Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015

 Xbox One
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 13 out of 31

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  1. xl33tgamerx
    Jun 2, 2015
    3
    I am writing this review coming from the stance of being an experienced Magic: The Gathering player with 20 years of experience (since Alpha). The game itself looks good, and there are of ton of cards to collect and build with, it has a decent storyline and the foil cards look pretty cool. Sadly, that is where the positive ends. The negative begins foremost with challenges against the AI.I am writing this review coming from the stance of being an experienced Magic: The Gathering player with 20 years of experience (since Alpha). The game itself looks good, and there are of ton of cards to collect and build with, it has a decent storyline and the foil cards look pretty cool. Sadly, that is where the positive ends. The negative begins foremost with challenges against the AI. This is my #1 gripe with the game, being that in no consecutive series of games I have ever played has ANY opponent ever had a perfect hand 100 games out of 100, meaning that they have a perfect consecutive series of cards that they can play out, never have a problem with drawing land cards (mana), and seem to always have a card in their hand to counter, stop or delay your attack thereby costing you the game. In every game I have played, the AI seems to have this. Being someone who has played PRO TOUR, this game is even more challenging than playing against other pro tour players sometimes when you are fighting against the AI unless you manage to draw a superior hand that plays out better than your opponent's hand does (which is highly unlikely, hence the number of losses you will experience even during campaign mode). My number 2 gripe with this game is the "shop" and microtransactions (ie, DLC, etc.) - when I buy a game I expect to get the full thing and not be "nickled and dimed" for more money and then also charged half the price of the game to play the expansion content. My #3 gripe is the poor connection quality of online play. Ever running broadband DSL, you will lag and spend minutes waiting for your opponent to respond. That is, when you can find an opponent to connect to. Maybe a good sign that everyone has been discouraged and already left to find other games to play? Just a thought. So in summary, I feel that even 3/10 is fair for this game, when sadly it could have been a 7 or 8.… Expand

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Jan 14, 2015
    74
    This is still a solid offering for fans of the classic trading card game. This is about as close to Magic as you can get without actually dealing out the cards.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jan 6, 2015
    40
    Paper armies are all the rage these days; this is just enraging. [Jan 2015, p.89]
  3. COGconnected
    Dec 12, 2014
    60
    Even with the expansion included, Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 doesn’t offer enough variety and makes it too difficult to progress through the game without feeling pressured to buy cards with physical money.
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