Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers

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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

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  1. Ir0nExpress
    Sep 3, 2010
    8
    There's a lot of hate for this game for the locked system, where decks are fixed with a set amount of cards which you cannot subtract. Each deck gives you a certain amount of unlockable cards that you may add to the deck as you defeat AI opponents. If you compare it to the outside, sure it's highly nerfed version of the game, but if you look at it from a stand alone game perspective orThere's a lot of hate for this game for the locked system, where decks are fixed with a set amount of cards which you cannot subtract. Each deck gives you a certain amount of unlockable cards that you may add to the deck as you defeat AI opponents. If you compare it to the outside, sure it's highly nerfed version of the game, but if you look at it from a stand alone game perspective or even from a challenge point of view, it's a fun and challenging game, you'll be using your brain because you're not mowing your opponents down by the size of your wallet. The depending on the A.I. setting you choose, the AI will not be a pushover. Both sides are balanced and depending which deck you choose, You may steamroll them, get steamrolled or its a fair fight. The decks are all fairly balanced, there's the annoying overpowered elf deck of course, but even that has it's weak points. :P

    The game also has some challenge scenarios where you must defeat the opponent in one turn, but those are usually fairly simple until the last few ones, which get a little trickier but nothing drastic.

    At $10, you get 6 or 7 decks (maybe more, I've bought the 2 expansions which ups it to 14 decks total) and as most of you guys knows, $10 will not buy you 7 decks in the real world and $20 will not buy you 14 decks. They also have two expansion packs at $5 a piece and .99 packs to unlock the ingame decks if you're lazy. Those who want to reminiscence about playing the game without reminding yourself how much you spent on Magic The Gathering Online or the thousands (Yes I've spent that much over time) in real life, or hell, just to use to learn and get into the real game...pick it up, it's $10 bucks.    … Expand
  2. bgoss
    Jun 15, 2011
    9
    This game made all the necessary changes to become a fun video game BASED on the tabletop card game. It is my belief that the developers did not want game to be consumed with buying extra card packs and trying to make a huge collection and build the best deck.

    Instead they have successfully equalized the playing field and adapted it for newcomers and light players. This is not for the    This game made all the necessary changes to become a fun video game BASED on the tabletop card game. It is my belief that the developers did not want game to be consumed with buying extra card packs and trying to make a huge collection and build the best deck.

    Instead they have successfully equalized the playing field and adapted it for newcomers and light players. This is not for the hardcore Magic enthusiast, it is for the casual strategic gamer or someone experimenting with the genre or franchise.

    With that frame of reference, this game lives up to its goals: sharing the love of card game with people that don't want to soak a ton of money and time into it. It's highly enjoyable, competitive, and still maintains a strong taste of the original. But just a taste.    … Expand

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#82 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010

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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 Gamer UK
    43
    Disappointment. [Sept 2010, p.103]
  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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