Platform: Android, IOS
Developer(s): R2Games
Release Date: April, 2015
Genre(s): Card, Strategy
Online/Single player: Online
Rating: 4,5/5
Overview
R2Games did it again. They made another successful game. This time, a game that takes elements from both the MMO and RPG genre, and then made it into one of the best card games i have ever played. Not that i have played many card games in the first place, but that is because none of them seems to interest me. Cast & Conquer is different though, in some way i cant quite explain with words. Its just something about this game that makes me want to play it everyday.
Gameplay
You start with a tutorial that teaches you the basics of the game, before you enter the real world where you can chat with other people, add them as friends and all those lovely things we just love about MMO games. In the tutorial you will be introduced to some funky starting cards that you can use in your deck. Your deck can only have 10 cards in it, but this expands as you level up. What i love is that you have to think strategy to actually get anywhere in this game. Filling your deck with random cards that you have no idea what does will not do. You have to read through the cards, maybe a several times to actually understand what they do, and when or where they can be smart to use. The cards have different jobs. Some of them are medics, used purely for healing. Some are tanks. These should be put in the front row of your army, etc etc. But what is most important to understand, is the round count of the cards. Some cards takes 3 rounds to spawn, while some only needs 1. The ones with 3 would be the ones that are more useful, but that doesnt mean you can just spam your deck with those cards, because then you wouldnt be able to spawn any cards before the third round. What is simply beautiful feature to the game is that you can evolve your cards, which means you can turn them into 3 star cards instead of 2 star. To do this, you will need experience, and no Im not talking about experience points you use to level up, Im talking about experience points you get from disolving other, rather useless cards. This is awesome because it opens another cool function to the game. Grinding. You would have to grind some useless cards, and then turn them into evolved cards before you can get further in the campaign. So you will actually have to retry some levels before you complete another chapter. This is cool because then it makes it tougher to complete every single chapter.
Blacksmith
The blacksmith is very useful, because that is the place where you enchant your gear. To do this you will have to spend some enchant stones, which can be obtained from quests and chapters. If you are too lazy to get them from those two, you can always buy them for Garnets.
Enchant stones give you higher chance of successfully enchant an item. This is why they are so useful.
Another useful thing you can do in the blacksmith is crafting new gear. You can for example craft 2 level 1 swords into 1 level 2 sword.
Alchemy
This is where you can dissolve and evolve your cards. Very important for late game.
Arena
Arena is probably the feature i like the most, and is a must for online games like Cast & Conquer. It opens the opportunity to beat the crap out of the other players on the server. When beating someone, you gain Honor points, which is Cast & Conquer´s way of saying, "bitch i have more Honor points than you, means im better than you".
Conclusion
Cast & Conquer is a very basic game. But, it has all the features a online game should have. They made it so it is actually hard to complete the game, and they added some fun stuff to do while waiting for your stupid stamina to spawn. The fact that there is over 1000 cards to obtain, and over 200 campaign levels to complete makes this game very interesting to play.
Pros:
- Classes, like Priest, Sorcerer, Range, and Warrior. Each of them comes with different "Ability" cards.
- So many chapters and cards.
- Cool live action battles. You dont just spawn your cards and imagine a dragon appear on your screen.
Cons:
- You have to pay to fully enjoy the game.
NOTE: I am not fully completed with this game review yet. There is still a lot of features i havent been able to try yet due to lack of levels, resources and such. This is just a review of my personal experience of the game so far.
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