Faeria

This is a review of the base game of Faeria. The game is extremely well designed and the execution of a tactical card game is very fun to play. The main issue is the base game itself. Progression will start to stall after level 5 unless you buy the exp boost DLC. The overall card list is also too small and too unbalanced to support a card game environment. In addition, there are a lot of mobile game design that wants to entice the player to make it a "lifestyle" game, such as daily quests and time based crafting. However, since the game isn't a mobile app it does take more effort to launch the game on a PC. The last big shortcoming is the always online requirement and the online community. The always online requirement means that you won't be able to play the single player content offline, and it means eventually when the servers are shut down you will lose access to single-player content. The online community is basically dead because it is a paid for game instead of ftp. You will most likely be queued with the same players constantly or get no matches at all. Overall, the card game itself is great, the design choices to make it a live-service game is not.

Highly recommended to anyone! Played this waaay back on day 1 of its early access release years ago. Came across this again recently on sale and am very glad I picked it up. Still an absolutely fantastic game. Tight gameplay, deep mechanics, and tons of strategy with not only your cards, but land placement, choice, and unit movement. Sequencing your turns becomes incredibly satisfying when all things come together, and is unmatched in other games of the genre like Hearthstone, Gwent, Runeterra, or Elder Scrolls Legends, when that was around. A very generous and fun solo experience that includes a great draft mode that's fully playable against AI, and a crafting mechanic that lets you craft any cards you want for your deck (with rarer cards becoming craftable as you get into higher levels). Art is warm, bright, and full of whimsy. Music is good and can even be fantastic at times; like when the game knows you're about to win, a chorus will kick off with these nice heavy drums that you can use to time your fatal swing for that oh-so satisfying - THUD - at the end. Some even remind me of Paul Romero tunes. Overall the game is a pure blast, and quickly sinks its teeth into you (Like coming up with deck ideas when you're trying to sleep). Sure, it's not perfect; you can't re-order the cards in your hand, and some of the art can look out of place (Looking at you Hold the Line!), and the board under your cards can't be interacted with (I'd love to make splishy splashy sounds and bother the Yaks when it's not my turn!), but nothing this game does detracts from its charm or enjoyment. Absolutely recommend to anyone, a really fun CCG from start to finish, and I always feel like playing another round or two.

The game is long dead but it was a good ride while it lasted. Great idea, too bad it couldn't catch on to a wider audience.

somehow the game is not dead yet, and that's great because the game is great

我最近在登录游戏时总是无法连接服务器，使用vpn连上也是频繁断线（vpn没问题）。 我肯定不会有开发者处理我的问题，因为他们好像都不关心游戏是否还有没有玩家... 游戏本身还不错，我购买了几乎全部的DLC。 但开发游戏的团队好像只会开发，而不会哪怕最基本的运营。 我深深的为本游戏和本游戏的开发者们感到惋惜。

It was a nice and fun card-hexgrid-game, but changes over time lead to a much less enjoyable experience and a now dead game.

THE best "card" game ever. Though it is much more than most tcg's. The art, the sophisticated and genuinely funny and witty lore, the music, and most importantly the gameplay. ALL on point/ top tier. It is older now, but still as relevant as ever imo. Play it now! :)