/v/ - Video Games

>>15745085

>I thought the game was gonna be at least fun

Serious question, what exactly gave you the impression that it was going to be anything more than a cynical vehicle for microtransactions?

I didn't know this game came out.

>>15745116

The NDA was dropped and the beta starts in two days.

>>15745100

Idk, it looked a bit fun in the gameplay, also I liked all of valve games before this one.

>>15745129

>probably

you can't get cards for free

>>15745123

You liked TF2, CS:GO, and assfaggots 2? Nevermind then, you'll probably love this.

>>15745133

So what the fuck do you get for those 18 euro ?

>>15745123

>also I liked all of valve games before this one.

Valve hasn't made a game themselves in 14 years. Everything else is redone old games like cs and dota.

They are creatively bankrupt just like blizzard.

>>15745144

18EUR of cards. But no more than that

>>15745192

That's like saying being launched into a bed of cacti is better than having a nail split open.

>>15745218

It isn't bad though.

I've never really played a card game but I've preordered Artifact just to see if I can get into them with it.

>>15745147

There is no hope left in man

>>15745329

i sold my spare keys for $80 and $60, hope you didnt drop that much on one

probably got more enjoyment out of that than the game itself

You know valve needs a new game to make a sequel of it.

After all, their games go up to 2 and stop there.

Isnt this the only TCG video game where you actually trade cards? Hell you can sell off some TF2 and Dota 2 skins for cards.

>>15745426

Can you turn Dota2 skins into cards or you mean just sell it on Steam? Transforming skins into actual cards based on those skins would be a very interesting idea

>>15745426

Actually, you can't.

The only way to get cards is to purchase them off the steam market place. which valve takes a 3% cut from on all transactions

>>15745329

Get the fuck out.

>>15745435

I mean sell them off or just trade them

>>15745552

There isn't going to be any trading at launch though.

You can only buy the packs goy!

>game has upfront cost of 20 bucks

>despite this, you have to pay for more cards at 2bucks per pack

>gamemodes with rewards exists, but they all require you to pay up extra

>can't even trade cards, all transactions go through the steam market where valve takes a cut

>draft is paid only, the only free modes are to play with your own card deck or play with a preconstructed deck

>The starting heroes you get for free can also be found again in the packs, giving you extra duplicates that nobody will buy and have literally zero value

This dumpster-fire is incredible, even fucking reddit is up in arms.

I can't wait to see the steam market open for Artifact and seeing those insane fucking card prices. 200$ decks in MtG will be a fucking joke after this.

>>15745085

>Why all modern western games feel so boring and devoid of life?

Videogames became too big, and profiteering off of retards has become the norm.

>>15745085

>I thought the game was gonna be at least fun

with all we've seen about it you still thought that? it was a blatant cash grab that went after some of that hearthstone money. it became more than obvious in the past few months. how could you possibly think this was gonna be any good?

>>15745147

>>15745335

I hope that's Valve manipulating the store's algorithms.

>>15746997

Every time someone finds a reference to half life in a non half life game it's just because Valve is lazy and doesn't clean up their project files before publishing them.

>>15745129

>buy a platform so you can buy cards

It's like they want to fail

>>15745085

Isn't it great that we now invented the "Pay 2 Pay 2 Play" model?

>>15745537

>which valve takes a 3% cut from

"3%" better stand for 15% in retard-speech, because that's the cut that Valve will actually take.

>>15745329

Don't get into card games, they are a net negative on your life.

But if you are going to get into a card game, play one thats free ffs. I'd recommend mtga over this pile of shit any day.

>>15745147

Russkies and redditors probably. There's no way this piece of shit is a top-seller.

>>15745085

Old-fashioned design by committee, with the modern twist that half the committee goes by "Xir"

>>15745329

My friend, just play YugiOh Power of Chaos or something. I guarantee you the money you'll be spending on Artifact will not result in an enjoyable experience

>>15745147

>>15745335

>>15747503

>>15747904

New games often get on the top-sellers for obvious reasons regardless of how popular they might actually be (remember how Hatred was top-seller for a short while?). Having said that, it is a Valve game, despite how much their reputation has tanked loads of people are still going to buy anything that has their name on it.

A shame it's a card game because the soundtrack is good.

>>15747910

This. Valve have basically stopped functioning as a real company.

why do all modern games feel dead? Like even when you have people to talk to the games just doesn't have any life to them

>>15745218

Cactus spines look more harmful than they actually are. The real danger is the poison.

This is going to fail for the simple reason that it's confusing as *fuck* to watch on a stream. Watching the streamer flip between three boards is like watching tv with someone who changes channels.

Ontop of that, the rare cards have varying rarity, and the useful ones are uber-rare, while the shitty rares are common rares. TCG players are used to gettting jewed, but even they have limits. Apparently kripp (yes I'm a faggot) spent upwards of 300 dollary doos and didn't get any of the good cards he needed to build the decks he wanted to try.

It's *extremely* jewish, moreso than usual. It's also unfun to watch on a stream. This is DOA.