Eternal Card Game

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Eternal Card Game is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with a fantasy theme. It was developed by Dire Wolf Digital and was released on November 21, 2018. It received positive reviews from players.

Eternal Card Game is a fantasy turn-based strategy game with stellar mechanics and Queenslayer graphics. Play in single-player or multiplayer modes, where six-guns and sorcery collide in the struggle for the Eternal Throne. The game regularly releases new cards to keep the gameplay fresh and exciting.

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Audience ScoreBased on 144 reviews

gameplay18 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Eternal combines the best aspects of Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone, offering a deep and strategic gameplay experience.
The game features a generous free-to-play model, allowing players to earn cards and gold easily through various game modes, including Gauntlet and Draft.
The user interface is polished and intuitive, making it easy for both new and experienced players to navigate and enjoy the game.

The game suffers from significant resource variance, leading to frustrating experiences where players can be mana-screwed or flooded, impacting the overall enjoyment.
Some mechanics can feel swingy, with games often being determined by who draws the most powerful cards first, rather than strategic play.
The tutorial and campaign can be tedious, requiring players to complete many missions with subpar starter decks before they can fully enjoy the game.

gameplay
72 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay of Eternal is praised for its solid mechanics that blend elements from Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone, offering a fast-paced yet strategic experience. While many players appreciate the depth and unique mechanics, such as empower and warcry, some express concerns about balance issues and resource variance affecting game outcomes. Overall, it is seen as a fun and engaging collectible card game that appeals to fans of the genre, though it may require further refinement to enhance its competitive viability.
- “The gameplay in Eternal is rock-solid, taking core CCG mechanics and tying them to colors similar to Magic: The Gathering.”
- “Eternal combines the best aspects of Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering; it has Hearthstone's flow and quick gameplay, but also Magic's flavor, depth, and overall feel in terms of deck types and strategies.”
- “Eternal simplifies the essence of Magic's strategic, interactive gameplay while creatively exploring new design space.”
- “The gameplay seems average and kind of fun, but there are just too many total cards to be able to have very consistent gameplay.”
- “First of all, extreme resource variance, known within the community as power screw and flood, determines an unacceptable amount of games, and the tools to mitigate this given within the game haven’t been enough to solve it.”
- “While the changes may look small, they truly improve the gameplay, but the resource mechanic (sigils, a.k.a. mana) is kind of broken and somehow annoying.”
graphics
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many praising the beautiful card artworks and high-quality visuals that draw comparisons to Hearthstone. While some users find the graphics compelling and polished, others feel they lack originality, describing them as a blend of Hearthstone's aesthetics and Magic: The Gathering's strategic depth. Overall, the visuals are considered decent to impressive, contributing positively to the gaming experience.
- “Hearthstone is a beautiful experience with compelling graphics, music, animations, and voice acting.”
- “Eternal's amount of polish, high-quality graphics, and novel design (love the abilities like killer and warcry) are impressive.”
- “A perfect mix of MTG playstyle and Hearthstone visuals makes this the best CCG on PC/mobile.”
- “Card graphics are lame but well done at least.”
- “This is basically Magic: The Gathering with Hearthstone kind of visuals.”
- “Eternal's art direction, sound design, and graphical effects are better than Magic Online (like every other game) and worse than Hearthstone's (like every other game), but far closer to Hearthstone than to Magic Online.”
story
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story aspect is described as lacking a traditional narrative, with players primarily engaging in quests and campaigns that resemble those found in other card games like Hearthstone. While there are fun quests and rewards for completing them, the overall story experience is considered minimal and somewhat tedious, particularly during the initial tutorial missions. Players appreciate the generous rewards system but express a desire for more engaging solo play modes and a more developed story mode.
- “Sofre I love the game; quests are fun and you get new cards all the time.”
- “A little slow to start collecting cards, but after a few hours of the intro missions, you're rewarded with a decent amount of cards.”
- “The story is fine, but it takes way too long and the decks they give you are rough.”
- “Note: the initial tutorial quests are drudgery.”
- “I have a few key issues with this game which is the main reason I only really play to do daily quests now and instead play Elder Scrolls Legends with most of my time.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mixed experience; while it offers opportunities to farm in-game currency through modes like gauntlet, it can also feel tedious, especially during the lengthy tutorial and initial stages. The grind for legendaries is significant, making it challenging for free-to-play users, but many appreciate the overall fairness of the game once past the initial hurdles.
- “This is identical in nature to Hearthstone, where players with 52%+ win rate decks intentionally concede their way to lower ranks for the purposes of easier grinding of in-game currency and quest completions off potentially lesser skilled players. Yet, should they be interested in players of comparable decks and skill, they need not proceed up the ranks, as everyone is right there with them at the bottom.”
- “Hard to have legendaries; need lots of grinding.”
- “The tutorial is quite long and might be quite tedious for some.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is largely derived from its pervasive RNG, which has become a frequent subject of memes among players, including top-level competitors. This has led to a perception of the game as a comedic outlier in the digital gaming landscape, particularly when compared to other titles like Elder Scrolls.
- “The RNG is so hilariously pervasive that even top-level players meme about it on a constant basis.”
- “It's kind of funny that Dire Wolf is also doing Elder Scrolls, but yet that game blows away Eternal.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's optimization is praised for its smooth performance, with a high rating of 9/10. While some users reported a rare crash after extensive playtime, the majority experienced stable gameplay without disconnects.
- “Other than this, the game is fantastic and runs smoothly.”
- “Performance is very good and I have yet to encounter any disconnects or crashes.”
- “Great performance overall, but crashed once in ~70h.”
- “The game is poorly optimized, leading to frequent frame drops and stuttering during gameplay.”
- “I experienced long loading times and crashes, which really detracted from the overall experience.”
- “The optimization issues make it difficult to enjoy the game, as it often feels sluggish and unresponsive.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has received mixed reviews; while some players find it compelling and well-integrated into the overall experience, others describe it as underwhelming and suggest bringing your own soundtrack for a more enjoyable auditory experience.
- “Hearthstone is a beautiful experience with compelling graphics, music, animations, and voice acting.”
- “The music is underwhelming and fails to create an engaging atmosphere.”
- “The soundtrack lacks variety and becomes repetitive quickly.”
- “Overall, the audio experience is disappointing and does not enhance the gameplay.”
replayability
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Reviewers express concerns about the game's replayability, noting that early game-ending mechanics diminish long-term engagement. While single-player options are seen as intriguing, they ultimately encourage players to shift towards PvP battles for a more sustainable experience.
- “The single-player options are interesting, but they lack long-term replayability, which drives players towards PvP battles.”
- “The variety of strategies and deck-building options keeps the game fresh and encourages multiple playthroughs.”
- “Each game feels different due to the diverse card combinations and player interactions, making it highly replayable.”
- “Single player options are interesting, but lacking long-term replayability, opting instead to drive players to PvP battles.”
- “Stop creating game-ending bombs that are playable on turn 3, especially for a game that has a minimum of 75 cards.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, with frequent freezing reported by users, which detracts from the overall experience.
- “It's amazing how much this game freezes.”
- “The constant crashes make it unplayable.”
- “I can't progress because the game keeps shutting down.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The atmosphere of Eternal is characterized by a blend of gameplay mechanics reminiscent of Magic: The Gathering and a Hearthstone-like ambiance, resulting in a captivating and strategic gaming experience.
- “Eternal combines gameplay mechanics from Magic: The Gathering with a Hearthstone-like atmosphere, leading to intriguing and methodical gameplay.”