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  • Summary: The definitive digital edition of the competitive card game that has been evolving for over 20 years! Duel at the highest level against Duelists all over the world.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Feb 11, 2022
    90
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is Yu-Gi-Oh! at its best. The kid gloves have been taken off to give us a complex, deep game full of exciting plays and powerful combos, but presented in a sensible and readable way, free from Joey Wheeler shoutin' about da heart o' da cards. Whether you're a veteran duelist, a lapsed player, or someone who's had a vague interest at some point in the last 25 years, this is the way you want to get into Yu-Gi-Oh!.
  2. Jan 28, 2022
    81
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is an excellent game buried under a few layers of frustration and potential hang-ups. Excavation efforts are easier than they might appear, and the game does an okay job of helping you out. The game can be frustrating and off-putting for some, but if you know where and how to interact with your opponent’s multi-minute combo turns, a whole world will open up for you. Even as I write this, I find myself tempted to boot it back up for “just one more game.” And given how close I am to my assigned word cap, I might do just that.
  3. Jan 26, 2022
    80
    If you can overlook the limited available modes and move past the potentially devastating feeling of being one-turn-killed online, Master Duel is a Yu-Gi-Oh! game that will allow you to build — and more importantly, defend against — a deck of that caliber.
  4. Jan 26, 2022
    80
    Master Duel is the pinnacle of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in virtual form. It offers a ridiculous amount of tools to assist in deck customisation, and easily lets you obtain any of the thousands of cards. Where it currently falls short though is the matchmaking options, as there’s just so many variables at play from day one. This isn’t a game for new players, but it doesn’t try to be, so if you know your Blue Eyes from your Kuribo, Master Duel is for you.
  5. Feb 4, 2022
    80
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free to play game designed for those who have been active in the card game for years and are looking for a space to measure themselves against other duelists from around the world. It's a deep game, with over 10,000 cards and updated rules. It's also addictive and a lot of fun, but less experienced players will struggle as they adjust to competitive play.
  6. Apr 4, 2023
    80
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is an awesome game that Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, both new and old would love. I honestly would've probably given this a lower score, but they just added the option decks from YGOProDeck directly to the game. This just fixes one of the major issues of the game and warrants it a better rating. All in all, fantastic looking graphics, and it plays well. What else can you really ask from a card game?
  7. Jan 25, 2022
    70
    As with any new game, the future of this game entirely is uncertain, but this launch has made us very hopeful. Konami seemingly is keen to learn and is already doing user surveys to find any flaws in the system, and with the questions chosen it seems the team are looking at the right areas already. With some patches and more quality of life features, this game could easily become the definitive Yu-Gi-Oh! experience, but only time can tell.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 43
  2. Negative: 23 out of 43
  1. Jan 31, 2022
    10
    This game has been an amazing experience, from someone who hasn't touched YGO for about 15 years, the solo mode did a good job introducing meThis game has been an amazing experience, from someone who hasn't touched YGO for about 15 years, the solo mode did a good job introducing me to the new mechanics, on top of giving a nice background to some of the lore of a couple of archetypes. The deck editor is pretty good and the crafting system is easy to manage and very effective, the game so far has been very welcoming to F2P players, you can create at least one top meta deck for free. And to finish it all, the soundtrack is simply one of the best I have ever heard. Its not a perfect game and it needs some refining but its the best experience I had with YGO since the Forbidden Memories days. Easily earns at least, an 8 out of 10, but I will give it a 10 since some people are hating around here and I really liked the game. Expand
  2. Feb 4, 2023
    9
    This is what brought me back into Yu-Gi-Oh!, and convinced me to but my own deck (Speedroids) in real life for the first time ever. ThinkingThis is what brought me back into Yu-Gi-Oh!, and convinced me to but my own deck (Speedroids) in real life for the first time ever. Thinking about getting Floo for tournaments and such, and Ancient Warriors for fun. Expand
  3. Mar 31, 2022
    8
    Overall a very solid game on most fronts. It is an addictive, strategy card game to waste a few hours on if you are bored. One of the onlyOverall a very solid game on most fronts. It is an addictive, strategy card game to waste a few hours on if you are bored. One of the only issues however would be the number of no-lives that use meta decks to get literally nothing in return. Other than that though, it's fun and decently casually friendly, especially if you have friends playing with you. Some of my favorite moments from card games have come from this game, but the community of sweats can be a bit challenging to deal with once you get past (or even into) silver. Expand
  4. Nov 8, 2022
    4
    A KONAMI simplesmente não liga para as suas franquias.
    O card game é e sempre será divertido, porém já faz tempo que a Konami não faz um game
    A KONAMI simplesmente não liga para as suas franquias.
    O card game é e sempre será divertido, porém já faz tempo que a Konami não faz um game a altura.
    Resumindo, para um jogo lançado em 2022, parece que tudo foi feito com pressa e apenas para cumprir tabela.
    Não me leve a mal, mas toda a diversão que você vai ter nesse game é proveniente do próprio card game, e não do jogo "MASTER DUEL", que poderia fazer MUITO mais do que fez.
    O modo solo é simplesmente esquecível.
    Se você esperava alguma atenção para modos de jogo não competitivos, esqueça, o jogo simplesmente não te recompensa se você não buscar o competitivo.

    E pior, o competitivo também é largado, com uma ranqueada sem novidades ou recompensas relevantes, eventos feitos esporadicamente e também sem um sistema de recompensa legal.

    O jogo também te trava de várias formas claramente artificiais, pra não te dar recompensas. Exemplos: pacote de cartas legado (recompensa pelos duelos ranqueados), só te dão 2 cartas por pacote, além de dar cartas irrelevantes e que não podem virar recurso pra fazer novas cartas; gema pela subida de nível na ranqueada (uma das melhores formas de juntar gemas, mas, a cada nova season você não vai voltar da ranqueada do zero, isso pra te travar de obter recursos de subida de nível) e por ai vai.
    No geral, você começa sendo bombardeado de recursos, mas depois o negócio simplesmente desanda de uma maneira que estraga a experiência, parece que o jogo não quer mais que você jogue.

    Enfim, a KONAMI deveria ter vergonha na cara e fazer um game realmente relevante para o formato, que merece cada centavo do investimento que eles não fazem.
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  5. Feb 4, 2023
    2
    Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is an amazing introduction to Yugioh, and for returning players it's also fun with it's strange mix of the TCG and OCGYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is an amazing introduction to Yugioh, and for returning players it's also fun with it's strange mix of the TCG and OCG banlist. The mates are very cute and/or fun and the fact that you can just have a car as a mate is very funny. The events, while they can be hit-or-miss, are overall pretty fun and unique ways to play the game. Overall, a fun Yugioh experience that I would recommend. Expand
  6. Feb 1, 2022
    0
    someone summoned a monster that can destroy anything you summon with its effect. uhm what
  7. Feb 3, 2022
    0
    HONEST REVIEW
    I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel for a week now, and it definitely has a bright future, but at the moment the balance
    HONEST REVIEW
    I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel for a week now, and it definitely has a bright future, but at the moment the balance is exteremly bad, like VERY BAD.
    I am a casual player, and all new cards, after Duel Monsters, is COMPLETE ****

    1. Opponents turns takes a minimum of 10 minutes, always activating some effects, spell cards, trap cards, and in no time they have like 3-4 monsters with very high ATK, and effects that stops all your spell cards, trap cards and card effects. This is literally every duel, and I am just at the beginning... this takes all the fun of the game. Every card after the original DUEL MONSTERS IS A COMPLETE ****. One of my opponent even activated first turn a card without tribute, with 0 ATK and DEF. BUT this card was not affected by any spell card, trap card, monster effect. if I attack this card, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and opponent never loses LP regardless if this card has 0 ATK and is in attack position. Another effect of this card is if it attacks you, you lose always HALF of your LP LOL. It has like 5 different effects, WHAT THE **** IS THIS ****, EVEN NOW I AM SO MAD writting this lol.
    If you are new to this game and a casual player, just avoid duel for ranking, it's useless. Play SOLO or find a friend to play against. All older YuGiOh cards are useless
    If I destroy monster, he just brings it back instantly with some fancy effect.

    If KONAMI IS reading this, make an option to play against a computer, and you to have an option to create a deck for the computer.
    Let us at least play for fun.
    I believe someday it can be balanced and become very good, but at the moment I can give only 1 star.

    Thank You for reading my comment,
    I will go drink my sedative pills now, and avoid playing for RANK, until this madness is fixed.

    P.S. Cards like Pot Of Greed, Graceful Charity, Cyber Jar are banned and there is one card called Michion The Timelord that is not banned ? Just google that card and see it's description.. you will understand how unbalanced the game is just by looking at this card only IMAO.

    For casual players
    KONAMI did not add any special animations when you summon the 3 god cards (RA,Slifer and Obelisk).. The other shiny cards after Duel Monsters have special animations. They just did not bother to do anything about the real cards.
    So bad, so bad.

    The game was released to Google Play 5 Hours ago, I downloaded it and i cannot use it, because the button to accept Privacy Notice is unclickable.. I have to click and read the privacy, but its redirecting me to the beginning of the screen and cannot move forward, lol
    I am reducing the star to 0 until they solve this unbalanced game
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