Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers

 PC
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. PC Format
    81
    A decent game. [Sept 2010, p.105]
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  2. GameCritics
    80
    Duels of the Planeswalkers is a faithful, if watered down, representation of a classic game that excels at drawing in new players and reigniting the old fire in seasoned veterans.
  3. PC Gamer
    80
    A great place to learn the ways of Magic. The lack of deck customization is appalling, but it nails the card game experience. [Nov 2010, p.82]
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  5. IGN
    75
    It offers plenty of help for newcomers to learn the setup, and the additional cards you unlock as you play through the campaign means there are plenty of reason to keep plugging away against opponents.
  6. Gamervision
    75
    While online multiplayer is fun and the presentation is spot on, much of the enjoyment and skill in MtG is in deck-building , an omission that truly hurts the overall experience.
  7. Multiplayer.it
    75
    Duels of Planeswalkers is the perfect digital version of the Wizards' card game. But it's really bad at the same time you can't create your own deck and the PC version doesn't have any new feature respect the one-year-older Xbox 360 version.
  8. Gamekult
    70
    Quotation forthcoming.
  9. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    50
    How to turn a worldwide popular card trading game into a mediocre forgettable video game in two steps. Think of all the cons this kind of game has and forget most of the pros. Easy. [Aug 2010]
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  10. PC Gamer UK
    43
    Disappointment. [Sept 2010, p.103]
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Awards & Rankings

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#82 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010

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User Score
4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 53
  3. Negative: 24 out of 53
  1. Hircus
    Dec 10, 2010
    0
    Might be an entertaining game for someone with no experience with tabletop Magic. For an actual Magic player however, a terribleMight be an entertaining game for someone with no experience with tabletop Magic. For an actual Magic player however, a terrible disappointment - the interface is limiting, the game rules are dumbed down, and worst of all you can't even edit your deck. The experience was not unlike buying something sold as a chess set and finding the package actually contains a checkers set with half the pieces missing. It's hard to imagine why Wizards of the Coast ever greenlighted this travesty.… Full Review »
  2. Aardvarkk
    Aug 13, 2010
    0
    I found this game very disappointing and I don't recommend it. As much as I enjoy the MtG series this one fell far short of my expectations,I found this game very disappointing and I don't recommend it. As much as I enjoy the MtG series this one fell far short of my expectations, which weren't that high to begin with. My wants are fairly simple, but this game does not live up to even those. If you want to read a up-to-date list of the legitimate gripes you can go here for them http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1310625… Full Review »
  3. CrestedCrane
    Sep 30, 2010
    0
    I'm going to have to add to the hate on account of the locked-deck system. This was a waste of time and money; it never occurred to me toI'm going to have to add to the hate on account of the locked-deck system. This was a waste of time and money; it never occurred to me to check whether Wizards had included one of Magic's most basic and defining features before buying this on Steam. They had custom deckbuilding in a game released in 1998; I can only conclude that this thing was a money-grab, and I pity anyone who bought it when it was new.

    Adding insult to injury, several of the constructed decks are _really_ bad, with no option to remove the junk cards; and the AI -- at the highest difficulty level -- makes amateurish mistakes, especially about timing. I appreciate that a good AI for a game like Magic is hard, but the quality of the AI is by no means adequate to make up for the huge, gaping hole where the deckbuilding is supposed to be.

    This is coming from an individual who's played in maybe five Magic tournaments total (one sealed-deck, the rest booster draft), and is by _no_ means an expert at the game.    … Full Review »
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