Hearthstone Game Reviews

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Long time player. I want to extend a thank you to the hearthstone team. I know there is a lot going on at blizzard now. Hearthstones been growing into a great game. I do agree with some of these reviews that the game is not “noob” friendly. I have an extensive card collection, mainly because I don’t disenchant cards. But still I’m able to play any game mode I’m in the mood for. And I think that’s awesome. I personally love duels myself every play through is different even if I have my core set of cards I use. It took me a couple years from launch to understand the game further. I’ve played every single story campaign on normal before I started playing ranked games. I would recommend this game to anyone that enjoys the lore of World of Warcraft. This game will give you great nostalgia if you have grown to love the characters in World of Warcraft. Just look up the Elwyn Boar. It’s a direct dedication to the South Park episode regarding the “Sword of a thousand truths”. And I tell you what - I failed 10 games in a row before I got to use the sword of a thousand truths. But man was it was epic once I equipped and decimated my opponent.

Superbly polished game. Blizzard has built a beautiful game, the production value is abnormally high for a mobile game. The game has good mechanics, and a reasonable approach to “free to play” IMHO. The paywall basically boils down to: you need to choose your engagement/investment level. If you want to play for free and slowly build your collection, you can do that... but, you probably won’t be playing any super competitive decks with all the power cards for at least your first year, and will always make come budget compromises. If you want to fast-track into highly competitive play and run all the best cards, there is always $$$. Blizzard actually improved the F2P experience in a recent update by raising the baseline gold offered by all daily quests while also lowering their completion requirements. It’s now easier and more rewarding to complete daily quests. Personally, I take a mixed approach and set a budget of what I’m willing to spend on the game in a year and buy cards selectively at new set releases, then otherwise just operate using quest gold. Pick how you want to play, just please don’t complain about the paywall. There are no “surprises”: you choose when and how much money you want to spend. If you want all the best cards, don’t want to save for them and don’t want to pay for them, then this probably isn’t the game for you.

Pretty good. This game is a card game that I suggest you try it out. The amount of replay ability and variety of different decks to create is beyond I can imagine. Now that being said, there is always problems; $. I see why people are complaining that to be able to play and make these wild, crazy, and fun decks, you have to spend money. Card packs in this game don’t come often unless you buy them, and a pack is always not gonna give you something your gonna end up using. I get that it seems like a cash grab, but honestly, I just don’t see a problem here. I know that maybe blizzard is probably trying to reel in some cash, but I’ve never spent anything with real money, and I honestly still like the game. Sure getting the gold to buy a pack, and opening to realize it’s not much useful, can be in itself, feel like you wasted some matches to get nothing, but even then, I built my decks pretty fast, and although i get a new addition to it once every 5 openings or so, I don’t mind having to grind to it. It’s just that there’s so many things to do in this game, I hardly ever get bored when it comes to using the same cards, but maybe that’s just me. Also please stop complaining about the bugs. Every time there is a bug it ends up getting patched. You really just need some patience and that is all. In the end, try this game out, give it a day or two, and if you feel like you wanna play some more, go ahead.

Yes, it’s free, it takes patience. It’s a great game and I have played for many years. It is quite feasible to play for free, but you have to be ready for the long haul. If you aren’t, don’t start. Also, forget the wild format. Its a dumpster fire and you’re already way too far behind to chase it. Standard is all I play and here is the formula… Collect gold by completing daily quests, but DO NOT spend ANY of it. You can collect around 8K to 10K to spend when the next set arrives. Each mini set will cost 2K so you will have around 6K to 8K to spend at once when the next full set releases. That’s 60-80 packs. You will get all commons/rares and get about 1500 dust from duplicates. Do this for each of the three cycles in the first two years and you will be able to play at zero to minimal cost. You can opt to pay some up front for the first/current set to get started. At the beginning of the third year dust all cards that go to wild which should give 30K-40K in dust to distribute over the three sets for the year. Again, more patience. Don’t blow it all on the first set of the year. I’m sure some people freaked out at the mention of the third year, but like I said it takes patience:). One more tip..Don’t try to play all classes early on. Aim to get a good set for two or three classes and learn to play them well. It is an expensive trap to jump from class to class and truly expect to suddenly win. Good luck and enjoy.

Frequent crashes ruin an incredible game. I’ve been playing the games a a free to play player for almost 4 years now, and it is without a doubt one of the best CCG’s on the app store. However, as of the past month or so, the latest expansion, Descent of Dragons, has led to at least one crash per game, almost always when trying to play a card from hand. While the reconnect feature helps mitigate the consequences of crashes, the time it takes can lead to a turn skipped, which might cost you the entire game. This is especially frustrating in the ranked mode, where losing each match leads to a penalty. Losing matches is natural, as the variance from game to game makes it almost impossible to win every game, and can normally be attributed to decision made by either you or your opponent, but losing due to a bad client is incredibly off-putting in a game about strategy and decision making. If these crashes can be fixed soon, I absolutely recommend this game and the time it takes to learn the strategy and nuance of game is totally worth the initial confusion. If you have a friend who plays and is willing to help teach you, take them up. Hearthstone has an immense catalogue of over 2000 cards and the learning curve can be quite steep as a result.

Only mobile game I need. I have been a hearthstone player for a little over 2 years now. I have spent countless hours at work, home, and on the go playing. This is a very strategic, action packed, and all around fun filled game. Although some may not all of the constant updates and changes, I feel as though it keeps the game fresh. I have achieved legendary rank multiple seasons and have a lightforge arena key. So yes, I am amongst the best of the best. I have not spent a single cent of real money on this game. I repeat, I have not spent a single cent of real money on this game. It is NOT pay to win as so many other frustrated (and probably bad) players say. This game takes time, patience, and good decision making. Do the daily quests and you’ll get yourself a decent collection in no time. And trust me, you can completely turn around almost any game by executing smart plays and having a little bit of luck on your side. If you are or were a WOW player, then you’ll appreciate all of the characters, sound effects, and little references hearthstone makes to the game. Overall I simply cannot rate this game under 5 stars. The graphics, content, and immersive gameplay always keeps me at the edge of my seat.

Good game but stupid broken events. Listen developers, I think the “Solo Adventures” needs to be fixed and reworked, I’ve spent more time in that area more than anything. Especially rumble and monster hunt, it’s almost like you guys set it up for the player to fail regardless and honestly the passives/treasures needs a bit of an upgrade or rework. They’re some passives that help extremely good and others are just completely useless and terrible. I think you should let the player choose whatever all the passives he likes, not the three passives that are randomly generated. The higher AI’s shouldn’t crush you down really hard when you continue to climb. I understand it’s supposed to be very very challenging but in my opinion I think it’s too much by a lot. Also in ranked play games. I wanna see if you guys can do like a similar skill system and not by random players amongst the same rank or something like that. Make it to were a system can easily put to players who has the same skill level and decks that can be game changers and not like... outright kill a player in the 3rd or 4th turn. More balanced is needed and hopefully you’ll see my response. Overall the game is amazing! I will continue to try and play it more.

The game has become less fun since the last major game change.. I’ve been playing this game for over 6 years, so I’ve put a bit of time into it and have even made purchases from time to time. It used to be you would earn 10 gold every three games and there would be daily quests that would also give gold. That was great. It was simple, straightforward, and allowed for a decent rate of booster pack purchases, especially for people who don’t have a lot of time to play. Obviously, someone at Blizzard didn’t like that, so a new “reward” system was introduced. At first, it also seemed to reward players fairly well and even gave credit to players doing solo adventures. There were gold rewards, skins, and the occasional booster pack to give players incentive to play the game. It was nice...until you reached the end of all the available rewards. At that point, it becomes a grind. You have to play and play and play some more to “level up” your reward rank in order to be given more gold. This level of sheer grinding is why I barely play the game anymore and would probably explain why the game’s rating is only 3.5 right now. I’d advise anyone curious about playing this game to find something that doesn’t require you to slog through matches in order to improve your gaming options.

Game has become an unmitigated cash grab. I’ve been a loyal hearthstone player for six years and the most recent update has been the straw that broke the camel’s back. For a long time the progression system has forced new players to either spend large amounts of money or large amounts of time in order to actually enjoy the game. Blizzard has consistently increased the price required to play and enjoy the game. Most recently Blizzard promised a new progression system that would give more of everything to players no matter how much they play however it is clear that the sole purpose of the new system is to increase profits. Numerous players have done the math and found that the new system rewards all players less while being complicated enough to conceal that fact. Furthermore, the new system feels awful because rewards are now so spread out you often won’t receive anything after days of play. Lastly, the only response from Blizzard to this outrage was that there were going to be “events” in the future that would make the system comparable to the previous version. This doesn’t really dress the problem that the old system was bad, that the new system is less transparent, and that previously events were on top of the normal progression. The new update has also introduced a huge number of bugs and made it clear that the only thing Blizzard is spending money on is new ways to extort players out of their money.

Not as good after the new wears off!. I originally gave this game a 5 star fantastic review, but I now must take it back... This game is fun, but there are also a LOT of un-fun things about this game! The arena is the most disappointing part in my opinion. It is highly inconsistent and I have had so many drafts where my card pool was so terrible that even if I was a grandmaster level player I wouldn’t be able to get 3 wins. Then there is the overall cost to be a competitive player and have a small variety of decks. This isn’t like typical card games where your cards hold actual trade/sale value. So all you can do is pay for packs and hope to either get the cards you are hunting for or 4 other cards of that rarity to break down and create the card you want, IT’S A FLAWED SYSTEM! I know Blizzard is loving the cash flow though! If the game continued to hook you up with packs, the way it does when you are a new player, then it would make the game more fun! I loved playing and winning packs, it motivated me to spend money. All those free packs dry up fairly shortly after you start playing regularly. And the quests hardly pay a half pack a day, it makes the game dull! Who wants to continuously play with 1 or 2 decks every day? Not me, it gets boring, then you can’t even get value out of crafting 1 deck into another, it’s all bad. Blizzard seriously needs to improve the games dull factor.

Great game.. I have spent 100+ hours in this game and have played it semi-steadily since its initial release. It’s a great game that has evolved intelligently over the years. It is definitely not a pay-to-play game. It’s true, you do have a choice to pay for card packs and extras, but win rate is not effected at all by a players readiness to drop money into the game. It’s this aspect (among many others) of the game that reflects favorably upon the developer’s good choices during game development. There are many resources in game and online to help new players craft top tier decks that have high win-rates in ranked play. Many of these decks use simple card choices and strategies. However, don’t be fooled by my use of the word “simple.” It’s a very challenging game and will test your strategy and tactical skills. You will suffer some frustrating losses, but these should not reflect badly on the exceptional development team blizzard chose for this wonderful game. All losses challenge your skill to adapt decks that can be used semi-consistently agains all heros, decks, and strategies. All losses are learning experiences rather than testaments to the game’s apparent imbalance. I probably should have given this game a 4.5, or perhaps even something close to a five, but no game is perfect or without flaws. However, this game is very possibly the closest a mobile-friendly game has ever come to being “perfect.”

Hearthstone is great. It’s not perfect, but. It’s the game I may have played most my whole life. It scratches almost all of those magic the gathering itches and is a lot cheaper to play. Being a mobile app makes it more accessible too. I’ve spent many hundreds of hours and even a couple hundreds of dollars on this game. It’s very easy to justify a purchase on this game over buying a new piece of media for entertainment due to the replayability of Hearthstone. I’ve been playing since it’s second expansion and though I did find myself taking a 1 year break from the game, I believe such intermissions of obsessions are common in this field. I have taken many breaks from magic the gathering, and like magic I’ve found myself back into hearthstone. Just like riding a bike. I was back to rank 5 on the competitive ladder in just 1 day. Though now they have added a new way to play that is free and requires you to have nothing but time. Battlegrounds is my new favorite way to play hearthstone. I hit rank 3 on the ladder before discovering the joy of battlegrounds and now I’m having trouble doing anything but battlegrounds. Cheers to the new development team. I was worried about the state of the game after the departure of Team 5’s first lead, and former head director of HS, Ben Brode, but hearthstone is just as fun and animated as ever. Looking forward to the demon hunter!

Fun, but there’s a big downside. The game’s mechanics are fine, runs like a dream. There is one issue I have with this game that seems to plague all mobile games that has PvP and Hearthstone looks to not be an exception. It’s fine if you want to include in game purchases, but, it’s not fine if this gives you a scathing advantage that makes the game NOT fun. There must be an aggregate that balances this out, though, I have no idea how you’d do this since this looks to be by design. If you’re not willing to do in game purchases, good luck getting any kind of headway in PvP, you might as well write that off. Arena and the Solo mode are the only redeeming factor for me. If those two components were not part of the mobile game I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. So, if you’re not willing to fork over the dough, PvP will be beyond frustrating and will cause many to rage quit. I give up a lot of the times and just take the loss, it’s not even worth trying when you don’t stand a chance. I think players feel this advantage because sometimes they won’t let me give up. That’s the catch, Blizzard is waiting to hear those cash registers ring by those who become sick of losing.

Love this game but mobile UI is WAY too small. I am on an iPhone 11 which has a fairly decent screen size. I pretty much exclusively play Battlegrounds which is my favorite mode. I play it on PC often but I figured I’d download the mobile version for when I’m on the go for work and have some downtime. The mobile version works just fine, but my problem with it is there is a TON of wasted screen space. On either side of the playfield there is a large border that is fine on PC but on mobile every tiny bit of screen space matters. I often end up in situations where I have some cards in my hand and I have no idea which card is which, and I waste several seconds of my turn just trying to see which card I’m about to select. Then, because the UI is so tiny, i oftentimes choose the wrong card and play it by accident because I’m trying not to waste too much of my timer. This ends with the wrong units being summoned, the wrong cards being chosen to buff or for effects, it’s just a mess and extremely frustrating because it’s easy to accidentally derail your whole strategy just because the tiny UI screws you over. If you guys could figure out a way to utilize screen space better for mobile devices that would be awesome and it’d be a 5 for me. As it stands it’s just not very much fun to play because it’s very finicky and frustrating.

Fun game, but.... The game overall is fun, I would give it 5 stars. However, the first time I downloaded it it wouldn’t let me make an account, which is needed to play with friends and save my progress. When I finished filling out the account creation form, it asked for a security input, which I assume is one of those ‘I’m not a robot’ pictures where you type in what it says. I was unable to do this security input because it wouldn’t load the picture so I couldn’t see what it was. If you’re under 18 there is no security input, so I set it to my actual birthday hoping to go through a parent email to get my account activated. When I tried to do this, however, a dark red rectangle with an x in the upper left corner appeared when I clicked ‘create account’. I assume this box is meant to tell you what’s wrong, but nothing was wrong and the box was blank. I had filled out all the fields correctly. After this, I decided the game was taking up too much space on my phone, so I deleted it planning to reinstall it once I freed up some space. After I had more space, 2.8 GB to be exact, I redownloaded the game. After I downloaded it, I had 1.3 GB left on my phone, which shouldn’t be an issue for anything. When I opened the game, it said ‘Failed to get update. Please check your network connection.’ My WiFi works perfectly fine for everything else, so this should not be an issue. The game fully downloaded all 1.5 GB so I don’t understand why it doesn’t work. Please fix this.

Not pay to win. While waiting for an update I see a few post stating pay to win. This is simply not true, they just lack the patience to put in the time for packs, dust, gold. It can be a grind but to be honest I didn’t even notice, you just adapt your deck to your dust supply until you are where you want to be. I’ve not bought very much, mostly the solo plays and starter pack, but I have several decks that I use without mass pack buying. The only real difference would be buying a meta deck on day 1. Unless you have saved up the dust that could take a few weeks to grind but this really is not a pay to win game and those that say otherwise learn some patience. They made it really easy for beginners with the 50 rank system. Just make sure you choose standard play, wild is crazy. The main thing blizzard does in all the games they ever make is overpower certain classes, aka flavor of the month. However in this game it’s flavor of the 2 yrs. Deathknights were a cancer I was happy to see go. For that reason alone I drop it a star, it may be a good selling strategy but DK Guldan was the most disgusting atrocity to ever enter a video game period, Jaina wasn’t much better.

My opinion. I’ve been playing this game for a long time and I’ve read a lot of the reviews. I hope new players see this and take it into consideration. This game is very difficult to start fresh in, other people point out that you either have to spend a lot of money or time to even try and catch up to players that have been playing for years and it’s true. In my opinion if you’re thinking about getting this game on a whim and it’s not something your seriously interested in play don’t get it, however if you are serious it’s very possible to play semi regularly and without paying any money. Play they game and focus on the challenges they put out, it might be a slight grind but it can be a very fun and enjoyable game. Play the solo quests and take advantage of any and all free offers. Save the gold rather than buy packs as soon as you get the coin, and take 10 minutes to look through the different deck builds to find one you like. This game does without a doubt have its downsides but it’s also really fun and I enjoy playing it and probably won’t stop anytime soon. If you read this I hope it’s been insightful and if you’ve considered getting it because of this review try and enjoy it! But don’t stress yourself out or burn yourself out trying to grind, it’s game your supposed to enjoy it.

Disgusting reward change was the final straw. The game already had horrible economy, gold evert 3 wins, a chunk of gold for 3 quests a day which wasn’t too bad, the dust system thy required 4 legendaries for one new craft and the crazy fact that drop rates are so garbage that spending 80 dollars you didn’t get all the cards, hell even spending 140 you couldn’t get the last few cards. When you have to spend almost 3 triple A games worth of cash on a free to play game to keep up and do it 3 TIMES A YEAR, that is unacceptable. I did it due to the fun I had still, but now with the blatant lies of them not lowering gold values with the new reward system, which does lower it substantially and also makes you not earn anything for long grinding hours after a certain level. The reward track is very thinly filled compared to other passes, the “premium” area costs 20 dollars and only rewards a tiny bit more. Combine all this with the mini set mid expansion set to leak more money and the fact that other game modes don’t advance quests/achievements now and their newest mode has abilities locked behind “have this many epic cards from latest expansion”. Which makes it a pay to win on a previously unfettered game mode. Don’t play this game as it stands all it wants to do is soak up your life savings more than provide a fun experience.

Battlegrounds is now pay to win instead of play to win.. I enjoyed Battlegrounds ever since beta and it was my main reason for playing Hearthstone. You use to be able to save your gold to unlock each season and now it’s behind a paywall. Why is this a problem, because you get two heroes to choose from instead of four. Most of the games have people that conceded because both heroes are gimped. I never use to concede as I could find at least one of four that I liked playing, now I concede 2-3 games at the start. Which makes it so you might concede after round one if you’re playing a hero that requires other players to play against. If I’m playing Ragnaros the Fire Lord for example and I start the game and 1 person (usually more) have conceded there is a good chance I will be eliminated before I unlock the hero power because there’s not enough minions to take out. This will lead me to concede. A lot of players are playing the same way because of the two hero issue and it’s making the game a chore to find a good hero and a game where everyone stuck around. I use to play to rank up, now knowing that it’s a game of concede I play the occasional game for fun and don’t care about my rank as I will probably lose it from conceding often. Blizzard, if you’re going to put a paywall up please at least give everyone a fair start and allow us all to choose from four heroes.

Help I’m poor. If you are free to play like me then I’m sure you’ve seen the new system read some reviews and are not happy about it. If your a new player let me give you the run-down. Blizzard has implemented a new system that gives you less packs. Why less packs are so bad is because of power creep (as time goes on cards get more and more powerful) making a demand for new cards hence making new packs more powerful. In a single pack there are 5 cards and a REALLY rare chance for a legendary but that’s not important, what matters is that if you’re free to play and game casually, you will never be able to make it in the standard format as it constantly evolves around different cards making you have to farm everyday for packs, that only leaves the wild format for us free 2 players as old cards (now banned in standard format) are able to be used. Since you can’t get the best cards you’ve going to be at the bottom of the leaderboard. Especially since people in wild format (like me) has already been on for years and have gotten cards over grinding for a century. Now if spend real life dollars; sure, sure you can get ahead and get to be in standard where you won’t be power crushed at bronze 10 to secret mage unless you want to farm (which this new system in hearthstone has now made it harder to do). Have fun! Please don’t spend years of your life on this game, I regret my mistake.

Not rating the base game, just battlegrounds. Battlegrounds is an experience that you don’t find in many other games. Everyone starts from the bottom, and from there it’s up to you to adapt what you’re given to be the last one standing. I’ve played battlegrounds for a long time now, and even though I’ve never spent a cent on the game that doesn’t stop me from getting a good placing. The most amazing thing about it is that despite playing so many games, I still can find new unconventional ways I’ve never seen anyone use to make a strong build and place first with, although there is certainly an aspect of RNG to the mode, 99% of the time I do badly is my own fault, gambling for a specific build rather than rolling with the punches. There are occasionally builds that tend to outmatch others, but if you know how to counter them you can even beat an army of divine shield, poison murlocks with an army that would usually be crushed. And builds that are brokenly overpowered are nearly always nerfed sooner or later, but even with the occasional imbalances and things I dislike, you are far from locked into a single build, and it’s nearly always in your power to pull together a contender for a win.

🐸. I have been playing hearthstone since the day of its release. I really enjoy playing card game passively in my free time, and this fits in to scratch that particular itch. I think this game is probably the most polished of any card game I’ve played wether mobile or not, blizzard does not skimp on quality here. With all of the updates and changes over the years with achievements and the addition of tavern brawl and the two other game modes, there isn’t a lack of content here. Most people will complain about the steep price hearthstone has, and yes it is true but honestly this game is truly free to play. Will it take you forever to get decent cards? Of course but with the free packs every week and special events that happen, If you play this game for fun and less for competition you’ll eventually get every card you’ll need. If you’re the type of person that looks at a free to play game and thinks, well if I don’t need to pay money I won’t then this game is perfect for you. It’ll take time for you develop a collection, but games are meant to be savored not consumed. If you are big into the competition seen, this game is expensive, but you are probably coming from another card game like magic the gathering or yugioh where you can easily spend that kind of money if not more to make a decent deck. Either way this is a fun game, give it a shot, the animations and voice acting are superb. This game is worth giving a shot.

Solid Card Game, Great Solo Play. I got sucked back in for the first time in 5+ years, and it’s grown a lot since then. Like most games, there’s micro-transactions for ‘loot boxes’ and bonus content, but there is more than enough free content that not buying them doesn’t impact your play all that much. The solo adventures have gotten wayyyyy better since the game first came out. Mercenaries is a lot of fun, the story-type heroes campaigns are really cool and very challenging. When it first came out I felt bad that I couldn’t participate in the seasonal campaigns because I couldn’t afford the micro-transactions, but now there’s more than enough content that I don’t feel the FOMO like I did before. It might change if/when I get through the free content, but that won’t be for quite some time. You can get a lot of free cards and packs and stuff even from just the solo play campaigns if you don’t want to face the arena, duels, vs, etc. You can earn coins to go into the arena, earn prizes based on that, and earn more coins etc that it should pay for itself without having to throw real world money at it. If you have the expendable cash, go for it fam, but it’s not such a strict paywall to the point where poorer players are not left in the dust.

Was part of the beta team, played for five years, and now will never touch the game again.. I feel bad for those that will never know what hearthstone used to be like. It was a great game that was not over complex and you did not have to pay to play. Sadly that has changed dramatically in the last couple of years and in 2020 I finally said enough is enough. One of the biggest problems with this game is there is too much luck involved. You can have all the skill in the world but if that rate card doesn’t start in your deck or pop out when it should you have no chance of winning. If you don’t have the latest card good luck in winning. It’s always blowing my mind how irrelevant older cards become with each expansion so then the question comes why even keep all the old cards. I could never will recommend this game to new players. You would have to spend an absolute fortune to even be able to build a deck that would be competitive enough to move five levels, then you would have to spend a fortune to build a second deck to move another five levels and so on and so on if you even have the chance of getting into a competitive level. Not only that you would have to play a minimum 5 to 10 games a day just to have a chance of breaking into the top 10 levels. Do yourself a favor and never play this game.

Amazing game with an unlimited amount of fun and strategy.. Over the years I’ve recognized a passion within myself for this game I love the strategy the challenges and the different stories that go along with it the developers have done a great job keeping the game different over the years so it never feels monotonous. You don’t have to pay anything to actually get ahead in this game within the ranking system for certain modes and you can still earn cards and decks and rewards without spending any money. The game offers a lot of different strategies techniques and there’s a huge online community always available to give you information to better your decks and strats. I have always love blizzard games and I’ve been a fan since the beginning keep on keeping on guys!! *****SIDE NOTE*****. anybody out there that gives the game less stars because of a bug or some type of network lag or application problem they experienced, lacks the understanding that technology requires tweaks, it’s something new, of course there will be an occasional issue, it happens on every platform and every game. Some people are able to recognize them and some cannot. My point here is that you lack patience for the develops that made the game. Give them a moment to see what is going on and to fix it. Blizzard has been an amazing company until the merger with Activision, however they still do a great job maintaining their games. This behavior alone, Blizzard has built their reputation off of.

Want to be competitive in standard? Then you need to pay.. I always thought that decks with neutral cards that replaced certain class cards could still be competitive in standard mode. Unfortunately that is not the case, and most decks out there have like 90-95% of the same cards with some decks out performing others by carrying more (epic/legendaries) etc. I spent around $90 on this game and I still don’t have the amount of cards that I need to go past platinum 5 in ranked standard mode. Most Demon Hunter, Paladin, Druid and Hunter decks carry the same cards. If you carry anything other than the class cards or legendaries that come with some of these decks, you will most likely not be competitive enough to ever reach diamond or legendary in standard mode guaranteed. I live for competition and that is what makes games fun is the competitive nature of the game. When you have to pay in order to reach the next tier competitively it takes the fun out of the game. Pros: Graphics, constant new content (tavern, solo adventures etc.), storylines Cons: Invest a lot of money to play competitively, can not play this game without Wi-Fi

Played since 2015. Game was a lot of fun growing up always easy to play on my phone/computer with tons of people online. Was always a heavy grind to get cards but it was definitely doable and now with the new battle pass it is a lot easier to get gold and packs. I only play battlegrounds now and occasionally duels, the main game is not too fun to me anymore unless it’s wild and even then you need to look up what the meta is. Cards are definitely easier to get now than they were but it is still effort and new players will still have to play a good amount to build a good deck. This game is one of the only mobile games that has made it through every one of my iPhones and I can’t see myself not playing it as they update battlegrounds a lot. The RNG in this game makes it really fun however it can definitely be annoying at times and force you into throwing a game. Same goes for the packs, hit rates for legendaries aren’t ridiculous and it is pretty easy to get staple cards through trading and doing quests for the battle pass. The card art is one of a kind and the voice/sound effects are corny at times but still very well done. This game was obviously geared towards WoW players, however It is still a great card game for anyone. Easy to play, hard to master. If I had to rate this game out of 10 it would be a solid 8.5, would be a 10 if they added buddies back to battleground 😅.

Very Addictive Strategy Game. I have been playing this game for years. The way they release expansions allows new players to jump in. Its possible for occasional players to be competitive, but only if you understand the strategy behind your deck. You can copy decks online with an easy copy and paste (smart!). If you know the game well enough, you might concede a game early. Every deck has a weakness so its very rewarding to anticipate what the other player is trying to do and then respond. To be honest, if you want to be casual, it would help if you completed the daily quest and maybe pre-purchase the expansion if you don’t have any cards. Expansions come out fairly frequently and they change game dynamics significantly enough that it always creates a fun learning curve. You can buy extra packs easily off just completing daily quests at a reasonable rate. It does seem harder to get legendaries now, but this is partly due to a larger number of possible cards and how often they release new cards now. Games sometimes take longer than desired due to the other player taking forever. Only complaint is I wish they would slightly reduce turn time and the cost of expansions/packs because if you get addicted this game is a money pit.

Update makes game not enjoyable.. I’ve played this game for almost 3 years now. In the beginning I loved the game! The card design and strategic gameplay was fantastic! That being said, this new “year” of hearthstone has been unenjoyable to say the least. Before the game was balanced out very well. Now I feel as if the game has thrown the strategic gameplay out the window. Now it’s turned into a luck based game. You’d be doing good at one point then the opponent plays one card and wins them the game. There’s too many cards that automatically wins people the game which makes for tasteless gameplay. Even if you play the game’s supposed “best decks” it still doesn’t not change the luck based gameplay. Meaning that a brand new player can “strategically” beat someone that has a high rank. I’m not even sure the game can be fixed at this point in the meta. Go back to the old ways where people had to strategize instead of adding broken cards that automatically win people the game if it can’t be killed in time. Too many over-powered cards around these days. I’d say this game is definitely not F2P. Also to add the best decks at most give you about a 50% win rate. However, that is if you get lucky enough to draw the cards you need.

You need to play a lot to play free.. I’ve gotten to a point now where I play enough to get enough gold for lots of packs for each new expansion. But it only got to this point because I used to pay a lot, so I have enough bad cards to disenchant for the good new ones I don’t get that come out. However, I do believe you can reach high ranks including legend without paying a cent. All new users to hearthstone get a free meta deck. I believe these get updated with each expansion. These may include few or many legendaries and epics, *especially “highlander” or single card decks that include synergy cards by only having 1 copy of each card in your deck (but by the time next year comes these cards rotate out so highlander decks will be gone). When you start, pick a deck with lots of legendaries and epics, play that deck and play the game a lot to build up a bunch of gold by doing quests and do the “tavern brawl” every week for a free classic pack, also with each new expansion you get straight up free cards and a free legendary, along with free card packs with new expansion quests. Over time, you get into a rhythm of saving up gold for the next expansion, disenchanting crap cards and making 1 to 3 viable great decks for each expansion. You have to play a lot, your limited to a couple classes as well, but I find that it’s actually more fun to main a class or 2 anyway. Good luck.

Be careful what you wish for.... I have played this game with my brother and that’s about the only reason I will continue playing. I will tell you why I disapprove of this game but please take it with a grain of salt. Any person can be disgruntled so your skepticism is well founded. However I am not happy with this word random. Anything can be calculated. Take for instance this creature that finds the perfect card for the situation you find yourself in. Games run in ones and zeroes and if you think like this you’ll find that no card draw, no hand, no opponent, no pack opening is actually random. It’s based in formula, one that’s based upon making a person whom plays for free a poor player from the standpoint that credit cards may give an edge where poor playing and decision making exist. This didn’t stop me, I found ways of using this to my advantage. I would play a card then concede so that I could play players that weren’t immediately advantaged by better cards. Then as I accumulated better cards I made decisions based on utility of cards and not random judgements. I wish I could say that I have really achieved anything, I only play one class because I don’t have the cards to be competitive in all classes. This has made the game very boring. If you play this game and you play for free then my suggestion is... play something that didn’t calculate your win or loss before you even started. Good luck.

Only game there is. Such a good game. This is the only game to completely hold my interest across so many years and it never gets stale always new content expanding game modes and stories. Even a cool yearly rotation that keeps things fresh. Regular matches have 3 play styles, there is a weekly wacky custom game called brawl, so many play styles and decks, duals, mercenaries, battlegrounds, solo storyline and more. So many unique play styles that are all worth playing. Two areas it falls short. You cannot talk to other players. A voice chat on/off option during matches would be very cool. People only message you when they are upset and they lost a match, and even then it’s typing when if you’re in a game is hard to do while playing. And you can’t use the in-game gold to buy a lot of the items. You can still do free play on the games and do well, and use gold to get more cards. But lots of cool stuff I wish you cooks get just by saving up and playing a lot. Even if the gold price is really high there should still be one. Especially I think all of the fun visual items should be unlockable with the gold you can earn. Outside of these small things there are endless good things to say and I recommend anyone who reads this to play this.

Awesome game!. I’ve been playing this game for years, and it never gets old, and I’ve never paid a cent!! There is an enormous amount of playability and variation, you can never run out or do it all. People who are complaining about needing to spend money are just feeling like they’re missing out by not having the most spectacular cards. So buy them if you want! But the system matches you with appropriate players, so you never end up being out powered, and it’s far from boring with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of cars to choose from and many more coming out all the time. The whole thing is about being creative with how you make your deck and you don’t need the most overpowering cards to do that, in fact it’s basically laziness if you want to win that way. This game is fantastic and super deep. My only complaint is that one of the heroes - The Lich King - is better than all the rest, so lots of people play it and it feels totally unfair and again like they’re being lazy and almost like they’re cheating. I never play that character and love it when I wipe the floor with it, which I do frequently with my finely assembled decks.

Awesome game, but awful support. First, I would like to note that this is not a great F2P game. I don’t mind that, I love the game so I don’t mind spending money on cards or adventures. However, if you’re strapped for cash this prob isn’t a great game to get into. The game has major updates maybe 3-4 times a year, and it’s unavailable for mobile players about 48-72 hours after each release. I can guarantee after each release issue they’ll tell you to uninstall/reinstall, but it’s never worked for me. Usually I just assume I can check back in a week, and low and behold it’s back without me having to uninstall and reinstall. From a user experience perspective, this isn’t a great troubleshooting recommendation for mobile players... most people are using cell data. I’d at least prefer they were honest about it... “hey, we messed up - here’s some dust or coins as compensation.” That aside, it isn’t enough to deter me from playing - it’s like magic the gathering but different and more convenient IMO. I’m a big Warcraft fan and I love playing all the different cards. I’d recommend trying it if you’re into card games for sure, just be aware of the availability issues.

Love it BUT. I have played hearthstone for about 4-5 years now. I started playing with my kids, and we still play a lot. We’ve strayed away from wild and standard games, and have switched to playing battleground more often. Which is great! As life got busier for us all, it was harder to make new classes so battleground gave us a chance to still enjoy the game together. BUT the algorithms of battleground can be very nonsensical. For instance, if you are playing w a hero whose hero power has to do with a specific minion type, it’s ridiculous that you can go 3-4 turns without seeing that minion type. It’s quite obvious that there are people that are statistically picked to win. You can see it in the way the minions attack and the lack of useable cards that are given to other players. Since we often play in a group in person, we talk about what we’re seeing and it’s annoying that we can pick out who will win based on the cards that come across our paths and what that one other player has, which is crazy stuff like a 5 star minion on turn 3. Like, come on now! Still enjoy the game but wish it was a bit more fair.

F2P Completely Possible. I’ve been a completely free player for this game since I started playing back in the beta, and this is easily the most fair game on the mobile market. Of course, it does take a little while to gather coins and save up essence, but after about a year of grinding, I’ve consistently had at least one highly competitive deck for each following season. Also, even if you don’t want to play the main game, you get the first chapter of each single player mode for free. Alongside Battlegrounds mode, which might be the most fair and balanced game mode I’ve ever played. You need to spend exactly $0 to be the best at battlegrounds, and can climb to the absolute top not only without spending a cent, but also without feeling like others have a competitive edge against you for paying. This game of course has its issues, but Blizzard balances often, and with frequent hot fixes, this game offers a supreme experience whether your pockets are deep or not. Take it from the guy who still wears clothes from high school 7 years later, this is easily a free to play game.

Spent money to not even have a chance.. Literally makes no sense, every hero besides warlock quest line takes like 3 or for turns. Hunter class literally has to cast 2 basic low cost spells over and over, warrior has to play pirates… literally their whole deck can be pirates and finish and win easy, Druid uses one card and gets 20 MANA and wins by have extremely strong cards, I PLAY WARLOCK I have to LOSE OVER 20 health to do anything then what makes it worst I have to some how manage to get all that back while surviving the 3 mains every player uses because they see how easy it is to win. I can’t even pass silver 7 rank. You talk about players that match with your skills I’m facing the same 3 hero’s 95% of the time. I even paid a lot of money over the years for what !!! To be destroyed by people who literally find A way to win because it’s easier not because it’s skill. You have me killing myself to try to get a quest line or even to get extra cards to catch up. If I even dare trying to switch hero’s I have to buy packs because I don’t get any great cards. If your going to have me drain my life with warlock atleast make it to where his quest line gives you a chance or his life tap is 0-1 mana leaving time to have a fighting chance.

Stacked against you. I’ve been playing Hearthstone for almost 8 years now; I downloaded it a few days after release. It’s a pretty good game, but after 8 years of playing it’s just very obvious how you get matched against an opponent. They claim that “you will be matched against an opponent of your skill”, but what they are really doing is matching you against an opponent who has a deck that has a good chance of beating yours. I’ve had several times now where I get matched against the same person in the next round or against the same person a few days later. Miraculously pretty much every opponent has a card in their deck that will kill yours. Every single time. If you like your matched to be automatically stacked against you, this is a pretty fun game. If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t be playing for 8 years. But why don’t they just tell you how you are getting matched? You’re getting matched evenly with a deck that has the same percentage chance to beat yours. After a while, it just gets really tiresome. And just when you get used to the new cards, they bring out a new expansion and you have to learn all the new stuff again (which is automatically stacked against you). No randomness, and that gets tiresome after a while.

Hard to argue. Even with all its flaws, this is still hands down my favorite mobile game. I admit I’ve paid into it, but I don’t believe it was necessary to have fun or be successful. There are man useful websites that give you detailed lists of “cheap” decks for each race that can carry you to top ranks. I started out using these myself before I was able to get creative with the game. These decks are low on epic and legendary cards but still get the job done. Utilizing these decks each expansion will help you build a library and eventually start adding those legendary cards into the mix. The solo adventures are tons of fun, battlegrounds is fun, duels is fun, and the new mercenaries mode is fun. I have played for a long time and still find new ways to have fun. Yes there are flaws, on the surface it looks like a pay to win system and you will undoubtedly run into those “meta” decks that always seem to win. Like I said I have paid real money here and there, and also didn’t regret it at all. For me it’s hard to argue anything negative when I have personally gotten so many hours of enjoyment out of this app.

Best game. I have been playing hearth stone for quite a few years now. I enjoy how easy it is to learn the new expansions and how many different ways there are to play this game. Many people complain that you have to pay to play but that is not true at all. I just play end of cumulate in game gold which I buy packs with. The cards I get that I already have or are not useful to me I just disenchant and then use the dust to make the cards I want. The only problem I have recently is the duplicate and triplicate cards I have that blizzard does not allow me too disenchant or do anything with. So I have a huge backlog of old cards that are uncraftable that I never use and I have to wade through to look at the cards. It would be nice to find a different way to arrange that or allow us at a discounted price to get rid of the uncraftable cards for some dust. Other than that, this is one of the best games I’ve ever played it never gets boring I don’t get stuck having to play with it for hours I never get tired of it all of you should try this game it is the best.

Honest Review. The game is a strategical with many millions of different combinations of play styles. It also has multiple game modes, all which are unique, respectfully. The upside is one could get addicted to this game because it is very engaging and fun. The down side is starting off a on a new account is massive disadvantage. Just to have even a slight chance against the top players, a player would need to spend at least $150 BUT, that is only one game mode out of 6 different ones to choose from. I’d say out of the 6, you’d only need to pay to win for 2 of the categories. The other 4 categories are still super fun and you don’t need to pay 2 win. It’s more luck based and skill based. Card animation is also a problem for mobile gamers. They do take a bit longer to play (compared to cpu card animation) and that is an overall disadvantage. Other than those 2 problems I’d say this game is still pretty solid. You don’t have to play pvp (a pay 2 win category) to enjoy the game. Personally I’d recommend battlegrounds and arena for free 2 play. I’d recommend buying an account from a trusty worthy site for much cheaper if you’d like to play pvp (you’ll save around $50-$125 buying an account).

Good only because it’s the only one. I’ve played over 5000 games on hearthstone so this review isn’t out of hate. I enjoy hearthstone, for what it’s worth however hearthstone is not a card game, it’s a card simulation, BIG emphasis on simulation. From first glance you’d think this is a card game and like any card game the nature of probability reigns supreme but in hearthstone that’s not the case. After thousands of games you begin to notice a pattern. Your cards aren’t randomly selected, they’re grouped together based on alike variables. It’s the reason people have adapted to using duplicate cards rather than waiting for the probability of drawing a card. Another thing you’ll notice is that if you Emote you’re destined for failure. Do not emote unless you want the AI to take vengeance on profile for at least the next 4 games, by sabotaging your card selection. And or matchmaking you against cliche strategies, most commonly the priest or shaman. Lastly hearthstone needs to fix its cards instead of continuously making new decks with bigger and better powers that overpower the older cards from rare to legendary. Hearthstone is somewhat fun but there’s a technical way to play that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the system of cards that in my eyes takes away from the fun.

Good Game but Predatory. So I have a ton of respect for Hearthstone, and this game is fun and interesting on a very deep level to me. Blizzard does a superb job on the art, the old and evolving mechanics of the game, and simply their genius behind pushing out actually new content that changes the game on a regular basis. What’s not good is both the loot boxes and the match making. You’ll get pigeon holed quick with matchmaking to facing off against perfect counter decks to any type of deck you build. Generally this can be good to help teach through failure the current meta, but it often gates you to fully go into that meta without making your focus gaming the loot box system. Of course you could also just buy the loot boxes, but then there’s no guarantee you’ll get enough cards to complete a meta deck. This is psychologically predatory combining loot boxes and matchmaking together, but it’s making them a crazy profit and there’s no real laws against what they’re doing yet. If you’re wondering if you’re getting matched to a “Worthy Opponent” it’s just not an accurate statement. It’s a fun game, I’ve spent years on it, I enjoy it for me, but you’re not me, and so player be warned.

Exciting game. The game can be a lot of fun to play and it has many options, but there are problems regarding the fairness of a game. Generally, it can be said that if a player has legendary cards that fit into his deck the chances of winning a game are higher. These legendary cards are very difficult to get and the more card packs you acquire the sooner you will have some of those cards. Another major issue can be questlines/quests. They are sometimes very effective and can finish games quickly. New stuff has to be tested against older stuff, that is older meta decks must be able to win against new meta decks. Many control decks will now have a difficult time. ***** An epic neutral card (e.g. Costs 2, 2 Attack, 3 Health) with ‘Discover a card in your deck’ would still improve the game ***** Some other issues: What is a Worthy Opponent and how is the opponent chosen? Should it be a Comparable Opponent that is chosen by the computer according to certain criteria? Wild mode needs to be changed or improved. If I lose a game in a Solo Adventure, I do not want to start at the beginning, I want to play the same game again. Many boss enemies are overpowered, a two mana advantage is unfair, one mana is enough … Good Luck! Paul. Redling

Excellent. Disappointed to see this game getting “1” spammed. It’s an excellent game. Solo adventures are a great way to get exposure to the new release cards and the new meta. If you are free to play it will take a good amount of time to build a solid collection, and you may be better off focusing towards wild ranked instead of standard because your crafting investments will hold up significantly better over time. The nerfing and questing/rewards systems are well designed and help keep game play fresh. Arena, tavern brawl and now battlegrounds in beta to mix things up when you’re ready for a change of pace. It can take a big time commitment to complete a match so probably not the ideal game for a “quick round.” The download is large, but the data used to play a game is very small (in the scale of MB/hr), a great alternative option to streaming videos (GB/hr) when you are using cellular (though connectivity can be a little bit impacted). Took a break off this game for a while and really impressed with how much improvements were made and you can tell the developers have taken their customers feedback into consideration. Great game and can’t recommend highly enough.

Other comments deceiving. Look I saw this game and thought wow that looks really fun and I read the reviews, now if your looking for a game where you can be on an even level with other players without first putting hundred of hours or hundreds of dollars, than this is definitely not that game. Keep in mind if you can really dedicate yourself to a game than go for it, but I don’t have the time to do nothing but sit here and play this and when I do play I would like to actually be on an even level of playing field but no this is a heavy pay to win game and if you do manage to put hundreds of hours into this game good luck dealing with what sometimes and most of the time will be pure chance deciding your game. Let’s say you got the two of the same skill people your opening hand is deciding your wether you’ll win or not and you could get the worst thing in the world or pay so that you can have a better deck than your opponent. Now this game has single player stories which are fun however these have even more chance involved than most games you’ll play. Your entire deck as you go is up to fate based on the three random options presented to you and anything you want to synergies with your deck you might not get one bit of. Don’t believe me download it go to the witch wood single player and play Darius Crowley count the number of time just a bad hand or bad luck causes you to have to restart it all over again

Locked out of game... Please help!. Hey, I started playing this game the past two days and I really enjoy it and think it is a great game. I ran into one problem where every time I tried to make an account, it would not complete. I had no errors with the way I was making it (it was a valid email, and I had a strong password following the guidelines) and once I hit “Create my account” it wouldn’t load. I tried multiple times and it didn’t work over the past 2 days. I checked my internet connection and it was fine so that is not the issue. About an hour ago another problem started. Every time I open the app, it doesn’t load in and when it does load in fully it crashes immediately. I’m on a new iPad Pro so the device is not a problem, and internet connection is not the problem either. I was thinking I would just delete the app and reinstall it but then I remembered that my progress would be lost, because I didn’t let me make an account to save my progress. Please help me developers because I really enjoy this game and want to keep playing it but I can’t and I don’t want to lose my progress unless it’s the only option. Please help!

Worth it and you don’t even realize it yet!. This game caught me by surprise almost six years ago. It hasn’t really changed much until recently and even than the base game has remained the same and evolved as well. I don’t usually write game reviews but this game has been in my rotation for a long time. Even when I stopped playing for awhile just because of life and adulthood😂, returning to the game always felt great. I played this game for four years without paying any real money and only recently for the tavern pass which gives an incredible amount of gold(premium currency of the game) and skins in return for a small price compared to other “battle passes” that exist across this industry. You can play unlimited games which no timers anywhere. Simple to play, complex to master is definitely a true statement for this game but well worth it thanks to a balanced matchmaking system. If you’re curious, try it out. You’ll know pretty quickly if you like it or not. I love the characters and for fans of Blizzard and Warcraft it’s even more of a bonus. Thanks for listening!

Could be so much better.. I’ll cut to the point. The game is good but it’s a pay to win. You can only get so far in ranked or modes like battlegrounds if you buy some card packs or perks. You won’t get far with the free handouts for leveling up and talent alone, eventually you’ll reach competition that has put money on the game and they will beat you. That said, you can still win every now and then if you just so happen to get some decent cards and take over early in a match, just not often. That aside, the game does crash A LOT. I’ve got a brand new iPhone 11 with a great phone service and I still crash every single day that I play the game. My internet is AMAZING, I can run multiple consoles at once with no lag and even playing hearthstone on that wifi...I’ll still crash. If you’ve got money to spare and don’t mind crashing mid game then you can overlook the bad side and probably enjoy the game. But the PvP side of the game is ridiculous. They’ll say that they only pair you up with “fair” matches depending on your progress and your wins and losses but that’s just not true. You’ll win a match or two and fight people way out of your league that have the luxury of dropping money on the game to get better cards.

The best game overall. I have been playing this game for years. On iPad, iPhone, and pc. It always works. The play balance is good and when they mess up a card they correct it. You are placed against players of equal rank so you should always be winning about half of your games. I pay 20$ for the solo adventure packs when they release, but otherwise I play for free. The amount of coins you build up by fulfilling your daily quests will get you 60-80 booster packs during each new release. I have played other collectible card games that were just as good. I have played dozens of them. This is the only one I have played consistently, almost since this game first released. Over recent years they have added more alternate ways to play the game. Each new release changes some of the better decks around and keeps it fresh. You will play at lower ranks your first year if you play competitively. After that you should have accumulated enough cards of the releases usable in “standard” format to be truly competitive if you have the skill to do so.

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Bad server. Great game to play, very addictive... BUT I’m tired of being dropped from the server. I’ll be playing a game and after awhile into it Bam dropped out so I start the app up and get reconnected then play a turn or two and Bam disconnected again and when I start it up again it’s too late game over which is very frustrating during the games I’m about to win... you can try and blame my internet provider or iPad but to be 100% honest I’m playing inside on my wifi with no one else using it full connection and my iPad doesn’t have any problems with any other apps just this one which is super annoying because I truly love this game and would be spending money if I wasn’t dropping out every game. Is there any other Australians out there having this problem?

Best tactical card game ever. Hi everyone, I played this card game a lots of time, I tried other cards game but this is the most funny and the most complete tactical functionality ever! So when the people say it’s a game “pay to win” is absolutely NOT TRUE. Because guys when you pay the bundle every 3 months is just for have all the cards and then start to rank in classified. In 8 years I’m never reach Legend rank, i was almost close, needed one more win and then again down at second position diamond. With all the cards it’s not most simple to arrive at legend rank but have to create a good deck personalised and try to win. There are others modes of playing but personally I prefer standard mode :) ENJOY!

Very disappointed long time fan. My girlfriend got me into the game when we met over 5 years ago. I’ve been playing ever since, the last few updates have made the game pay to win and increasingly hard to get the food needed to play the funner modes, this gold used to be handed out daily. This is worse than OP shaman shudderwock days, I can do all the daily and weekly quests in half an hour and get enough gold for one or two duel runs, then wait another week unless I want to fork out a bunch of money. As for my girlfriend that hadn’t played in a few years, she can’t play at all unless she were to get $100 worth of card packs to even have a useable deck in ranked. Blizzard has forsaken us all. RIP. Stop releasing $30 passes for every goddam mode every month!!!

Fantasy but honestly, it’s pay-to-win. The game is brilliant and ever-expanding, but it’s quickly become pay-to-win and it’s not cheap. Expansions and game changes come so quickly, you don’t have time to collect and create decks, so you have to pay to get packs quicker, giving you more opportunity to get the good cards and create the competitive decks. Most recently they’ve started charging for skins. No actual game content (cards, modes etc.), just skins to make part of the game look different. And it’s ridiculous prices ($30-$50 AUD).

Good but not a fair game. I’ve always liked to play a priest - wow and hearthstone. In this game, i invested much time and money on the priest and i still found it hard to beat a warlock, shaman or a mage. I have to pray hard to be lucky in the battle to win no matter how good my deck is. I feel the unfairness all the time when those characters beat me in a few rounds before i can even finish my quest line. It’s basically all about luck. I have to be lucky to win a game even if i have a good deck. Even though i have a good deck i still have to stick to use the same card or strategy every round to play against whoever my opponent is. I feel this is quite boring and brainless.

Seriously, stop. Please, please please STOP the screen shaking already! I'm not talking about the rare screen shakes from cards, I'm talking about the brain-hurting shakes after EVERY game. Seriously, how hard is it to give us an option to disable the end game shakes? There are countless complaints on reddit and other websites. The shakes really DO trigger or worsen their health problems, very serious problems include vomiting, headache, dizziness and more. There are people saying "if you're not fit to handle it then don't play', indeed I believe that's what MOST people did after blizzard made NO effort in this matter for YEARS! Do you guys care? at all? We don't mind buying packs or pay for adventures, but we NEED to know that blizzard care about our health! It's the very very very basic. It won't harm anyone who likes the screen shakes, yet it will help EVERYONE who affects by the issue, so why not just give it to us? Please? I came back after a year only to find there was no improvement on this matter at all. This is very disappointing.

Very buggy. Hearthstone is a great game, it hooked me in from the start of the tutorial but when it asked me to create an account things went downhill from there... First I would put in my details and it would deny without telling me what is wrong it just came up with a red bar. Second after a while when I attempted to create an account for the like fifth time it wouldn’t even bring me to the screen were I put in my details it would just load for ever. Third the screen randomly goes blurry but that is only minor as I can fix it by going in and out of the app. I am on an iPhone 7+ if that has anything to do with it ... if it was not for these things I would rate this game 5 stars if someone could help me with my problems it would be great!

Ruining with recent additions. I have been playing Heathstone for a decade now and it holds a special place in my heart. It’s brilliant strategic, creative and innovative play makes it the best phone games of all time. However, recent reforms to bring in ‘paid gems’ and more gimmicks have been an abomination. Previously you could either earn coins to enter prize winning comps of just pay a small fee (which I would do often). With the switch to try and become like every other dodgy ‘pay to play’ iPhone game they have made a major marketing and strategic error. There is no way I am buying into that, and will have to be content to playing a sub-par version until it gets too annoying. Please remove the genius who had started to destroy this beautiful game before it is too late to recover its great legacy.

I got a “white cards” problem. I just recently came back to Hearthstone after... a year and a half maybe? Not sure 🤔... but, I re-downloaded the app again, took a while to download the updates and when finally all the downloading ended I see that almost ALL my cards have no front art... just a plain, white screen... why is that? Is a new mode or something? Is like my phone can’t handle the cards’ art anymore and I don’t remember having this problem before... so until an answer and a possible solution I’ll 1 ⭐️ the app... against my will ☹️. Please! Halp! 🤕 Edit. I already erased the app, rested my iPhone 📱 and re-dowloaded again 😓

Once great, but no longer.. Hearthstone really was innovative on release - An attempt to make CCG/LCG mechanics work in an online format, and rework aspects like interrupts to work in a turn based online game. However, the constant power creep and aim to further monetise the player base has meant the game is still fun, but only if you’re A. willing to sink a serious volume of change and B. Play whichever current ‘broken’ deck is top tier - and it’s no coincidence these will invariably require you to craft specific cards. It’s still for potential, and if you’re willing to sink the cash, it’s still good, but this is NOT a free game, no matter that you can download it initially for nothing.

DO NOT GET THIS GAME. The game is “deceptively free, insanely expensive,” Blizzard has been continually increasing the cost of playing this digital card game, destroying the free to play community. They have changed the expansion system so that if you wish to have even 1/3 of the collection you have to fork over hundreds of dollars. This is absolutely not a good game to get into, it encourages gambling and manipulates it’s player base by psychologically abusing basic human tendencies. They always put deadlines on shop items, creating a sense of urgency and their prices are absurd for digital cards. I, like many others have had enough of Blizzards abusive marketing practices, taking advantage of its player base to make as much money as possible. I recommend playing Legends of Runeterra or Gwent if you’d like a much better online card-game experience.

SO OVER IT. Change the dam quest line. IF YOU REMOVE WARRIORS Questline you'd still have a decent aggro deck in your hands. This is especially true in Wild where Cap'n Rokara merely adds to the power of the deck and allows a more long-term gameplans instead of "win before turn X or bust". I would probably change the questline itself here to require more Pirates (possibly 3+3+3) and consider also changing the first reward as it allows a consistent tutor effect for Ancharrr, which is often important for guaranteed Pirate refill. Removing one of the effect of The Juggernaut would be next in line if the deck was still too powerful, or possibly even making the three effects rotate instead of all happening every turn. IT HAS A 80-85% win RATE. Yet you do nothing at all. These quest lines where a big mistake they do nothing to the game where is all the enjoyment gone instead you have replaced it with a sense of frustration. Demon hunter I might as well sit back and watch them flip through there cards to complete there quest only for them to drop 3 taunts down that where reduced from 7 mana down to 0. You have removed why I play, why I love to play, and replaced it with quest lines that are so out of reach for anyone playing a standard game.

Has become a lot better. I use to play this game back in beta. After a year or 2 I ultimately gave up due to it feeling very aggro orientated a luck base to who you would versus. Now every deck actually feels over powered, and at no point in the game is it really ever over. They have removed charge (amazing) and made games go longer. There seems to be a lot more builds in meta a ultimately more skill due to the longer more tactical games. I hope it continues down this path

Duels mode needs to be balanced. Duels need to be balanced. I enjoy the element of randomness but certain treasures make the game an unwinnable waste of time. I played against a Warlock who on turn 1 had a weapon which gives her a random mage spell EVERY TURN for the rest of the game. You have to limit the uses of this weapon for it to be manageable!… It’s game breaking, as unless you have a card which breaks a weapon (very unlikely in this mode), you are doomed. If you don’t have one particular card - that’s it, may as well leave the game. Or against a Warrior who dropped TWO 6/6 legendary minions on turn two (treasury minion which costs 3, coin, and a talent of duplication of legendary minions). He proceeded to drop massive double minions each turn which could not be removed by any non-broken desk. This game was done by turn 5. This is ridiculous. It’s not fun when it’s not a fair game. These games felt doomed from the very beginning. I’m sure there are more overpowered treasures and talents.

Open packs easily. Please for the love of god implement a way to open multiple, if not all your card packs at once. Love the game, i am obsessed with it. I buy every expansion i can, but its gotten to the point where i dont want to buy expansion anymore because the cluster of card packs i receive. It takes me an hour to go through them all its so annoying. Why do i have to open them 1 by 1, the animation is so slow and i literally cbf opening my packs now. Still love hearthstone

Great game to play without being OCD. This is a great game for anyone looking for some thing easy to play but with the challenge of versing actual human players and without the time to get sucked in to a MMORPG world. Like all games it has its limitations and frustrations but it regularly gets refreshed with card rotations and, if you are patient, you can build up a card collection with minimal to no cash outlay. I have my own business so don’t have time to be hard core but it is great to have a game on the bus to and from work and just as a quick break here or there!

Hearthstone. I’ve been playing hearthstone since it first became available. I love the challenge of testing my skills, and strategies against other real life people. You may have the best cards, but if they are played incorrectly or come out in the wrong order you can be defeated. Every single came you play is an exciting challenge. Of all the blizzard games Hearthstone is with out a doubt my favourite.

Impossible for new players & a punch to the face for loyal players. I got this game because a friend wanted me to play with them- as a new player I mostly only receive basic cards, I literally can’t progress past silver10 in ranked. The new rewards system is terrible for both new and old players and there is also no incentive to complete the new goals system because it’s all numbers no rewards. There are a large array of similar card games that aren’t hidden behind paywall- blizzards not even being discrete anymore literally saying in their marketing that you have to buy the packs. Aside from that the game is interesting but I doubt I’ll be putting anything into this.

Great game, performance issues abundant. I love Hearthstone. I’ve been playing for about a year now and work has been put in to making everything more balanced and fun. Having been a free-to-play player for the majority of that time, the game is welcoming to you regardless of the money you spend. The problem, however, is that recently the game has been subject to massive lag on my phone (none of my other devices, just the phone). It’s got to the point where I can only play one card before the time runs out for my turn, and the game crashes at an average of once per game, and the majority of times I visit my collection. I love to play the game, especially on the go, but it’s hard to have fun in this state.

Change quests pls. Hearthstone is one of if not the best card game but the problem is 2 quests cavern from below for Rogue and raid the docks for warrior the problem with caverns from below is that my opponent always high rolls cards that generate the same name and finishes the quest at turn four and then he plays it at turn 5 and at turn 6 he just plays 6 1 cost 5/5 cards and the problem with with raid the docks is luck sometimes he just gets a beefy pirate and sometimes I’m on 10 health and he has a 3 or more damage minion and he high rolls gorehowl Which is really annoying all I’m saying is pls change these two quests.

Some mistakes people are writing. People are giving hearthstone bad reviews for “being expensive”, if you want to complain about free to play with on game costs go back to the fortnite hell hole you came from. This is a great game and I have loved it ever since I first downloaded it. I haven’t spent a single cent on the game and I’m doing just fine. P.S: I know fortnite isn’t technically pay to win but that doesn’t stop people blowing hundreds on it.

Frustrating game. Do you like knowing the outcome of every game by turn 3? Do you like it when your opponent has 40 cards in their deck but somehow has an answer to every card you play regardless of class? Do you like it when your opponent plays their game breaking card on curve every time? Do you like it when there are so many classes but every class will always be the same kind of deck? Do you like it when no matter what you do in a game you will still get killed in one turn because your opponent can do that by round 6? Then you should play this game.

An honest review. I have played hearthstone since the beta, many years ago. I reached legend (the highest rank) every season. Hearthstone used to be the best card game, by far. The art style still remains the best. However over the past 2 years with each expansion released, the game has declined in both popularity and fun. There are a few reasons why. Often in card games, we look for the big “wow” moment - playing a card that does something crazy in a moment. Blizzard have introduced “quests” in the latest expansion that have killed the game. It forces you to play a certain way and limits the available play styles. Secondly, the original blizzard team is gone and after these original developers left, the new team took over and became money hungry. You have to spend money to keep up. If you’re considering being free to play, you won’t be able to use any good decks. Lastly, the game itself isn’t focusing on actual hearthstone anymore. Battlegrounds is the most popular game mode, and even that has become totally random with no skill required anymore. A few years ago, things like this may have passed. But in todays times there are so many better games available. Card games like legends of runeterra, magic the gathering are much more balanced and worth your time. Don’t bother with hearthstone.

Technical issue? Please fix or something. For some reason this game keeps disconnecting and doesn’t resume. Sometimes straight away pops up with a message saying unable to connect causing constant losses during heroic duels. Super frustrating considering I absolutely love this game, been playing from the start so 5 stars and really have nothing bad to say about it just a waste of a duel run and gold tbh :(

Cocaine but a Game. This game becomes very addicting to play. The music composed for the during game-play is incredible, there are multiple tracks that continuously loop and draw you in with excitement and mystery that lasts your entire match. Sound effects on the cards are just the icing on the top for the game excitement, not only are there attacking and dying sounds to make the combat seem so real, but every card and hero has their own catch phrases. The card artwork and animations are always fantastic, I like to spend the time between taking Turns in the game to have a closer look at the cars artwork. The golden cards even have animations on the artwork which make it even cooler. The Gameplay is fun too, even as a beginner you can waste hours and hours on this game just playing and losing and not worrying about the outcome of the game because the gameplay itself is just so much fun. Veteran players always have opportunities for new and exciting experiences too with the addition of new expansions every few months, and the ability to create custom decks of cards with almost any wacky and creative combination you want. I recommend this game to all my friends because it’s always a 1v1 game and you will never get frustrated or stuck in a toxic team based environment like other popular online games. 10/10

Dusted my entire set... goodbye blizzard. Been playing this game since release and it has had it’s ups and downs, good times and not so good. I mostly played control decks as i liked the extended game play and back n forth battle with other control decks as well as trying to weather the storm of aggro decks. Unfortunately with the creation of demon hunter and nerf to gala warlock nothing can consistently beat it. The meta is too aggressive and it just a race to the face. An aggro deck with the highest win % does’nt make sense, fast games highest win % = no control decks as they are longer games and and that’s the price of climbing standard for a higher win %. This is not the case so no one plays control for climbing because there is and aggro deck with a higher win %. Higher win % percentage faster games means faster climb no reason to even think about playing control Rogue is busted just like demon hunter. All you see is rogue and DH rogue and DH. So i dusted my entire set and severed the cord with this game. If your new to it then there are lots of budget decks that will serve you well, but it’s not rock-paper-scissors anymore just paper-scissors.

Worth playing just for battle grounds mode. Outside battlegrounds the game just has way to many cards now and forces you to buy packs to actually ever get to play any of them. I doubt any non hardcore player could keep up. The only reason I give this pay to win game 4 stars is for their addictively fun battle grounds mode. It needs more work and more tribes which they are adding too. But it’s great fun and requires no card buying, no deck building, a pretty much equal playing field with some good or bad RNG per game.

Predatory Whale Hunting, Do NOT Recommend. I’ve played this game for a long time and after years of putting up with the ridiculous cost of the game, ridiculous rng cards and their terrible game balance I draw the line at the new battle pass. For some context, the only gold system was that you get a 50-60 gold quest every day and then you get 10 gold for every 3 wins. This system has needed change for a LONG time and we’ve been asking for a better system for YEARS. They finally announce they’re going to give us a new system and they “won’t be taking away any of our gold and some of us might get more.” This ended up being the battle pass system which has a free line and a premium line with the premium line giving cosmetics and an XP boost. This system is INCREDIBLY front loaded to the point where you’ll get 700+ gold in the first 1-2 days then maybe 100 in the following 3 days and it gets worse from there. They actually made a PREMIUM reward system that was worse than the old free one. Blizzard are just trying to squeeze every last penny out of our pockets and I won’t stand for it.

A perfect balance of nostalgia and strategy. For a player like myself that has played since the early days, there have been many ups and downs to hearthstone, as is to be expected with such a long running game. But overall I’ve always enjoyed this game; the sound effects, the characters and the strategy. While the gameplay is not as innovative as the early days, and most win conditions are preset or clearly seen, the team has still tried to develop an enticing experience for the average gamer. Even though there are game modes i don’t play often, I’m happy the game creators have included different ways to play, so that every player can find something they love. I’m an old WoW player and relish the nostalgia that is associated with playing hearthstone; without being sucked into the absolute obsession that is WoW. Thanks hearthstone, and don’t be discouraged by these hardcore gamers review, its always 1 or 5 stars with these guys.

Buggy game. I enjoy playing the game, it’s great, love the new expansion, trying my best to create good decks that get me wins however! My game keeps crashing whenever I go to play the regular play mode, unsure why my game is glitched, unsure of how to fix it. Can you please fix this bug or tell me how I can fix it so I can get back to playing? I know you guys don’t have a great customer support system but I’ve been spending money on this game and can’t spend anymore money until I’m able to actually play.

Great game with paywall issue. This game is absolutely fantastic, the music really does it for me. It pulls you in and the sound track has you bouncing to the beat, gameplay is fun and the cards are creative and make the game feel so much more interactive. The paywall is an issue however, anyone willing to drop raw cash on this game gets an instant advantage through having access to hundreds of rare and powerful cards allowing the basically formulate broke decks. I can’t really blame the creators, after all this is blizzard we’re talking about.

No better card game than Heartstone. As a card game alone this game is amazing. The mechanics, the visuals and animations. A huuuuge bonus factor for me is the lore the game is based on. World of Warcraft. There’s no richer lore on Video game history than WoW. This to me makes this game the best TCG there is. Only downside is that the game is by expensive. But if this is all that you really play, as it is for me. Then it’s justifiable. Despite this I think given the performance of the game the developers are forced to be less greedy as players have been complaining a lot.

Challenging. I like how this game doesn’t have things like stamina that make you have to wait until you can play again, you can just play as much as you want in this. Making it available on IOS is also a big plus. I have had an all around good time playing with my friends and playing against eachother for victory and bragging rights. It’s a great game to play with your friends and I could not reccomend it more. Thank you so much Blizzard

The rise of hearthstone. I reckon hearthstone is in one of its best phases so far. The game changes every season with new broken decks that are barely nerfed dominating and making the game feel unfair/unfun to play. On top of this all the actual fun decks tended to need you to be spending upwards of $100 just to have enough dust to craft them HOWEVER these days hearthstone had been handing out a lot more for ftp (free to play) players and getting an enjoyable deck isn’t too hard. This season I’ve hit legend without spending a dollar on this game and I have 3 pretty good decks, 1 super meta and 2 that are pretty decent. THE GAMES FUN AGAIN. Would highly recommend

Can’t get into the game and support is non existent. I have recently downloaded Hearthstone to my IPad Air (5 Gen). When I start it up, it asks if I’m a new user or existing which when selecting either option it load then loops back to the same question over and over again, not letting you move to the next part. I have restarted game and iPad as well as deleted the game and reinstalling many times with no change. I think there’s an issue with the latest version but there is no decent support from the developers to try and fix the issue. They make you discuss the issue with the community.

5 star for good memories. Life is great for variety of experience, but in the end it is memories that matters. Game is no exception, nor WoW or Hearthstone. My memory with this game traces back in WoW launch, if you know what I mean. Hearthstone beta gave my first golden legendary Leoooory, and I dismantled it for Ysera. Every now and then, WoW and Hearthstone brought me surprises and new stories. Card game dynamics wise, I still held up to Magic cards which is arguably the best in balance and playing with luck. Hearthstone did it well but lately new contents come with purchase. You have to purchase to play Magic card, too, you may say. But I have some real card/artwork that I can cherish with exclusive memories. So, maybe it’s time to have Hearthstone cards as NFT. Anyway, finally give my rating after these years playing. Thank you blz!

Still Brilliant. I think I first played Hearthstone about four years ago. I have been a gamer since I was about 13 years old and the last 18 years I could name about 2 games which have held my attention for more than 2 years, so well done. You’ve created a balanced game which is constantly updated, but not to the point where it is all too confusing. It keeps it fresh and I am constantly impressed with how you manage to keep it that way. Keep up the great work team Blizzard!

One of the best phone games in existence. I have been playing this game for over ten years, and feel as though this is one of the best free games ever created. You do not need to spend a dime to have fun and build your deck. You can also play and earn in game currency which gets you anything (non cosmetic) that real money can get you, just a little slower. I can’t recommend Hearthstone enough. PS. Battlegrounds is the shiz

Amazing game, can’t afford half of it. I love this game, it’s AMAZING! Visually spectacular, engaging, different, fun. But I can no longer afford to play most of the game. When hearthstone was first released I was keeping up with cards and not spending a tonne but as the years have progressed I’ve fallen behind and can no longer afford to play the card game which is so sad because it’s soooo fun. However! I am obsessed with the battlegrounds currently. I am hoping and praying that money doesn’t end up shutting me out of battlegrounds as well 😣

Best game ever. The people that whine about it being pay to win are some what right if u want a headstart u are going to need to rush a bit of cash out but if you grind your 100g limit everyday and do quest you get Like 150g a day put that in arena get at least 8 wins which isn’t too hard get heaps of PACs dust and cards like that I have been playing since naxramas and payed $40 max and have got legend 5 times and usually end up at rank 3 ish

How to contain the fun?. Because seriously, it won’t be contained. With each given patch, say goodbye to more and more of your phone’s limited memory. You’ll make the choice through the years to delete other apps to keep the game playable in a format you can take with you on bus and train rides, only to find it continues to still grow. New content with each expansion! Zero compression! Eventually consumes every other part of your phone as sacrifice, before imploding on itself when there isn’t any more data to delete but it still needs more room to update! This seems like a great way to keep people interested and playing. Not something anyone has brought up for years and been ignored with. Wow.

Money, you need lots of money.. I love this game but if you think you can just start and do well for longer than a month then you are wrong. You have to buy a lot of decks to remain competitive. There is a way eventually is a way to limit your spend but it requires A HUGE amount of effort and skill. If you have money to burn on games then jump on in but if your skint...be prepared for great frustration. I have never spent so much money on a game before...I love it but my wallet does not.

Battleground is fun!. Battlegrounds is a fun mode that will keep you coming back for more. You only need to spend money for gameplay if you want to select from 4 heros instead of 2 at the start. I stopped playing constructed a while ago due to cards being limited and hard to get a good deck when I was playing like 4 years ago.

Solo adventures AI problems. I love the game as it was easy to pick up and play. However, the solo adventure mode isn’t fair nor fun to play if you constantly lose because of RNG. Most loses were due to all RNG favourable to the AI. The AI at higher rounds also knows what card they’ll draw and knows how to plan ahead, while the player has no control of planning ahead as the cards are random making it troublesome at the extent of having no fun. I want this game to have fun, but the solo mode isn’t. The only way to make solo AI matches fair are to have the same random choices as the players do. Having a match at low games that the player doesn’t have good/decent cards to slow tilt in the players win rate. Currently I have beaten 67 campions in the new Rastakhan Rumble Solo Adventure and haven’t won once. This isn’t fair and nor should the AI you verse against.

good but predatory game. I have enjoyed this game for the past 3 years. Unfortunately the monetisation has always been greedy, making it difficult to compete without spending some money. This has been the reason I have never encouraged any of my friends to play, however recently the price gouging and monetisation overhaul has made what was already greedy significantly worse. It now is geared even more towards addiction and despite adding some interesting fresh content, significantly worse for the user. I pre-purchased the last expansion bundle and a few other recent bundles. I appreciated the free deck after I didn’t play for a while. But after the progression overhaul I tried to get a refund on my latest pre-purchase, It was denied. I will not spend money on this game again.

Runestones? More like Ruin stones. The game is fun and I do enjoy it, however I’m going to be quitting. The app often crashes on my iPad during battlegrounds and that I could deal with but now runestones have made my gold almost useless. The AUD costs of runestones also isn’t good, in most cases the cash price is cheaper then the rune stone costs. I mean why make me pay cash for a currency that I can use to buy things in place of paying cash? I mean it’s just a cash payment with extra steps, but often with runestones left over. I feel like it’s a scam to rip me off. I liked using my gold to pay my battlegrounds pass but now with runestones it’s just another layer of pay to win. I can’t stand runestones and having a lot of the non cosmetic advantages of the game locked behind a paywall just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I’m happy to buy cool cosmetic stuff but when you start impacting gameplay, yeah I’m not cool with that. I’ve been playing from launch and it’s a shame that blizzard just keeps adding on more ways to try to rob me. Don’t even get me started on the costs of things in Mercenaries. If you are new to hearthstone I’d say don’t bother.

Rock Paper Scissors?. Hearthstone is a good game. Well balanced and if you put in the time (and money) easy to climb to the top 5-10 ranks if you understand the meta decks and the gameplay at its core. Here is where my problem comes in. Once it gets to the top 5 ranks, the game literally degenerates into a larger version of rock, paper, scissors, wherein it’s a matter of luck whether you are matched up against a favourable opponent. For example, back when I played a metric tonne the only decks really used were Control Warlock, Murloc Paladin and some other decks I’ve forgotten. Basically if you play warlock, you pray for “not Paladin” because when you inevitably are matched up against Paladin, it all comes down to the luck of the draw and not so much skill. It becomes really frustrating to top deck useless card after useless card, while your opponent has a board of 1/1s that become 3/3s when he drops a top decked Sunkeeper, the list goes on. Further, at the top ranks, my win rate was usually around 55%, meaning I could spend hours playing the game nonstop and climb all of 3-4 stars. Ultimately, became very frustrating and I felt like it was just a waste of time, because I wasn’t really improving at the game, merely hoping.

Make it playable for low end devices. I can only play hearthstone on my pc,laptop and iPhone 7, But I can’t play it on my iPhone 5s at all. Each expansion it takes more and more ram memory until it’s literally unplayable for iPhone. I just want to play hearthstone smoothly on any mobile or tablet on the go, without having any limitations and bad experiences. Please Blizzard Entertainment Hearthstone devs, do something about this for all the other players who supported this game, not a lot of players can play the game at all anymore because of the higher ram requirements with each expansion. Eat just keeps eating up ram until it’s unplayable for the higher ram devices.

Great game, horrific update sizes. Hearthstone (battlegrounds) is a well optimised mobile game that is not pay to win and is genuinely deceptively simple to learn. BUT THE UPDATE SIZES ARE RIDICULOUS. Considering that the game is literally made up of cards with a few animations and that most the player base play the game solely for battlegrounds it’s extremely frustrating that updates requiring 3+ gb of space come out basically monthly requiring a huuuuge clean out just to get the game to download. Especially considering the content added next to never impacts the actual gameplay and is mostly just cosmetics and packs for the main game.

It’s a great game with a pay to win feature.. The game itself is amazing, I don’t think I have put as much time in any other mobile game as Hearthstone. But Blizzard puts every small thing behind paywall. If you just starting unless you willing to drop 300$ on it you not gonna have any fun in constructed. But if you constantly play and get your daily challenges done you can play without spending too much money on it. It’s the perfect side game while waiting for something or doing something that doesn’t require your full attention. As long as you only play casually, at higher ranks where you know the meta decks and you can tell what cards are in the enemies hand and what you should play around it really becomes a Rock Paper Scissors game. But that only happens when you play the game with 200 IQ, that said it never feels great when you get stuffed by rng no matter what rank you at.

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Feels like a bad sequel to a great movie. Game was incredible a few years back, but now, with the amount of expansions and slow progression system, unless you are diligently grinding everyday you will often lose to players with better cards. Arena & Duels are two F2P friendly modes, but they still require some level of grinding to access to. I wouldn’t bothering downloading unless the game goes back to what made it successful in the first place

Fun. Great accessible card game. Polished and fun.

Do not start playing this game. You will be really limited without paying

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Battle pass ruined it. The newly implemented battle pass is a total scam me and all my homies hate the battle pass

I decided to stop playing. This game over the past few years has become less and less fun, more rng, grind and pay to play. I highly advise against getting into this game at this point

Awesome game. Crashes a lot. I really love this game but it keeps crashing. I'm still on king mukla for this reason. PLEASE FIX. I LOVE THIS GAME. edit, 3 years later: rng op

Cost too much. Blizzard greed made me quit, trying out gwent and legends of runeterra

A Fallen Star. Graphically beautiful. Sound experience is superb. The game itself is fantastic... that being said once seasons began the rotation of cards was too quick to keep up without investing a fortune into the game. Sadly I’ve stopped playing. Pay to win. RIP. Forgot to mention that since launch though the mobile version of this game had the worst packaged updates. Gigs worth of updates every single time. Luckily phone storage has increased since then but man was it ever a headache.

Greedy company. Impossible to craft a competitive deck without spending 50$+. Play legends of runeterra instead!

PaY to Win, RNG BullShot, For the life me: Stay Away. Title, old expansions immediately rendered moot, solo play expansions are RNG brick walls, pretty sure long time players have Stockholm syndrome or believe in the sunk cost fallacy.

Broken. “Let’s go to the store to download” 😡

Used to be great. Honestly, I loved this game so much. Over the years with new expansions, there is so many decks to try out and have fun. And with the introduction of Battlegrounds and now Duels, it makes the game great (or so you would think). Though the game used to be expensive, unfortunately now it is even more expensive than ever. Seems like you can’t get good/useful cards without actually paying. Not only that, but even buying wouldn’t help, drop rates have gone really bad. I’m trying to play the game but its really difficult to enjoy without dropping $100+ on newer expansions (each), and spending that much money won’t let you enjoy. Hope the devs fix all these problems, along with the loads of bugs.

bug. i was update the game already，why always send me to the App Store and said “update”？

Terrible monetization model and game economy. Nobody should have to spend hundreds of dollars on a single game just to have enough cards to make some competitive decks. Just a pure trash monetization model that is completely predatory.

Used to be great.. And then corporate greed took over. The game is currently extremely expensive to play.

Fun game, but $$$$$$$. Don’t expect to get hhe full content, without dropping more than 500$/y to stay up to date and 2k+ to get every card released since the beginning. This is very sad, as the game is really fun but getting more and more greedy for your money. F2P yes, but don’t expect to try all the deck without pulling out your wallet. Also, be careful for the cards pack mechanic, very addicting (pure gambling).

Dying game. This game was honestly one of the best games for mobile and PC 3 years ago, but after they introduced seasons that restrict certain cards, this game just screamed “pay to win”. If you don’t mind having to grind for dust to create new desks every season, by all means this game would be fun for you.

Update crashing game. Keeps prompting to download update though that has been done.

No balance. Many cards in this game are broken but there is one neutral card that everybody has that is so dumb I stoped playing, this card is called sire denathrius. This card it is 10 attack and 10 damage and when you play it as much damage to all enemies based on all your cards that died that game and that is a lot! This card will end up doing like 25 damage to all enemies including the hero so this card alone can kill they hero as soon as you play it! The worst part is this has lifesteal so all the damage it dose it heals it’s hero for that much! Whoever made this card and let it be in the game deserves to be fired and they need to remove this card because it is in most decks! Another thing is that they took out a game mode called the witched wood and that was so much fun! There was no reason to remove that game mode. Anyways hearthstone, get you ____ together and balance some cards or at least the one I just talked about and please bring back the witchwood!

Scum. This is rip-off, DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

Why. Most people would say pay to win but I wouldn’t know as the game doesn’t even allow me to play it

I’m out. Started playing Hearthstone when the game first came out, played on and off for years and enjoyed playing. However with the new battle pass and how it’s been implemented and how they’ve handled the backlash up to this point it’s clear blizzard does not understand they’re player base. If you want a fun card game to pump hours and maybe even some money into I suggest you look at another game. Hearthstone is broken and blizzard doesn’t seem to care.

Hard to enter. If you are a new player this game is incredibly hard to enter. The gold system does not reward new players and you have to throw in some cash to stand against older players.

Anti human rights. This app doesn’t support basic human rights

Big problem. Cant play the game in fullscreen on ipad pro 2018 11inch, the game just looks awfull on that resolution.DEAL BREAKERRRRR

The king of digital CCG. It just all works so well.

Do not play if you support freedom. Please don’t play is you care about freedom of speech and human right.

No iPhone X support. I love this game but I’m extremely disappointed there’s no support for iPhone X screen size after five months. It’s acceptable for the first few months, but now with the new season year patch it’s still not supported I can only see this as Blizzard not caring about players.

“Free to play”. This game is littered with pay to win micro-transactions.

This game sucks, pay2win. This game sucks, way too pay2win, the meta changes so quickly and the only way to keep up is to buy new card packs. Blizzard has completely sold out.

Crashing. Game crashes almost every time I launch it, never had this problem before this update

Brutal bugs. Brand new to game and keep getting a “selected deck is not valid for game mode” error. I’ve tried deleting deck and remaking manually as per the help forums, but this makes no difference. I see this issue has been around for the past four months. I have no interest investing any time or money into a game that has had a game-breaking big for four months. I’ll spend my time and money else where.

The new alternative for Legacy (MtG). Blizzard became greedy after this Tavern update. Remember when Hearthstone was free to play? Now it’s pay to win, it’s starting to get more expensive than MtG.

Won’t open after update. Says go to App Store but update is already done

No longer ftp. It’s almost impossible for new players to get into, and needing to spend 100$, 3 times a year to get 1/3rd of the cards released in that year. You need to be rich to be able to play this game at its best :(

Insanely expensive.. This game is just expensive as all hell. Recent update made it worse than ever. Can’t in good conscience recommend it to anyone.

They Pushed it way too far. The new Battlepass is ridiculous and expensive and predatory. I bought the mega pre-order bundle and then they still expect me to pay another 20 dollars to get an Xp boost on a Battlepass that won’t budge after level 25??

Please fix. I downloaded the app after a few years of no playing and it just won’t load and keeps telling me to retry.

Overpriced. Brand new AAA games cost way less than it takes to own all the cards for an expansion. Spending any amount of money feels bad because the return on investment is so low. Avoid at all costs (pun intended).

transfer of card gold and arcana dust. i personally think that the next upgrade should be transfer of gold cards and arcane dust it's surelly a good idea cause everyone want it

Enough is enough. I’ve played this game since beta, but no more. It costs well over $100 per expansion to get most (not even all) of the cards (and 3 expansions per year). If you’re looking for a card game, try something else.

This game is no longer good. Company has become even greedier somehow and have slowed down progression from a already slow drip that was currently in there. Not Free to play friendly, u WILL have to spend money.

This game sucks. What an awful app. Always crashes. Unplayable trash.

Enjoyable.. People will always find something to complain about. Ignore the crying nerds. Battlegrounds are a lot of fun and you’ll never need to spend a dollar on it.

Honestly upset. This game use to be fun I could play it for hours and you know why? Even though it was just ten gold it was something for my time invested, now I have people who just rope every turn in game and waste time for more experience dragging out my games and making me feel drained by the end of a match. Worst part they are netting more experience then me on a daily basis. The battle pass and experience system is horribly grindy oh hey you finished a weekly that’s great you don’t level up yet you need another 2000 xp. Most battle passes I have seen have a set amount of xp for players to level up easily and to keep coming back and playing on a daily basis. For people looking to start hearthstone just don’t they ruined it again and honestly as someone who has been playing since beta it upsets me to no end the state of the games economy is in.

Pay to win. The game is pay to win, and their business model certainly incorporates a great deal of power creep. This does not make it less fun, just don’t waste your time playing competitively unless you’ve sunk a couple hundred dollars into this game

0 stars. 0 stars. “Let’s go the store to start the download” I already did that “ lets go to the store to start the download”. Year of the dragon, should be year of the I really wish we didn’t sell out to activision so they might not of laid off 200 people that make testing before release possible.

Game is way to expensive. The game costs $120 every 6 months just to keep up and blizzard shows they only care about money, play a cheaper game don’t support this greedy company

Help. It’s keep telling me to download the game but I already have then it brings me to the App Store but then it brings me back to the game to where it crashes

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Good, but too much focus on pay to play, like usual. I used to play all the time. Then they changed to multiple types of currency and battle passes and now everything is just micro transactions like most games. Not sure I would expect anything different, but the format they used to have; where you could save up the gold that you earn to then use to upgrade battlegrounds, was perfect. I’d save up enough each season to hold for the new battlegrounds pass. Now that currency can only be used in the regular mode to buy packs for a game mode that I rarely play. So now I’m stuck with a less than optimal way to play my preferred game mode, because they changed the currency for no reason but to be able to charge people for it. Just frustrating enough to make me not play for months. I finally came back and nothing has changed in those aspects, but most of the cards have changed and I’m considering deleting now because it will take a while to learn all the new stuff AND still can’t play “optimally” on battlegrounds because the people that pay have the advantage, even though it’s a small one for that mode.

Amazing gameplay ruined by insane cost to play. Hearthstone’s gameplay, visuals, and universe are fantastic, but it’s gated by one huge fence: money. Want to play a competitive deck? Purchasing the pre-order package won’t guarantee any good cards. Want to play a meme deck? Keep buying packs to get those expensive-to-craft epic cards. I’ve been playing for about 2 years and I can’t recommend this game for a new player who isn’t willing to spend literally hundreds of dollars on packs. Players are forced to buy packs because the crafting system has ludicrous costs that are almost impossible to reach. Unpack a terrible legendary card that you can’t use? Disenchanting it for dust value will let you craft one epic card. And an epic’s dust crafts you one rare. And one rare’s dust won’t even craft you a common. You just can’t get ahead in this game unless you spend money to open tons of packs and disenchant the unusable cards for 25% or less of their worth in dust. Almost ever competitive and meme deck has several legendaries and a handful of epics, and you can’t craft them all. I love this game for it’s high quality, but I hate it’s free-to-play facade. If you want to have more than one deck, you’re paying money for it.

Stacked against you. I’ve been playing Hearthstone for almost 8 years now; I downloaded it a few days after release. It’s a pretty good game, but after 8 years of playing it’s just very obvious how you get matched against an opponent. They claim that “you will be matched against an opponent of your skill”, but what they are really doing is matching you against an opponent who has a deck that has a good chance of beating yours. I’ve had several times now where I get matched against the same person in the next round or against the same person a few days later. Miraculously pretty much every opponent has a card in their deck that will kill yours. Every single time. If you like your matched to be automatically stacked against you, this is a pretty fun game. If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t be playing for 8 years. But why don’t they just tell you how you are getting matched? You’re getting matched evenly with a deck that has the same percentage chance to beat yours. After a while, it just gets really tiresome. And just when you get used to the new cards, they bring out a new expansion and you have to learn all the new stuff again (which is automatically stacked against you). No randomness, and that gets tiresome after a while.

Money Grab/Profiteering Game. This game has gone thru many changes since it began. I played at the start, and recently redownloaded. If you are new, you will need to spend a lot of money (100$+) to even begin playing properly, otherwise you will be very far behind. Most of the reviews giving this 5stars are from employees, not actual users so you can be sure the game is not truly fair or functional. The game is meant to be random (like other CCGs) but it is most certainly not and gives benefits to whomever spends money vs who does not. You will notice your opposition somehow gets exactly the cards from their deck needed to win without even a struggle. And the random parts of the game that do exist benefit those pay2play players quite substantially. Honestly, I’ve tried to stick with this game for about 4months now but the game just isn’t designed around a free2play system. If you don’t pay money, you won’t go anywhere in this game and there is little to no competitive atmosphere due to the lack of randomness against players who do pay. Also to note, the novice realm known as Apprentice is a joke. You will still play against high ranks, as well as pay2play players. And you will lose far far more than you will win because of it.

Love it BUT. I have played hearthstone for about 4-5 years now. I started playing with my kids, and we still play a lot. We’ve strayed away from wild and standard games, and have switched to playing battleground more often. Which is great! As life got busier for us all, it was harder to make new classes so battleground gave us a chance to still enjoy the game together. BUT the algorithms of battleground can be very nonsensical. For instance, if you are playing w a hero whose hero power has to do with a specific minion type, it’s ridiculous that you can go 3-4 turns without seeing that minion type. It’s quite obvious that there are people that are statistically picked to win. You can see it in the way the minions attack and the lack of useable cards that are given to other players. Since we often play in a group in person, we talk about what we’re seeing and it’s annoying that we can pick out who will win based on the cards that come across our paths and what that one other player has, which is crazy stuff like a 5 star minion on turn 3. Like, come on now! Still enjoy the game but wish it was a bit more fair.

Disgusting reward change was the final straw. The game already had horrible economy, gold evert 3 wins, a chunk of gold for 3 quests a day which wasn’t too bad, the dust system thy required 4 legendaries for one new craft and the crazy fact that drop rates are so garbage that spending 80 dollars you didn’t get all the cards, hell even spending 140 you couldn’t get the last few cards. When you have to spend almost 3 triple A games worth of cash on a free to play game to keep up and do it 3 TIMES A YEAR, that is unacceptable. I did it due to the fun I had still, but now with the blatant lies of them not lowering gold values with the new reward system, which does lower it substantially and also makes you not earn anything for long grinding hours after a certain level. The reward track is very thinly filled compared to other passes, the “premium” area costs 20 dollars and only rewards a tiny bit more. Combine all this with the mini set mid expansion set to leak more money and the fact that other game modes don’t advance quests/achievements now and their newest mode has abilities locked behind “have this many epic cards from latest expansion”. Which makes it a pay to win on a previously unfettered game mode. Don’t play this game as it stands all it wants to do is soak up your life savings more than provide a fun experience.

Great Game!. I’ve had this game for a couple years now and it has really come a long way. It feels better to play than most mobile card games and some pretty insane animations. The maps are able to be interacted with and there are over 7 campaigns to play. One of the best things about Hearthstone is that there are now 4 different game modes, Normal, Arena, Battlegrounds and Duels. The only downside I see to this game is the time it takes to collect the cards you want. Most of the cards you unlock will be randomly, meaning you will have to use your collection wisely and build a good deck out of what you are provided with. New cards are added every so often while old cards are rotated out and every year the Meta changes. Don’t worry! The cards you collected aren’t going to be useless at the end of the year! There is a separate option to play with “Wild” sets and this lets you play with ALL the cards they have released, not just the most recent sets. This makes collecting cards not feel as punishing.

Not pay to play like people on here are saying. I don’t understand why everyone is saying this is pay to play. I haven’t spent a dime and I consider myself quite competitive. Sure you have to go through the challenges and single player stuff to get a starting legendary pack, but honestly it gets you into the basics of the game and really the rewards for doing so are great. Can certain decks be cheap (whoever uses the deck that destroys the cards in your unused deck, I’m talking to you) and can luck play a considerable factor in matches? Sure, but that goes with any card game. Also, there are quite the variety of game modes, most of which are entertaining. Battlegrounds is actually my favorite game type and play it just as much if not more than the regular card game. So for what you get, it’s an amazing free to play game to me. Like I said, I haven’t spent a dime and have just used in game currency for extras and I’ve done quite well. So don’t listen to the haters in here. Im not sure where it’s coming from.

Best game. I have been playing hearth stone for quite a few years now. I enjoy how easy it is to learn the new expansions and how many different ways there are to play this game. Many people complain that you have to pay to play but that is not true at all. I just play end of cumulate in game gold which I buy packs with. The cards I get that I already have or are not useful to me I just disenchant and then use the dust to make the cards I want. The only problem I have recently is the duplicate and triplicate cards I have that blizzard does not allow me too disenchant or do anything with. So I have a huge backlog of old cards that are uncraftable that I never use and I have to wade through to look at the cards. It would be nice to find a different way to arrange that or allow us at a discounted price to get rid of the uncraftable cards for some dust. Other than that, this is one of the best games I’ve ever played it never gets boring I don’t get stuck having to play with it for hours I never get tired of it all of you should try this game it is the best.

Fun BUT issues. I’ve been playing hearthstone for about a year now and it has been fun to play. I’ve spent a few hundred dollars on the game but I’ve noticed some major bugs over the past few months. The most annoying is the app timing out. On my computer I can play other blizzard games from the blizzard app but on the regular I will have to restart hearthstone sometimes 10 times to play it. I deal with this every week now. The other bugs I’ve encountered is season ending rewards. If you get high enough rank you get more packs. 2 seasons ago I go to diamond and when I logged on for the new season I got the notification for my packs but when I went to open they weren’t there. I put on the issue on the forums under tech support but go no answer. The last expansion I decided not to spend anymore money on the game. While I do enjoy it for how addicting and easy I can play on my iPad or computer it seems like hero’s of the storm hearthstone is heading in a direction that makes me think it’s not going to be around much longer. Hope they can fix the bugs but not getting my hopes up.

Witchwood update ruined the game. I used to enjoy this game until the most recent update. After focusing my essence into an elemental mage deck (due to my massively bad luck and the terrible card draw system in the game), I now find that it is impossible to win. The only way to win now is to either be lucky enough to grab one of the few new cards that can instantly win you the game, or pay to have essence. For the average person, keeping up with the meta is near impossible without dedicating massive amounts of time and energy in game. In addition, this game is not at all new user friendly. It isn’t possible for beginners to know what the meta is, much less being able to craft decks around them. Beginners are thus stuck in endless cycles of losses due to them being improperly prepared for the game. If you guys want to bring in new users and avoid alienating new ones, y’all need to step up your game. (P.S. you guys need to balance Sudderwock. With the proper deck centered around it, it is impossible to win against unless you are able to defeat it in the early game. This caused people to craft decks that are only useful against this one meta and useless against everything else. At the very least, add a limit to how much it can do, make it impossible to duplicate, or make it end once the timer runs out.)

Spent money to not even have a chance.. Literally makes no sense, every hero besides warlock quest line takes like 3 or for turns. Hunter class literally has to cast 2 basic low cost spells over and over, warrior has to play pirates… literally their whole deck can be pirates and finish and win easy, Druid uses one card and gets 20 MANA and wins by have extremely strong cards, I PLAY WARLOCK I have to LOSE OVER 20 health to do anything then what makes it worst I have to some how manage to get all that back while surviving the 3 mains every player uses because they see how easy it is to win. I can’t even pass silver 7 rank. You talk about players that match with your skills I’m facing the same 3 hero’s 95% of the time. I even paid a lot of money over the years for what !!! To be destroyed by people who literally find A way to win because it’s easier not because it’s skill. You have me killing myself to try to get a quest line or even to get extra cards to catch up. If I even dare trying to switch hero’s I have to buy packs because I don’t get any great cards. If your going to have me drain my life with warlock atleast make it to where his quest line gives you a chance or his life tap is 0-1 mana leaving time to have a fighting chance.

Frequent bugs, terrible experience. There is a bug right now on mobile where I’ve been queuing into certain heroes and causing the hero animation to play (you know the one) which results in my game crashing and me having to restart it. While it reconnects me back to my game, the same stupid animation pops back up and my game crashes once again before I get to see what my hand is and possibly change it. The game goes back to normal after the countdown timer runs down but that means I never get to look at my starting hand and choose what to remove, giving me a disadvantage that shouldn’t have existed in the first place. As of right now this has only happened to me when I’ve played against two heroes: khadgar and Elise. This bug needs to be looked into and fixed ASAP because it’s giving me a disadvantage to the game and it it just gives me a **** feeling knowing that I’ve lost multiple games and overall had a terrible experience because of a stupid bug. I have screen recording of this happening multiple times, and if it happening to me, then it’s definitely happening to other players. Unfortunately I don’t have either of those heroes so I can’t test this bug for myself.

Great strategy card games with multiple fun modes. Some flaws.. This is essentially Magic: The Gathering. If you played and liked that or similar card games, you’ll enjoy this. You can have plenty of fun without spending, but if you get really into the game it might be hard to resist, especially if you want to actually be competitive. I docked one star because the frequency of expansions, and increasing reliance of Legendary cards for competitive decks seems to have increased. I find it harder to compete when a new expansion comes out than I used to. Making it harder not to spend. I mostly play battlegrounds mode now. I grew bored of competitive play, as there are usually just a few cookie-cutter legend decks that everyone seems to play as you get up higher in rank. Changing with each expansion, of course. Expensive for what essentially becomes rock-paper-scissors, assuming you know how to play. My advice is do your daily quests, some arena, tavern brawls and battlegrounds. Fun for free. Go play something else instead of getting suckered into climbing ranks in competitive mode.

Exactly what a game in this genre should be.. Nerd alert! In a good way, you’ll find yourself capsulated by this game. It’s smooth yet complex gameplay creates an immersive world you’ll find yourself lost in as you collect stronger cards, and learn stronger combinations to make long strings of powerful plays, until you or your opponent runs out of health, the way of battle is truly undecided. One moment you think you’re losing, health down, opponent has four minions out, weapons attached to their hero, secrets at the ready, and you’ll just get that one card that activates the rest of your hand and boom, game over. This is 100% the best game on iPhone, and yes i say that in 2019 but it truly is an old gem and if the nostalgia factor isn’t enough, than just the attempt at a new experience should because this game takes what you know about it’s genre, and makes you realize it wrote the book about it. Give it a shot, and if you lose try again because honestly with this game even a loss still has fun gameplay.

Had higher hopes.... Before this comment gets deleted like so many honest others here, I just want to say that I’ve been a player since beta. I’ve played on and off throughout the years with the latter due to blizzard’s insistance on a dysfunctional economy/‘hypermonitization’ within its game (check my history blizzard). While I will continue to play battlegrounds (and will continue to do so despite my clearly negative tone with respect to the overall game) the current P2W landscapes of it, duels, card expansions, and collections are atrociously deplorable at best and unethically usurious at worst. A game that does not present physical value to its consumers should not warrant such a lurid compensation. I could go on and on, but my primary issues here are that the game has been on a steep decline; it perpetually alienates the bulk of its consumers in favor of fractional populations known as ‘whales; it stonewalls its community by neglecting transparency as well as honest decency in responding and addressing the needs of its player base; and, most importantly, it creates an inequality of experience that abates immersion and progressively tangible development. That being said, I hear there are some new competitors on horizon like RoL, but I leave those rescisions to you. Stay safe.

The best game overall. I have been playing this game for years. On iPad, iPhone, and pc. It always works. The play balance is good and when they mess up a card they correct it. You are placed against players of equal rank so you should always be winning about half of your games. I pay 20$ for the solo adventure packs when they release, but otherwise I play for free. The amount of coins you build up by fulfilling your daily quests will get you 60-80 booster packs during each new release. I have played other collectible card games that were just as good. I have played dozens of them. This is the only one I have played consistently, almost since this game first released. Over recent years they have added more alternate ways to play the game. Each new release changes some of the better decks around and keeps it fresh. You will play at lower ranks your first year if you play competitively. After that you should have accumulated enough cards of the releases usable in “standard” format to be truly competitive if you have the skill to do so.

6 Year review. Overall, I would say that this is a good game in many ways. For the longest time this game had real problems with unbalanced decks running amok, but it seems that recently they have started updating much more frequently. There is a great variety of deck archetypes and plenty of room to make decks that are effective outside of whatever the meta is (This is a massive credit for card games). It will likely seem oppressive at the beginning of playing this game, unless you are an already experienced TCG player. I would not say that the learning curve for this game is as wide as many, but it will still take at least a few weeks of moderate playtime to get into the flow of higher end gameplay if your an experienced player. That being said, if you are new, expect the game to be challenging, but it is rewarding. The only major flaw, if you would call it so, to this game, is that it most certainly DOES require a sizable investment to enjoy the best of it. That being said, most longer running card games come with this clause, so take that how you will. Overall, it’s a worth a try.

Increasingly pay to win. I really enjoyed this game a for a very long time. There were always some balance issues between classes, like any game of its kind but I generally felt like there were few mechanics, if any that couldn’t be overcome by playing well and outthinking your opponent. In fact I even enjoyed playing people who had clearly purchased all their cards because I was still able to do well against them. As the game progressed however, Blizzard seemed to feel the need to come out with increasingly OP cards in order to pressure people to buy decks and put money into the game. I had to stop playing recently because I just could not keep up with the onslaught of new and overpowered cards. After about 2 years, I had amassed legendary and great cards without spending any money but soon found that I could not beat any deck running the new cards even with specific counters against them, unless I myself caved and put money into the game. If you look at the population over time, this community has been dying since Blizzard began pushing newer and game breaking cards. I am sad to be leaving but I cannot support a game that is now so frustratingly pay to win. RIP Hearthstone

Game loading bug :(. This is easily my favorite mobile game. I can spend HOURS playing this and not even realize it. With that said, I haven’t been able to log in in about 3-4 days. Every time I open the app, it stays on the Hearthstone loading screen. The blue swirl flashes, which makes me think the screen isn’t frozen, it just isn’t loading correctly for some reason. After waiting for about 5-6 minutes (sometimes longer) every now and then, it’ll finally take me to the “Closed” sign/screen and I’ll tap it to get inside the game, but even when I click that, it just takes me back to the Hearthstone loading screen and doesn’t load anything. I thought maybe not having the newest update was the issue, so I just updated to the most recent version, but this issue remains. Please fix this. I miss playing! I usually play this on my lunch break at work, but yesterday I spent my entire 30 min lunch break just trying to get the game to load. Like I said, I miss playing, so please fix this as soon as possible! I’ll leave a 5 star review once this issue is fixed. Thanks!

Extremely easy to learn, hard to master. I'm not going to lie, this is a hard game for any new player to jump in to. Even with the formation of standard and wild play, you will most likely have to spend a few bucks or be a dedicated player in order to progress in the ladder. - edit 2020 March - Still play semi frequently, the game is still fun and they’re making it easier to get into for new players. Also Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself and the world is infected with coronavirus. edit 2022- I still play pretty frequently and the game has become way more pay to win . A lot of different game modes have been added which helps when you get bored of comp or run out of gold. It’s a pretty nice casual game but requires like 5-25 minutes full focus sitting. If you are looking at to play for the first time you’ll most likely need to buy some packs if you want to have fun but it’s definitely possible to play for free and be decent, you’ll never hit legend if you don’t get the new expansions since the new cards are always slightly better then the last .

Good but player beware. I love this game, but there is a ceiling for those who don’t pay for the content. Overall I think the packs are overpriced, but the base game is fun so I never had any issues until I started to get better. I grinded hard for a while and built a decent deck but it doesn’t come close to winning compared to the players I'm getting matched with in the “skill based” match making. The online ranking system is dumb, I can’t make it past the bottom tier of silver because as soon as I start winning I get placed with a gold or higher players and get shot back down to the bottom. Over all I think this game would improve with a lobby for people that aren’t spending hundreds of dollars on this game and a different ranking system, where you’re ranked based on the people you’re beating, not just trying to earn stars to level up (more like the StarCraft ranking system) With all that said, I think the game is fun and if you’re willing to spend the money you can build awesome desks that do incredible things, or you can grind and hope that you get what you need to build a good enough deck.

Crashes. I have been playing hearthstone for about three years. I have played solely on my phone through the app during that time. I am at the point now where I cannot play the game any longer. The gameplay is fine but the app itself will not stop crashing. It has gotten consistently worse over the last year with every new update. The game will open and run for about 3-5 minutes and then randomly restart. No consistency as causes that to happen, it happens across all game types. After restarting the app, I will *sometimes* be able to reconnect to my game fast enough to complete my turn, depending on the game mode. Then every 1-2 minutes after that first restart, the app will crash. Nothing I have done seems to fix it. I have reloaded the game every time an update is released to try and lessen the fatigue from this, but nothing has worked. I would keep playing if I could, but I have now lost countless matches simply because of random app restarts. I am very disappointed that the store still lists my phone type (iPhone 6) as a compatible device for the app when it can barely function. I understand I have an older model phone than most, but I wish they would test their software to make sure it works on the devices they list as compatible.

Been playing for years. So I just got booted out of an intense arena game I was in, getting the message that Hearthstone has been updated and that I have to update my game! Really, Blizzard, right in the middle of a game? Gotta work on that... But that’s my one complaint in what, seven years? Figured I owe a positive review as I typically don’t stick with a game for very long. Hearthstone has a perfect blend of strategy and luck, and is constantly evolving, trying new mechanics and things to keep the game fresh. As a former MTG player I enjoy the fact that I haven’t paid a cent (sorry Blizzard) and enjoy this game immensely. For those who want to play without paying, the arena mode is the way to go. I never play constructed, because to really compete, yes, it’ll be tough playing against those who have all the cards they need by spending money. And the Tavern Brawls add a little extra something as well. Those who complain about the game don’t appreciate it for what it is. And certainly this game isn’t for everyone. But for anyone looking for an addicting, FTP card game that tests your skills, this is it.

Pay to Win garbage - Veteran player. This game used to be great when everyone had a custom style deck and you never used to know what you were going to get when you battled someone. Now the game is a Pay to Play. They sell fully built decks that have a straight to the point winning style. It’s awful. There is No wildness, or suspense, or any type of excitement to the game anymore when 9/10 games you play these days you run into someone who has paid for a deck that is impossible to beat. There is no style left when they’re selling decks that only have one purpose, to win. And the game becomes not fun anymore when you have a deck that is literally a 3-step process to the win. It ruins the point of the custom card deck, what the game was based on. Also any of those new decks are only available to purchase with real money, not the in game currency you get by completing challenges. Hence why the creators favor only people willing to spend money on the game, Not people who put in time creating unique decks for different play styles. The game is ruined from its roots of being a wild card battle game. They’re squeezing everything enjoyable out of it and there isn’t much left.

Love. I hate one thing about this game to the point that i have to say something g about it !!!!! The animation of cards and moves take stupid amount of time that in cases of low mana/reduction of card cost tactics the spinning quest completion or some of the card appearance and attack when u have to wait for them to yell whatever they saying in process of it takes away precious seconds and lot of times won’t allow me to finish my moves !! I just had a round of duel fighting for my last life and because I completed the quest during burning rope it took the whole thing to congratulate me for that so I watched in disbelief as I was ready to use a spell that would deliver the final blow to an enemy instead losing due to animation … can you plz fix it I want to still at least apply my moves during those moments or at least pause the time when that occurs … along with having to relogin every time I spend time answering my texts… other then that yeah this my crack if it wasn’t obvious already

Fun pass time game instead of Candy rush. I have played for the game for a few years on and off for free. My goal is really to pass time and take a break from working and studying. It’s strategic like chess and yet challenging. I gained enough gold to buy packs and upgrades. Now I just play Battleground. Playing against 8 players is challenging and rewarding once you beat all of them. Although it involves with lots of luck, but so as gambling. When you see a good opponent who uses strategy, you learn from them. The battleground also doesn’t require any commitment, just pure fun. I can take off few months and come back, pick up right away. I am glad they spent the time into developing it further. Adding more characters and traits. I hope they don’t make it worst. This game leaves a casual player like myself have the option to play for free and enjoy the game as well. Only suggestion is if the players can talk to other players in game. It would make the game more lively and interactive socially.

Trading. Let me start by saying this game is incredible. There are tons of cards to collect and the expansions are fun and challenging. I do think it could be improved by allowing for people to buy the expansions with gold. The wild expansions costing a little less. I understand the have to make their money somewhere but gold is only earned every three wins (10 gold) or by completing quests (50-60 gold each). It would be nice to be able to grind out quests and wins and be able to spend your hard earned gold on something other than card packs and hero’s and such. Another thing I would absolutely love to see added to the game is card trading. If friends could trade cards it would be really cool. especially sense the only way to guarantee a card you want is to enchant it, which can get expensive, having to disenchant other cards to earn dust to then craft the card you want. New players can’t enchant cards they want or need to be competitive in the first stages of the game being as they only get the pre made decks and limited options to create a deck of their own.

Warcraft Fan. I started out playing Warcraft III on the PC when I was 8 years old. Have been a huge fan of the Warcraft universe ever since. Playing this game in Beta was a great introduction to CCG as I had not played to many growing up(a bit of Pokémon and Yu-go-oh). I love how they brought lore characters into the game and have a class system where each class feels unique in the way it plays and the cards that compliment each style. I won’t sit here and complain about balance because that is a fine-tuned process that every competitive esport struggles to address. However, the refusal to update older cards to relevancy in an ever changing game is lazy. The implementation of new game mechanics seems to fly in the face of concepts previously established and consistently forces the average player to spend money in order to remain enticed by their game. I would be entirely willing to invest some money into this game if I felt that I could receive adequate rewards through in game play. This is simply not the case. Don’t get me wrong, I still play this game from time to time. I’m just disappointed in the execution and greed from Blizzard. If you take care of your fan base, they will take care of you.

Used to be great. I have dabbled in all the modes but mostly play Battlegrounds. It was addicting and you used to be able to “buy” a season pass with award currency. Alas, like every game these days, you know it’s only a matter of time before it changes to real currency being the only way to access anything. Well, it happened. Your in game earnings from matches don’t get you anything. Completely pointless to have now. Can’t even get the season pass anymore. Also, it feels like depending on the character you choose to play with in Battlegrounds now effectely works against you with certain minion types. For example, if choosing a certain character would best benefit you if you played a certain minion type, you’ll likely barely see that minion type in the tavern pool. Additionally, it’s become really annoying playing a minion type no one or hardly anyone is playing and rarely seeing that type show up in the tavern pool. It used to be that way when many people were playing that same type, not it doesn’t matter. Anyway, I still play when I’m bored, I’m just not crazy about it anymore.

Prepare to pay or main aggro. Top 100 Legend player and former hearthstone addict here. This game can be phenomenal at times besides the fact that playing at a high level severely limits deck variance and overall fun while playing. Massive swing turns and variance are what we love about hearthstone, but the constant meta changes are both a blessing and a curse. For players that have access to most all of the standard cards like myself it is not too difficult to keep up with patch notes for meta play. On the contrary the standard game changes could very well result in a deck that you’ve been saving dust to build being completely irrelevant. If you are looking to play at a high(er) level be prepared to pay in order to build expensive decks. Climbing to legend is possible with most any decent deck and the price of a deck does not correlate directly with the amount of fun a deck is. Although, if you derive enjoyment from outplaying opponents and winning games, be warned that most games of hearthstone are decided by the matchup you queued in to before cards are dealt. If you are a tryhard, like myself, you are enslaved by the constantly changing meta that may not yield decks that you enjoy.

Battle pass bad. Freemium bad. Hearthstone...?. Hi! I’m a top 1000 (barely) legend player and have been playing since 2016. I have dropped some serious money on this game including buying the aforementioned battle pass. Big mistake. The battle pass and general trend of hearthstone has been more work for less reward, a higher cost for the same content, and a clear pivot away from what the player base wants and toward maximum profit. The battle pass rewards track is brutal. I understand that you can get “achievements” to help you progress, I understand “there will be special exp events in the future”, and I get that the old gold system wasn’t good either. But the battle pass is literally more work for less gold and it’s expensive. $20 for a mild exp boost and some mediocre skins. Come on. I play this game every day and complete all my quests everyday and I’m only level 23. It’s disgusting and looking at the future plans for the game, it’s only getting worse. The mid season cards are a way to get more money out of players and the book of heroes events are just ways to sell cosmetic packs. Hearthstone is fun and addicting, but I can in no way advise anyone to start playing it in its current state. I love this game, but if the battle pass isn’t radically changed, this will be my last season.

Amazing game, played it for years!!!. I love this game. It has a hell of a lot of the aspects I loved most about different card games growing up, from yugioh and magic and pokemon to regular gin and poker, it seems to take all of the best things about any card game, and none of the worst. I absolutely LOVE this game. I'm giving it four stars only because I tried to buy fifteen packs of the boomsday expansion the week that it came out, it froze during that purchase, and to this date I still can't access the store at all. It just shows the spinning circle showing the original purchase going through still, but I mean really? Idek how much later than the original atentos purchase? I'm really only upset about it though because I wanted to spend more money to update my decks and try to be more competitive 😅 I really wish someone could help me fix this... I've logged out and back in, I've deleted the app and reinstalled multiple times, I don't know what else to try. Btw I use the mobile app and I don't have access to a desktop

Great game with a few flaws. I love this game I really do I have been playing for almost 4 years on and off this game I think it’s great but I have some issues with it. First of all I feel that getting cards is very hard as someone who does not spend money on this game it’s very hard to get the cards I need to make fun decks to play. My suggestion for this would either be to make gold easier to get or reduce the cost to craft things using arcane dust, not both because it would make it too easy to get all the cards and a main source of income for the developers would be lost via people buying packs, and I would hate to the developers lose income. Another criticism I have is that standard right now is a very crazy place with the stormwind quests. I think a nerf to both the hunter and warrior quest is to increase the number of cards you need to play to finish the quest. Even with all these criticisms I still love the game and forever will but I have to issue a warning to new players because it can be very hard to jump in.

Battlegrounds bug. Battlegrounds has gotten insanely fixed over the last month…. There was a patch released to “balance” battlegrounds but now every game is skewed. Minions on both sides have an 82.7% chance to attack the left most minion every time (excluding taunt scenarios) so it isn’t really “random” and the minion pool is only reflecting the most popular build now. I’ve played several games now where 6 of the 8 players are buildings the same type, like undead, and I’m the only one building beasts; but every single refresh of the tavern shows me only undead or neutral minions and almost never beasts when I’m literally the only person who has purchased a beast the entire game (my lucky first turn purchase then to never see a beast again). But then as soon as I’m the 7th player to opt in because that’s the only thing my shop shows me (undead) it never shows me undead and instead starts showing me everything else. The “balance” patch screwed up the background logic and it’s causing a lot of frustration for everyone. It’s no longer a “random” sequence of combat and the competitive edge is lost when the tavern isn’t diverse.

Always having issues.... This game overall has a good premise and good development. However I have had a really bad experience with it so far and it doesn’t seem to get any better. I watched my friends play it for months before I decided I would give it a try. I finally got the game... and when I downloaded it I had to make an account. Which the game then wouldn’t allow me to do so. The verification wasn’t working and saying my email was invalid. So then I used an alternate email and finally got to playing. I did nothing but training for my first week suggested by the friends who got me into it. Then I decided that I had enough level to join online... level 10. This was a mistake because every opponent had much better cards and the feel for the game just wasn’t there. I am now here writing a review because I am no longer able to play because it says I need an update when my game is at the latest version. I wanted to like this game because my friends have enjoyed it for years on their own and I saw nothing but fun when they played. All I had was really time consuming obstacles and now I’m not allowed to play. The game needs a little more focus on the playability and less on adding new stuff.

Naysayers are no fun!. Don’t listen to people complain that it is a pay-to-win game. I have played Hearthstone for three years, made top ranked players four times and achieved two golden hero’s all while never purchasing a single card. Yes, you can pay money for cards but if your patient you can get those same cards by opening packs and crafting cards in the game using dust that you can acquire by disenchanting extra cards, cards you don’t use or winning Arena runs. Every time you win three games (not to mention complete quests) you get gold, which is used to buy packs! This is a strategy game pure and simple, the mechanics are almost identical to Magic: The Gathering. (Which you do have to pay for, fyi, while as I’ve said you can play this game and succeed while spending no money) The point is, if you want to be good at this game you can! I particularly enjoy the humor and satyr thrown into making these cards and recommend it for everyone who likes these kind of card games!

Slow. The game itself is extremely good. I play it daily, but it is extremely slow to start and slow to transfer menus. In 2024 standards it’s almost like waiting for dial up internet in the 1990’s. I play it at home on WiFi with speeds of 50-80 gbps and I also play it on my cellular network. I have an iPhone 11 still so it is 4g or LTE network. Anyway, they are both the same speed, so I know it is the hearthstone servers that are slow. Since this is a triple A title from top tiered and heavily renowned game studio, I find this extremely unacceptable. However, I do still play it. I wish Blizzard would stop worrying about weekly updates to the game and just update the speed of which the UI is. I believe that if they want to have the ultimate option for this game on the market that should be their focus. After you read and implement this Blizzard, make sure you get my contact information to send me those royalties. Thank you.

Longest kept Game!!!. So I’m an avid gamer used to play Mortal Kombat professionally i.e. traveled, paid to compete and since I’ve became an adult lol I’ve completely cut out console gaming. I’ve cycled through hundreds of mobile games. Every single one Emma up getting deleted never to be played again. Hearthstone has been installed on my phone for like 4-5 years and fills that competitive void. I love the deck building system and the creativeness. Only bad thing I can say is that while you can build a deck for free it’d take forever. Since I love the game I’ve spent about 50 dollars and it’s really my favorite game. ****Updated comment **** Just wanted to pop in and say another year has past and the game has received steady updates, patches and overhaul. Favorite game just got better! *****Updated Comment ***** Game went through a stage where my favorite class wasn’t relevant for the longest time, but what’s great is you know they are always releasing new cards and reshape the meta.

Awesome game, but awful support. First, I would like to note that this is not a great F2P game. I don’t mind that, I love the game so I don’t mind spending money on cards or adventures. However, if you’re strapped for cash this prob isn’t a great game to get into. The game has major updates maybe 3-4 times a year, and it’s unavailable for mobile players about 48-72 hours after each release. I can guarantee after each release issue they’ll tell you to uninstall/reinstall, but it’s never worked for me. Usually I just assume I can check back in a week, and low and behold it’s back without me having to uninstall and reinstall. From a user experience perspective, this isn’t a great troubleshooting recommendation for mobile players... most people are using cell data. I’d at least prefer they were honest about it... “hey, we messed up - here’s some dust or coins as compensation.” That aside, it isn’t enough to deter me from playing - it’s like magic the gathering but different and more convenient IMO. I’m a big Warcraft fan and I love playing all the different cards. I’d recommend trying it if you’re into card games for sure, just be aware of the availability issues.

Pretty Fun!. Hearthstone is a rather fun game! Out of all the available card games, it’s very simple to pick up and enjoy, but has some complexity that takes time to master. If you are a free-to-play kind of person, this game will be much less fun for you. There are many card sets and top tier decks require cards from just about all of the last 4-6 expansions, depending on the cycle we are in. Cards rotate out of standard play every year, with the sets cycling out usually being the three sets from about two years prior. This means there are always 4-6 sets in rotation, as the cycle repeats every year upon the release of what would be the 7th expansion of a set, instead rotating to 3 from prior year plus newest set until there are up to six sets again. This means you are constantly collecting new cards and often you will not finish a collection without making a purchase. I recommend only buying the cheap bundles, such as the Legendary + 10 packs for $10 bundles. The legendary card alone will usually be something very useful, and they’re much harder to pull. Basically any time you can get more than 1 pack per $1 in value. I recommend ignoring 1 star reviews, as this is nowhere close to a 1 star game. It’s made by a AAA company, even if their reputation has been hit recently with social scandal and bad decision making in their other F2P games like Diablo Immortal. This is a 3-5 star game, depending on your playstyle and enjoyment of card games. Give it a try!

Hours of fun but definitely not perfect. I have been playing Hearthstone since release and feel it has moved more in positive directions than negative. The game has all sorts of gamemodes for the free-to-play player to the rich whales. I will say the in-game store is overwhelming and it feels like the packs you pull are not worth buying. The rate of legendary cards is too difficult to pull without paying for packs if you are trying to play standard/wild. Only 5 cards a pack is rough, especially when your rare gets replaced by the epic/legend. There are a ton of different archetypes that seem to be well balanced and blizzard is definitely keeping eyes out with constant balance changes if one becomes too powerful. The different game-modes have all been successfully fun in my opinion. Duels Arena Battlegrounds and Tavern Brawls all provide a sense of adventure in the game. The voice acting and animations are also one of the most memorable parts of the game. Overall I see this game as being a success in terms of fun and would recommend it if you are looking for a online ccg. There are a few flaws, but what game is perfect?

Battlegrounds. So I primarily play this game for battlegrounds and battlegrounds alone. I have a lot of gripes that I’ve been holding in because overall the gameplay is fun and MOSTLY the smartest person will win. My primary issue is the bugging out and screen reloads and wasting my valuable turn time because the game either has to refresh or just freezes for 5 seconds everytime I do absolutely anything in my turn. Please for the love of god fix this. Also, I find it realy messed up how much you have taken away from us free to play players. In the past two years I’ve logged in 1500 hours of gameplay on battlegrounds alone. Used to be able to use coins to unlock battleground pass. Are you that pressed for money that you had to take that away? For real only thing I miss from that is being able to choose from 4 dudes. Just sad to see another decent free to play app go commercial. All that being said I still love this app and look forward to the next battlegrounds rule set

What Do You Want?. I’m a former pro MTG player, got out of that nearly a decade ago, picked up Hearthstone a few years ago from friends talking about it. The balance of the game is there, it’s fun, interactive, doesn’t take money to win/be successful. It’s got a lot to offer for lots of different user types. You can draft, play story mode, various other short game types that follow the ~20-30 minute model like Duels/Arena. If you’ve got a niche, it’s got an area to fill it. You don’t need to be a Jack of all trades. The combination of skill and variance based (luck! lol) interactions find a clever balanced blend to reward creativity. I wish the pro circuit was something more attainable, but you’ve got to stream or make this an 8 hour each day of the month endeavor to get to the top. It’s a welcome respite every time I have a hour or two to kill. The initial grind to obtain cards can be daunting but there’s lots of budget deck builds you can find online to grind to get rewards if you’re looking to climb the ladder. Great game, made by people who care about gaming and more importantly your satisfaction while playing.

Been playing for a while, love the art the voice lines, but. I live hearthstone for all the joy it has given me and it feels like a genuine good game that has a lot of effort and work put into it, which is true. I love the art, and the voice lines and everything about it, but they have been a bit greedy with some purchases and games. That’s a few of the downsides, my brother lost his account once and support couldn’t do anything to fix it, and I think it’s still my brother’s fault because it seems like he lost his password, but otherwise, it’s a really good game. Meadow’s can make people feel disheartened about the game or even not want to play anymore and some people delete it even if they spent hundreds of dollars on it but it’s still a game that I love coming back to and playing and even if I don’t have all the new cards, unlocking the new ones and getting a good play, feels good I will say is really hard right when a new season comes out to enjoy it if all you versus bots and you don’t have all the fun new cards

Great game. Overall a fun card game with endless replayability, personally having at least a hundred hours in the game. With new content constantly coming out keeping the game fresh. Extremely balanced so free to play players are able to compete with pay to play players. With my second account getting to one of the top ranks even with a limited card pool. Having such a huge community helps this game with their always being new stuff to talk about. Very few bugs, runs really well, good ui, good art design, and good audio design allowing this game to standout from other card games making it the best choice. Very easy to learn all the basic mechanics allowing you to quickly get in to the game but at the same time hard to master separating the pros and the noobs. With much more praising I can do their are without a doubt some negatives like their heroic brawls rewards being underwhelming, card balance is sometimes not the best, and other stuff as well but still a free game that I would recommend to anyone casual or hardcore gamer looking to have some fun.

Minor issues I have. (Before you start to read this I just want you to know that I’ve played this game before). The game is good I really like it a lot and it’s fun to play and a great way to kill time, so I don’t want to talk crap about the game, but I’m having minor issues. I completed the tutorial and it told me to make an account, and the screen went blank! I tried it again and the screen came up, so I pressed create and the screen went blank! I tried again and it came up this time, so I filled it all out and I pressed create account. Guess what happened! The screen didn't go blank! It took me off of the game and made my phone freeze up and I couldn’t do anything so I turned it off and back on and it was fine (thankfully). But then I went to the game and this is what it said: “CLOSED we can not connect you to the game through Blizzard blah blah blah, try again on a few minutes.” Ten try’s later still says it so i play another game and wait after 2 hours I go back on there and to my surprise! IT SAID THE SAME THING!!!!!!!! So I deleted it maybe I’ll get it back if you fix this thank you!

Fun, but there’s a big downside. The game’s mechanics are fine, runs like a dream. There is one issue I have with this game that seems to plague all mobile games that has PvP and Hearthstone looks to not be an exception. It’s fine if you want to include in game purchases, but, it’s not fine if this gives you a scathing advantage that makes the game NOT fun. There must be an aggregate that balances this out, though, I have no idea how you’d do this since this looks to be by design. If you’re not willing to do in game purchases, good luck getting any kind of headway in PvP, you might as well write that off. Arena and the Solo mode are the only redeeming factor for me. If those two components were not part of the mobile game I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole. So, if you’re not willing to fork over the dough, PvP will be beyond frustrating and will cause many to rage quit. I give up a lot of the times and just take the loss, it’s not even worth trying when you don’t stand a chance. I think players feel this advantage because sometimes they won’t let me give up. That’s the catch, Blizzard is waiting to hear those cash registers ring by those who become sick of losing.

Long time player. I’ve been playing the game since the second expansion, I have 4/9 golden heroes so you could say I’ve played a lot of hearthstone, it definitely has its flaws but I think the biggest among them, is the fact that they haven’t quite adopted all of the mechanics available in shadowverse, honestly, in shadowverse they run world championships which can be accessed on any mobile device, and in the same screen you can access a winning deck from each class from the last world championship, it’s really annoying that hearthstone is the more enjoyable game, but the devs seem to be somewhat lacking in the quality of life for the average player department, I really do love the game but it’s pretty obvious they could do more and it’s disappointing, other than that, the PVP content has been excellent for the last year, arena is also excellent in the last couple months, they’ve started doing tons of events in game for rewards and tavern brawl has always been OK, so all in all keep it up, but also maybe try to implement some of the changes other CCG have made

Pay to win? No.. People can see this as a pay to win game, but it’s not. All you need is some good old fashioned patience. Y’know, like the old days. Their design allows players who intend to pay nothing to play in many modes that fully utilize the cards it starts with and it feel clean balanced and super fun. I’ve been playing since April 2017 and payed nothing and gotten above rank 10 many times. The game gives card packs away like candy so your collection grows substantially, giving you tons of great decks. Plus, you can break down extra cards for Dust which can be used to make your cards you don’t have for that deck you want. This is the perfect example of a game that enables players to spend nothing and have a hell of a time. I spent 50 dollars on the last expansion, not because I wanted to win, but because I felt that I got so much fun out of this game that I wanted to support Blizzard and their team for making such a great game. 50 bucks for a great game sounds fair to me.