Stately Citizen Journalism

#2250

Just got an email from White Wizard stating the Epic, the digital adaptation of the card game, will release on February 18 for iOS, Android, and Steam. I was frankly surprised, since it’s been in Alpha on Testflight so long that I stopped playing it.

Email says the game will be completely free and you’ll be able to own unlimited copies of every card, also for free. DLC exists for cosmetic upgrades (foil cards, etc), extra deck slots, and arena / tournament play.

I remember enjoying the cardboard when I played it a while back.

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#2251

Good news! I’m always a sucker for card games and I like the idea of games that aren’t of the collectible nature but that have the same feel.

#2252

I think that’s what sold me on it at first - that Magic feeling without having to chase down a million packs. I liked that it was all self contained in one box, too, and iirc there was a drafting variant instead of spending time building decks. I know some people get into the meta of deck building, but it was never for me.

#2253

Meteorfall just updated to add Varfa the Ranger. I haven’t had a chance to play her yet.

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#2254

I’m on the Epic card game beta TestFlight as well. It’s quite decent implementation and the gameplay is pretty great. Though I agree it’s been in beta strangely for years now. I couldn’t believe how often for how long they pushed out testflight update after update.

Will be good to finally have a release version, but I’m not at all liking the sound of this freeness.

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#2255

It’s possible that I’m a minority of one … but I was so unimpressed with Epic that I literally forgot I was in the beta.

I’m not sure there’s much game there.

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#2256

Same, I Kickstarted the game and have just paid no attention to it since a couple weeks after the beta launched.

I love Star Realms, but just never could get into Epic.

#2257

I’m getting a free copy of it in order to do a review of it for my blog, so let’s hope it’s worth “free”! :slight_smile:

#2258

Magic: ManaStrike is out on iOS. It seems to be Magic: The Gathering meets Clash Royale. It is probably as bad as it sounds. I’ll probably try it at some point anyways because MtG…

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#2259

Disgaea 1 Complete is available on iOS now. The bad news is that is is $33 (US). I personally dislike how many systems Disgaea tries to cram into the genre, but it is still a quality strategy RPG. I’d likely buy if for 1/3 of that price but is anyone takes the plunge (@Private_Prinny?) let us know how it plays.

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#2260

The Problem is, I have the game on PS2, on PSP, on DS (kinda cough) and on Steam.
So I like the series to death and especially the first game, and the aforementioned Steam purchase was voting with my wallet for the support of that kinda games to be released and localized on PC. I couldn’t do that in good conscience now on the iPad (still unemployed, money is tight).

My fear is…since there is so much clicking involved it may be a bit too much on iPad?
I like the FFT on iPad, but I think I will revisit the PSP version the next time I feel the urge to play that game since the controls are more to my liking.

And Disgaea is more involved in that sense than FFT (in regards to how much clicking is involved since you can do way more stuff in Disgaea than FFT).

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#2261

Company of Heroes is releasing on iPads Feb. 13 for $14. I’ve preordered already. Feral is an iOS rockstar and ill buy just about anything they work on.

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#2262

Has there been any word from Temple Gates yet about the Roll for the Galaxy beta?

#2263

No word here since I filled out the form, although I don’t know if they did a staggered roll out.

#2264

Thai makes it sound as though you believe Disgaea is somehow superior to FFT. But. Surely. I’ve somehow. Misunderstood you.

I agree with your assessment that there would be too much clicking. That’s a good point. And I 100% agree that the first one is the best one, hands-down. I stopped messing with the series after the third…I think? It was a while back. I mean the concept alone of questing inside your weapons sort of makes me dizzy.

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#2265

Ooooh, the gauntlet has been thrown.

For what it is worth, I’m on the FFT side, but I think FFT is one of the best games ever made. Where is my sequel?

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#2266

Err…I tried to specify that since I thought that as well. Disgaea is more WHACKY than FFT, but in every other aspect FFT wins.

I like Disgaea for the whacky humor…the darn side content (Weapon leveling and optional dungeon stuff to improve stats) is boring as hell.

Did you ponder playing Disgaea D2?
Thats not Disgaea 2 its Disgaea D2 (a brighter darkness) which is a DIRECT sequel to Disgaea 1 (unlike all other Disgaeas which are self contained like the Final Fantasy games)

I have it on PS3 and was hoping it will be re-released on other platforms but it seems that it didn’t do so well comercially…

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#2267

Picked up Disgaea. It’s fluid, smooth and best of all, not blurry on my 12.9”.

Issuing commands is a touch clunky - there’s a bunch of side menus basically. Scrolling menus is also awkward.

Those nitpicks aside, it’s a really nice port.

I blame seeing @Private_Prinny’s avatar and getting nostalgic for the purchase

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#2268

I know. I was winding you up a bit : )

Dood. I did not know of this. Why is this only on a platform I have no interest in owning?? I would play that. That’s kind of what I was looking for with those other sequel things.

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#2269

Am I the only one thinking “blurry” is sort of out of place in this sentence?