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Valve's Artifact is coming to Steam on November 28 for $20 [Up: Beta in October]
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Interestingly I was talking about Artifact with some colleagues today at lunch (after not thinking about it for months).
Maybe we should discuss some other games too!
(I assume it will work a bit like that and come with a starter set of cards)
Maybe we should discuss some other games too!
For someone why played Magic as a teenager this is an amusing perspective :P
(I assume it will work a bit like that and come with a starter set of cards)
Interesting. So its like MTGO where you have to pay for cards and also an entry fee for your account.
We already knew this and we have no idea how acquiring more cards will work.
I'm surprised it won't be playable at TI. That's really mindboggling to me given how they had areas for people to play against the OpenAI Shadow Fiend bot last year.
Magic already did this technically.
Atleast I know with these card packs I won't be forced to give away cards because they are taking up closet space.
Since every card is available to buy/trade/sell on the community market, at the very least they'll be making bank on people chasing the meta.
Is it too much to hope that $20 gets you all the base set cards?
Not directly at least. The real pay to win will be having all the cards on the steam marketplace for people to buy. Remember the cut valve makes from that is like 15% I think (since they own the game they get the full split).
I'd hope so, but I imagine there will be some kind of unlocking system (a la Hearthstone's basic cards).
Have they talked at all about card economy? B/S/T?
There's another ccg that does that right?
Seems like a good model when it's attached to a healthy game
There's another ccg that does that right?
Seems like a good model when it's attached to a healthy game
It plays nothing like Dota.
This has the most appeal to Magic the Gathering players.
Heck I think Yugioh players might have more interest in this game than dota players.
Everything they sell in the Secret Shop at TI is "nothing like Dota"
That doesn't mean Dota people don't care about it. They even announced this game at TI last year. I'm aware of how Artifact plays, I have watched all the videos.
Nice. Release date out of nowhere.
I am so excited to see more of this game.
Definitely my most anticipated game of the year.
Buying and selling cards on the steam market place is a game changer.
I am so excited to see more of this game.
Definitely my most anticipated game of the year.
Buying and selling cards on the steam market place is a game changer.
If their plans work out, then the upfront costs should be worth it.
That's a big if though. Hearthstone is a good $50 every couple months if you want to stay competitive, such is the life of CCG.
"Its bad because no pay 2 win" is a new one
Anything to hate on Valve, huh?
That's generally not how Valve works (making you pay per platform that is).
...though now that I think about it I wonder how much Apple will mess up their plans if they want a unified marketplace.
That's... something I haven't even thought about. Paid mobile games in today's age seems weird enough, how will they deal with people that started on PC? Will it be free on mobile, but with less starting cards, but with a way to link your accounts?
Being able to buy/sell cards on the Steam marketplace is the real killer move here, they're gonna make millions off of that alone
Legitimately excited to try this game. I've been playing CCGs for over 20 years, and really like the demos of what Valve has presented in theory. Hopefully the PAX demo shows enough of it!
Wow, that's gonna be a huge cash cow. Imagine if WOTC earned a few cents on every sale or trade of a Magic card. I never really thought about how brilliantly this will click into their marketplace.
I wish I was at PAX to play it an-
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CARD GAME CONFIRMED?!?!?!
Somebody hacked Riot Tryndamere's account (BTW, broken champ) and they found out that Riot made a card game and decided to bury it. That was in 2014, I think.
A lot of people these days pay a lot more than $20 for card games