Eternal Destiny

I've been sitting on this review for weeks not because its a particularly hard game to review, but just because I'm struggling to answer the core question of "Would you recommend this game to other players?". This isn't a sideways thumb where it has good and bad, but straight up... you will love or hate this game. Me? I'm the first category. It's worth noting upfront that this is anime waifu game with functional jiggle physics. Even the lovecraftian Fish-People, "Deep Ones", are shown as girls in swimsuits. The writing too leans on the pervy side. I wouldn't call it a straight-up pervy game, but there's just enough that I'd offer a warning. If this bothers you, you can assume its a "No, I don't recommend". And now for the game itself. On the positive side, this is one of the fairest mobile-style CCGs I've played. The game is well-priced, the DLC offers updates if you want more, there's no spending real money, and while there is an energy system... its for a small part of the game and I've not actually emptied the meter despite playing daily for weeks. You get to focus on collecting the cards, building your deck, upgrading your units, using it in several different modes and eventually maybe even playing multiplayer. While less satisfying, the core game play is decent enough. It's kind of a creature focused Yu-Gi-Oh where you summon lot of creatures to the field and trade blows. There's nothing resembling trap or spell cards but only creatures so the strategies and twists-of-fate rarely occur. Instead, you use a combination of matching your monster elements with the terrain on the field, fuse duplicate cards into higher tiers, and feed non-duplicates to raise the stats of your fielded cards to create some semblance of strategy. It's not a deep game, but it works well enough. But, despite the fairness of everything, it's still built on the core of a mobile game. You don't pay real money, you do need grind alot. It has everything from burning cards to upgrade, to tap on the screen repeatedly to "Explore", grinding battle mode for money and experience, and logging in for daily potions. There are dozens of loosely connected systems that are equally enjoyable and frustrating because they exist to slow down the game and gate the content. So ultimately, whether you would enjoy this game depends on how you feel about mobile RPGs. This is the best way to get the mobile card game experience without constantly being badgered to spend real money on gems.