Forgotten Myths CCG
- March 21, 2016
- Anchora Games
Get on SteamForgotten Myths is a free to play online collectible card game that incorporates deck building, card collection and strategic gameplay in a fantastic historical background incorporating several civilizations, myths and legends in the same universe!
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Reviews
- The game offers a fun and innovative card game experience, with interesting mechanics and strategic gameplay.
- It's free to play, allowing players to enjoy the game without spending money, and rewards active players with daily free cards.
- The developers are responsive to community feedback and are actively working on improving the game, showing potential for future growth.
- The game suffers from severe server issues, making it difficult or impossible to play, with many players encountering connection errors.
- The user interface is poorly designed and clunky, making navigation and gameplay frustrating, with many players finding it hard to understand the mechanics.
- There are significant balance issues, with a pay-to-win element that can hinder free-to-play players, as well as bugs that affect gameplay.
- gameplay23 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 52 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally described as fun and engaging, with familiar mechanics for fans of trading card games. However, many users criticize the tutorial and lack of in-game explanations, which make the mechanics feel unintuitive and lead to a frustrating learning experience. While the strategic lane-based gameplay offers interesting elements, the overall execution is marred by clunky interfaces and amateurish visuals.
“The basic mechanics are familiar to anyone who has played a TCG before.”
“The gameplay itself is simple, fun, and looking through some of the cards you can buy via in-game gold you get from just playing NPCs, you can make a very decent deck within 1 hour into the game.”
“+ offers strategic lane-based gameplay that is very interesting.”
“That's it in a nutshell: the game's mechanics are decent, but the overall package is just the most amateurish thing I've ever seen in a digital CCG.”
“Never have I seen a game this carelessly user-unfriendly - after playing dozens of games, I still had absolutely no idea what half the mechanics did because they weren't explained in the tutorial, the game completely lacks tooltips to explain them, and there's no in-game documentation either.”
“You can't move or dismiss your own creatures once you've played them, and who goes first in each phase toggles each turn, so a lot of important strategic decisions have to be made basically blind, reducing a lot of the gameplay to guesswork.”
- story11 mentions
- 18 % positive mentions
- 55 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is criticized for its restrictive progression, requiring players to complete multiple missions before accessing key features like inventory and store options. Players find the initial missions challenging and frustrating, with a steep learning curve and no pause option, but some express enjoyment once they grasp the mechanics. Overall, the narrative experience feels tedious and overly demanding at the start.
“I am enjoying this game, though I will admit it took me quite a few attempts to pass the first few missions, but once you have an understanding of the mechanics, it is actually pretty good.”
“After that, I was forced to play through the first 5 missions of the game's absurdly expansive PvE campaign before I was even given access to the rest of the menu options, including my inventory or the store - that's right, I couldn't even see my own deck until I'd beaten the first leg of the campaign!”
“After that, I was forced to play through the first five missions of the game's absurdly expansive PvE campaign before I was even given access to the rest of the menu options, including my inventory or the store - that's right, I couldn't even see my own deck until I'd beaten the first leg of the campaign!”
“There is no pause button in story mode.”
“You start with all 1 energy cards, but the computer-controlled starting quest enemies soon start throwing down 2 and 3 energy cards, forcing you to play against someone with 2-3 times the resources very quickly.”
- graphics9 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 11 % neutral mentions
- 22 % negative mentions
Overall, the graphics received mixed reviews, with some users praising the beautiful artwork and smooth animations, while others criticized the blurry visuals and a poorly designed user interface. Despite the aesthetic appeal, many noted that the game's mechanics and performance were more important than the graphics, especially in a card game context. Additionally, some players experienced issues with bugs that affected the overall visual experience.
“I thought the graphics overall were very nice, gameplay smooth and the AI reasonable.”
“Good graphics, smooth animations for the most part, though watching my energy (mana) card animations got old fast.”
“Artwork is the most beautiful of all card games.”
“Blurry graphics.”
“The software is still full of bugs, and the graphics user interface (GUI) is pretty bad.”
- music3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game starts off promising but quickly becomes intrusive and irritating, leading players to want to turn it off. Additionally, the soundtrack stops abruptly, resulting in long periods of silence during gameplay, which detracts from the overall experience.
“The music is initially okay, but rapidly becomes irritating in its intrusiveness until you want to turn it off.”
“The thing that irritates me the most is that the game's music stops quickly, so you're basically in complete silence for most of the game!”
“Seemed promising, but you sadly can't play it since there was an error contacting the server, which pops up right along with the opening soundtrack.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Players express frustration with the grinding mechanics in the game, indicating that while some enjoy grinding, this particular implementation tests their patience significantly.
“I'm a fan of grinding, but this game grinds my patience to thin.”
“The grinding in this game feels endless and tedious, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“I expected some grinding, but the sheer amount required to progress is overwhelming.”
- stability1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
While "Forgotten Myths" features a solid combat system and was largely bug-free during gameplay, a significant issue detracted from the overall experience, leading to a not-recommended rating.
