GWENT: Rogue Mage

Not sure what CD Projekt Red was going for with this game. I’ve been pro rank in Gwent a couple times and have plenty of experience with the game. Rogue mage attempts to make Gwent a single player experience and it’s just not that fun. Many complaints and some good things too so I’ll start with the good and then the bad. Good 1. The game can be played offline making it a good time when internet can’t be reached 2. Gwent is a great game and you should try it if you haven’t 3. The game is challenging, so if you’re into that, you’ll enjoy the challenge. Bad 1. They’ve changed all the cards in this game. They’ve changed some of the mechanics too… why..? No great reason. But it makes the game confusing for Gwent players. 2. The graphics aren’t great, the writing is meh and there’s no great story to follow. 3. My biggest complaint is that this game costs 10 dollars… it’s a cash in. If it was free with some dlc… okay fine. But 10 bucks for this game is somehow a rip off. And 10 bucks isn’t much. If you want to play Gwent, go buy it for free and play Gwent and buy all the dlc you want. This game is boring and tedious and isn’t worth 10 bucks. Isn’t worth 5 honestly. 4. To me there’s nothing more frustrating than building up a cool deck, having everything right, beating a level and then having to start all over with a new deck. Why not let us keep our decks? Every “run” is the same, so many of the enemies are repeated. This game could have been great but it’s just not. For 10 bucks you’d have more fun with a wishing well.

First of all, any review complaining about recharging energy in a game you already paid for is wrong! The energy is used for each run and then completely refills when you start your next run even if you do them back to back. The game is a rogue-lite type deck builder game. The game itself is challenging but not impossible and really makes it fun as you have to seriously contemplate your next move. Any fan of Gwent will instantly fall in love and even if you just like the Witcher series I think you’ll enjoy it too. Story is cool as well as it’s about the creation of the Witchers. Fits screen well and no bugs I have run into. Money well spent for the fun I’ve had so far!

Like the game. Think it’s mostly great. Do feel like the matches take a while, especially when you’re meant to traverse a whole map. I think some setting to hasten the games for people who want a shorter casual experience would be nice. Cut the deck size maybe? I’d like more matches of shorter length if I turn the game on for a brief moment. I don’t like that there’s an energy bar with a timer in a $10 game. That exists in free games as a cash grab. I paid, so don’t make me wait an hour or more to continue if I run out of energy. I’ll have to discourage other people purchasing until it’s changed.