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Duelyst GG

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80% User Score Based on 54 reviews

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Duelyst GG is a multiplayer tactical strategy game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Distant Melody Studio and was released on January 28, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Duelyst is a unique hybrid 1v1 card game where you play your units and spells onto a 9x5 board where you can position them to your advantage. You can pick from different generals with unique Bloodbound spells. All 800+ cards are unlocked so you can play anything you want from the start.

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Audience ScoreBased on 54 reviews
music1 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions
  • All cards are unlocked from the start, allowing for immediate and creative deck-building without grind or paywalls.
  • Faithful recreation and improvement of the original Duelyst game experience with new cards, balance tweaks, and faster matches.
  • The game is completely free to play with a healthy monetization focused solely on cosmetics, supported actively by caring developers and community.
  • The small and shrinking player base results in long matchmaking times and makes competitive play frustrating, especially for new players facing veterans.
  • The game suffers from poor optimization, numerous bugs, incomplete UI features, and lack of adequate tutorial or onboarding for new players.
  • Graphics and UI are lacklustre and feel like a low-effort mobile port rather than a polished PC experience, which may deter modern gamers.
  • gameplay
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of Duelyst 2 features innovative mechanics and strategic positioning with well-balanced cards, offering depth and creativity. However, the limited tutorial and focus on ranked mode dominated by veteran players can make it challenging for new or casual players to fully enjoy or experiment with decks. Overall, it retains the core mechanics of its predecessor, appealing more to experienced card game enthusiasts.

    • “When Duelyst debuted in early 2015, it generated great anticipation among card game players with its unique and exquisite pixel art style and highly creative gameplay.”
    • “The gameplay is tight, the cards are well-balanced, and the strategic positioning adds a whole new layer to the game.”
    • “Innovative mechanics are added ever so often.”
    • “The tutorial is not sufficient to fully learn and understand the mechanics; external videos made by other players provide more detailed explanations. The PvE and new player experience will certainly be expanded over time.”
    • “Since the game basically follows the same ruleset as Duelyst 1, all the new player guides available on the web and YouTube for the original Duelyst can be used to understand the various mechanics.”
    • “As a casual player, Duelyst 2 does not offer a great experience. With only ranked mode gameplay and almost the entire player base being veterans using meta decks with very fast tempo, experimenting with your own decks is not really an option and can be very frustrating.”
  • graphics
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics received mixed feedback, with praise for Duelyst's unique and detailed pixel art style at its debut, but criticism for overall low-quality visuals, especially maps and menus, reflecting its mobile design rather than high-end gaming PC standards. Users also expressed a desire for improved UI graphics to replace placeholder elements.

    • “When Duelyst debuted in early 2015, it generated great anticipation among card game players with its unique and exquisite pixel art style and highly creative gameplay.”
    • “The graphics are lacklustre because this was designed for mobile phones, not gaming PCs.”
    • “Graphically low quality maps and menus.”
    • “Wish #1 for the game is to get the original assigning movement UI back instead of the placeholder graphics.”
  • monetization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization is praised for being fair and non-intrusive, focusing solely on cosmetic purchases with no pay-to-win elements. Compared to similar games, it offers a healthier and more player-friendly approach, avoiding common cash grab tactics.

    • “It has a very good and healthy monetization system (purely cosmetic, no pay to win here).”
    • “When I first loaded this up, I thought, yep, another mobile app cash grab scam.”
    • “It's sad because I think the developer of DuelystGG is better at communicating and has a way better monetization mindset (everything is free and you only pay for aesthetics), but since you will be unable to understand anything you are better off playing Duelyst 2.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story aspect is criticized for lacking meaningful solo content and traditional storytelling, relying heavily on player interaction instead. This absence of narrative depth leaves the game feeling empty for those seeking a strong single-player experience.

    • “The developer thought other players could replace actual storytelling and level design.”
    • “Without a player base or meaningful solo content (storytelling, narrative, you know, what makes games like GTA famous), the game has nothing to offer.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is severely lacking, resulting in numerous bugs and poor performance comparable to outdated titles, even on modern platforms. Users find the experience frustrating unless already very familiar with the game, as the rough optimization detracts significantly from gameplay.

    • “As well optimized as PUBG, seriously even in browser runs like a game from 30 years ago.”
    • “The UI is extremely crude, the game content is far from complete, the optimization is horrendous, the bugs are numerous, and the beginner tutorial mechanism is severely lacking.”
    • “Only if you're already very familiar with Duelyst can you possibly have the best gaming experience, not to mention tolerate the prevalent optimization issues and bugs throughout the game.”
  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users appreciate the game's music, praising it alongside the pixel art, and express excitement for future updates that will expand the soundtrack.

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Duelyst GG is a tactical strategy game with fantasy, medieval, historical and dark fantasy themes.

Duelyst GG is available on PC and Windows.

Duelyst GG was released on January 28, 2023.

Duelyst GG was developed by Distant Melody Studio.

Duelyst GG has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

Duelyst GG is a multiplayer game.

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