[DaRtH] IrIsH;383683 said:
Just picked this game the other day on sale for 400 MS points. It's pretty fun even though i have no clue what's going on lol
Definitely play the tutorial. Seriously. Helps make sense of the gameplay system. The more you play, the more you'll get it. Trust me, though... hitting up the glossary will help a lot with understanding card functions. Also, if you hit RT to zoom on a card, then hit RB once zoomed, you can click through all of the things the card you're looking at can do (explains things like "haste" and "landfall" with glossary excerpts... but you can see it right in the game instead of going through a series of menus).
Or, better yet, add me to your friends list on Live, and I'll play some unranked games with you and explain anything I can.
MtG is a good game I played for years...is the 360 version any good compared to the real card game? If it is still on sale for $5 I am there!
The 360 version is basically a streamlined introduction to MtG designed to bring new people into the fold. It removes full deck building functionality in order to give a more even playing field for players. However, you can unlock decks and extra cards for each of the decks you have through continued playing. I think the core game comes with around ten decks and fifteen unlockable cards for each deck. There are two expansions, and they each offer three new decks (each with fifteen unlockable cards of their own), three new cards for each previously available deck.
Oh. Land cards are not included in any of these numbers, and land cards are automatically added to your decks.
The downside is definitely the lack of deck building. However, the rest of the game is pretty awesome. The lack of purchasing booster packs is nice. It plays really well; I blame it for my picking up real MtG decks, so it's definitely got something going for it.
Also, if you're into puzzles, there are a number of challenges in the game that give you a near impossible scenario, a predefined hand of cards, and one turn to defeat your opponent against all odds. If you like this sorta thing, then I'd say the challenges alone make the $5 purchase price worth your while. I've spent hours and hours bashing my head against a wall trying to figure some of them out.
It's a really fun game, and I recommend it without hesitation (especially at $5). Just be aware ahead of time that it isn't the full Magic experience (on a side note, there's a Yu-Gi-Oh! game coming to XBLA soon that looks to offer the full YGO experience). Despite being an XBLA game that's been out for a year, it's still easy to find matches online, too.
If you get it, add me to your list.
I really love this game, and my hype for it shows through. I hope I didn't kill you with information overload.
Edit: I should probably post up my XBL tag since I'm saying "add me." lol My tag is Kendrik The Red. Hope to see you guys online.
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