Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

I enjoyed this game in its infancy a lot, to the point where I even participated in an early promo tournament. So I come back years later thinking about installing it and what do I see? A bloody AI disclaimer. They used AI image generation on marketing material and card art. Thanks for burning down hundreds of forests to generate some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ images. Try generating some morals next time.

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loot_box][b]Warning: Loot Box/Gacha Gambling[/b][/url] This game uses random-chance loot boxes/"gacha" mechanics ("Chance based in-game purchases") to unlock game elements, as a form of gambling and exploits psychological vulnerabilities. This is done for the profit of the developers, regardless of the harm it causes to gamers. This is completely predatory and unethical. Gamers must be aware of the dangers of this predatory monetization and should avoid this completely.[/quote] [quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] [quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: In-Game Cash Shop[/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money/credit card details to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] This was an almost okay attempt to make a Hearthstone ripoff with the major draw (geddit, draw, card game) being animated artwork on the cards. Cool idea, but the developers abandoned this, then rebadged it as "Infinity Heroes" and tried making money with that spinoff, leaving this in the dust. The nasty toxic mobile app cash shop still works, through. Although be warned, the developer has previously taken a bunch of money from gamers for cards then wiped all the cards gamers paid for. Nasty. This is a dead PvP game. Why did "Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game" fail? Time for a video game autopsy. [i]Most PvP games on Steam fail.[/i] Very few of them ever go viral. This game failed because the developer expected it to become "virally" popular without creating any actual reason or compelling features. This doesn't do anything that other games already do better. Competition amongst PvP centric games is extreme, and there's only a finite player base to appeal to. This game failed to reach any kind of critical mass and died as a result. Let's go into some of the reasons this particular game failed to appeal to gamers, despite the zero up front cost. There is no real single player content here. The developer thought other players could replace actual storytelling and level design. That was a bad bet to make, and yeah, the developer lost. Hard. Without a player base or meaningful solo content (storytelling, narrative, you know, what makes games like GTA famous), the game has nothing to offer. Other players are not a substitute for doing the job of a developer and creating meaningful game content. As mentioned, this features really godawful, "wrong" looking AI slop instead of genuinely and sincerely created game assets. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating real game assets or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision. AI slop sticks out like a sore thumb... and it comes across as insulting. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too, and that's glaringly obvious here. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. This game is ancient, it's over 12 years old... it's heavily dated and isn't going to give you a remotely contemporary gaming experience... another reason for gamers to be hesitant about adding this to their libraries. On the important matter of pricing and value for gamers, there's a lot going on here with monetisation, so this really shouldn't be considered a truly free product because of that. This game is infested with mobile app store like microtransactions. This is a consumer hostile model that we don't need to see on PC. It's deceptively priced to gouge gamers, and that's a reason in itself to avoid this. All other issues aside (any of which would disqualify this from being worth your time), this is a game that relies on other players for it to be viable, and because there's not enough players, it's not viable. I can't recommend anyone downloads this, it's basically dead. The use of AI slop is a direct insult to gamers and real, ethical content creators and artists everywhere. AI models are trained on copyrighted intellectual property without permission from the owners. There are over 140,000 games on Steam, not every one of them is a hidden gem. I'm here to help gamers find the ones that actually matter in that sea of Steam Direct self-published mess. If you don't agree with my findings in this review, you should definitely download it and play it to see for yourself. I'm happy to have helped you make an informed choice, regardless of the outcome. You deserve the best.

This was actually my favourite game I had ever played, was obsessed for a couple years played almost daily. Havnt found a digital tcg that comes close. Such a shame that it has completely died, getting all the cards at the start was a weird move with nothing to play for anymore and the epic large community is gone so nobody to play with :( everytime i see game in my steam library I get a pang of sadness at all that has been lost. The same way I feel that bethesda never made another elder scrolls as good as morrowind...

Has bugs, has a barely surviving playerbase HOWEVER, the community that does survive is great and so is the game itself if you stick around long enough

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it's honestly so disappointing to see as if I had nothing. Game can be a ton of fun but I can't recommend a game that can wipe out all of your money spent. Huge disappointment.

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