Artifact, or the “DOTA card game”, tries somehow to transfer game concepts from DOTA to a card game. These concepts include:
- Buying items for your heroes during the match.
- The action takes place on 3 boards instead of one, luckily this proved to be less confusing than it first sounded.
- There are “creeps”, which unfortunately spawn randomly on “lanes” in random positions, throwing more randomness in a game that is already very RNG heavy.
The game length for a newbie like me was about 30min, longer than other CCGs. The game has no premium cards which would be usually animated versions of the standard ones.
The game has lots of QoL improvements like you can see your opponents’ deck after the game, each deck has an identifier so you can quickly load/export decks, and the game lets you easily buy the cards that you are missing. You can freely sell and buy cards on the Steam marketplace but the fees for transactions are a bit too high.
I don’t feel like the game has a purpose even though it has support for tournaments. The progression system was recently implemented and it’s very unimpressive. At the moment the player base is pretty thin.
Artifact is not a bad game, it’s just pointless.
Rating: Buy a rating from Steam marketplace for only $1.99.
Article date: 09-Feb-2019
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