Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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5.7

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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
  31. roman620
    Jun 10, 2021
    0
    Children card game,dont play this game this is it's terrible for a normal person
  32. reeic
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Você não tem chances nesse jogo se não comprar vários e vários conjunto de cartas.
  33. szarek
    Feb 16, 2015
    2
    How to get cards: 1.5€ for 5 or you can just play and get like 5 everyday, the problem is that everybody pays, and if you are upper than range 20 (25 is the minimum) you will find loads of people with cards that are just BETTER than yours.
    RNG: the amount of RNG in this game is just ridiculous. I know that is a card game but 50% of the game is RNG, 45% your deck (what will probably be a    How to get cards: 1.5€ for 5 or you can just play and get like 5 everyday, the problem is that everybody pays, and if you are upper than range 20 (25 is the minimum) you will find loads of people with cards that are just BETTER than yours.
    RNG: the amount of RNG in this game is just ridiculous. I know that is a card game but 50% of the game is RNG, 45% your deck (what will probably be a clone of a pro deck and that will depend of how much have you spend). That means that all the "skill" that this game has is not doing missplays and knowing what cards the opposite deck will have (quite easy since there are only like 10-20 decks that EVERYBODY plays).

    So at the end is just a candy crush stile game, but harder to play if you are not paying.    … Expand
  34. COHL7500
    Jun 29, 2015
    4
    Hearthstone may be the best game when it comes to digital card/board games, but holy **** it has the typical Pay 2 Win, and for some reason, many times Blizzard **** this up, relentlessly. But that's not the only problem in all honesty.

    If you have legendaries from this or that expansion pack, you'll ****ing EASILY rape others. I cant count how many times i've got ****ed up in Casual    Hearthstone may be the best game when it comes to digital card/board games, but holy **** it has the typical Pay 2 Win, and for some reason, many times Blizzard **** this up, relentlessly. But that's not the only problem in all honesty.

    If you have legendaries from this or that expansion pack, you'll ****ing EASILY rape others. I cant count how many times i've got ****ed up in Casual cause some person bought an expansion pack, where he gets this card cause he accomplish this and does that. It's just no okay, it just shows how Pay 2 Win it is, and when i see these occasions, i eventually just quit.

    And listen, this thing's a thing for ALL Blizzard's newly updated games (Such as WoW): Skills are not a thing, it's what you have on hand, not what your intellect is strongest at.    … Expand
  35. chumpwithnoname
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Pay 2 Win garbage which started decently but quickly declined to predatory loot box oriented monetization. Avoid at all costs.
  36. Lemmedan
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    Pay to win. Click $ to win. Click double $ to win, etc. Mockery of humanity. Never never never play this game. Blizzard is a pure Evil on our beautiful planet Earth.
  37. ElleSeeWhy
    Jul 31, 2021
    0
    Hearthstone's tagline: Deceptively simple, insanely fun is very descriptive of the kind of game that Blizzard set out to make and in many ways did succeed to make.

    At it's core, hearthstone mechanics is easy to grasp, but the skill ceiling of the game is pushed much higher by decks with intricate combos and game plans. In hearthstone, I have always leaned towards combo oriented decks    Hearthstone's tagline: Deceptively simple, insanely fun is very descriptive of the kind of game that Blizzard set out to make and in many ways did succeed to make.

    At it's core, hearthstone mechanics is easy to grasp, but the skill ceiling of the game is pushed much higher by decks with intricate combos and game plans. In hearthstone, I have always leaned towards combo oriented decks and it has always been super satisfying to pull out complex combos and crush my opponent's face.

    However, having played for years, I have to give HS a negative review. Firstly, the monetisation of this game is extremely greedy compared to many other games. The card packs are priced at close to the cost of TCG's physical cards when the value of virtual cards are nowhere close to that of physical cards. The simplest example to highlight HS's greedy monetisation, the preorder bundle for the upcoming expansion costs 80USD and does not provide even half of the full content of the expansion.

    Another thing that has really bugged me playing this game over the years is how Blizzard have always been slow to react to community feedback about balance and QoL changes. The community had to beg for months just to have additional deck slots.

    Also, it is simply embarrassing that a gaming company as storied as Blizzard is still unable to provide simple features like replay functionality even 6 years after the game's launch. It is also indicative of Blizzard's greed that the battleground's statistic page is priced behind the 20USD battlegrounds perks. I could buy several indie games for the same price, and all I get from the 20USD perks, is a statistic page, ability to use emoticons and the ability to choose from 2 more characters which is strictly speaking, p2w.    … Expand
  38. hadeyz
    Apr 23, 2021
    0
    Mostly just about luck and pay to win. Skill factor has been reduced for each year.
  39. Mizuiro
    Apr 25, 2019
    5
    Is a well-made game (good graphics, good sound, good servers) but just PURE RANDOMNESS everywhere. I really hate it but still keep playing because is addictive like Heisenberg blue meth.

    As everyone says is p2w but not always because of randomness also is l2w (LUCKY TO WIN)
  40. Cral42
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    I went exclusive HS battleground player for hearthstone since switching to Gods Unchained for TCG gaming.
    It's a wholly rigged piece of **** designed like a poker machine to keep people playing.
    You might as well sit at your PC and flip a coin and when you start winning, don't flip it but place it on the table on the losing side.
  41. angryreviews
    Oct 23, 2019
    3
    Личное казино от беседки, закинь денег и отсоси после этого
  42. Lucky1One
    Sep 29, 2021
    1
    Ultra-greedy top-management + incompetent developers = Pay-to-win piece of crap.
    Becomes worse and worse from expansion to expansion.

    All you need to play well is 30% skill and 70% luck.
    The type of garbage where not the player plays game but game plays the player.

    Don't waste your time, there are a lot of games much better then this casino.
  43. HADOOP
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    It's been awhile last time i play it. It definitely was a game with a lot of donate, but now it's a absolutely imbalanced garbage with a TON of donate
  44. Neiz
    Feb 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Смысл игры? Донатить. Выпускать своевременный нерф черезчур сильных карт? Неа, лучше сделать нерф с просрочкой на год.… Expand
  45. Slava12321
    Feb 21, 2020
    4
    + easy rules - very easy rules. - donators are much stronger.
    - a lot of unbalanced cards
    - and random
  46. SLTYSPTOON
    Feb 25, 2020
    4
    A fun game to play casually but you have to pay to get any decent cards and it gets boring after a while. The good thing is that it's barely any storage and its free.
  47. Titotitoburg
    Apr 28, 2020
    2
    I don't usually write a review unless it's something I'm passionate about. I've been playing Hearthstone for years on and off. When it's a good game it's pretty fun, unfortunately this game is horribly balanced and exceptionally greedy. You must have the best cards to play this game properly, there are 10 classes in hearthstone, I can afford to only play one without shelling out hundredsI don't usually write a review unless it's something I'm passionate about. I've been playing Hearthstone for years on and off. When it's a good game it's pretty fun, unfortunately this game is horribly balanced and exceptionally greedy. You must have the best cards to play this game properly, there are 10 classes in hearthstone, I can afford to only play one without shelling out hundreds of dollars. I have already shelled out hundreds of dollars in purchases of this game and I am constantly disapointed with the Dev teams choices. I like to play control, I prefer there to be some sort of thought and skill put into a card game, however with their recent expansion Ashes of Outland the meta has become mindless repetitive boring and extremely aggresive. The Dev team for Hearthstone is so abhorrantly terrible at balancing their own game it's ridiculous. I suspect they do it on purpose with new expansions because they're greedy and want higher sales for the more overpowered cards before they nerf them, either way what charm this game has initially is lost because of the extremely high cost of entry and absolutely abbysmal balancing. 2/10.… Expand
  48. Ronacse
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    This game would be infinitesimally better, if I didn't have to sell a piece of my soul every expansion just to have one viable deck. but In my personal opinion a bigger problem is the community itself
  49. LexusCT200h
    Jun 8, 2020
    0
    absolutely horrible. It makes people to pay a lot for the game and its optimization is worst in the games i experienced. I thought my phone is on fire
  50. RIM13666
    Sep 12, 2020
    0
    The game's scripts are made to change every player's winrate to 50%, but it let you reach more than 50% if you donate in game - this is only way to win more than 50% games.
  51. JakeLD
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Another shameless cash-grab from what used to be Blizzard, now controlled by Activision and Tencent.

    The only way to win is to sink tons of cash in or to have played 24/7 since the game launched.
    Don't waste your precious time on this, all you'll get from it is an aneurysm.
  52. randge21
    Sep 6, 2021
    1
    Помойка от близард, начали отходить чуть от p2w к f4p, так сразу сделали бг (интересный режим, как на мой взгляд), но режим - сразу в мусорку (5 топ-8 подряд, 0-7% на луз). СПАСИБО БЫЛО ВКУСНО (поел говна)!
  53. Kanaxos
    Aug 1, 2020
    0
    I used to enjoy this game quite a lot back in the days when it required a bit of skill, playing at high level, frequently reaching the legend rank.

    Now every game is either against a totally overpowered new class that does almost everything better than the nine original classes, or against some degenerate RNG (randomness) based archetypes that look more like slot machines than actual    I used to enjoy this game quite a lot back in the days when it required a bit of skill, playing at high level, frequently reaching the legend rank.

    Now every game is either against a totally overpowered new class that does almost everything better than the nine original classes, or against some degenerate RNG (randomness) based archetypes that look more like slot machines than actual card game decks.

    If you are looking for a fairly competitive online card game, play Magic Arena, Legends of Runeterra or Gwent, but Hearthstone became the Candy Crush of card games : it looks like it requires skill, but in the end most of the time it will be the game, not you, who will decide if you lose or win.    … Expand
  54. Lifwerne
    Apr 28, 2021
    7
    Superfun and cozy game that relies too much on p2w and RNG.

    It's the only card game i've ever played and i've played it for years casually. Just how it's made is amazing - that playfulness and graphics, combined with how sharp it's gameplay is. With that said, it is a very expensive game to play and sadly it's not made with consumer in mind, but made to make money and thus most people    Superfun and cozy game that relies too much on p2w and RNG.

    It's the only card game i've ever played and i've played it for years casually. Just how it's made is amazing - that playfulness and graphics, combined with how sharp it's gameplay is. With that said, it is a very expensive game to play and sadly it's not made with consumer in mind, but made to make money and thus most people cannot have fun and play different decks if they want to be competiive without paying several hundred dollars a year. But if you can afford it, it's a fun game.

    +

    *Design
    *Art
    *Cozy-factor
    *Free to play (Haha, yeah right... im just joking)

    -

    * Expensive as hell
    * P2W to a certain extent. You have a to have a good deck to be competive and most of the good decks require you to buy cardpacks for real money, but when you have a good deck and faced with other good deck your skill and meta knowledge will determine if you rise in the ranks.
    * Not made with consumer in mind
    * Too many expensions released per year (for them to make more money).
    * RNG heavy    … Expand
  55. prussii
    Dec 31, 2020
    5
    I've played Hearthstone everyday since Beta up to the Boomsday Project expansion. I've bought couple pre-orders. In the early days of the game it was the best card game ever, with brilliant visuals, simple yet fun gameplay and cool setting in the WOW universe. BUT ever since the Witchwood the game began to be more and more repetitive, the grind was real, you couldn't keep up with the metaI've played Hearthstone everyday since Beta up to the Boomsday Project expansion. I've bought couple pre-orders. In the early days of the game it was the best card game ever, with brilliant visuals, simple yet fun gameplay and cool setting in the WOW universe. BUT ever since the Witchwood the game began to be more and more repetitive, the grind was real, you couldn't keep up with the meta without paying money. Playing Hearthstone became more of a chore to me. Every time when new expansions were announced I was thrilled to see new cards but then I read about the massive paywall behind the content. I'm ok with paying for actual quality content but paying about 60$ for every expansion, couple times a year is horrendous, that's the price of an AAA game you have to pay in a F2P card game. It is a good game if you want to play VERY casual and spend 2-3 hours a week on it, but I advise you not to get too invested in order not to waste a lot of your time and money. What a big waste of a good core game...… Expand
  56. AnkleKoh
    Mar 3, 2021
    1
    It used to be good, but now its just cards with high and higher stats,making it overpowered in every meta deck , simply make all you effort to get a deck literally become nothing, and that's where you spend money to boost back up.
  57. Branlich
    Apr 9, 2021
    0
    Primitive pay to win dump. There is no skill. Just pay money and play green cards.
  58. mosscat1977
    May 18, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Game Should Be Called RIPSTON

    This game is 100% CON only a fool wood spend money on this scam game, This RIGGED UP GAME should be 18 only as it has a form of gambling & should not be teaching young people how to gamble, This free to play game model is just designed for GREEDY activision to squeeze every penny they can out of your pocket, The only winner in this house is activision blizzerd, Would not recommend playing this game as you will get no where in less you spend thousand per year on this CON game. WARING THIS GAME IS A WAST OF TIME & 100% RIGGED    … Expand
  59. kunisan92
    Jul 29, 2021
    0
    Battlegrounds.

    Lose 10 games in a row ending up in top 6-8. Then finish one game in top 4.
    Repeat.
    This is your love fe now. Welcome to Hearthstone.
  60. Albawulfaz
    Sep 2, 2021
    0
    Hearthstone once had great potential, but became a really really bad game. Not to mention how extremely expnseive and unrewarding it is and another big point: extremely buggy and badly maintained.
    DO NOT INVEST ANY TIME IN THIS GAME
  61. BlizzardHaterN1
    Jul 23, 2023
    0
    Dead game as all blizzard games. Esports dead. terrible balancing. Only autochess with p2w mechanic. Burn it with fire.
  62. endzon
    Aug 25, 2014
    0
    p2w, bad matchmaking.

    Yes you can buy card packs with ingame currency(gold) but earn gold in this game is very frustrating, lets do some simple maths, you need 100 gold for buy 1 card pack so you need to win 30 games(crazy) but you will loose 50% of games so you have to play 60 games(lol 60 games for buy 1 card pack), 10 min for every game = 600 min = 10 hours.
  63. tjohobbit
    Apr 13, 2017
    0
    Resourcehogging. Got the latest icore and a 1080 grapgh but as soon as I start this the computer slows down to a crawl:

    So unbalanced game. Forget to get ranking without using a lot of money and when u play for a month they reset the ranking so no meaning playing ranked for the first 3 weeks because you meet ppl that have awsome cardcollections. It is like if all soccer teams    Resourcehogging. Got the latest icore and a 1080 grapgh but as soon as I start this the computer slows down to a crawl:

    So unbalanced game. Forget to get ranking without using a lot of money and when u play for a month they reset the ranking so no meaning playing ranked for the first 3 weeks because you meet ppl that have awsome cardcollections.

    It is like if all soccer teams restarted so the div 5 teams will lose first 100 matches with no chance at all.

    Gameplay is all about getting your combo before the opponent.    … Expand
  64. BigdavemsH
    Sep 6, 2014
    2
    At first this free to play, magic the gathering style, 'build your deck and play as a magic wielding hero' game seems like fun. It's very well presented in typical interface and graphics quality expected from such a large publisher. However, after quite a few hours of play, having built up tactics and got a good feel for the game, you realise the depth is lacking. 30 card decks with 2 cardAt first this free to play, magic the gathering style, 'build your deck and play as a magic wielding hero' game seems like fun. It's very well presented in typical interface and graphics quality expected from such a large publisher. However, after quite a few hours of play, having built up tactics and got a good feel for the game, you realise the depth is lacking. 30 card decks with 2 card limits and only limited card pools to choose from leave a sour taste in the mouth every time you lose (and it will be frequently) to the very high weighting luck has in this card game. The character powers add some depth to the gameplay, but at the end of the day you'll play people using almost the same cards and win or lose on luck. The mechanics are quite restricted too, so I'm not sure that they can make a card base large enough to add the required variation to at least mask this element.
    Those getting higher into the rankings will also realise that free to play gets you so far. The number of players using high %s of rares, even low in rankings, is very surprising and will limit the fun for the casual player.
    It's certainly fun for a quick game here or there, and it's a shiny, we'll presented blizzard package, but if you're looking for some depth to your skill base in a card game, look elsewhere, as ultimately this is half built game mechanics with CCG-esc pay for power rankings.    … Expand
  65. MiracleMax
    Oct 1, 2014
    0
    Hearthstone is quite addictive, however while the game looks good at the start, unfortunately it becomes terribly dull terribly quickly. Gameplay is based almost entirely on randomness and luck (card draw and random results), with skill a very small factor in the occasional game. There are countless technical issues which the developers seem unwilling or unable to address effectively.
  66. serial_
    Jun 7, 2014
    0
    This game sucks so much dick, I thought for a second, that I took a wrong turn in an african whore house. I would rather suck off the entire Burning Legion instead of play another round of this **** game, just to get a free mount.

    Dear Blizzard, DIAF and I hate you forever for nerfing Shamans in WoW.

    GG NO RE.
  67. Florian_
    Feb 28, 2015
    0
    This game is pay2win at it's finest. If you start to play the game you get matched with new players like you. But shortly after you will get matched with everyone and winning becomes nearly impossible. I am a decent online player and my winrate is probably something like 20-30% because you get destroyed by players with OP cards
  68. FluXxX
    May 16, 2014
    0
    Hearthstone has to be the most unbalanced game I have ever played and it does not seem as if Blizzard truly cares to balance it. Everything in the game is about the money you spend or you will basically get nowhere without spending 500+ hours just to get a decent deck. I've been playing it for a couple weeks and still can barely beat anyone I'm matched against. When I play ranked, I'mHearthstone has to be the most unbalanced game I have ever played and it does not seem as if Blizzard truly cares to balance it. Everything in the game is about the money you spend or you will basically get nowhere without spending 500+ hours just to get a decent deck. I've been playing it for a couple weeks and still can barely beat anyone I'm matched against. When I play ranked, I'm usually matched with someone 3-5 ranks higher than me rather than around my own rank. The arena costs money to play or you can grind for hours to get the gold for it and the card selection you're given is usually very poor. I'm uninstalling because it's just like every other pay to win game.… Expand
  69. Demarge
    Jun 25, 2014
    1
    The design of only best out of 1 when randomly paired along with the large competitive focus of ranked play (due to there being only a loss in resources and a huge feel of grindiness while winning) results in a feeling of resentment for my opponents.
  70. Majorjohn
    Jul 20, 2014
    1
    Terrible balance, and connection issues in iPad version.

    The game is deceptively expensive, and insanely boring! The in-game transaction is expensive, 2 dollars per card pack which only has 5 cards. And chance of getting epic or legendary cards is smaller than being hit by lightening. And after a while, you will get common cards that you already have. So don't waste I your money in    Terrible balance, and connection issues in iPad version.

    The game is deceptively expensive, and insanely boring!

    The in-game transaction is expensive, 2 dollars per card pack which only has 5 cards. And chance of getting epic or legendary cards is smaller than being hit by lightening. And after a while, you will get common cards that you already have. So don't waste I your money in this game buying card packs. Arena entry is another money robber, for 2 dollars you get to play the arena game with random cards. This is all depends on luck, someone will get nice cards in their decks, some one will get all useless cards. Balance takes a small role, luck rules all.

    The balance in this game is terrible, because the designers are on ok lazy that they create a lot of cards with random effects. For those who has played a lot or has spent lots of money buying cards, they can form a deck with all epic or legendary. New players will be crushed. Thus there is no fun for new players. Because the game is so imbalanced, now only a few certain decks almost wins all the time, and most old players only play those decks to win. There is no diversity and no fun.

    If you are new, STAY AWAY from this game, don't waste your time and money.    … Expand
  71. o0ANTI0o
    Feb 8, 2015
    0
    Worst kind of pay 2 win game you can imagine. The general idea of the game is very good the game itself is very fun to play but this great gameconcept just gets crushed.
    If you dont want to spend loads of money you will get frustrated very fast. The dayli quests allow a constant but slow gold income of 40gold per quest while you can get a boosterpack for 100gold.
    But since many of the    Worst kind of pay 2 win game you can imagine. The general idea of the game is very good the game itself is very fun to play but this great gameconcept just gets crushed.
    If you dont want to spend loads of money you will get frustrated very fast. The dayli quests allow a constant but slow gold income of 40gold per quest while you can get a boosterpack for 100gold.
    But since many of the quests are like this "Win 2 matches with hero X or X in PvP" sometimes its just impossible. The quote "Worthy opponent" that you get everytime you get an enemy is the biggest joke of all when going for quests like this with a hero on level 0.
    Matchmaking as a new player is like showing up to a gunfight with a rubberknive. While you sit on your basic cards which have nearly 0 impact on the game your "worthy opponent" pulles out one legendary after the other or other extremly powerful cards that need to be unlocked first and crushes you like an insect.    … Expand
  72. digga123
    Jan 17, 2015
    0
    Unbalanced for new players what makes not very motivating in the beginning. After a few matches I got bored, mainly because of the way too simple game mechanics.
  73. rundor
    Feb 16, 2015
    0
    Do you want to know how this game best works and how to succeed? Here is an explanation in its simplest form:

    1. Buy a metric **** of decks (grinding is not worth it as it will take you ages) 2. After you have almost entirely bought a lot of strong cards, carbon copy the most successful decks (as about 90% of people do already anyway) There you go, that is primarily the game in a    Do you want to know how this game best works and how to succeed? Here is an explanation in its simplest form:

    1. Buy a metric **** of decks (grinding is not worth it as it will take you ages)
    2. After you have almost entirely bought a lot of strong cards, carbon copy the most successful decks (as about 90% of people do already anyway)

    There you go, that is primarily the game in a nutshell at the competitive and productive level.

    Want to be creative?
    You will lose 90% of your games and make no progress when even winning gives you the equivalent gold of a lump of coal, so you need to win a LOT to have enough "coal" aka gold of value for anything (think an entire coal mining enterprise for a deck would be about right).

    Want to not buy a **** of decks?
    Even if you carbon copy the best freebie decks, you will still lose a lot of the time to other people who carbon copied the other best decks, but also have better cards then you, and keep in mind you are just copying a deck like tons of other players, why not just have a bot play the game for you. I mean honestly what the **** is the point?

    So are you prepared to lose a lot since you didn't buy cards then? Are you prepared to lose a lot since you didn't completely copy a competitive deck then? Unless you are insane of course not.

    Hearthstone in a nutshell. Give Blizzard your monies kids!    … Expand
  74. Muuvinki
    Oct 14, 2016
    2
    I played this game almost 1,5 years. Now in its current state I cannot recommend it to anyone at all.
    Almost every game breaking card has RNG mechanic in it, which means that luck decides many outcomes of the matches right from the start. This game is no longer the same fun & entertaining card game it used to be.

    Hear me out and please don't waste your money on this garbage.
  75. Haruna
    Oct 18, 2015
    0
    Blizzard fanbois may tell you that this game is deep, full of content, complex and fun. But dont be fooled, the game have nowhere the complexitiy of other card games out there and is simply a RNG fest. Each expansion introduces even more RNG, games are just a flip of the coin. Although, blizzard has pushed out several expansions since release, Blizzard being the stupid fools that they areBlizzard fanbois may tell you that this game is deep, full of content, complex and fun. But dont be fooled, the game have nowhere the complexitiy of other card games out there and is simply a RNG fest. Each expansion introduces even more RNG, games are just a flip of the coin. Although, blizzard has pushed out several expansions since release, Blizzard being the stupid fools that they are refuse to balance the game(a virtual one at that). That means that due to overpowered cards from previous expansions, most newer cards are completely unplayable, of the cards from the latest expansion, the number of cards that are viable can be counted on one hand. Oh and dont let me get started on how overpriced content is in this game.… Expand
  76. The_Noob
    May 29, 2014
    1
    Very poorly excuted, graphics for warcraft 1 maybe or some facebook games...
    very slow game play, for a fight you have to wait for the animation...
    Game mechanics is shallow and no creativity like other card games. Putting Heroes of warcraft title to draw the crowds no creative work like in other Blizzard titles. Pay 2 win like all of card games... nothing new. Don't bother    Very poorly excuted, graphics for warcraft 1 maybe or some facebook games...
    very slow game play, for a fight you have to wait for the animation...
    Game mechanics is shallow and no creativity like other card games.

    Putting Heroes of warcraft title to draw the crowds no creative work like in other Blizzard titles.

    Pay 2 win like all of card games... nothing new. Don't bother yourself with this game. unless you like the graphics and want to play any crap game have a warcraft name in it ... your choice... free to play but its pure pay 2 win and pay to enjoy...

    1 point only for the audio...    … Expand
  77. xenoxinius
    Jun 1, 2014
    4
    The over simplified mechanic doesn't do it for me
    I'm a great magic and yugioh fan
    I played quite some heartstone, and I just don't feel it's as good the higher tier cardgames I know a lot of people will disagree and I'm fine with that This is my humble opnion, If you like simple card games or want to pick up a cardgame to start off with this is certainly a great game. Maybe if    The over simplified mechanic doesn't do it for me
    I'm a great magic and yugioh fan
    I played quite some heartstone, and I just don't feel it's as good the higher tier cardgames
    I know a lot of people will disagree and I'm fine with that

    This is my humble opnion,
    If you like simple card games or want to pick up a cardgame to start off with this is certainly a great game.
    Maybe if there are a ton of new cards and abilities I'll concider picking it up again    … Expand
  78. SwagDevil114
    Jan 22, 2015
    0
    Totally P2W game, i just create a account, try to get a basic priest desk, and in 1 game, i match with a guy have 3 legendary card, and win 3 game give u only 10 gold, and 100 gold(1.5$) for a card pack which contain 5 random card, it often contain 3~4 common card, and 1~2 rare card, if u buy 20 card pack u will get a legendary card, which very powerful compare to other card with same manaTotally P2W game, i just create a account, try to get a basic priest desk, and in 1 game, i match with a guy have 3 legendary card, and win 3 game give u only 10 gold, and 100 gold(1.5$) for a card pack which contain 5 random card, it often contain 3~4 common card, and 1~2 rare card, if u buy 20 card pack u will get a legendary card, which very powerful compare to other card with same mana cost( mana use to call minion card(similar monster in Yugi Oh), spell card), and if u want to play arena, u have to pay 150 gold, and if u lose 3 game, u lost 150 gold and receive 25~50 gold and some other card( often common card with a mark golden, it give no effect ). And if u want 1 card, u can't find it in market, u only can craft it, with can make create your favorite desk may take very long, expensive (because the ingredient to create card -Which call Arcane Dust- u can have it only by destroying ur card, or go to arena and play there, and if it is a rare, or epic card, it will cost many common or same rarity card to create it-as i know now often cost 8,5,4,4-each was card for rarity from common,rare,epic,legendary.… Expand
  79. hellojohan
    Feb 16, 2015
    0
    Very hostile game to the newcomers. Random is set this way you get absolutely unplayable hands 2 times of 3, which makes it senseless to waste time on it. You are supposed to play not for any goal, but only for loving ingame mechanics for first couple of month. And that is impossible cause the game itself simply annoying. Total waste of good idea by Blizzard as usual. Company becameVery hostile game to the newcomers. Random is set this way you get absolutely unplayable hands 2 times of 3, which makes it senseless to waste time on it. You are supposed to play not for any goal, but only for loving ingame mechanics for first couple of month. And that is impossible cause the game itself simply annoying. Total waste of good idea by Blizzard as usual. Company became infamous for its bad customers treatment.… Expand
  80. TrigonFail
    Apr 17, 2016
    1
    Its a shame how a game with such little development in the cards themselves gets so much popularity, ive played it for a bit to give it a chance but it just can't even come close to a lot of other card games. If you like hearthstone for the card aspect, please do yourself a favor and just give some others a chance. Trust me you'll enjoy them a lot more if you get into them.
  81. sybredeth
    Oct 22, 2015
    0
    Horrible game that is completely unplayable on my brand new android...so I tried it on PC and just wow what a bad pat-to-win game.

    If you don't want to pay anything don't play this game.
  82. NDiggy
    Jul 23, 2014
    2
    Graphics are nice, but the game itself is pay to win at its worst. Add to that how incredibly imbalanced the game is along with many, many bugs, and you have a huge waste of time. If they bothered to balance the game and simply gave us a game that we could purchase instead of being nickle and dime'd, there might be potential.
  83. MeningsMod
    May 10, 2014
    0
    Its a free-to-play game, but it costs to win.
    This game come down to who wants to spend the most money, on the cards with the best stats. PAY-2-WIN
    It’s a numbers game, in more than one sense.
    And also, its really boring…
  84. Ezekeel
    May 7, 2014
    0
    Random-number game build around a predatory pay-2-win business model that tries to lull players in with flashy graphics and sounds. Do not waste your time. Also keep your kids away from it if you do not want them to become gambling addicts.
  85. nxrighthere
    Aug 1, 2014
    0
    Terrible game, terrible support, pay to win. That's all what you must know about this game. I don't wanna blame Blizzard, but this is the worst game from them.
  86. Pheo112
    Sep 9, 2014
    4
    Magic the Gathering: Warcraft Edition. Ages 6+. That is all this all hearthstone feels like, a simplified MtG.

    There is too much grinding for even the basic cards, let alone the strong legendary cards. Games usually come down to the RNG of card draw. Arena doubly so with the RNG of drafting. Constructed play consists of everyone playing only the strongest two classes with the same two    Magic the Gathering: Warcraft Edition. Ages 6+. That is all this all hearthstone feels like, a simplified MtG.

    There is too much grinding for even the basic cards, let alone the strong legendary cards. Games usually come down to the RNG of card draw. Arena doubly so with the RNG of drafting. Constructed play consists of everyone playing only the strongest two classes with the same two decks.
    The UI is amazing. That is the only nice thing I can really say about the game.    … Expand
  87. amandra
    Oct 17, 2014
    2
    I originally rated this a 6 since at the core it's a great game, but was moderately pay-to-win.

    I'm adjusting the rating again since it's has become completely pay-to-win. I've played since beta without paying and don't have a single legendary. I've earned $100+ of cards for free over a year or so to give you a scope of how much money/time DOESN'T get you a legendary. You simply    I originally rated this a 6 since at the core it's a great game, but was moderately pay-to-win.

    I'm adjusting the rating again since it's has become completely pay-to-win.

    I've played since beta without paying and don't have a single legendary. I've earned $100+ of cards for free over a year or so to give you a scope of how much money/time DOESN'T get you a legendary. You simply don't get them without paying money. That would be fine if it was the business model to pay for a card, but it's not. You dump money into a RNG card generator hoping for a good card.

    I play ranked primarily and I've always reached a point where it's not skill that matters, but having legendary cards. I've accepted that because I didn't play enough to hit that point quickly every month (rank resets every month), so it was still fun.

    Now they've modified the model again and it's easier to get specific legendaries, but ONLY if you'll dump $40 into 15 minutes of content and three card rewards. The result is that the ranked cutoff where you need very rare and legendary cards to succeed is hit very early now in a matter of a few sittings.

    Plus you can stack as many legendaries as you like. I played someone that I had dead to rights and then he played four legendary cards in a row. That's not deck-building, that's Bliz rewarding careless $$$ spending.

    It's impossible to put my support behind a model like this because I just don't know whether my investment ends up useless three months down the road when they rework the system again. A lump sum up front for all cards, then for follow-up expansions would be ideal. Then you can have fun deck building. As it stands right now I haven't seen a card I can use in my favorite decks in months. It just feels like a treadmill.

    It's a shame because I love games like this and I wanted this to succeed, but a Blizzard got in it's way.    … Expand
  88. Nican
    Mar 18, 2014
    1
    Hearthstone is a game that you can either love or hate.
    Here are a few things you should know to help you make up your mind:
    1. Its a "pay to win" game, you must be prepared to either dish out around 80 bucks to build decent decks or spend several months playing at a serious disadvantage while building them. 2. There are some balance issues. Some classes just aren't viable in high    Hearthstone is a game that you can either love or hate.
    Here are a few things you should know to help you make up your mind:

    1. Its a "pay to win" game, you must be prepared to either dish out around 80 bucks to build decent decks or spend several months playing at a serious disadvantage while building them.

    2. There are some balance issues. Some classes just aren't viable in high ranked play. If you dont mind switching to whatever class works you will be fine. If you like sticking with your favorite class, you might have a problem. 3. Hearthstone favors "aggro" / "rush" decks, meaning if favors decks with low cost cards resulting in relatively short matches.    … Expand
  89. kristoak
    Jun 7, 2016
    0
    Pay to win, masked as "Pay to progress faster" The people with a brain see right through it and walk away, you'll find a lot of mindless people defending the model, but the jokes on them.
  90. moneer
    May 8, 2014
    0
    they force you to play with other classes even if you dont want to, and 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
  91. Kseion
    May 25, 2014
    0
    PAY TO WIN! The game is a joke. Pay to win game with a ton of problems and developers that are completly ignoring the people playing this game. the game is a joke
  92. isobri
    May 27, 2014
    1
    This game is classic pay for power, as the time cost to compete otherwise is prohibitively high. TLDR: playing 3 hours a day, it will take you approximately 5 months to get the right cards for the current meta, and the meta will shift by then. ONLY way to be competitive is to spend $200+ USD on this game.

    Here's the math supporting this: ALL the top players use the same 5+ legendary    This game is classic pay for power, as the time cost to compete otherwise is prohibitively high. TLDR: playing 3 hours a day, it will take you approximately 5 months to get the right cards for the current meta, and the meta will shift by then. ONLY way to be competitive is to spend $200+ USD on this game.

    Here's the math supporting this: ALL the top players use the same 5+ legendary cards in their decks. Each win gives you 3.33 gold. Each game takes ~10 minutes to play. Winning half your games, playing 3 hours per day, and finishing the daily quests will net you ~90 gold per day. 100 Gold =/= 60 dust. 1600 Dust gives you the one legendary of your choice. This translates to 29.6 days to get a single legendary card of your choice without spending cash. Alternatively, you can spend $200+ to get those legendary cards off the bat.    … Expand
  93. Jaylen
    May 31, 2014
    0
    Interesting game, but sadly it's pay to win unless you want to grind for a million years :) If it wasn't for pay 2 win I think this game would have a lot of potential...
  94. RainLTU
    Jul 9, 2014
    0
    Its not F2P its P2W, why doesn't blizzard add a button that says "WIN, costs $5" it would save time...
    oh yeah, if any blizzard employee is reading, suggest to your boss to buy a trade mark for PAY TO WIN (P2W), you will get a raise and probably a promotion too!
  95. Thorssa
    Oct 7, 2014
    3
    Strategically too simple and with an unnerving amount of unnecesairy random elements.

    Personally I'd urge people to give the VERY underrated game Might & magic: Duel of champions a try instead of Hearthstone. Tried it while I was waiting for my HS beta-key, haven't looked back since. (well, tbh I do still grind a few dailys now and then, and played through the Naxx-expansion)
  96. jlcv91
    Oct 14, 2014
    6
    Lack of cards, and everyone just runs the same kind of decks later in the game! so its just a luck and count wich cards your opponent already used game!
  97. mirdinn
    Feb 2, 2015
    2
    Hearthstone is an usual card based game with a simple yet ingenuine twist - it's marketing strategy. The cards in Hearthstone are as in any Blizzard game could be of common, rare, epic and legendary quality. Cards could be obtained through buying card packs - for game currency (100 gold ) or real currency. Game currency could be obtained via daily quests - 40/60 gold + 30 wins wouldHearthstone is an usual card based game with a simple yet ingenuine twist - it's marketing strategy. The cards in Hearthstone are as in any Blizzard game could be of common, rare, epic and legendary quality. Cards could be obtained through buying card packs - for game currency (100 gold ) or real currency. Game currency could be obtained via daily quests - 40/60 gold + 30 wins would provide additional 100 gold ( first 1000 gold could be earned through onetime "achievements" ). Which means around of 1 pack per day or via fight on arena which provide you with 2 packs per day at least for additional 12 games. Which translates into 2-4 hours of play everyday. On average one in five packs would be epic card and one in 20 packs would be random legendary card. However, since many cards are belongs to specific class a chance of obtaining specific card is very low so deck's building strategy revolves around random cards or you could transform cards into "Arcane dust" at very low conversion rate e.g. one specific common card costs 40 points while result of conversion of common card is only 5 points, one pack in average converted to 40 points, in order to buy specific rare card required 100 points, in order to buy specific epic card you would need 400 points e.g. 10 packs while legendary card is equal to 160 packs. So in order to built some average deck you would need to spend about 160 hours of game's play during 40 days or pay to Blizzard about 200$. Now would you be willing to participate in tournament where are fundamental advantage could be bought via real money ?
    Gameplay itself isn't bad except couple of severe bugs for Mac client which probably already fixed, the expansion Naxxramas isn't bad either, although all 5 wings on Normal mode could be eliminated in a couple of hours , however cards from Naxxramas quite useful so expansion is also part of marketing strategy , in terms of money it's a really good deal since it's provides specific valuable cards for a low price. The game is theme is all about World of Warcraft universe and some cards provides nostalgic value to fan's of "wrath of the lich king" expansion. If you are looking for a long term time investment and rewarding competitive gaming you will find this game as a huge disappointment. Surely as any card game results of every match could be quite random so if you are lover of carefully crafted strategies and well deserved rewards you should stay away from this game as well.    … Expand
  98. Popos
    May 23, 2014
    0
    Complete and total pay to win game. the game is build just to milk money from people. there is like 10% skill involved and all else is pay or RNG to win.
  99. SethEvandor
    May 16, 2014
    3
    Some key issues with the game. No1, they have a casual mode, but people play casual to stomp and a lot are BM. They need to remove casual mode because it doesn't seem casual friendly. No2, golden card rewards... Yeah, we aren't trading cards, Blizzardv2.

    I don't like the large range in mana costs, it adds to the randomness of the game and makes it less strategic. Certain cards just make    Some key issues with the game. No1, they have a casual mode, but people play casual to stomp and a lot are BM. They need to remove casual mode because it doesn't seem casual friendly. No2, golden card rewards... Yeah, we aren't trading cards, Blizzardv2.

    I don't like the large range in mana costs, it adds to the randomness of the game and makes it less strategic. Certain cards just make the game more kinda like a "yay I drew this card" which is okay except it rewards luck greatly. The varied mana costs and card efficiencies makes it feel frustrating in general when luck doesn't go your way. The game highly revolves around around the classes, but how you stop the deadliest tools your opponent is with generic answers, just throwing down minions, having a silence, nerfbat or taunt ready or just a combo which isn't really designed to counter anything. Then there is the golem meta, draw and throw out golems... Ugh.    … Expand
  100. Noctics
    Jun 19, 2014
    0
    I feel this game is Pay to win. If you don't have the right legendary cards, it's very hard to get enough wins to progress, so grinding is a very frustrating option. Uninstalled
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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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