02-13-2014, 05:30 PM
From what I understand about the game, and being a former "high caliber" CCG player in other games, that is a pretty sound strategy. For me, Hearthstone isn't very attractive. It's.... and I do not mean offense to anyone who plays the game with the next comment, just too simplistic of a game for my tastes.
A brief history
I was weaned on Old School Magic the Gathering. I started playing MTG when 4th edition hit shelves, and moved on to games like Legend of the Five Rings (where I found moderate success), and then culminating in Deadlands: Doomtown, where I found quite a bit of success. Even with Doomtown being "dead" (not being printed any longer) for a decade, the game still has a pretty solid following, and there are still people who seek me out in dark corners of the internet to get my opinion on the faction I played heavily.
end brief history.
The lack of in turn interaction between players was really the biggest killer of the game in terms of my interest. Each game that I played, I was very interested in the interactions that happened on turn between players. Counters, reactions, etc... That hidden element, where you were keeping an eye on, and calculating what they could possibly have in their hand that would matter on your turn, was a strategic element of games that I found incredibly enjoyable.
Well, that and I'm a card flopper. I want to feel the cards in my hand.
A brief history
I was weaned on Old School Magic the Gathering. I started playing MTG when 4th edition hit shelves, and moved on to games like Legend of the Five Rings (where I found moderate success), and then culminating in Deadlands: Doomtown, where I found quite a bit of success. Even with Doomtown being "dead" (not being printed any longer) for a decade, the game still has a pretty solid following, and there are still people who seek me out in dark corners of the internet to get my opinion on the faction I played heavily.
end brief history.
The lack of in turn interaction between players was really the biggest killer of the game in terms of my interest. Each game that I played, I was very interested in the interactions that happened on turn between players. Counters, reactions, etc... That hidden element, where you were keeping an eye on, and calculating what they could possibly have in their hand that would matter on your turn, was a strategic element of games that I found incredibly enjoyable.
Well, that and I'm a card flopper. I want to feel the cards in my hand.
nobody ever slaughtered an entire school with a smart phone and a twitter account – they have, however, toppled governments. - Jim Wright