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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18162 Posts
May 03 2022 20:04 GMT
#1
A bit surprised that this thread wasn't made yet. I guess nobody is too excited about a mobile game, but getting a bit older myself, I find myself with less time to sit down at my PC and play, but more time on-the-go where I can play something quick on my phone. Blizzard games always draw my attention, so I'm cautiously optimistic about how this one will turn out.

Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9568 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-05-03 22:02:57
May 03 2022 21:54 GMT
#2
I'm not. I fully expect this to be even more aggressively monetized than Hearthstone was. Plus on the Playstore it already says "Purchases: Random Items" and some EU countries like Belgium already have it banned, before its even out.

edit: I was expecting some type of unique, quirky but awesome blizzard art-style, but this straight-up looks out-sourced to a mediocre phone game developer company who were just told to slap Blizzard IP skins on generic models for a quick buck.
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hoby2000
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States918 Posts
May 04 2022 01:23 GMT
#3
2 thumbs down. Graphics look generic, gameplay doesn't look like it's much different from Clash Royale. Blizzard has never been original, but they presented nothing that made it seem like this game was unique in any way, shape, or form. Don't get me wrong, I think Clash Royale is a great game and played the crap out of it and a few similar games since then. But at this point, this feels like way too late into the game and it really does seem like a cash grab from mobile gamers.

I'm sure it'll be a hit in China though.
A lesson without pain is meaningless for nothing can be gained without giving something in return.
cha0
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada508 Posts
May 04 2022 01:32 GMT
#4
How the mighty have fallen...
nojok
Profile Joined May 2011
France15845 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-05-04 08:34:58
May 04 2022 08:34 GMT
#5
On May 04 2022 10:23 hoby2000 wrote:
Blizzard has never been original



You make me feel old when you write stuff like that.
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-05-04 11:18:58
May 04 2022 09:04 GMT
#6
What is this? Clash of Warclans?

Would have loved Cheng to tell this to a live audience waiting for news on Warcraft 4

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One picture says more than 1000 words...
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iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4374 Posts
May 04 2022 12:20 GMT
#7
Looks boring
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M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4228 Posts
May 04 2022 12:37 GMT
#8
fucking hell..

hope it bombs, looks like shit.
odi profanum vulgus et arceo
Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4553 Posts
May 05 2022 07:33 GMT
#9
I'll definitely check it out. Unfortunately might have to jump through some hoops to get the game in Belgium.
IIRC I changed my app store to Australia to get Pokemon Go earlier back in the day, so shouldn't be much of a problem if that is still possible

Yes it will be a cash grab, but I find that games can be both pay 2 win and still fun to play, without spending money. We'll see how this one works out.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
May 05 2022 07:38 GMT
#10
On May 05 2022 16:33 Laurens wrote:
I'll definitely check it out. Unfortunately might have to jump through some hoops to get the game in Belgium.
IIRC I changed my app store to Australia to get Pokemon Go earlier back in the day, so shouldn't be much of a problem if that is still possible

Yes it will be a cash grab, but I find that games can be both pay 2 win and still fun to play, without spending money. We'll see how this one works out.


Why would this not be available in Belgium?
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Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4553 Posts
May 05 2022 08:31 GMT
#11
Belgium and NL have laws against loot box games.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-05-05 12:45:29
May 05 2022 12:40 GMT
#12
On May 05 2022 17:31 Laurens wrote:
Belgium and NL have laws against loot box games.


ah makes sense. Though I read there won't be lootboxes or gatcha, only pay to progress faster.

EDIT: https://www.gamerbraves.com/warcraft-arclight-rumble-announced-for-mobile-a-new-rts-with-no-gacha/

Another notable aspect of the game is that the developers have confirmed that there are no NFT or gacha mechanics in the game. If you want a certain character you can simply purchase that one character using either real-world money or in-game currency earnt in through battle.

For those that are skeptical of the more lighthearted premise, the game promises an authentic Warcraft experience created by a team with deep roots in the franchise. Everywhere you look, there will be references and game elements directly inspired by beloved characters, locations, and events from the Warcraft PC strategy games and World of Warcraft.


Remains to be seen if this is actually true
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Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1921 Posts
May 05 2022 20:07 GMT
#13
This looks like 'Donate your money to Blizzard' with extra steps.
... einmal mit Profis spielen!
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18162 Posts
May 05 2022 20:28 GMT
#14
On May 05 2022 16:33 Laurens wrote:
I'll definitely check it out. Unfortunately might have to jump through some hoops to get the game in Belgium.
IIRC I changed my app store to Australia to get Pokemon Go earlier back in the day, so shouldn't be much of a problem if that is still possible

Yes it will be a cash grab, but I find that games can be both pay 2 win and still fun to play, without spending money. We'll see how this one works out.

This is mostly how I feel too. I played SWGOH for 2 years and with good planning it was generally possible to keep up with the whales. Sure, some metas were harder than others, and getting top damage in raids was generally impossible, but I had fun and could compete.

On the other hand, games like State of Survival and LotR: Rise to War got old fast when whales stomped the shit out of you. You had to get lucky with the server (and in RtW, faction) you rolled in to hope the whales were reasonable. I played other games like Boom Beach (Clash of the Clans clone) that was fun regardless of spending, and RAID: Shadow Legend that was about as fun as watching paint dry regardless of spending.

The main draw will be the mechanics and that it has the warcraft feel to it. We'll see how they do at that, but it having P2W mechanics doesn't necessarily mean P2have fun.
Laurens
Profile Joined September 2010
Belgium4553 Posts
May 06 2022 07:30 GMT
#15
Yeah I played that GoT browser game for a while, 'winter is coming', that one was ruled by whales also.

But if it's like FE Heroes or Hearthstone it can be fun
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18162 Posts
November 03 2023 20:23 GMT
#16
This was released. I played a bit and it's a fairly standard mobile lane strategy game, but if you like that kinda game it seems quite good.
cha0
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada508 Posts
November 03 2023 20:26 GMT
#17
I played the beta for about 2 days. It sucks you in as fun lane strategy game, but then as soon as your PvP rank hits gold, levels and abilities become active(pay money to get them or grind it like a job) and it's total p2w garbage. Even the single player gets levelgated.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18162 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-11-04 09:45:10
November 04 2023 09:24 GMT
#18
On November 04 2023 05:26 cha0 wrote:
I played the beta for about 2 days. It sucks you in as fun lane strategy game, but then as soon as your PvP rank hits gold, levels and abilities become active(pay money to get them or grind it like a job) and it's total p2w garbage. Even the single player gets levelgated.

Interesting. The opinions I saw online seemed to think it was f2p friendly. But I don't think they progressed as far as you did.

Here is someone evaluating the packs you can spend on, and it doesn't seem like there is anything super essentially p2w there. I guess if there's a leader that is super hard to get otherwise, like Sylvanas, and that leader is super powerful, then you need to buy that to progress in PvP?

cha0
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada508 Posts
November 05 2023 16:21 GMT
#19
For the PvP, what I encountered was once I hit gold I started running into players whose units had abilities mine did not have the opportunity to get. For example there is a Blizzard spell that does AoE damage, the people I was running into also had an additional upgrade for it that seemed to freeze my units in place and prevent them from attacking while doing the AoE damage. That type of buff alone is enough to determine the game between two equal players. Now each unit/leader can have an ability like this and from the free store it seemed to me like a lot of gold required to level units to get these type of abilities. At the time I had a single ability on one of my units out of all the units I had collected so far. Seeing as this was even just the Beta, I'm almost positive this will go the way CnC Rivals did where whales will just wallet smash and get fully leveled decks and units which will be impossible to beat. Is it possible to sort of play and get a little bit of fun out of it? Maybe, but everytime you go up against someone who spent more money than you and isn't absolutely terrible they'll pretty easily win the match, and more importantly it will feel like crap since they will be using all sorts of stuff that is locked for you and nowhere in sight.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7021 Posts
November 06 2023 14:20 GMT
#20
The disparity between F2P and whales is just too huge to just "git gud" or even grind it out. Sure you can play it on a train ride to pass time but with these games you'll always find a paywall sooner rather than later
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