Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2373 Ratings

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  1. Isak
    Oct 12, 2019
    0
    If you want to support a shady and greedy company that throws human rights under the bus for money, then this is the game for you. Blizzard cares about nothing except for money and therefore it is immoral to support such a bad company. The game is also a boring mess with a lot of pay to win elements and bad rng
  2. Damtitus
    Aug 21, 2019
    0
    Changed my score to 0 to protest Blizzard's self-censoring. Bring back the Succubus!!!
  3. philip3242
    Feb 25, 2016
    3
    Pay to win so its fun at first and then you realize if you want to play more than a few hours you have to pay. It has the posibility to be good, but falls short in the end with numerous balance issues.
  4. Nyakuya
    Dec 31, 2016
    2
    - Las cartas están muy disparejas. Hay algunas que son extremadamente poderosas y otras que son una tremenda porquería inservible.
    - Es un PAY TO WIN. El que paga para comprar masos tiene mas cartas. La joda del juego es comprar y comprar masos con dinero real hasta que te toquen un par de cartas ROTAS (osea extremadamente poderosas), y luego las utilizas para ganarles a todos. Pay to    - Las cartas están muy disparejas. Hay algunas que son extremadamente poderosas y otras que son una tremenda porquería inservible.
    - Es un PAY TO WIN. El que paga para comprar masos tiene mas cartas. La joda del juego es comprar y comprar masos con dinero real hasta que te toquen un par de cartas ROTAS (osea extremadamente poderosas), y luego las utilizas para ganarles a todos. Pay to Win.
    - Los mazos y las jugadas son repetitivas, desde el inicio del juego han ido agregando cartas pero no han agregado nuevos tipos de jugadas, solo mas de lo mismo.
    - Tienes que ganar (literalmente) 30 partidas para poder comprar 1 mazo, el cual el 90% de las veces te da cartas malas, y solo da 5 cartas.    … Expand
  5. araiki
    Oct 9, 2019
    0
    Don't support this company which against human rights because they love money more than human.
  6. Anuel
    Mar 11, 2017
    3
    Game with great potential... that was completely ruined.
    First things first - this review is being written by not native english speaker, so please pay no attention to mistakes. I have been playing Hs for over a year and have over 3k games won. The game mechanics is great, there are dozens and dozens of cards and every four or so months there is a new card expanssion, which is great    Game with great potential... that was completely ruined.
    First things first - this review is being written by not native english speaker, so please pay no attention to mistakes. I have been playing Hs for over a year and have over 3k games won. The game mechanics is great, there are dozens and dozens of cards and every four or so months there is a new card expanssion, which is great because it makes (or should make) game less repetetive.
    So, why only 3 stars? - if you are someone that thinks over starting new adventure with HS... don't. Just don't. In Hs there is no such thing like matching opponent of similar game count, which means that right from begining you may be spared against enemy with 30x times more games played and thus over 30x times more cards - i can tell via my own experience when as i had about 120 games won i have played against dude with rank 7 and over 4k won games. Another thing - cards cards, cards. You think you will get what you want/need? Think twice. You won't. after year of playing i am still using decks of my own creations which are "outside of meta" making me win 2-3 games out of 10 played. Is losing bad? Normally i pay no attention if i am winning or losing... but here comes HS punishes. If you don't win - you get no gold. There is absolutely no reward for losing a game no matter how hard and mental exhusting it woult me. now, what can be bought bu gold - card packs and arena entrances. To get a card pack you have to win 30 times. yes 30. Each game can easily take 10 min or even more. Now, recall me saying that i win 2-3 game out of 10. Yes, collecting 100 gold sometimes takes me from dawn till dusk.
    Another thing - i said that new card expansions makes game less repetetive. In the end, it doesn't. As you are playing ranked and see, let's say - a warrior, in current meta you can be 95% sure that this would be pirate agro face warrior. almost no exceptions.
    But hey! there is an option to use real life money! It will bring you nowhere to. I know. From, once again, real life experince. I have spent **** load of money on HS hoping that i would get better cards. I dind't, and here i am. almost crying with each game being played as i stuggle to collect 150 games to play on arena - the only, lemme reapet - ONLY fun thing in HS, which is making deck of random cards and fighting against another oponent with random cards - so you can be sure that you will never use same cards and play against same kind deck twice.
    So, summarizing, HS is a GREAT GAME with wonderful system, nicely made rng, bah! even a lore and advnture system... but it is a shut "society" if you would join it now, prepare on devastation and completely lack of support for new players.
    I highly disrecommend starting playing this game for anyone that is not a masochist, for i have no idea why i keep playing this game and keep wondering over quiting playing this game for good. I think that i will just wait till next expansion and see, if thing would get at least little less "unplayable"    … Expand
  7. Green59
    Jul 29, 2020
    0
    This game is just awful,,,,some cards are just op,while others are usless,,,,and most important its a pay to win game,,,mtg all the way
  8. facehugger22
    Jul 15, 2020
    0
    This is easily the most unbalanced competitive game out there. Nothing else even comes close.

    It's weird that Blizzard refuses to fix it. They're a rich company, they have the resources.
  9. Gallego
    Nov 16, 2019
    0
    Es el peor juego de cartas de lejos. SI puedes evitar jugarlo, hazlo. Se parece más a una tragaperras (necesitas pagar para divertirte y es todo pura aleatoriedad) que a otros juegos de cartas como Magic The Gathering. Una basura en la que cada nueva expansión fomentan el powercreep para que tus cartas antiguas sean peores que las nuevas y te veas forzado a seguir pagando.
  10. ieatass420
    Mar 12, 2020
    0
    Garbage high roll everything and win the game with RNG stupid ass **** every expansion they demand MORE MONEY

    Even the game mode that shouldn't require money REQUIRES MONEY, oh you want to pick three heros instead of two? Just give us 20 **** dollars and you can high roll every single game.

    complete GARBAGE
  11. MoeL
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    WELL MET. Thank you for all the tons of crap fed to players, doing absolutely nothing for years to improve the game even a bit. It's sad how the homelike game turned into just another chinese mobile game. Blizzard, get out of the western world, go to your chinese homeland, do this world a favor.
  12. RoniGetter
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    Unfriendly game. I love Blizzard, but this game is awful . Don’t play this game
  13. WhiteDragon65
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    Garbage. Play 24 hours every day to win. You will enjoy the first 2 weeks, then you will be destroyed by retards that sold mother. Your family will turn on you if they see you playing this.
  14. Lamech
    Dec 9, 2020
    0
    Hearthstone is a Fee to play card game, that once upon a time was a free to play game.
    If you like to play this game, fork over $100ish$ to buy all the cards in the lates expansion of the game so you can actually play ranked... You know so you can earn gold in the game to buy a card pack once in awhile...
    Get all the cards in the game? Ohh... fork over 1000ish bucks and hope for it    Hearthstone is a Fee to play card game, that once upon a time was a free to play game.
    If you like to play this game, fork over $100ish$ to buy all the cards in the lates expansion of the game so you can actually play ranked... You know so you can earn gold in the game to buy a card pack once in awhile...

    Get all the cards in the game? Ohh... fork over 1000ish bucks and hope for it mate

    If you like to be spit in the face by the creators and robbed blindly then this is the game for you.
    They will most likely **** you over again next expansion and you will have to pay to play not only for the expansion but for all the new unbalanced cards again too...

    Save your time and buy an actually good game    … Expand
  15. BaphometX
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Pay to win garbage. Mechanics suck. If you want to pay this game and not get your ass handed to you by 12 yo, break out your credit card because otherwise youre pretty well hosed
  16. Someone23
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    A garbage game at it's best. Ever Since Blizzard introduced Galakron into the meta everyone plays only those kind of decks. Everyone on that game are a bunch of brainless copycats who copy professional decks just so they can prove their good. Avoid this game and its micro transactions.
  17. Noname13
    Mar 3, 2020
    0
    I hope hs developers will buy brains for money from little kids n make game for normal ppl. For now its 0/10 sure.
  18. suki_blyat
    Mar 5, 2020
    0
    The game collects information about your cards and deck and then interferes into the game process so that there is absolutely no random but a calculated and predefined set of action happening.
    You can thoroughly think over your turns but eventually the computer just wont let you win if your win rate is reaching certain percentage.
  19. asdasd123123
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    Don't waste your time. Has there ever been a more incompetent team than the Hearthstone team? Years after years with barely any content and when new content comes it is terrible.
  20. Djuri
    Apr 9, 2020
    0
    Pay to win game: six extensions per year. Card nerf on the second day after extension. No communication with the community.
  21. thepresident00
    May 14, 2020
    0
    A game that has gone completely off the rails and become an RNG nightmare. A real nightmare, I played the game for some time and had fun, and every year luck and bad luck had more and more to do with winning. A true nightmare. There is actually a card printed thats purpose is to discover the PERFECT card for the situation. Its absurd. Its a shame how awful this game has become. Truly bad.
  22. skolzis
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    a piece of **** not a single add-on without bugs. 0 balance and one random also with periodic disconnections from the network
  23. QuiLL88
    Dec 31, 2020
    1
    мало того что paytowin , так еще и заскриптованое рандомное говнище.
  24. Solo_Player_8
    Dec 31, 2020
    4
    I'm one of the idiots who spent a ton of money on this game, I started in 2016 and I'm planning on quitting in 2020. They improved the game a lot but it's too expensive, the game is pay to win because getting gold in this game takes way too long. Crafting cards in this game with dust is just so unfair as well. If Blizzards cuts crafting costs by 50%, I'll give hearthstone a positive reviewI'm one of the idiots who spent a ton of money on this game, I started in 2016 and I'm planning on quitting in 2020. They improved the game a lot but it's too expensive, the game is pay to win because getting gold in this game takes way too long. Crafting cards in this game with dust is just so unfair as well. If Blizzards cuts crafting costs by 50%, I'll give hearthstone a positive review but at the moment it's just negative or mixed, the game is too expensive for people to get into, I understand Blizzard needs to make money but the crafting costs make this game way too expensive. Sadly the game mechanics and the 10 card, 7 monster, 30 life, and 30 card system is really fun but the card pack prices and especially the crafting costs ruin the game. A good game ruined by its costs, try Legends of Runeterra instead, even Yu-Gi-Oh is a bit cheaper if you just buy a few structure decks.… Expand
  25. Manittas
    Jan 29, 2021
    1
    I really want to give a 0 on this one but I can't due to my long story with the game and what it meant to me. Unfortunately this game is the complete proof on how game developers can ignore completely the community and work entirely for money. Every choice in the game for the past 2 years was bad, getting worse one after another. Battlegrounds was the only salvation to this games almostI really want to give a 0 on this one but I can't due to my long story with the game and what it meant to me. Unfortunately this game is the complete proof on how game developers can ignore completely the community and work entirely for money. Every choice in the game for the past 2 years was bad, getting worse one after another. Battlegrounds was the only salvation to this games almost certain death and even this gamemode is boring and not new. The esports for it are the biggest joke ever. The balance team really doesn't understand how card games work and economics in the game don't exist, the complete p2w game. I really don't have anything good to say about the game, if you wanna try card games REALLY don't play this one, try Legends of Runeterra or Magic: The Gathering. Do not waste your time with this.… Expand
  26. WashedPotatoes
    Jul 21, 2022
    7
    can be played casually or hardcore, but what holds this game back is its totally pay to win. however, when your matched up against someone with even cards its a pretty fun turn based card game
  27. Diskenekt
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    First of all Hearthstone used to be a great cards game. Now it's full of bugs !! I am a Hearthstone player since the begining. Now i feel like i dont want to play anymore because of the huge number of bugs while playing ranked and so. It's a shame the fked this game up so bad. The kind of bugs that i always encounter are total freeze of the match because for example i used a card fromFirst of all Hearthstone used to be a great cards game. Now it's full of bugs !! I am a Hearthstone player since the begining. Now i feel like i dont want to play anymore because of the huge number of bugs while playing ranked and so. It's a shame the fked this game up so bad. The kind of bugs that i always encounter are total freeze of the match because for example i used a card from other class and this leads to loss. If Blizzard wont fix these insane ammount of bugs i will get rid of the game forever.… Expand
  28. Aaaaaaaaaaaaa2
    Sep 4, 2021
    3
    F*king lagging piece of crap, devs don't do any balance check ever before big patches, plus the f*king card just frozen in a middle of screen in the bg lobby and I lost a match - amazing f*king job ///////
  29. AutisticINCIDE
    May 12, 2022
    0
    The game has a great update, because of it I delete the game. thanks to the developers
  30. macmac
    Feb 22, 2015
    2
    This is Blizzard's first dabble in the free-to-play, pay-to-win concept. It's fun at first playing the computer AI, and the initial online matches. However, it quickly takes a turn downhill as you start playing people who have lots of powerful cards. I had fun for the first couple of hours, but the last few matches I played weren't even close. The rate that you accumulate the in-gameThis is Blizzard's first dabble in the free-to-play, pay-to-win concept. It's fun at first playing the computer AI, and the initial online matches. However, it quickly takes a turn downhill as you start playing people who have lots of powerful cards. I had fun for the first couple of hours, but the last few matches I played weren't even close. The rate that you accumulate the in-game currency is way to slow to make the slog through overpowered opponents worth it. So what do you do? Just pay a little bit of real money to speed up the process. No, thanks. The game isn't that fun. It's pretty simple, and the strategy is clear: play more powerful cards than your opponent and you will win. That's it. Oh well, it gave me a few hours of free entertainment.… Expand
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#4 Best PC Game of 2014
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#7 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#41 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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88

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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