There is only half a month left before the launch of the Hearthstone national server, and in order to attract old players to return, Hearthstone previously announced that it will give away all the cards that players missed in 2023 for free. In the past two days, there has also been a reservation event, and it is also a variety of cards, skins, and expressions.
But I don't know how many people have found out, seeing that "Hearthstone" is about to be released, NetEase suddenly brought out a new strategy card battle mobile game "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" two days ago, and I don't know if I want to take the opportunity to gain popularity.
I don't know what everyone's first impression of this game is, Xiaofa's first impression of it is: When did NetEase complete this game?
It seems that this game has not been promoted.,It's online without a sound.,Now reading this article's bad friends.,There may be a lot of people who just know about it.。。。
However, "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" is not strictly a new game, and in October 2022, it was already launched overseas.
The developer of the game is Second Dinner, and it doesn't matter if you haven't heard the name of this small studio, you just need to know that the founder of the studio is Ben Brode, and this old brother is a former employee of Blizzard -
To be more precise, he was the game director of Hearthstone, and many of the studio's other employees came from Blizzard.
Since the official launch of the studio in 2018, Brode has only released one game, which is the aforementioned "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal".
Needless to say, it can also be seen that this is made with the help of Marvel IP.
The card characters are also our old acquaintances, Spider-Man, Captain United States, Iron Man and a large number of heroes appeared, and old Marvel fans watched ecstasy.
With the former director of Hearthstone and Marvel IP, the quality of the game seems to have stabilized.
It seems to be the same in fact, when the national server was not engaged in before, "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" won the award softly.
From IGN to TGA, Steam to GameSpot, there's people everywhere praising it for doing it well.
Let's talk about the TGA award for Best Mobile Game, and the following people competed with it at that time.
Shadow of the Famous Tree, "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" Although it is a card game, its basic framework can still make people feel new.
Overall, the gameplay is simple, but simplicity doesn't mean it doesn't have depth.
Unlike other card games, Marvel: Ultimate Reversal has a unique setting, and that is the terrain.
In each match, three types of terrain appear at random, and then appear in 1, 2, and 3 turns. The number of points on the upper and lower sides of the terrain represents the combat power of both sides in their respective terrains.
The win or loss of the game is actually the competition between the two sides on the three terrains.
The winner is the one who has the advantage in two terrains, and if both sides have the same number of points in one terrain as the opponent, then the one with the greater number of points will win by comparing the total points of the three terrains.
It should be noted that the terrain in the game has its own special effects, which have a great impact on the player's combat power, and it will not work to just pick those high-power cards and play them up.
And this kind of terrain that makes the game full of strategic depth has more than 100 kinds, which is enough for players to play until they are old.
In addition, card players may know that the pace of card games is very slow, and sometimes they have run out of toilets and have not finished a game of cards.
However, these days, LOL players are playing fast-paced Polar Smash Bros., and card games have to keep up with the times. The solution to Marvel: Ultimate Reversal is to share a turn-based system.
Many of the previous card games were turn-based, where you played cards one turn at a time and one turn at a time. In a shared turn, both players play their cards on the same turn, and the cards are dealt at the same time after the round.
Such a game has only six rounds, which is very time-saving to watch.
However, although the two sides enjoy a round together, there is still a sequence of cards, and it is always the dominant side that opens first.
Looking at the ID box under the avatar of both sides, whoever has the edge of the box glows is the dominant side that opens first. Or depending on who occupies more terrain, who is the dominant side.
Experienced poker players should be able to see that sometimes it is also a strategy to put yourself on the underdog.
Because the later the round, the more powerful the cards that can be played, the stronger the function and combat effectiveness, the early stage of showing weakness to cheat the opponent's cards, in the later stage of their own opportunity to play a strong card in the back hand, such as Iron Man, who can double the total combat power of the current terrain, may win directly.
In addition, there are a lot of interesting cards in the game, and various tactics can be developed through the game mechanics, so I won't list them all here.
However, in Xiaofa's view, the smartest thing about "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" lies in its understanding of mobile.
To put it bluntly, this game is played in portrait mode.
Vertical screen games are indeed nothing new, but friends who often play horizontal and vertical screen mobile games should be able to feel that the vertical screen allows you to open the game at any time, and the horizontal screen, which is more suitable for two-handed operation, is a little uncomfortable to play in outdoor and crowded situations such as subways and travel.
The combination of the vertical screen and the fast-paced gameplay of "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" itself basically makes it convenient for players to come to a game anytime and anywhere, such as getting on and off the bus or suddenly someone looking for it, and it will basically not be delayed.
But having said all this, players may be most concerned about whether this game is Krypton or not.
In fact, this problem is not a problem, the world's non-krypton in-app purchase mobile games, that have to be counted on your fingers. The same is true of "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal", as a card mobile game, if you want to play coolly, how can you do it without charging money.
In the game, the content of the main kryptonite can actually be divided into two categories, namely cards and resources.
Right now, Marvel: Ultimate Reversal doesn't start selling card packs, and in order to get new cards, you need to keep unlocking passes or increasing your collection level.
Unlocking the pass is not difficult to understand, increasing the collection level can be simply understood as every time you upgrade your own cards, you can get the corresponding "collection level experience", when the experience is enough for your collection level to upgrade one level, you will unlock some things including cards.
But either way, you've got to give something.
In order to get your hands on a new card, you have two options.
First, you have enough time for eighteen livers, and after playing for a long time, the natural pass will gradually be unlocked. And you can save some enhancement factors to upgrade cards by playing a game, and the cards will be upgraded more, the collection level will go up, and the new cards will be in hand.
Second, krypton.
Charging money can buy card faces, card backs, avatars, titles, enhancement resources and other content, which can allow you to skip the unpleasant liver explosion time. Of course, because of technical problems, I am red and warm, so there is no way.
One thing to say, the current krypton strength looks okay, probably because the game has just been launched, and the strength has not yet begun.
So here's the problem, such a game that looks awesome must have a good reputation among players.
However, the praise rate of its Steam version is only 42%, and everyone thought that there was going to be a big wave, but it turned out to be a big one.
If you think Steam players are too strict, take a look at the mobile player reviews.
In Apple's App Store, it scored 3.3; In Taptap, it got a score of 6.9.
Why did the game win so many awards, but the rating was so low, probably some brothers have guessed it, that's right, such a big game with a new national server, the benefits are too pulled.
I don't ask you to start a service like the second game, but you can't peel it every week.
Call your brothers and sisters, that's it.
In addition, you know the card game purchased in-app, don't play a hammer with krypton.
It's not a problem, the problem is that the things in the mall aren't as fragrant compared to the international server.
So, why would a player spend the same amount of money and buy a worse virtual item?
In addition, players also complained about frequent bugs, unmatched errors, harmonious graphics, incommunicable data with the Steam version, and difficulty in obtaining in-game resources.
This bunch of things is mixed together, and it's not normal for the game rating to not dive.
NetEase, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be so interested in it. On the iOS side, the popularity of games has been steadily declining. I don't know if I was cowardly before the battle, and I lost confidence in it.
One thing to say, "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" is not so bad, everyone sprays around, mainly spraying welfare and mall-related issues, and the basic structure of the game is actually very top.
However, it's not that "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" is bad, it's that other games do better than it.
"Hearthstone" is not to mention, NetEase also represents a card game called "Shadow Verse", this "niche" game can hang "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" with a hammer.
Some people may say that "Shadow Poem" is not good or not, but when it comes to giving benefits, the card guys have to give a thumbs up.
There are a bunch of benefits in the game, you don't know what to do when you charge the money, and some of the linkages exclusive to the national server make the international service brother drool when he sees it.
It is described in the market as follows: NetEase has a total of one stone, the Shadow Poetry occupies 16 buckets, and other NetEase games owe the Shadow Poetry 6 buckets.
The card game circle is so big, the players are so small, and other games rely on their ability to attract players, why does "Marvel: Ultimate Reversal" snatch players over?
I don't know what the final outcome of this game will be, but its current performance really doesn't look like it can bring commercial benefits to NetEase and attract new ones to the card game.
In addition to operating well, it can only be handled coldly for the time being, and I hope that after a while, it can stand up in front of new players.