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Bethesda announces Hearthstone (tentative title)
- Thread starter Stumpokapow
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Heh, I might play this if it somehow takes the RNG based losses out of the equation. There are so many times in Hearthstone I lose because of luck instead of skill.
edit. sorry double post
I agree there is way too much randomness, but you probably win due to randomness just as much as you lose in the long run.
LurkerPrime
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Incredible OP.
Is this Hearthstone or real Harthstone? Because floating Necropoli and six-legged spiderfolk are hella Warcraft.
They weren't even being subtle about it.
I would've thought they were for the same game.
Is this Hearthstone or real Harthstone? Because floating Necropoli and six-legged spiderfolk are hella Warcraft.
The Necropoli and spider were edited in lol.
They weren't even being subtle about it.
I would've thought they were for the same game.
I can't. This is a new low in trend following.
LurkerPrime
Member
Don't forget ESO.
I'm betting on another soon to be forgotten game from them here.
I'll be genuinely surprised if we don't get at least one Mass Effect/Dragon Age/HoMM/Assassins Creed/Watch Dogs F2P mobile CCG announced this E3.
LurkerPrime
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That's really the point. The first half and second half are indistinguishable in terms of presentation and art style. You can't really tell that they're two separate games (or two separate sizzle reels, in this case).
There were other F2P card games before Hearthstone arrived on the scene. The big difference was, Hearthstone wasn't very greedy with its gold system/cash shop and was immediately appealing, while others had trouble getting a foothold due to complexity or grind.
So now Hearthstone is in the same position WoW was in a decade ago. There's no reason to switch away from Hearthstone because the game is very developed and players have already sunk a lot of time/money into it. Why throw that polish and commitment away for a new, untested game that looks like no more than a "me too" clone?
It's like no one remembers the lessons of the MMO "boom" years ago, and the short lived MOBA "boom" 2-3 years back. At least it won't be very expensive to develop so I guess they don't feel like they have much to lose.
So now Hearthstone is in the same position WoW was in a decade ago. There's no reason to switch away from Hearthstone because the game is very developed and players have already sunk a lot of time/money into it. Why throw that polish and commitment away for a new, untested game that looks like no more than a "me too" clone?
It's like no one remembers the lessons of the MMO "boom" years ago, and the short lived MOBA "boom" 2-3 years back. At least it won't be very expensive to develop so I guess they don't feel like they have much to lose.
Vulcano's assistant
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Diprosalic
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They weren't even being subtle about it.
I would've thought they were for the same game.
no way.
that's hearthstone right? is this a joke and i'm falling for it?
Yeah, I'm all for not milking franchises but and trying new stuff with existing but the Elder Scrolls universe is imo only capable of sustaining one open world franchise. It's barely interesting mythology isn't really suited for something Blizzard is doing with Warcraft.
Interfectum
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They are combined to show how similar the art is.
The first three are Elder Scrolls. The last two (Floating crypt and spider) are Hearthstone.
You wouldn't be alone in being unable to recognize these are actually two different games.
Yep this. Hope they deliver.
Needs Dr. Balance to bring balance to the meta.
If it has team battles or big ffa battles I might be interested. The lack of that is the main thing that drove me and my friends away from hearthstone.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Elder Scrolls RTS when
Its weird because the actual Elder Scrolls look very distinct from anything Warcraft.
MTG is still a very popular and active game, and still the standard that all other card games like this are compared to. Doom and Half Life were long off the radar by the time CoD hit its stride, so people weren't going to be making much of a comparison there.
Deified Data
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This, looks very cheap and outsourced. I don't play card games but I figure attractive and striking art is a pretty big deal, right? Shame to see a publisher that was once so protective of its flagship property whoring it out to ride a bandwagon.
I can't even tell what race those humanoid characters were. They were just generic fantasy archetypes, and TES is anything but generic.
NotoriousPUG
Member
I'll give it a chance. Card games are fun
Hari Seldon
Member
Is it just tablets? The key to Hearthstone is that I can play it anywhere on my phone haha.
Holy shit, thanks for explaining. Had no clue... I guess ThatsTheJoke.gif there
aDanByTheRiver
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this is being made by dire wolf digital, who have hired tons of magic players over the past year
i think lsv, chapin, conley woods, michael jacob just off the top of my head all work there. definitely more as well.
has me quite interested now.
i think lsv, chapin, conley woods, michael jacob just off the top of my head all work there. definitely more as well.
has me quite interested now.
The people taking the time to make the Hearthstone analogy need to take a second and make a mental leap to the fact that the first mover advantage, whilst being pretty massive, isn't EVERYTHING.
Hearthstone isn't an absolutely perfect CCG and plenty of players criticise the relatively low skill cap and extremely narrow number of options it presents you. Granted, Elder Scrolls Legends is probably going to be an asynchronous TCG like Hearth is, sadly, but any other option here for a well backed TCG would be really fantastic.
Looking at their website, game is a chance to use the Unity engine judging by their job adverts, and obviously they've tripled down on MTG pros as designers.
Hearthstone isn't an absolutely perfect CCG and plenty of players criticise the relatively low skill cap and extremely narrow number of options it presents you. Granted, Elder Scrolls Legends is probably going to be an asynchronous TCG like Hearth is, sadly, but any other option here for a well backed TCG would be really fantastic.
Looking at their website, game is a chance to use the Unity engine judging by their job adverts, and obviously they've tripled down on MTG pros as designers.
Portugeezer
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So, uhh... what ever happened to this game?