. I mean - we're talking about Blizzard - the company that butchered and ruined WoW and Diablo series just for some extra money, but maybe they changed    I've watched a video where certain youtuber recommended Heartstone. This game was supposed to be fun, addictive and with decent f2p model. Well, f*** anyone who recommends this.

    Free to play? Cool, lets try it out.
    I was a bit sceptical. I mean - we're talking about Blizzard - the company that butchered and ruined WoW and Diablo series just for some extra money, but maybe they changed their ways?

    It actually it is free, so anyone can test it.
    The beginnings were quite fine. Couple of battles that teach us basic mechanics, everything looks nice, gameplay is smooth. Then we get access to training battles, we get to unlock new classes (each comes with some class-specific cards), we unlock more basic cards and try to build our own decks.

    First few hours were really enjoyable. I was having fun, playing against AI, playing some battles vs other players. I've completed some "tasks" or "quests" and got some extra cards.

    Then I tried playing training vs expert AI. Turns out it means that AI just uses better cards. I was beaten several times, all those rare/epic cards make a ton of difference. Then I've tried unlocking all the basic cards for all the classes. That was a big mistake.

    It seems like matchmaker rather than looking at your win/loss ratio checks the level of your characters. Try unlocking all the basic cards (which means leveling all the characters till lvl 10) and suddenly you're fcked. I've done all those leveling against AI then I played 10 games versus other players.

    First day of playing I went 6-1. Not bad.
    Second day (after some leveling) I went 0-10. Yes, 10 losses. 9 of those games I've faced opponents who had max ~5 basic cards (out of 30). Better cards give MASSIVE advantage. I've even tried looking for some builds that include just basic cards, but I didn't make any difference. Last fight was quite ok: playing against a guy that only used basic cards - just like me. Close fight, going head to head for 8 rounds. Then he pops 2 legendary cards and I'm done.

    Long story short: I need better cards if I want to have any chance of winning vs other players.
    How do you get them?

    1. Spend $$
    2. Play the single player campaing - which costs $$ to unlock
    3. Grind gold (virtual currency) to buy extra packs

    You can get gold by: winning vs other players (10 gold per 3 wins).
    Completing daily quests: 40-60 gold per quest. 2 quests per day.

    Single pack costs 100 gold. It contains 5 cards, usually 1-2 rare cards in a pack.

    You can't complete quests playing vs AI.

    I can either pay money or grind for weeks, months while getting beaten by everyone because matchmaker sucks.

    F*** this game.    … Expand
  6. Sirik_Matak
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    Someone summed this game up with words "digital casino".
    And that's exactly what this game is. Rule-wise it's bare bones and unbalanced beyond comprehension. The only mechanic this game has is **** you I destroy all minions" cards, which are hilarious. It could be fun for a minute, but the problem there is the bussiness model. You can't even buy decks or cards you actually want. You need    Someone summed this game up with words "digital casino".
    And that's exactly what this game is. Rule-wise it's bare bones and unbalanced beyond comprehension. The only mechanic this game has is **** you I destroy all minions" cards, which are hilarious. It could be fun for a minute, but the problem there is the bussiness model. You can't even buy decks or cards you actually want. You need to roll a dice (casino!) and count for the best, but most probably you will open hundreds of packs before you will be able to build an actual working deck. And then all there is gameplay-wise is top-decking counting to get "that" one or two **** you cards" the opponent can do nothing about. I think any other card game out there is better than this, unfortunately. Even the theme can't save it.    … Expand
  7. neemz
    Oct 4, 2014
    0
    This game looks ok but it has a horrible pay-to-win business model. Anyone starting the game now faces a massive disadvantage to players who have invested a great deal of time and money into this game. There is a serious flaw in the inability to trade cards, meaning any dollar spent on this game is extremely wasteful. This cash grab by blizzard should be avoided.
  8. RommoR
    Jul 17, 2014
    0
    By far one of the worst TCG out F2P is jip if you want to get ahead of Zoo stomps or 4 card focus decks your going to have to pay to get it painlessly then do the same as everyone else, for people talking about diveristy of the decks yes lots of cards but most are just rehash fillers with little meaning behind them just more fodder for your mindless clicking, the map is about as shallow asBy far one of the worst TCG out F2P is jip if you want to get ahead of Zoo stomps or 4 card focus decks your going to have to pay to get it painlessly then do the same as everyone else, for people talking about diveristy of the decks yes lots of cards but most are just rehash fillers with little meaning behind them just more fodder for your mindless clicking, the map is about as shallow as the real card selection but it comes with a few click animations that really pads out the life of this game as you spam click the barracks door or the troll icon or spam you emotes at the enemy.… Expand
  9. PenisMan69
    Jun 15, 2014
    0
    Pay to win, pure and simple. The "Arena" game mode isn't pay to win, but has such a ridiculously high entry cost that it takes around 10 hours of playing constructed to play a single Arena run.
  10. kyriores
    Feb 24, 2016
    0
    Very few cards are playable, which leads to monotonous and repetitive gameplay. Also, for some reason both Blizzard and their audience think that this is a TCG and treat is as such. I like to treat it as a videogame, because that's exactly what it is. They don't print cards, you can't trade cards and you shouldn't spend hundreds of dollars for virtual cards that are designed to be bad onVery few cards are playable, which leads to monotonous and repetitive gameplay. Also, for some reason both Blizzard and their audience think that this is a TCG and treat is as such. I like to treat it as a videogame, because that's exactly what it is. They don't print cards, you can't trade cards and you shouldn't spend hundreds of dollars for virtual cards that are designed to be bad on purpose.

    When they stop releasing one expansion after the other and instead try to rework some of the existing cards, I might reinstall the game, but I don't think that's ever gonna happen. Blizzard and greed are synonyms it looks like.    … Expand
  11. Tiorsse
    May 25, 2014
    0
    PAY TO WIN! there is no skill involved. just pay for advantage and luck. the game is a joke
    let me repeat my self:
    PAY TO WIN!
    PAY TO WIN!
    PAY TO WIN!
  12. sviskon
    Apr 13, 2014
    2
    + Its free.

    - Lack of depth makes the game repetative relatively quickly.
    - Luck determines the outcome of a match more often than skill.
    - Only 1v1 game mode, 2vs2 would be a great addition to the game.
  13. Interus
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Blizzard under Activision has turned from a company that creates stories and experiences into a company that exploits the worst of the human condition by turning their games into virtual casinos. Hearthstone folows the same formula WoW and the Diablo series, by providing flashy, happy graphics and glittering interfaces interfaces (remind you of a Casino?) for the player to do the sameBlizzard under Activision has turned from a company that creates stories and experiences into a company that exploits the worst of the human condition by turning their games into virtual casinos. Hearthstone folows the same formula WoW and the Diablo series, by providing flashy, happy graphics and glittering interfaces interfaces (remind you of a Casino?) for the player to do the same actions over and over in hopes of a payoff (remind you of a Casino?).

    In Diablo it's killing the same monsters in the same acts over and over in hopes of legendary. in WoW it's going to the raid casino every tuesday and in Hearthstone it's play games in order to buy decks to maybe get the right cards. The thing is that it is an empty, soul sucking, life wasting endeavor.... when you get all your best cards, legendaries or raid loot, what is there to do? What is the payoff?

    They just start the hamster wheel again by introducing better cards/loots/legendaries. Love yourself as a human being and avoid anything made by Activision/Blizzard, they are not game makers, they make 21st century slot machines.    … Expand
  14. HadeEAlder
    May 22, 2014
    4
    If you like Pay 2 Win, you'll love this game. Because Hearthstone is about as pay 2 win as you can get without placing a button that says. "Click to win ($4.99)"

    First the positives. Hearthstone is a functional game that has decent flow to it. It has minimal issues with bugs and runs well on older machines. The game does have a rather kitschy feel to it, as well as a sense of    If you like Pay 2 Win, you'll love this game. Because Hearthstone is about as pay 2 win as you can get without placing a button that says. "Click to win ($4.99)"

    First the positives. Hearthstone is a functional game that has decent flow to it. It has minimal issues with bugs and runs well on older machines. The game does have a rather kitschy feel to it, as well as a sense of self-parody for the WoW mythos. The gameplay is smooth and the interface is easy to navigate.

    Hearthstone falls short in several areas, however. For example, players must either buy boosters or earn them at an extremely slow rate, made slower by the fact that in-game currency is only earned through victories. Players are started out with the same set of basic cards and must grind packs or buy them. There are daily quests, but they usually involve winning matches to gain extra gold. While it is possible to win with the basic set of cards, many of the pack cards far stronger and some are actually game breaking. Which makes a player who pays for packs far more likely to get ahead in the game. Discounting daily quests, booster packs can be obtained with gold for WINNING 30 matches. I emphasize that intentionally, as no gold is gained for a loss, essentially punishing the player who is learning or can't afford to buy cards. Exacerbating this problem is that matchmaking is quite poor, and so called "Casual Matches" are well populated with "noob-stompers" looking for easy gold which slows down the rate which gold and subsequently packs are acquired. Another problem with the game is there is a lack of balance. Priest and Hunter decks have access to cards that swing the game too much, IMO. (Mind Control and Unleash the Hounds being the most infamous.) Other classes also have cards of this type but not nearly as strong or numerous.

    In addition to this is the Arena mode which can be entered for 150 game gold. (Whereas a pack costs 100 gold.) But can be instead accessed with cash, You are given a choice of three random decks and them create a deck from card options given to you. Everything is RNG based. Then you take your deck and play other players must win as many games as you can (up to 9) before losing 3. The mode rewards you with booster packs, gold and dust depending on how well you did. If you did well you will get more, if you did poorly you will get little and possibly not get a pack. Again this feeds into the demand that players win in order to progress.

    There is also a way to craft cards using the aforementioned dust. Although it is not at all efficient, cards can be broken down using dust, but creating one of a certain rank requires the equivalent amount of dust from breaking down 8 cards of the same rank. Like everything in this game it is a slow process, crafted to exasperate the player and make the cash shop more appealing.

    Finally the game deserves criticism for doing little to instruct new players in basic deckbuilding strategies. And has a notably annoying "response" system that many players use to taunt their opponents. It can be disabled, but only for the duration of your current game and must be disabled every single time you play a game. There is also no function for players to trade cards which was omitted simply to push the P2W game system.

    Hearthstone is hardly the worst game out there right now. In fact it could be good, but the P2W model and the frustrations involved with CCG mechanics that are quite faithfully ported over from card games like Magic: the Gathering are front and center without any of the social benefits. A potentially good, game but ruined by the P2W model. Only the most diehard CCG enthusiasts with money to burn will enjoy this game. For everyone else, it's more frustration than actual fun.    … Expand
  15. Zingledot
    Apr 5, 2014
    3
    'A game lacking depth that was put in the rock tumbler so long it came out smooth' is the best way I've seen it described. This very quickly becomes a Pay-to-win game. You'll get some packs and gold from doing the tutorial, and it leads you to believe that you'll actually get a reasonable flow of cards. Nope.

    Look forward to sitting on your stagnant deck, and if you're good at playing,    'A game lacking depth that was put in the rock tumbler so long it came out smooth' is the best way I've seen it described. This very quickly becomes a Pay-to-win game. You'll get some packs and gold from doing the tutorial, and it leads you to believe that you'll actually get a reasonable flow of cards. Nope.

    Look forward to sitting on your stagnant deck, and if you're good at playing, you eventually hit the wall of people with better cards. Period. Further, because your available cards are based on the class you're playing as, every class plays the same strategy and there is a definite rock-paper-scissors balancing act going on between classes.

    The only reason this game isn't getting a lower rating is because the production is just so good. I tell everyone, if Magic the Gathering had made their computer games look and feel like Hearthstone, they would have been good games. Blizzard setup a great platform, but the game is crap.    … Expand
  16. LD9000
    Mar 28, 2014
    2
    Games like this should be regulated like gambling. If a person under the age of 18 is not allowed to gamble, because their judgement is not considered mature yet, why is Blizzard developing a virtual casino for 9-13 year olds? Sure they will ask their parents or just buy prepaid cards to buy decks. Some will get seriously addicted, as they chase the next "rush" of random battles.

    Arena    Games like this should be regulated like gambling. If a person under the age of 18 is not allowed to gamble, because their judgement is not considered mature yet, why is Blizzard developing a virtual casino for 9-13 year olds? Sure they will ask their parents or just buy prepaid cards to buy decks. Some will get seriously addicted, as they chase the next "rush" of random battles.

    Arena requires you to grind for hours and hours to get a free entry (150 gold to enter, 10 gold per 3 wins, at 50% win rate you need 90 games to get free entry. at 10 minutes per game that's 15 hours of grinding.

    Once you are in the arena, it becomes apparent just how broken it is - the "random" draft lets you stay and fight for long if you have a good deck. But you soon realize that weak decks get eliminated quickly, and you are left fighting players who are either using OP builds, or just have a bunch of OP orange cards in their decks (ex: Ragnaros).

    Introducing PVP is the driver of the pay to win system. Once you see how many people at low ranks have rare and legendary cards in their decks, the feeling of "unfair" will make you buy decks. Once you buy decks, you realize that because they give you cards for all 9 classes, and lots of common cards, you need A WHOLE LOAD of decks to get your favorite class on par with the rest of the players.

    Or you can build one of the rush decks and just overwhelm the enemy. Got frothing berserker? Got void horror? Got buzzard, hyena and unleash the hounds?

    After a while, this game made me sick to my stomach because of how such flashy and seemingly user friendly game exploits the human brain.    … Expand
  17. MaxPay
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Free2Grind for 100s and 100s of hours to build some good decks? Or just Pay2Win from the start? Both actually, this game has something for everybody that likes those things. I am however left disappointed.
  18. IGNsus
    Mar 25, 2014
    0
    Hearthstone is casual at first glance, second glance, third glance, fourth.... You get the idea.

    There is actually very little strategy involved in Hearthstone. You have RNG in Arena, RNG in what cards you draw, and RNG in what the cards do when you play them. I laugh at anyone who uses the word "depth" to describe Hearthstone without the phrase "a lack of" preceding it. An    Hearthstone is casual at first glance, second glance, third glance, fourth.... You get the idea.

    There is actually very little strategy involved in Hearthstone. You have RNG in Arena, RNG in what cards you draw, and RNG in what the cards do when you play them.

    I laugh at anyone who uses the word "depth" to describe Hearthstone without the phrase "a lack of" preceding it. An absolutely abysmal, shameless cash grab by an Activision owned developer.    … Expand
  19. Polarthief
    Mar 16, 2014
    3
    Critics give it way too much praise. Most (good) decks are composed of about 90-95% of the same cards (excluding class cards, which are the same among the decks of those classes), so every match comes down to "who drew what first". I know most card games use luck as a factor, but skill can usually overcome that. In this game, no such level of complexity exists. Decks are too small, no wayCritics give it way too much praise. Most (good) decks are composed of about 90-95% of the same cards (excluding class cards, which are the same among the decks of those classes), so every match comes down to "who drew what first". I know most card games use luck as a factor, but skill can usually overcome that. In this game, no such level of complexity exists. Decks are too small, no way to counterattack unless you're one of the few classes with Secrets (trap cards), it's a total crapshoot! If you enjoy games of little to no skill in a fun, casual, Warcraft theme, then this is definitely for you.

    Aside from giving the gameplay an absolute 0, the sound effects, music, graphics, and overall theme, however, are very delightful. For the few months that I played, it was definitely fun, until I realized how luck was everything. Still, outside of the gameplay, it's pleasant, but sadly, games without good gameplay get scores such as these, if not worse. If it ever comes to smartphones (and not just the iPad), I'd vote it a 6 or 7 as a Mobile game, but for a PC game, it doesn't deserve the ridiculous praise people are giving it.    … Expand
  20. Cornwheat
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Let me get this straight. Blizzard now has a luck based card game. They then add a random number generator to this luck based game. Then they add possibly the worst card collecting system in CCG history in which 5 very likely crap cards cost a total of 2 bucks (so each virtual card costs 40 cents ea.) OR you have to grind for AT LEAST 3 hours (Each pack costs 100. 10 gold every 3 wins. 30Let me get this straight. Blizzard now has a luck based card game. They then add a random number generator to this luck based game. Then they add possibly the worst card collecting system in CCG history in which 5 very likely crap cards cost a total of 2 bucks (so each virtual card costs 40 cents ea.) OR you have to grind for AT LEAST 3 hours (Each pack costs 100. 10 gold every 3 wins. 30 wins for one deck. ~60 games assuming you're lucky enough to win half. 60 * about 10 minutes per game = 600 minutes. THAT'S 10 HOURS FOLKS. You've got daily quests which if you're lucky take off about 6 hours from the grind. Then they give people , legendaries meaning the win rate for a grinder drops down to 30%. Then you got the fact that some classes will hands down destroy your deck. They expect you to plan for everything and your mother in 30 cards.
    Bout the only thing going for this game are it's aesthetics. OOoooo shiny colors and explosions Ahhhh *watches as 2 flame strikes, 2 arcane explosions, (insert aoe and/or removal spell(s))*
    In terms of gameplay, there is none. Figuratively. Literally. You draw cards. You play what you can since the number of options in this game is extremely limited. You hope your opponent doesn't have that card. He does. You curse at the computer and a terrible chat system (maybe it was intentional) that doesn't allow any communication between you or your opponent between 6 generic phrases. The end. I understand how card games are supposed to be luck based but the main problem is this game is too luck based and too damn simplified. The main crux being there is absolutely no counter play. None. They picked up counter play and threw it out of a 10 story window. You got what you can do on your turn and then you watch as your opponent does what he does. If that happens to be the complete destruction of your side of the field from a card he just drew from the top of his deck; well too bad (justification from hearthstone fanatics: should've planned for that). Magic allows you to choose what creature you want defending. Yu Gi Oh has trap cards. Even the damn Blizzard World of Warcraft card game had counter play. What's that you say? Secrets? You mean the "trap" cards only 3/9 of the classes have and that there are only 3 of? You can literally google "Mage Traps Hearthstone" and it'll show you the whopping list of 5 possible traps (2 of which are crap that a mage should never have) allowing you to easily sidestep these token cards.
    Which leads me to the next point. Hearthstone has 465 playable cards; about 30 of them are legendaries basically making them unaccesible for anyone but the lucky or the pay-to-win. Furthermore of these cards about 80 are useful. Why? It's the meta. All of the rest are useless. They're situational, inefficient, or just downright bad. One of the fun things typical card games do is allow you to experiment; in Hearthstone if you experiment you lose. That simple. Of course unless you go against someone else who doesn't get the meta.
    But back to the legendary issue. They are the meta breakers simply because they're rare. Rare and downright unbalanced; Now I do have to give Blizzard props, they tried to balance this. Unfortunately the way they tried to balance it is figuratively mentally retarded. They added removal cards. As in if you don't like a card you pick it out and say gtfo. Now I'm all for arbitrary death but seriously...in an already luck base card game. Now as if getting lucky wasn't enough you can get really lucky or more likely unlikely as in that card you finally managed to get out and buffed for the win now gets destroyed cause the other guy top decks a "kill-anything-you-feel-like-card". Well done except that took literally no skill. It also means that the luck based level of the game has now dropped down to the point that a 2 year old with the same cards as a professional player can now beat that player. Good job blizzard. All in all excellent work on the balance and luck issues. I do have to give it a one thought because the graphics are nice and the game is mind-numbingly simplistic. Also at least it wasn't Diablo 3 Blizzard. At least it wasn't.

    Things to make it bearable: In ranked, before a match begins allow people to see what class they're up against and allow them to build a deck. Use a removal card to remove the removal cards from this game completely permanently. Nerf the legends. This isn't league. Set the cards so a random number generator doesn't determine whether you live or die.

    p.s. It's quite sad when the signature game mode (which you have to pay to play) is Arena Mode. When literally your entire deck is composed of RANDOM cards.    … Expand
  21. sniperfoxdls
    Mar 18, 2014
    0
    No idea how the critics rated it this high unless they only played for the first hour. The first hour or two is fun, because it's against computers who don't have decks full of 90% rares & legendaries. Once you hit your first few PvP battles, you'll quickly realize that this is just a P2W (Pay To Win) money grab.

    Is it as obscene at the new Dungeon Keeper on Android? No. Do you have    No idea how the critics rated it this high unless they only played for the first hour. The first hour or two is fun, because it's against computers who don't have decks full of 90% rares & legendaries. Once you hit your first few PvP battles, you'll quickly realize that this is just a P2W (Pay To Win) money grab.

    Is it as obscene at the new Dungeon Keeper on Android? No. Do you have a chance at winning this game without out PAYing your opponents? No.

    TL;DR - Do NOT believe the Blizzard fanboy 10/10 ratings. Avoid this game and play ACTUAL free to play games like DotA 2 / Team Fortress / League of Legends instead.    … Expand
  22. Psyga
    Mar 17, 2014
    0
    The game is fun only for first several weeks, after that you will realize how stupid and toxic this game is.

    In constructed, almost everyone is net-decking some kind of low-budget cheesy rush or legendary heavy control because this game has no depth, so you will have to face same decks over and over again if you want to climb up the ladder, also, you get almost nothing upon losing, only    The game is fun only for first several weeks, after that you will realize how stupid and toxic this game is.

    In constructed, almost everyone is net-decking some kind of low-budget cheesy rush or legendary heavy control because this game has no depth, so you will have to face same decks over and over again if you want to climb up the ladder, also, you get almost nothing upon losing, only some slight exp gain which is required to unlock foil cards/hero portraits.

    The arena is absurdly unbalanced, totally dominated by AoE heavy Mages who have bunch of board clear spells to win, some say it's fun but I found it toxic after playing like a month, not even competitive thanks to RNG hell.

    Please remind that The Blizzard already stated they won't be touching much balancing issue after the release, which means this game is as good as dead.

    If you want to try you luck, just play some online-poker, and never pay a dime into this game.    … Expand
  23. maxsmiley
    Mar 17, 2014
    4
    The animations and mechanics are extremely satisfying. The voice acting is as good as Blizzard has always delivered, and makes you reminisce about what made WC3 so great. But this game is plain and simple a pay to accelerate to drain the pockets of preteens. Not worth anyones time.
  24. Stardom
    Jun 8, 2014
    0
    Although the game has potential, it is ruined by the repulsive business model. It's pay to win (constructed) or pay to play (arena), otherwise your options are to grind endlessly for ridiculously low gold rewards (3.3 gold for a win), or limit playing and wait for the daily quests. The daily quests provide more gold, but they're only once a day and a 40 gold quest is the most common questAlthough the game has potential, it is ruined by the repulsive business model. It's pay to win (constructed) or pay to play (arena), otherwise your options are to grind endlessly for ridiculously low gold rewards (3.3 gold for a win), or limit playing and wait for the daily quests. The daily quests provide more gold, but they're only once a day and a 40 gold quest is the most common quest by far.

    The arena is the most fun game mode, but it's expensive to play and too random and luck based (depending on the cards you get draft from). Also, you can get ridiculous streaks like playing several times in a row against the same class and taking the second turn. The arena rewards have also been downgraded. It's very possible get crappy cards and dust as rewards even though performing reasonably well in the arena.

    Updated observations:

    - The overall balance is pretty bad and Blizzard does little to improve things. In arena and constructed certain classes are clearly better than others.
    - There are few truly viable strategies for each class.
    - At the beginning it's possible to play for a while with basic, common and rare cards, but eventually you'll hit the wall without epic and legendary cards.
    - Unless you invest real money, it takes forever to get the good legendary cards.
    - The more you play Hearthstone, the more you feel like it's another Blizzard grinding game.
    - It's a card game, but you cannot trade the cards with your friends. Absurd.
    - After a while it becomes obvious that the game lacks depth.
    - It's 2014 and there's no chat. All you have is six lousy premade emotes.
    - Statistics are practically non-existent, although they would be useful in this kind of game.
    - Certain UI bugs persist patch after patch.    … Expand
  25. Texhnolyze
    Apr 3, 2014
    0
    P2P + P2W. Unenjoyable for F2P
    #01This is a TCG.
    You are ment to spend money in order to get cards. If you are not OK with that idea you will spend time getting wasted in the ranking plays by decks that compose mostly of epics and legendaries. Which will lead to you getting angry, irritated and feeling suffocated. And that will lead you to write a 0/10 review. I got to rank 14. That was    P2P + P2W. Unenjoyable for F2P
    #01This is a TCG.
    You are ment to spend money in order to get cards. If you are not OK with that idea you will spend time getting wasted in the ranking plays by decks that compose mostly of epics and legendaries. Which will lead to you getting angry, irritated and feeling suffocated. And that will lead you to write a 0/10 review. I got to rank 14. That was at the end of the month. Now at the start of the month i see decks packed with 4~5 legendaries on ranks 20~18...

    #02 But why does the game system match F2P players that don't have any epics and legendaries in their decks against P2W players whose decks are packed with them?!
    Here comes out the awful truth. F2P players are just cannon fodder for the players that pay for the cards.
    I don't have any of those. Had to deal with an enemy that played Ragnaros, then on the next turn Ysera and in the end Grommash...Does that seem to you like something to be enjoyable for me if i don't have any epics on rares myself?

    #03 The only chance for me to get epics and legends is opening packs. Which cost gold. Which you get from daily quests...Sorry. Quest
    ONE FOR EACH DAY...Only 40~60 GOLD a DAY. On average a F2P player will squeeze out 2 packs every 3 days.That clearly hits you in the face about Blizzards intentions.
    #04 Arena. Probably the best instalment of Hearthstone. Watched all TotalBiscuit's arena episodes. Played it once myself. Got a **** draft. Ended 5-3. From what i saw it's 45% that you get a great draft, 45% that you get a great hand and follow up and 10% that you won't make any stupid mistake. It's a great gambleSo addictive. And the 2$ entry fee isn't that high right? Just think about it. If every day hundreds of thousands people play several times 2$...AWESOME
    #05 Why P2P? If you haven't figured it out by now then lol. Because if you really want to compete then you have to pay money, silly!

    I told my friend that I'm gonna give this a 0/10. He told me not do it. Give it something betwen 1~3 but not 0. I seem to enjoy it...His words unfortunately confirmed me in my judgement. I don't enjoy it.
    Secondly a 0/10 is controversial and will lure more people to reading a review like this. This game clearly does not deserve an 88 from critics...Yeah I'm gonna bet on that one. I'm a little afraid of stagnation in Hearthstone. How will this game evolve. Are they considering inserting discard cards? That would ruin the game.
    In the end this game is clearly intended for people who are ready to throw money at it. It will be a great game for those people. Especially arena runs. You will buy cards, construct decks that are most popular in the top circles. Test them out on ranked. Disenchant unwanted cards, make golden ones. The illustrations are beautiful. The mechanics is original. The cards have many combinations to test out. Lot's of fun. great but not a 9/10...Blizzard keeps nerfing some cards. Defias got nerfed. Didn't see any rogues on Fight Night(am at S03e03). Shaman totem doesn't heal the hero anymore...That makes sense...

    .I want to to uninstall it...But maybe I'll just keep with doing dailies. Just to get a kick out of opening "Expert packs". One every second, third day...In the end for me Hearthstone is a game i enjoy watching being played like TotalBiscuit's videos or Fight Night.
    BUT IF YOU ARE A F2P THEN STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM IT!    … Expand
  26. CoffeeGuy22
    Apr 2, 2014
    3
    This is a F2P you can't enjoy without paying, first f*cking mistake. It has so many balance problems that it's unplayable (you'd think that would be easy considering it doesn't have a lot of cards), second **** mistake. But the biggest problem with this game is the fact that it's too simple, it has no **** depth whatsoever compared to other card games making it mostly luck-based because ofThis is a F2P you can't enjoy without paying, first f*cking mistake. It has so many balance problems that it's unplayable (you'd think that would be easy considering it doesn't have a lot of cards), second **** mistake. But the biggest problem with this game is the fact that it's too simple, it has no **** depth whatsoever compared to other card games making it mostly luck-based because of the lack of strategy needed so you'll be better of buying Duels of the Planeswalkers or any other digital card game that doesn't have a pay to win model... Can you tell I was dissapointed?… Expand
  27. kitano123
    Mar 14, 2014
    0
    Full pay2win game, my second match against another player and most of there cards where epic/legendary making it impossible to win. You'd be a complete fool to play this "game" as the only challenge is the size of your bank account. Avoid if you enjoy fair and competitive play.
  28. Servasky
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    This game is rubbish. Pay to win and luck, you dont need anymore. You can turn your brain off and win win win win (paying first of course :D). Dont waste your time here.
  29. spyke2009
    Mar 12, 2014
    3
    Negative reviews sum it up, this is basically the warcraft CCG that they released a while back as a flop. Overly simplified gameplay which would be a bonus if they didn't break the golden rule of F2P models

    "NEVER, SELL POWER" Perhaps if they hadn't been so filled with greed and hubris this would have been a real contender with the other F2P titles on the market, but right now it's    Negative reviews sum it up, this is basically the warcraft CCG that they released a while back as a flop. Overly simplified gameplay which would be a bonus if they didn't break the golden rule of F2P models

    "NEVER, SELL POWER"

    Perhaps if they hadn't been so filled with greed and hubris this would have been a real contender with the other F2P titles on the market, but right now it's not competing and doesn't deserve a good review.
    They can do better.

    Alongside the financial model issues is the heavy reliance on RNG in their card design, a problem which alongside the cost was noted by many of my friends on the actual CCG's release.

    Overall due to the fact there are many documented bugs and flaws, and the fact they've had an active cash shop for months now while still being a "beta" product, I cannot in good conscience give this any higher than a 3, worth some time if you don't take it seriously, but a monumental let down in terms of potential... YgoPro etc won't be quaking in their boots from this "official" release.    … Expand
  30. DishBish
    Mar 12, 2014
    0
    So you like PW2 card games?
    Sure go ahead and play this game.
    It's fun at beginning, I mean the only fun party is tutorial. When you get into multiplayer your oppents dish out **** legendaries over your common cards, which is you can't do **** about it.

    0/10 would not play again.
  31. Drain
    Aug 21, 2014
    5
    Hearthstone is... a troubled title, to say the least. On the first hand, you have a card game that's clearly better than all the rest, and well done. It gives a good first impression. It runs well. It looks well. All of the cards are recognizable from the WoW source material that they are drawn from. The UI is convenient. It doesn't do any stupid crap like having cards sidewaysor upsideHearthstone is... a troubled title, to say the least. On the first hand, you have a card game that's clearly better than all the rest, and well done. It gives a good first impression. It runs well. It looks well. All of the cards are recognizable from the WoW source material that they are drawn from. The UI is convenient. It doesn't do any stupid crap like having cards sidewaysor upside down like certain other games(No idea why they do that, quite stupid for a video game where 2 players are not sharing the same monitor). It even allows you to disenchant unwanted cards to build up a dust supply to eventually craft what you do want, something other games don't have. This is a real game seller. Those other crappy card games just expect you to lottery until you get what you want, to hell with copies or cards you don't want piling up.

    But on the other hand, you have a game that is being treated very poorly by its developer's. Not only is the balance in the game non existent because it focuses on a meta instead(Blizzard openly admits this)... but It's now over run with bots that they still refuse to do anything about. Bots are farming this game day and night now, so don't be surprised when you fight the same exact bot decks again and again. The bots have even infested the forum now, creating a slew of garbage spam threads every single night that persist until they're pushed off the next morning by real posters. Blizzard couldn't care less about these issues. They don't even use their own forum most of the time, opting instead to go to social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook. That means that instead of caring about the users they have, they care only about drawing more in, which is the overall feel of the game. It's one big cash grab of a product, probably made solely to draw in revenue which they're now no doubt using on Heroes of the Storm instead of using it to improve Hearthstone.

    The competitive play for the game is in shambles because of it's non existent balance. Every player with a class runs the same exact build because, when you run a meta, that's how it works. They all run what is best, to hell with anything else. If you come into this expecting a balanced game... you're going to be gravely disappointed. Half of the cards in this game are garbage no one uses or has any reason to use, while a small fraction are best and auto slotted into every deck. Many players like myself(1k+ posts) have spent all year trying to talk Blizzard into fixing this game, including all problems I've pointed out here, and we've only gotten deaf ears turned to us. As usual with Blizzard games, the months roll by and little to no problems are actually addressed. They take the game down for entire days to apply no patches, or patch with 1 or 2 lines in the patch log that didn't fix anything people were trying to get them to look at for months on end.

    The biggest thing they did for the game this year was add Naxx, which basically just hands out a slew of cards very cheaply to anyone that wants them. Naxx is an all around bust in my opinion. It's too cheap to enter, too easy to beat, then has no reason to even replay it once you got all the cards. The only difficulty even in this "adventure" is Heroic Mode, which makes the bosses impossibly difficult without tailor made decks to beat them. And what's your reward for all the trouble? Nothing. You get nothing for beating every boss on Heroic except a card back no one cares about. It needed a middle ground, instead of having a "too easy" mode that hands out all the cards, and a "too hard" mode that gives you nothing for your trouble. Bust. Just a bust. Replayability would have helped, but there is none for it. After doing all of Naxx, I finally decided to retire. I've waited long enough for Blizzard to do something with this title, anything other than treating it like a lottery machine.

    I should point out the embarrassing Kel Thuzad voice acting. What used to be an evil Lich is now a clown cracking jokes for bored children at a birthday party. That sets the overall tone and disappointing nature of the game perfectly.

    But like all controversial games with nothing but biased fanboy or hater reviews; it's both over rated and under rated. Speaking from an objective point of view, it's not a bad game, it just isn't as great as it easily could have been if Blizzard cared at all about it. I'd like to point out that despite what a lot of ignorant people say, it is not P2W either. You can competitive with cheap decks; it's been proven time and time again. The debate about this has been beaten to death, with threads made nearly every day trying to convince you one way or the other. I've been competitive myself and never put in more than 10$. So I can't really thumbs this up or down; I'm just going to leave it up to you as I retire. In summery Hearthstone is a decent enough card game, but it's easy to be disappointed when you look at all the wasted potential.
    -Drain (Steam)    … Expand
  32. moxie30
    Mar 15, 2014
    0
    As of right now it's the best virtual CCG on the market and probably will be for many years to come. Although the fact that it's impossible to trade cards is a big letdown and you can expect to grind for several hours or shell out $100+ to build just a few of the competitive decks you want. It's fun and addicting but it will never be a true competitive "esport" because of the randomnessAs of right now it's the best virtual CCG on the market and probably will be for many years to come. Although the fact that it's impossible to trade cards is a big letdown and you can expect to grind for several hours or shell out $100+ to build just a few of the competitive decks you want. It's fun and addicting but it will never be a true competitive "esport" because of the randomness that all card games have. If you take two equally skilled opponent it comes down to about 90% luck to determine the victor.… Expand
  33. Erazor2014
    Mar 12, 2014
    0
    Pointless game at best, It's a CCG (Card Collecting Game) You spend REAL money to buy VIRTUAL cards, but this is not like a real life CTG (Card Trading Game), You can't trade your cards, you can't sell them and they don't get valuable over the years so card rarity is worthless. The most funny thing is whilst you spend real money to acquire these cards, remember they are always blizzard'sPointless game at best, It's a CCG (Card Collecting Game) You spend REAL money to buy VIRTUAL cards, but this is not like a real life CTG (Card Trading Game), You can't trade your cards, you can't sell them and they don't get valuable over the years so card rarity is worthless. The most funny thing is whilst you spend real money to acquire these cards, remember they are always blizzard's property, you basically renting ****ing virtual cards, so pathetic. NOW I'm not saying to bring these features into the game, games should NOT be Pay2Win or about making money it should be something that you pay once for a product that is truly yours which you can indulge in to have fun and escape reality, get it blizzard? Game's should = FUN, however Blizzard's Formula is: Money Milking + Grinding + Fake Reward system (Virtual items), they treat people like addicted rats with a reward system. Yes it is a F2P game, if you don't mind Grinding for hours and hours to earn the same cards as it would cost £34.99 then yes It's FREE. This game is so simplistic in nature and development it should only have a Retail price of around £20 with no P2W module and gold grinding could be made easier with 5 daily quests as appose to 1 but that wouldn’t be enough “Money Whoring” for Blizzard. Sh!t Game with the wrong intentions, end of story. Is Blizzard even run by the same people before World of Warcraft??… Expand
  34. EclipseEx
    Mar 12, 2014
    7
    I usually play Hearthstone while waiting for other things to load or just when I want to play something short. The game is fairly casual there's no real pressure to win other than you can accumulate gold. I find it relaxing to just play without stressing out. One of the negative things is the fact that you can pay to dominate. Buying the $50 card pack will make your decks ridiculouslyI usually play Hearthstone while waiting for other things to load or just when I want to play something short. The game is fairly casual there's no real pressure to win other than you can accumulate gold. I find it relaxing to just play without stressing out. One of the negative things is the fact that you can pay to dominate. Buying the $50 card pack will make your decks ridiculously good. Also, like any card game luck has to do with how well you do which can get annoying or make you laugh hysterically when you get just the right cards to wreck your opponent. All in all worth checking out as it costs you nothing.… Expand
  35. vovanas666
    Mar 12, 2014
    1
    Эта игра сделана разработчиками-халявщиками, привыкшими делать всякое гавно для школьников, домохозяек, весь смысл игры сводится к покупке карт или доступа к арене, никакого баланса тут в помине нет, одно разочарование.Эта игра сделана разработчиками-халявщиками, привыкшими делать всякое гавно для школьников, домохозяек, весь смысл игры сводится к покупке карт или доступа к арене, никакого баланса тут в помине нет, одно разочарование.
  36. CrafTricks
    Mar 12, 2014
    10
    Hearthstone is casual at first glance but I am unsurprisingly terrible at it, as it has depth that isn't that noticeable at first. It is extremely fun though, even losing is enjoyable to me and I can't wait for Blizzard to start expanding upon the game.

    For what it is now, I give it a 10/10 for being a well balanced and extremely fun game with enough depth to last for quite a while.
  37. Elufson
    Jan 3, 2016
    0
    As long as cards such as Dr. Boom and Mysterious Challenger exist, this game can not be taken seriously. Hell, even the developer team obviously doesn't care about it since there are such obvious massive imbalances. This could be a great game, but as usual since Activision took over Blizzard, they simply don't put in very much effort into it. There is nothing to talk about as the game hasAs long as cards such as Dr. Boom and Mysterious Challenger exist, this game can not be taken seriously. Hell, even the developer team obviously doesn't care about it since there are such obvious massive imbalances. This could be a great game, but as usual since Activision took over Blizzard, they simply don't put in very much effort into it. There is nothing to talk about as the game has serious balance issues. 0/10 not even a discussion.… Expand
  38. mark123456
    Apr 12, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a rip off & rigged game the AI bot will know you hand when you play arena or rank games the game is designed to rip you off (DO NOT SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THIS RIP OFF GAME) the people that run the game are greedy & very nasty people trying to make child gamble when the card are all way stack in the house forever (DO NOT LET THEM RIP YOU OFF

    DO NOT PAY TO PLAY THIS RIP OFF GAME

    THIS GAME SHOULD BE RE NAME RIPSTONE    … Expand
  39. 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.
  40. Godda28
    Oct 21, 2014
    0
    This game is no fun at all. Matchmaking is bad, arena is very very bad, paying players are OP. Don't even bother playing this while you could be playing any other FUN game.
  41. Gikori
    Jan 11, 2015
    0
    Lol Blizzard games....This one is pay2win nothing more to say then it's trash along with the people who stream this because it's ease of play so they can beg for money like street bums. Game for internet bums.
  42. a0952031
    Feb 8, 2015
    0
    After collecting the standard Mage deck, I played few games against other players. To my surprise, even thought I just started playing the game, I was always assigned against players with LEGENDARY DECKS. I got rekt so bad.
    For the love of God. Please boycott this trash. Forcing new players to spend lots of money to craft imbalanced cards. How low could this game be?
  43. BlizzardIsSh1t
    Jan 21, 2019
    0
    It's like playing rock paper scissors but you have you actually pay with real money to use a whole hand just to be able to play one. Stuck with paper and you don't have enough cards to play rock when everyone is using scissors? Guess what Blizzard doesn't care! If something is overpowered they're gonna let it roam free for 10 months before actually doing anything about it. Finally gotIt's like playing rock paper scissors but you have you actually pay with real money to use a whole hand just to be able to play one. Stuck with paper and you don't have enough cards to play rock when everyone is using scissors? Guess what Blizzard doesn't care! If something is overpowered they're gonna let it roam free for 10 months before actually doing anything about it. Finally got lucky because you have rock and everyone is playing scissors? Well guess what buddy, they can get a card outside of their deck and swing the entire game around leaving you to die slowly in a painful death. The developers only listen to the community WHEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO SELL SOMETHING. No report system for toxic players. The head developer, Mike Donais, actually thinks that a ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS game is HEALTHY. That's how much of a dumbass the developers are. Buying an expansion would cost you around $300($200 if you're lucky). And their free content is just droplets to a sea of the expansion. They will just promise to bring you new features but bail out at the last second. This game has no redeeming quality, even fo- ESPECIALLY for free to play players. This game is cancer all around.… Expand
  44. Bo33y
    Aug 7, 2016
    0
    This game is simply the most heinous vile atrocity that the world has ever produced. It is run by people exploiting its absolutely rubbish mechanics in attempts to the con the user into more spending, all those u-tube videos do is manipulate kids into buying a game that hasn't cost any real development at all, and it only offers them with a lack of fair play in return. The game isThis game is simply the most heinous vile atrocity that the world has ever produced. It is run by people exploiting its absolutely rubbish mechanics in attempts to the con the user into more spending, all those u-tube videos do is manipulate kids into buying a game that hasn't cost any real development at all, and it only offers them with a lack of fair play in return. The game is redundant when most classes can kill you before you can even drop a card, because the malicious computer provides the user with a lack of cards to drop on their turn, yet mysteriously your opponent will always have the perfect card to play. It is a rock paper scissor approach and it doesn't matter your investment, because this game relies mostly on the luck that a computer selects something for you to play on your turns. So the game adds more abilities to draw even more cards and copy duplicate cards, but taht doesn't even matter if the cards don't come up due to the luck of the draw. Some class are so imbalanced away from other classes played, that it clearly favors them with cheaper abilities too press those Iwin buttons with.. The grammar on the cards was written by people who don't speak using grammar as every card was made to be exploited away from that grammar contained on their descriptions. The game uses P2P protocols where it constantly disconnects you, and it is one of the worse game on the planet for this occurrence. The game has frequent bugs in the mechanics where players gain stuff they shouldn't have making more and more of stuff they never needed more of and the deck that supposedly only contained a max of 2 or a single legend. It is a game that you need to invest to compete playing. As in you need to psychically spend currency buying stuff and even upon purchasing you are still a victim to its poor design and its lack of fair play.

    A design that wants to be played as quickly as possible in as few turns as possible, why, because time is money. So it only offers 30 hp that is dead by turn 4 ,as you are only given a selection of unplayable cards prior to that turn you are dead in having nothing significant to counter your opponent even though you have filled you deck appropriately with plenty of cards on the starting turns. The design has an appalling layout, it hasn't put cards into rows to be hot keyed. It doesn't provide the user with their own strategic choice of starting selection. It doesn't allow the user to make as much game currency as they can acquire per day from playing, instead it limits them, because they won't spend. It doesn't provide the tavern tourney all week, because that often makes game currency quicker than other matched modes. It disconnects only from playing this game, in matches that you can instantly relog, but you have lost your game that there was no protection offered. It doesn't group players fairly, it groups them with players well outside their psychical level.. It forces starts for many turns away from the mathematical odd of a coin flip 50/50 or non start for as many turns as up to 10, and it groups with the same player as many as 4 time sin a row, and the same class for many attempts frequently again as many as 10 times. It has worse loss streaks then provided win streaks, they are not balanced, up to the point the assumption is you are grouped against robots and the computer has simply worked out a strategy to your deck.

    This is monkey made game was typical pyramid scheme. It was designed to exploit the user into spending, it doesn't give a hoot about anything else, because if a million people spend buying some of this game's crap and they have too, in having the same features you are grouped against, it has made millions. It uses crap connection protocols when it runs from same servers hosting much better games that offer far superior multiplayer. It basically took the concept from a world famous epic game and churned out total garbage in attempt to exploit that fan base.

    Avoid this abysmal game at all costs. It is simply heinous. These games should be stopped, and its reign of corruption ended. It seems the common tactic of the industry today is screw the user into spending more on crap that is redundant. It is all across the console industry today with DC packs, it is all across the internet with these freemiums and there is nothing epic coming out of the industry apart from these exploitively redundant hacks. For the love of this planet anybody else with a hint of reasoning should absolutely avoid. These type of games are simply not worth it, do not be conned otherwise by the lies fed by those people exploiting that concept of you buying more to always get less because there is always more to buy when it is never enough. It is absolutely sickening. It might as well be that Nigerian phonejack credit card details please muhahaha.    … Expand
  45. RafiGinat
    Oct 6, 2015
    0
    Sorry, but I cannot appreciate a game who's abusing human stupidity.
    there is a real card game named MAGIC, that gives the players the opportunity to use approx 70% strategy and 30% luck, on heartstone on the other way, it's 60% luck (not including OP cards) and 40% strategy. over the years human's realized that luck enters more money than strategy, therefor many good strategy games were    Sorry, but I cannot appreciate a game who's abusing human stupidity.
    there is a real card game named MAGIC, that gives the players the opportunity to use approx 70% strategy and 30% luck, on heartstone on the other way, it's 60% luck (not including OP cards) and 40% strategy. over the years human's realized that luck enters more money than strategy, therefor many good strategy games were closed because of there complexity and there ability to serve games which force human's to play tactics and not pray for good cards.

    yes, sound and graphics are very nice, but arent they similar to those of a slot machine? the sound uppon choosing a match triggers something on the back of each player, its a one huge slot machine in a huge disguise.

    all the good review of this game are consequences of the followed:
    kids or not intellectual enough who played against other players and realized they have to buy many packs/play many games until they will get rare/epic/legendary cards to win.
    they don't realize what's hiding behind the intention of this game, obviously money.
    try not to buy any packs and win someone who bought 10+ packs, its nearly impossible, you must have either 60% luck which gives the other player no luck and or fight against someone's stupid.    … Expand
  46. Kamamura
    Mar 25, 2017
    3
    Prime example of the "Ameritrash" design approach. Focus is on theatrics, gaudy effects and grotesque lore, and solid gameplay is secondary, which is starting to show on the overall balance and quality of the game.

    Initially solid foundation was undermined by greed, slow response to problems (patches take 6 months to arrive), incompenent direction and lack of focus and dubious design    Prime example of the "Ameritrash" design approach. Focus is on theatrics, gaudy effects and grotesque lore, and solid gameplay is secondary, which is starting to show on the overall balance and quality of the game.

    Initially solid foundation was undermined by greed, slow response to problems (patches take 6 months to arrive), incompenent direction and lack of focus and dubious design decisions. It seems that the developers more and more satisfied with themselves, while the quality of the game plummets. Meanwhile, the cost of the game is being silently increases by non-obvious means (no more adventures that are replaced by more expensive pack expansions, power inflation in effort to force players to buy the new OP cards, card rotation, etc).

    Advice to new players - stay away! The golden age of Hearthstone is gone and will not return. The game is worse and worse with each expansion.    … Expand
  47. Flora
    Jul 24, 2015
    0
    Heartstone looks like an amazing game on the surface. But it is pay to win like no other game i have ever seen or for that matter heard of.
    You need to spend a lot of money to be able to compete with anyone. Even though the game says you are matched with a fair opponent you meet people with 5 Legendary cards played in your first pvp match.
    This is the worst game experience i have had,    Heartstone looks like an amazing game on the surface. But it is pay to win like no other game i have ever seen or for that matter heard of.
    You need to spend a lot of money to be able to compete with anyone. Even though the game says you are matched with a fair opponent you meet people with 5 Legendary cards played in your first pvp match.
    This is the worst game experience i have had, and that says a lot.
    I would recommend staying away from this game if you are not ready to throw 100+ bucks into the drain.
    Go play some indie games many of at least deserve some money.    … Expand
  48. Epsilon123
    Jul 26, 2015
    0
    This game is pathetic. At this point I am done with all Blizzard made games.
    User interface is ridiculous, I can't believe that someone will release a game with so dysfunctional interface - need countless clicks to do simple things (if you find them), useless popups show up hiding buttons, ...
    Also why is this game always "connected"? If I close my iPad and then restore the game 5    This game is pathetic. At this point I am done with all Blizzard made games.
    User interface is ridiculous, I can't believe that someone will release a game with so dysfunctional interface - need countless clicks to do simple things (if you find them), useless popups show up hiding buttons, ...
    Also why is this game always "connected"? If I close my iPad and then restore the game 5 minutes later it says "Disconnected" and have to click a million buttons to start a game again. Why can't they just connect me?
    No customer support from the game, no control over anything - just played a guy named **** and Blizzard doesn't even care.
    Now for the gameplay - unless you spend hundreds on this game - don't even think you can be competitive. Do you know how many Epic and Legendary cards I got from opening 30 packs? You guessed - 0.
    Don't even bother starting this game, or any Blizzard game for that matter.
    And for the "Critics" that all game a positive review? - find another job as you suck at this.    … Expand
  49. keykenzo
    Dec 11, 2015
    0
    After around playing this for 2 years I decided to stop and you will know why. Each new expansion Blizzard brings to keep the "meta" more stronger and unbalance between the classes, so it is impossible you get out of this situation without using the similiar overpowered classes. This new course from Adventure of Explorer's and TGT brings the idea that will never balance the cards andAfter around playing this for 2 years I decided to stop and you will know why. Each new expansion Blizzard brings to keep the "meta" more stronger and unbalance between the classes, so it is impossible you get out of this situation without using the similiar overpowered classes. This new course from Adventure of Explorer's and TGT brings the idea that will never balance the cards and modes, an example of that if you play a 10 paladin mana card you can deal 30 damage in one turn if you get lucky otherwise it deal around 15 damage(check Anyfin Can Happen) this is absurd because you don't have the correct tools or space in your deck to counter that. Finishing my review of this game I would like to compare Hearthstone to a Casino but if you are young and like new adventurer with RNG you can play the game.… Expand
  50. easymoneysniper
    May 2, 2016
    0
    **** garbage ass game. Was fun till this retardedass joke of a company shafted the whole thing with the new trash expansion and "standard" **** Incredibly disappointing considering how many hours I sunk into the game back when it was actually fun.
  51. dsf122
    Jul 4, 2016
    0
    I played this game after it come out from beta fora few months.I stop it because of the lack of content and upgrade.Now i started playing it again,and i should say that the game received a lot of content.But most of them a retarded and shows why blizzard is a terrible game maker now:the only this that is good in this game is the marketing:you can buy everything in this p2w game,but tbh youI played this game after it come out from beta fora few months.I stop it because of the lack of content and upgrade.Now i started playing it again,and i should say that the game received a lot of content.But most of them a retarded and shows why blizzard is a terrible game maker now:the only this that is good in this game is the marketing:you can buy everything in this p2w game,but tbh you can achieve all those buy playing a lot.So whats your plan?Playing a lot,and if you are good then you will enjoy it even more because of the lot of content?NO,THIS GAME IS WORSE THAN POKER,THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SKILLFULL,OR TO HAVE A GOOD DECK,THE WHOLE GAME IS LITERALLY LUCK.LITERALLY(even poker is more skillful than this lottery game).The whole game is unfair,don't teach you that you need to wait with xy card to more next time before you take it out cause the game new it that it is just luck.If you think you are bad at it,then i can say you you are not,you are just unlucky,because there is NO CONSISTENCY in this game,you cant learn or experience combos and plays ,because they are not skillful things,if you are lucky you got the best cards,but if you are not you will lose 3 games in a row just because the enemy got c'thun earlier than you ,although you have played better the whole game.I highly recommend this game if you want to be frustrated because you are unlucky,and i can recommend it to people too who don't know what they are doing and just want to win.To sum up,this game is like a blizzard game with a lot of micro transactions,but its less fun than the others,i think they really need to balance this game to be a far one.

    ps:i really hope it wont get high prizepool tournaments,the game doesn't deserve it.    … Expand
  52. BakingSoda
    Aug 29, 2016
    0
    Do not be fooled by the critics opinions of Hearthstone most of them have not played a proper card game and do not understand all the finer details of a card game and this is why its popular with critics they can play it, enjoy it, rate it highly because its meets that criteria as a video game, not as a card game.

    The Sesame Street of card games is what Hearthstone is. Popular for the    Do not be fooled by the critics opinions of Hearthstone most of them have not played a proper card game and do not understand all the finer details of a card game and this is why its popular with critics they can play it, enjoy it, rate it highly because its meets that criteria as a video game, not as a card game.

    The Sesame Street of card games is what Hearthstone is. Popular for the same reason Call of Duty is that it appeals to the biggest market (casuals) and makes a game even from rng or random cards, but that is where it stops. Unlike other card games you can trade, you can talk to your opponent actually understand them, you can play moves on their turns as a control method and you have a method of ramping your deck up to play the cards you want. Hearthstone has none of these and this is where you have to decide if you want to keep losing to people who pay money or join the pay2win club. Once you make it to this point you can decide for yourself of you can invest in a paper card game where you have everything Hearthstone has to offer by x1000.

    There is a reason why paper card game players are not fond of Hearthstone, it could dumb down the whole genre of trading card games, and to the fact that it masquerades as a trading card game when it isn't. The artwork is pretty disappointing as well.    … Expand
  53. IhateLoL11
    Sep 8, 2016
    0
    I've made it to legend several times peaking at rank 6 legend (top 6 in a region), but today, I am quitting this game.

    Hearthstone is slot machine hidden behind the title of a card game. Look at the remarkable resemblance to a slot machine for the queuing animation https://youtu.be/dEinLIA45rE?t=3194 .They pamper you with daily quests, lively animation and music and seasonal rewards but    I've made it to legend several times peaking at rank 6 legend (top 6 in a region), but today, I am quitting this game.

    Hearthstone is slot machine hidden behind the title of a card game. Look at the remarkable resemblance to a slot machine for the queuing animation https://youtu.be/dEinLIA45rE?t=3194 .They pamper you with daily quests, lively animation and music and seasonal rewards but it's all a facade to get you hooked from the start. As time passes, you cease to play this game for fun. It becomes some machine you grind gold out of or some crucible that you put yourself through every season for the title of legend or rank 5. Most of the long-term players share such sentiments. They log on, farm their quests, play a few games, get infuriated and log off. It all sounds so counter-intuitive. As you new player, all you longed for was a competitive collection. But it takes years or hundreds of dollars to gain such. As a veteran, you grow more weary of the game every day and remain in perpetual hope that the next DLC will change something but it never does. There is only torment and despair to be found here

    Hearthstone is an addiction not a game. Save yourself the trouble of being shackled to this game and look elsewhere.    … Expand
  54. RedCombLP
    Sep 28, 2016
    0
    Very unbalanced game, extremely unfair to new players. You will start the game with basic standard cards, expected to grind against players with decks full of OP elite cards. Your only hope to win is luck of the draw and some RNG madness. Only people who like this game are those who have sunk tons of time or money into their decks and who enjoy wiping the floor with new players. If you areVery unbalanced game, extremely unfair to new players. You will start the game with basic standard cards, expected to grind against players with decks full of OP elite cards. Your only hope to win is luck of the draw and some RNG madness. Only people who like this game are those who have sunk tons of time or money into their decks and who enjoy wiping the floor with new players. If you are a new player and just looking for some fun, casual, card games... LOOK ELSEWHERE!… Expand
  55. NFFNSNC
    Nov 8, 2015
    1
    This game is Pay 2 Win, unless you're willing to shell out a couple hundred or you've been playing since release you stand no chance of ever catching up or competing. Sure you can sort of compete by grinding and dusting everything in to the current OP flavor of the month deck but you'll be right back at the beginning once it's nerfed.

    PAY 2 WIN, AVOID AVOID AVOID.
  56. Litorah
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    The game is as pay 2 win as it gets. Cards are more expensive than some physical card games and are untradeable and heck, adventures and skins are more expensive than some paid games out there. That really pisses me off because hearthstone is based on the Warcraft franchise and warcraft III was an amazing game. Such a shame that Blizzard has fallen to such low money-grabbing practices.
  57. mcleod969
    Jul 1, 2015
    0
    Theres no doubt in my mind that this game sets you up for failure. They like to set you up against players with superior cards to instill the idea that "well if i buy cards then ill be able to compete with them". Its just one big money grab that shamelessly promotes its other games while consistently ripping you off. The fact that activision is involved raises suspicions but when you playTheres no doubt in my mind that this game sets you up for failure. They like to set you up against players with superior cards to instill the idea that "well if i buy cards then ill be able to compete with them". Its just one big money grab that shamelessly promotes its other games while consistently ripping you off. The fact that activision is involved raises suspicions but when you play and constantly get the shaft you know its a huge scam. 25 dollars to play just one of its multiple "add ons" and when youre done with that you get a legendary so 25 for a legendary. Ive gotten about 20 packs from grinding and ive only gotten one atrocious legendary. Plus look up the pros they all use the same legendaries so its not even a complex game in any right its pretty much pay us until you get 1 of these 3 legendaries then maaaaaybe you can enjoy the game but by that time itll be a huge bore anyways. I only recommend this for people who dont mind funnelling money into a below average game.… Expand
  58. umutation
    Nov 28, 2016
    2
    The greedy high frequency of the change in the game's meta makes it impossible to climb without spending money in a weekly basis. The game itself may be a free one but it is the most expensive one if you want to enjoy it. And i can't feel victorious after i win because i know that me winning only means that i recently spent more than my opponent. It kind of feels bad to see how greedy theThe greedy high frequency of the change in the game's meta makes it impossible to climb without spending money in a weekly basis. The game itself may be a free one but it is the most expensive one if you want to enjoy it. And i can't feel victorious after i win because i know that me winning only means that i recently spent more than my opponent. It kind of feels bad to see how greedy the legendary game makers become.… Expand
  59. Rubiniwa
    Jan 2, 2015
    0
    Is a bad game and like others says, is a Pay to win game, because 90% of players have bought many legendary cards that beats you in 2 minutes max.
    Blizzard is a great company with great games before the Hearthstone that is ruined and is not favorable for new players.
  60. algebramania
    May 17, 2015
    2
    Отыграв 600+ игр,я смело могу сказать - игра скатилась в деньговысасывающий мусор, даже уже нету места стратегии - пулл в 30 карт и хп превратил всю стратегическую составляющую в веселый аттракцион:"Раш в лицо или задонать часть своей зарплаты на карточки".
    Вот небольшой расчет для новичка,решившего выбрать второй путь: В 2400 рублей вам выйдет два текущих дополнения дополнения - без    Отыграв 600+ игр,я смело могу сказать - игра скатилась в деньговысасывающий мусор, даже уже нету места стратегии - пулл в 30 карт и хп превратил всю стратегическую составляющую в веселый аттракцион:"Раш в лицо или задонать часть своей зарплаты на карточки".
    Вот небольшой расчет для новичка,решившего выбрать второй путь: В 2400 рублей вам выйдет два текущих дополнения дополнения - без хотя бы первых двух кварталов первого можете даже не пробовать играть,так же вам понадобятся хотя бы 60 классических паков и 40 паков что выйдет в какие-то 6000 рублей - итого 8400,неплохо для f2p игры,правда?Нет,ну конечно вы можете годик другой делать ежедневные квесты (40/60/100 золота в день) и тратить 150 золота на арену,которую одно дело научиться собирать,а другое - играть с тем что есть(читай:насасывать),а это то еще испытание.мой вам совет - не тратьте время на эту игру,в ней нет ничего сложного и требующего смекалки - любой кто умеет считать до 30 с легкостью освоит топовые деки этой игры - фейсханта и мехомага    … Expand
  61. leRedditecksDee
    Jun 4, 2015
    0
    Absolutely ridiculous. They actually expect me, a F2P Control Hunter, to pay $10 for a cosmetic I don't have to buy in order to have a completely different hero for the Warrior class. It's insane how they're trying to milk me of my money that I never spent to begin with instead of adding features I beg for on /r/hearthstone every chance I can get! Instead of adding more deck slots (for allAbsolutely ridiculous. They actually expect me, a F2P Control Hunter, to pay $10 for a cosmetic I don't have to buy in order to have a completely different hero for the Warrior class. It's insane how they're trying to milk me of my money that I never spent to begin with instead of adding features I beg for on /r/hearthstone every chance I can get! Instead of adding more deck slots (for all my Hunter decks I cannot keep track of) and the ability to add a card back for each deck, as well as giving me 1000 free packs (classic, btw) a day just for considering the notion of their game being fun, they take the time to animate a picture, put voiceacting on it, add some particles, throw in a card back, and expect me to pay $10 for it.

    It's unbelievable how greedy Blizzard has become now and I don't want to spend another dime on them anymore. It's just ridiculous.    … Expand
  62. Eiyuu
    Aug 3, 2015
    0
    Hearthstone, Heroes of Visa.
    If you did not start playing this game back in the beta you are going to have a very difficult time earning your cards in this game.
    I admit the game has it's fun, but as a new player it's very difficult to win unless you throw the buck. And the funny thing is that even throwing the buck wouldn't ensure you win, because the packs are totally random and you    Hearthstone, Heroes of Visa.
    If you did not start playing this game back in the beta you are going to have a very difficult time earning your cards in this game.
    I admit the game has it's fun, but as a new player it's very difficult to win unless you throw the buck. And the funny thing is that even throwing the buck wouldn't ensure you win, because the packs are totally random and you can easily get up to 60 packs with no legendary (that is about 60-70$). And even if you do get the legendary, it can be a horrible one. So unless you actually overflow them with $$$ you will likely not be on par with most of the active players.
    All in all this game has a spectacular, but also evil design.    … Expand
  63. slin1
    Aug 17, 2015
    0
    pull your head out of your asses blizzard SMH. straight up rage quit. SMH. WoW is taking a huge **** storm too. SMH. I have been literally been playing d2 for the past month. thanks blizz
  64. seblaf1
    Jul 27, 2016
    0
    Hearthstone is by far the worst game ever created. It is complete garbage designed by morons and morons only and that is based on luck at exactly 100%. There is no room for skills, stupidity is forgiven and, on top of that, this trash we call a game is pay-to-win. Never ever spend a single dollar to support such incompetent design ever. If you want to play a luck based game that is asHearthstone is by far the worst game ever created. It is complete garbage designed by morons and morons only and that is based on luck at exactly 100%. There is no room for skills, stupidity is forgiven and, on top of that, this trash we call a game is pay-to-win. Never ever spend a single dollar to support such incompetent design ever. If you want to play a luck based game that is as trash as hearthstone, go play "Bataille", it costs less.… Expand
  65. comon86
    Sep 29, 2016
    1
    Used to be a great game (at least 8/10) but with latest expansions blizzard made a joke from this game. A lot of random impact cards. Meta is very aggressive at least 80% of meta are aggressive decks. To make things worse yogg saron makes a joke even a longer games. Today blizzard announced some cards change which should make a small improvement (emphasize on small). This kind of cardUsed to be a great game (at least 8/10) but with latest expansions blizzard made a joke from this game. A lot of random impact cards. Meta is very aggressive at least 80% of meta are aggressive decks. To make things worse yogg saron makes a joke even a longer games. Today blizzard announced some cards change which should make a small improvement (emphasize on small). This kind of card adjustment should be done at least a half year ago (players complained about some cards for months). Seems likes they made this changes only because blizzcon is close and they didn't want to make their biggest tournament of this game looks like a total joke. You can try to play for fun from time to time but don't spent any money on it (you can spend a lot of in this game). You will only be disappointed.… Expand
  66. Cynatix
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Pro:
    -Warcraft
    Contra: -Pay 2 Win - 100% unbalanced (pick druid and you will dominate that trash) -RNG is absolut **** how is it possible i have to start in 9/10 games? -if you play arena (random cards + hero) you will probably face enemies with 3+ legendaries while you have 0 (happend to me in literally every arena game i did) So if you like to pay for a game but get **** by    Pro:
    -Warcraft

    Contra:
    -Pay 2 Win
    - 100% unbalanced (pick druid and you will dominate that trash)
    -RNG is absolut **** how is it possible i have to start in 9/10 games?
    -if you play arena (random cards + hero) you will probably face enemies with 3+ legendaries while you have 0
    (happend to me in literally every arena game i did)

    So if you like to pay for a game but get **** by the RNG anyways this is your game!
    Pure money waste + RNG is worse than LoL/DotA2 Matchmaking    … Expand
  67. Huijar
    Nov 26, 2017
    0
    Looks nice, feels nice, but it's not nice. Complete pay to win, and if you don't pay it's a grind-fest. Like many other card games, it's based on luck and requires no skill whatsoever. Stay away and play P2W System! #FixHS
  68. idrc
    Feb 11, 2019
    0
    HS summed up by a year long player who even paid money:

    - P2W (really pay 2 accelerate, but what decent to society contributing human has time to play games all day long) - stagnant meta - blizzard screwing up the game by each expansion - designing each expansion in a way that you'll have to spend even more money - playing on ladder will set you up against the same 2 or 3 decks for    HS summed up by a year long player who even paid money:

    - P2W (really pay 2 accelerate, but what decent to society contributing human has time to play games all day long)
    - stagnant meta
    - blizzard screwing up the game by each expansion
    - designing each expansion in a way that you'll have to spend even more money
    - playing on ladder will set you up against the same 2 or 3 decks for months, before a new expansion comes out and these 2 or 3 decks will perhaps change slightly (redundant with stagnant meta)
    - people who, if you happen to win against them, will often try to add you after the game to insult you and your family for playing whatever deck you just played

    So basically, you know what you're getting into. Don't do it. It's just not worth it.    … Expand
  69. Grimss
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    Cash grabing
    Worst 2019 company
    **** Blizzard for siding with China
    MTGA is far superior
  70. williehk
    Apr 9, 2019
    0
    At what point are you allowed to be disappointed and angry with bs p2w titles like this 1 and the never changing cod getting into blizzard launcher and unable to hide them? These are **** stains and insult to the brand founders.
  71. discoinferno27
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    This game is boring, highly repetitive, not fun after first few plays. I mean, I enjoyed it when i first got it, but it gets super boring after a while, and cards are not cool. Recommend sticking with magic the gathering instead.
  72. TenchuuKhan
    Jun 9, 2015
    4
    Hearthstone is a bit like playing Backgammon against an opponent that has dice where 3 sides are jokers and he can just pick a number suiting his needs.
    There's really not much you can do from a tactical point of view to outplay someone with a better deck.
    A massive waste of time unless you are willing to throw in some coins to build your decks. While that's the business model of    Hearthstone is a bit like playing Backgammon against an opponent that has dice where 3 sides are jokers and he can just pick a number suiting his needs.
    There's really not much you can do from a tactical point of view to outplay someone with a better deck.

    A massive waste of time unless you are willing to throw in some coins to build your decks.
    While that's the business model of course, there's not much a free-to-play player can do except getting wrecked every game. Thus, the f2p model is ****    … Expand
  73. caseypenk
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    Blizzard has become a company of repressive, anti-democratic thought police. By playing Overwatch you are actively supporting the Chinese Communist Party in its crackdown on free expression. Boycott all Blizzard games and do not give them another penny.
  74. Neloangelus666
    Oct 12, 2014
    3
    At first glance this game is pretty good, at second glance it gets worse, at final glance it is a frustrating piece of ****

    The main problem is the card decks and the element of luck in every game you play, for example you can play the same deck against the same opponent and the first time you can beat them without them even hitting you once, then you can reload and they will destroy    At first glance this game is pretty good, at second glance it gets worse, at final glance it is a frustrating piece of ****

    The main problem is the card decks and the element of luck in every game you play, for example you can play the same deck against the same opponent and the first time you can beat them without them even hitting you once, then you can reload and they will destroy you by move 8, you retry and destroy them by move 8. This has nothing to do with playing the cards you are dealt, since if luck isn't on your side you can end up with 4 cards that need 8 crystals and the opponent will have a zerg rush waiting to kick your ass.

    It gets a 3 because it is a well crafted game like anything Blizzard make, but as for the gameplay mechanics it gets a big fat 0 since it isn't even a game that you can be good at, you just sit there and hope that *this* time your cards will come out in the right order and you can't actually be a GOOD Hearthstone player, just someone hedging his or her bets that the deck you've built is going to beat the odds so you don't need to be lucky to win it.

    Which also means if you want to be good at Hearthstone you just need to buy the cards you need to win and play a lot, since there is no actual skill involved to become a good player, just the bare basics of gameplay where you don't make really stupid decisions. Get the basic elements of play down (don't use a group damage spell when the enemy has no minions, don't be stupid.) and you will win, and the reverse of that if you have a **** deck and luck isn't on your side you will fail.

    I really wouldn't mind any of the luck element if the skill element could make up for bad luck, but it doesn't. You can be a brilliant strategist but you will lose against a lucky retard rolling his face across the keys and summoning a murloc zerg while you hold 2 core hounds you can't use for 3 turns. You might as well just download a higher/lower card game app on a tablet, because that's basically what Hearthstone is, just a random number generator with nice graphics.    … Expand
  75. rawr100
    Feb 14, 2015
    0
    This game is a complete waste of time. If you aren't willing to pay real money to buy cards, you'll never be competitive. The game is free to play for a reason. If you're willing to throw a ton of money at it, of course you'll be good. Having a deck of "legendary" cards does not equal skill. Nice try Blizzard... It's interesting how you've been selling decks of cards for real moneyThis game is a complete waste of time. If you aren't willing to pay real money to buy cards, you'll never be competitive. The game is free to play for a reason. If you're willing to throw a ton of money at it, of course you'll be good. Having a deck of "legendary" cards does not equal skill. Nice try Blizzard... It's interesting how you've been selling decks of cards for real money since "beta." Another obvious example of corporate greed.… Expand
  76. notkrang
    Apr 16, 2017
    0
    **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game. **** This. Game.
  77. twirlingfern2
    Nov 17, 2020
    0
    Every year Hearthstone gets worse and worse. I've been playing since beta. Now they implemented a battle pass system where you get significantly less gold, require more time to grind, and they have more cards to collect mid expansion. And they LIED saying that every player will earn more gold- when in reality players earn significantly less. They used to have free single player content andEvery year Hearthstone gets worse and worse. I've been playing since beta. Now they implemented a battle pass system where you get significantly less gold, require more time to grind, and they have more cards to collect mid expansion. And they LIED saying that every player will earn more gold- when in reality players earn significantly less. They used to have free single player content and they promised that single player content will remain free, and now they are charging for single player content. I would NOT recommend anyone to get into this game. They created a new game mode where you need a massive amount of epic cards to unlock the better hero powers. Blizzard used to be a great company - and now all of their products are corrupted by the greed of Activision and the company is no better than EA or any other greedy big gaming company. There is no soul left in the company - only profit pushing.… Expand
  78. mariussoare
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    As a 6 years player of hearthstone I can say this:
    -Blizzard + activision can suck it
    -Hearthstone is **** -Uninstall over fustration about how much more expensive it is, and if that wasn't enough, they clearly **** on your face with some kind of alghoritm that makes you loose 6-7 games consecutively not because I'm a bad player, but beacuse "RNG", as they like to call it CONCLUSION:    As a 6 years player of hearthstone I can say this:
    -Blizzard + activision can suck it
    -Hearthstone is ****
    -Uninstall over fustration about how much more expensive it is, and if that wasn't enough, they clearly **** on your face with some kind of alghoritm that makes you loose 6-7 games consecutively not because I'm a bad player, but beacuse "RNG", as they like to call it
    CONCLUSION:
    F*#% you Blizzard!    … Expand
  79. lilianlobo
    Nov 25, 2020
    1
    I have to say this...I've been playing this game for almost 6 years, since betastone. I started to preorder since Witchwood, one preorder at time untill Scholomance and outlands I preordered and bought almost 400USD in my currency (1000,00R$) and I was okay, I decided to stop and start to play normally for the next months, decided to not buy this Darkmoon expansion and that's it. I wouldI have to say this...I've been playing this game for almost 6 years, since betastone. I started to preorder since Witchwood, one preorder at time untill Scholomance and outlands I preordered and bought almost 400USD in my currency (1000,00R$) and I was okay, I decided to stop and start to play normally for the next months, decided to not buy this Darkmoon expansion and that's it. I would save to buy the January preorder, but right now, I don't want to even log in to the game. Everything is under a paywall now, lots of stupid modes and no focus on the real game. I don't know if they were hijacked for Chinese CEOS but this is the state of the game right now. The new system became a real bad stuff, it's not only greed, but criminal. The game states right now like a Gambling for children and adults too, but children suffers most for addiction. You spend thousands of cash in this game and can't reach full collection. I had to spent at least 200USD and i'm still missing 3 legendaries in Scholomance. I never ever made a Review in my life for any game, but right now, I'm doing it, and I would really like to do a good one, but I can't. This game was nice to me before, I really played like 10hours a day but only for fun and other days i didn't even played 2hours a day hardgrind 100g for 30 wins and even being only a casual player I could have fun, I could have did the quests and it would be ok. Right now, the Quests to earn experience, to achieve levels, to achieve the reward per level are all blocked by strange restrictions that requires money. Some quests are like "collect x epics" or "collect x legendaries" and how can I do that without spend money? You can't, or you just go along with th reward system that's awful and really stupid to grind it or u just quit the game.
    The feeling of grinding Experience in a Card game is worse than those MMORPGS that require several hours of play to achieve a Good character. But it's a card game, there's no character, I'm the character!!!!!!!!! What's wrong with Activllizzard?
    Very bad game right now, not only expensive, but criminal.    … Expand
  80. vault2wasteland
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    don't give this company your money
    don't give this company your money
    don't give this company your money
    don't give this company your money
  81. skinnyhippo1234
    Oct 3, 2015
    2
    Easiest game in the world. The game requires nearly no thinking and hardly any skill. It's extremely difficult to be bad at this game, and if hell freezes over and pigs begin to fly and someone is terrible at this game, all they have to do is google a good deck and hope they get lucky with RNG. The RNG in this game is also crap, and making the game require less skill from the little itEasiest game in the world. The game requires nearly no thinking and hardly any skill. It's extremely difficult to be bad at this game, and if hell freezes over and pigs begin to fly and someone is terrible at this game, all they have to do is google a good deck and hope they get lucky with RNG. The RNG in this game is also crap, and making the game require less skill from the little it already needs. Honestly, you would probably have better luck playing poker than playing this game because it is 80% luck, 10 % knowledge, 5 % skill, and 5 % grinding all day. Other than the **** game mechanics and constant grind or pay to win system, the game is good for 5 mins of fun every here and there before you begin to constantly vomit, so I'll rate it as a 2.… Expand
  82. Crackfarmer
    May 24, 2016
    3
    Went down hill pretty fast. After the Naxxramas Expansion it died for me. New crap cards release, new stupid rng stuff which noone needs. And it's pay2win. Lame. Full of Botters.
  83. DKR
    Jun 13, 2018
    4
    Randomstone! Randoms of Randomcraft!

    Remember the first days of the grand Pokemon phenomenon? No, bc you're too young. Roughly 20yrs ago, Pokemon trading cards was like drugs for kids. I'm surprised it didn't make its own ghettos with gang wars and Snoop Puppy making a rap song about them. It had every kid fighting, every teacher banning them, and every christian pastor was losing    Randomstone! Randoms of Randomcraft!

    Remember the first days of the grand Pokemon phenomenon? No, bc you're too young.

    Roughly 20yrs ago, Pokemon trading cards was like drugs for kids. I'm surprised it didn't make its own ghettos with gang wars and Snoop Puppy making a rap song about them. It had every kid fighting, every teacher banning them, and every christian pastor was losing their s* over it. They copied Magic cards verbatim and made them cuter.

    Problem: your viability depended on how much money your parents were willing dump into your endless addiction.

    You'd buy a pack full of s*y cards hoping 1 or more were decent. It was like legalized gambling. One thing's for sure: it was printing money for Japs faster than our Federal Reserve ever could.

    HoW didn't learn (correction: didn't care) from past mistakes (correction: good marketing). All the starting cards suck, and viability is fortified by a paywall the size of a skyscraper. There are top-teir cards that give such an advantage, it should say "click here to win", Or better, "click here to win for 5.99".

    The presentation - contrarily - is brilliantly done. Shiny, flashy, pretty, soothing sound track, great voices, beautiful art, and Warcraft's charming humor often makes its way in (ie dropping the Raid Leader card and he shouts 'HANDLE IT!'). Critics have compared it to a glorified slot machine, and I couldn't say it better myself.

    It's laughable that people can take this competitively in any way. A game that has the word "random" twice or more isn't competitive. Let's see how HoW plays out:

    The game begins. You are RANDOMLY selected a few cards from your deck. You can choose which ones stay, or to RANDOMLY switch it out for another. You then draw a RANDOM card. Your opponent draws a RANDOM card. You place a card that RANDOMLY attacks friend/foe. They play a card that RANDOMLY kills everything on the board except for one RANDOMLY chosen card in play. They RANDOMLY draw 2 cards they combine that's ready to end the game in just 2 turns. But did you RANDOMLY get the card to counter it? No? WHAM! 1 more turn....still nope. WHAM gg. OR....you DO get the card, counter him completely and gg; YOU WIN. F* what is happening to video games??? With a pair of die and a little imagination, you can play this game for free w/o electricity!

    There's also single player, but it's even worse. I played against a boss that 2 shot me in the 3rd turn. I didn't even get a f*ing chance to draw 4 card and he 2 shot me 5x in a row. Who designed this SP?? Dunkey?

    And these gold-brick critics and their perfect scores. I'm gonna puke.

    "DID SUM1 SAY MOAR MUNNYZ??//1!"    … Expand
  84. Lepstrung
    Jan 17, 2016
    4
    Game is good but its pay 2 win. Thode who have most money can buy best cards and those cards are owerpowered and can only be beaten if you buy cards too. I have lost countless times to some idiots who cant othwerwise play but because they have 3 legendary cards in their desks, witch all are only obtainable by buying expansions, I lose to them. So its good but really unfair.
  85. praisethesun11
    Mar 29, 2016
    2
    Extremely Pay 2 Win. Do not play Hearthstone unless you plan on investing a lot of money. I have been playing card games my entire life, but sometimes there is literally nothing you can do against stacked decks. I finally called it quits after only my 30th match. In that time I got 19 wins, 3 of which were perfects (pretty dang good if I say so myself), and 11 losses. Only 2 of the lossesExtremely Pay 2 Win. Do not play Hearthstone unless you plan on investing a lot of money. I have been playing card games my entire life, but sometimes there is literally nothing you can do against stacked decks. I finally called it quits after only my 30th match. In that time I got 19 wins, 3 of which were perfects (pretty dang good if I say so myself), and 11 losses. Only 2 of the losses were to "Standard" decks.
    Great graphics and animations for a card game. Great music. Sadly, I would not recommend it to anyone looking to play casually.    … Expand
  86. kingjappyjoe
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    This game goes against freedom of liberty and freedom of speech. Horrible company will never support again
  87. arenacrac
    Sep 19, 2016
    1
    Play the game perfectly and then lose to rng elements, there is no skill involved in this game, its not completely a pay2win game because even if you have these premium legendary cards they wont give you a consistent win-rate at the broken ladder system
  88. Praedo
    Apr 6, 2017
    0
    Very europe-unfriendly game. Releases are delayed, servers often go down, prices are way higher. Overall an awful experience to play being not from NA, and it is only getting worse
  89. Swayer90
    Nov 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For a free to play game it's more expensive to actully play then a regular card game.
    Because in a digital you actully need cards to play decent, and to get that you are with the new system forced to pay.
    But unlike a regular card game you can't sell them when you get bored or keep them when they cancel the game.    … Expand
  90. realmanpwns
    Feb 7, 2019
    2
    Where to start? This game has the potential to be one of the top games out there but it's made by a company so greedy that they overwhelmingly bias the game in favor of the rich people out there who can afford to drop 100's of dollars on card packs, If you are a free player you can expect to lose 95 percent of the games you play. Their matching system to a "worthy player" is a joke. ItWhere to start? This game has the potential to be one of the top games out there but it's made by a company so greedy that they overwhelmingly bias the game in favor of the rich people out there who can afford to drop 100's of dollars on card packs, If you are a free player you can expect to lose 95 percent of the games you play. Their matching system to a "worthy player" is a joke. It might as well say "player who's got the advantage over you" or maybe "cough up the money or get used to losing" when the little dial spins. Stay away from this game until Blizzard decides to play fair.… Expand
  91. Yanarsen
    Apr 11, 2019
    0
    If you are frustrated kid who sucks at every possible game, but have a money, then this is exactly the game for you. Spend all of your money on decks, and start humiliating and curing your frustration vs players who are not willing to pay for the cards.
    This game is PAY TO WIN from every single aspect, SIX YEARS ALREADY! Blizzard gives no fks about community, and why would they? Cause you    If you are frustrated kid who sucks at every possible game, but have a money, then this is exactly the game for you. Spend all of your money on decks, and start humiliating and curing your frustration vs players who are not willing to pay for the cards.
    This game is PAY TO WIN from every single aspect, SIX YEARS ALREADY! Blizzard gives no fks about community, and why would they? Cause you will always have kids who will pay for cards and be "better" than others.
    "But you can always grind free packs". Yes, you can. If you are willing to spend 10k hours to get to a level of 0.1h person who is spending instead of grinding. Worst possible trash ever on gaming scene and will remain that way for the rest of humanity.    … Expand
  92. poopfeast42O
    Oct 8, 2019
    0
    + it's free

    - Hard to get into
    - Grindy
    - Random
    - Pay to win
    - Not as good as other card games
  93. AdAstraMadCat
    Jul 5, 2021
    0
    This game was fun and interactive when it came out, however, expansions totally killed its magic. Developers decided to add imbalanced cards and use them to force players into playing expansion-specific deck archetypes. Any element of fun just got lost, the game is no more decided by skillful play and careful consideration of opponents deck, but merely by draw luck, as cards and theirThis game was fun and interactive when it came out, however, expansions totally killed its magic. Developers decided to add imbalanced cards and use them to force players into playing expansion-specific deck archetypes. Any element of fun just got lost, the game is no more decided by skillful play and careful consideration of opponents deck, but merely by draw luck, as cards and their specific combinations are so strong that one card drawn card can basically kill an opponent on its own.

    It doesn't pay off to create a unique deck and surprise opponents with non-standard cards, because the difference in cards' power-level dictates what cards can you play to be successful.

    In other words: I really enjoyed the game up to the expansion Journey to Un'Goro, but afterward, it became an unfocused mess. In my opinion, it's not worth getting into at this point.

    Battlegrounds is a fun mode, but super luck dependent, and the Arena suffers from the same issues as competitive: snowball effect can kill you without having a chance to react.

    Update: problems of luck and hyper-powerful cards are increasing every expansion. Your skill and experience don't matter in the slightest. Encountering 12/12 on the third turn against the druid, losing to single cards, and opponents generating basically an infinite amount of cards from nothing absolutely soured my experience with Hearthstone. Trash. Not worth the time investment.    … Expand
  94. Gibbs-91
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    This was amazing when it launched hence the high critic score but don't be fooled by it, sadly not too long after launch the game started showing the it's real colors - pay to win. At this point ( Nov 2020 ) there's nothing on offer for new players who don't want to dish out a lot of money to even have a chance at being competitive. Stay away from this title, there are better options outThis was amazing when it launched hence the high critic score but don't be fooled by it, sadly not too long after launch the game started showing the it's real colors - pay to win. At this point ( Nov 2020 ) there's nothing on offer for new players who don't want to dish out a lot of money to even have a chance at being competitive. Stay away from this title, there are better options out there for free and not driven by greed.… Expand
  95. RichardTonders
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Not only is this game big time pay to win but you also spend money to rent cards and then you win or lose depending on what the game decides. Waste of time.
  96. nice4e
    Oct 12, 2020
    0
    It is CASINO. Programmed to keep your ~ 50% win raito. We need a Law against garbage casino for kids like this. Wish someone will condemn Blizzard and they will get broke - all their games of last decade are totally garbage anyway. Corporation of evil and money making. EA#2.
    This casino should never be born.
    This developer company must die, and just may be, another one will born on the bones
  97. Andy1621
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    El último parche es una estafa, le mintieron a la comunidad al decirles que no les quitarían el oro para poder jugar, pero las evidencias son claras, y cada vez el juego es más caro e inaccesible, puro pay to win.
  98. gidzerai
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    Это просто какой то сюр. После добавления Батлпасса поломалась вся экономика нахер, тебя вынуждают купить абонемент, чтобы ты мог фармить голду как раньше. Если сделал паузу в несколько дней, иди нахер, уже не догонишь, а когда догонишь уже закончится сезон и ты пойдешь лесом после ротации.
    В общем это позор для Blizzard!!!    Это просто какой то сюр. После добавления Батлпасса поломалась вся экономика нахер, тебя вынуждают купить абонемент, чтобы ты мог фармить голду как раньше. Если сделал паузу в несколько дней, иди нахер, уже не догонишь, а когда догонишь уже закончится сезон и ты пойдешь лесом после ротации.
    В общем это позор для Blizzard!!!
  99. LuNika
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Blizzard, please, fix the battle pass. the old system of daily tasks was much more interesting
  100. Sephet
    Mar 12, 2019
    3
    Hearthstone is a fun game to be played casually, but there's no balance of any kind since the goal is to make you spend money. After you play a few matches and reach higher ranks you'll start facing decks with absurd combos against which you can do asbolutely nothing; all your cards are countered really fast and won't survive until the next turn, and you'll feel completely impotent in theHearthstone is a fun game to be played casually, but there's no balance of any kind since the goal is to make you spend money. After you play a few matches and reach higher ranks you'll start facing decks with absurd combos against which you can do asbolutely nothing; all your cards are countered really fast and won't survive until the next turn, and you'll feel completely impotent in the game as your opponent has absolute control of the match simply because he spent money to build a killer deck.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. Hardcore Gamer
    Jul 6, 2014
    90
    When Blizzard announced they were making a digital CCG, we all expected it to look and sound beautiful, and there was little doubt that it would be well-balanced, but I don’t think anyone anticipated this level of sophistication and subtle brilliance.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jun 28, 2014
    85
    Simple rules, high production values, low system requirements and huge tactical freedom make Hearthstone one of the best card games available. And if you take into account the free-to-play model – it’s the best one. [05/2014, p.62]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Jun 7, 2014
    85
    A fine example of a great free-to-play game. Hearthstone is not only an addictive and well designed card game, but absolutely fair with gamers that do not wish to spend money on it.
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