MARVEL Battle Lines

About

"MARVEL Battle Lines" is a strategy game featuring a good story and fabulous gameplay with spectacular graphics. Build your deck of Marvel heroes and engage in card battles in this action-packed game. However, be prepared for lots of grinding, excessive advertisements, and occasional bugs. The game is described as an "Action Card Battle Game" from Marvel, allowing you to collect and battle with your favorite Marvel characters.

Genres & Tags

Strategy

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

74%

Audience ScoreBased on 4,034 reviews

gameplay86 positive mentions

stability32 negative mentions

Great graphics and artwork, capturing the essence of Marvel characters.
Fun and strategic gameplay that combines elements of tic-tac-toe with card mechanics.
Offers a variety of characters and modes, making it engaging for players.

Frequent bugs and crashes, especially after updates, making the game unplayable for some users.
Pay-to-win mechanics are prevalent, making it difficult for free-to-play players to compete.
Long loading times and unskippable animations can detract from the overall experience.

gameplay
178 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
48%
40%
12%
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many players appreciating its unique mechanics and strategic depth, particularly in the context of a card battler combined with tic-tac-toe elements. However, criticisms highlight issues such as repetitiveness, a lack of depth, and frustrating UI design, which detract from the overall experience. Additionally, concerns about balance, pacing, and the presence of pay-to-win elements have been noted, suggesting that while the game has potential, it requires further refinement to enhance player engagement.
- “An interesting idea for gameplay that combines the strategy of tic-tac-toe with the collection, abilities, and design of a card battler.”
- “The art is phenomenal, the gameplay is quick to learn and full of depth, no forced wait times, no ads, just you and your game.”
- “Great gameplay, awesome graphics.”
- “The gameplay can get rather repetitive at times, especially since the game board is always the same.”
- “The actual gameplay can be boiled down to a poorly designed tic-tac-toe, and it is also clear to see that it will become hugely pay-to-win very soon.”
- “Gameplay limited, free-to-play content is just grinding, nerfed good free-to-play cards while putting out pay-to-win overpowered cards and selling packs with terrible RNG implementation.”
graphics
166 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
69%
28%
4%
Overall, the graphics of the game are widely praised for their stunning artwork and comic book aesthetic, with many users highlighting the quality of character designs and animations. However, there are significant concerns regarding performance issues, such as lag and slow loading times, which detract from the experience. Players express a desire for options to adjust or disable graphics to improve gameplay performance, indicating that while the visuals are impressive, they can be overly demanding on devices.
- “I love the concept and the artwork is spot on.”
- “Amazing graphics and periodic updates.”
- “The graphics are amazing and animations are limited, but of very high quality.”
- “My biggest gripes are the numerous (and huge) updates, battery consumption, and graphical lag.”
- “Very slow loading and unnecessary graphics and animations that just makes the game buggy and utterly disappointing.”
- “The graphics make my phone slow... I wish it had an option to turn off or change the quality of the graphics.”
story
116 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
19%
75%
6%
The game's story is generally well-received, featuring engaging comic-style narratives and a variety of Marvel characters, but many players find it short and lacking depth, with some missions feeling overly challenging without significant card upgrades. While the art and comic presentation are praised, frustrations arise from repetitive cutscenes, loading times, and a perceived reliance on microtransactions to progress. Overall, players express a desire for more campaign content and better integration of the storyline with gameplay mechanics.
- “The game has great art of all the Marvel characters and the story is good.”
- “This game has a very enjoyable and fun comic story, illustrated as a digital comic with smart view included.”
- “Love the storyline and gameplay, and the artwork is fantastic!”
- “The PvE storyline starts to be a real struggle if you aren't willing to spend lots of real money to upgrade your cards.”
- “Instead, you get a terrible story campaign and challenges that give random rewards and are either far too easy or demand specific cards or hands to deal with.”
- “The endgame plot doesn't seem to have a continuation from the main campaign storyline.”
stability
33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
9%
97%
The game's stability is a significant concern, with numerous users reporting frequent freezing, lagging, and crashing issues after only a few matches. Many players experience problems with loading screens, buggy user interfaces, and specific features like the shop and card rewards, leading to frustrating gameplay interruptions. While some enjoy the game despite these issues, the overall consensus highlights a pressing need for stability improvements and bug fixes.
- “Great game so far; definitely no glitches at all.”
- “The game runs smoothly without any crashes or bugs.”
- “I've experienced consistent performance throughout my playtime.”
- “The game will allow you to play 3 to a maximum of 4 matches before it lags, locks up, and freezes to the point where when I finally close it, I have to put my wallpaper back on because it messed it up.”
- “Every time I tap the shop button, the game freezes and I have to restart the game.”
- “Unfortunately, it's horribly buggy right now.”
monetization
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
35%
52%
The monetization strategy of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players labeling it as a cash grab, particularly due to aggressive microtransactions and misleading in-game purchase rates. While some users appreciate that the game is free-to-play and offers optional purchases, others feel that the difficulty is artificially inflated to encourage spending, leading to a frustrating experience. Overall, the presence of ads and the reliance on in-app purchases have detracted from the enjoyment of the game for many players.
- “The art is phenomenal, the gameplay is quick to learn and full of depth, no forced wait times, no ads, just you and your game.”
- “There are in-app purchases, but you don't need to buy them to enjoy the game.”
- “In-app purchases just speed you up, but nothing exclusive, so grinding is possible.”
- “This game has a unique feel and gameplay but seems to be just another cash grab with a Marvel name.”
- “It's a shame that an interesting concept is plagued with bad microtransactions and poor design choices.”
- “Horrible, I waited for this and it's absolutely terrible. Not to mention it's a massive cash grab; you don't spend real money, you don't win.”
optimization
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
67%
29%
The game's optimization has received significant criticism, with users reporting persistent lag, stuttering, and poor performance even when utilizing the performance mode. Many players express frustration over the game's inability to run smoothly on various devices, particularly older ones, leading to a diminished gaming experience. Overall, there is a strong consensus that the game requires substantial improvements in optimization to enhance playability.
- “Keep improving performance.”
- “It needs better optimization.”
- “I have never played a game so poorly optimized.”
- “Great art and great game but poor optimization.”
grinding
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features significant grinding, which some players appreciate for keeping them engaged, while others find it tedious and time-consuming, especially due to long animations and a steep difficulty curve. Although it offers a free-to-play model with generous rewards, many users express frustration over the grind required to progress, particularly in competitive play. Overall, while the game has enjoyable elements and a supportive community, the grinding aspect is a common point of contention, with calls for options to speed up gameplay.
- “The battle is also boring, and when you add in the part where you forced us to read that much info at the beginning, we just want action. But once we got some action, it turned out to be very dull and tedious tasks like dragging cards.”
- “You'll hit a pay wall pretty quickly and end up grinding forever.”
- “Gameplay is limited; free-to-play content is just grinding, with nerfed good free-to-play cards while putting out pay-to-win overpowered cards and selling packs with terrible RNG implementation. I was going to spend money since it was related to Marvel, thought twice, and realized it was just another money-grabbing freemium game that is not even fun to play.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
14%
43%
The music in the game is generally praised for being nice and well-composed, complementing the beautiful artwork. However, some users have experienced significant issues, such as being stuck on the welcome screen with only the background music playing, leading to frustration and negative ratings. Overall, while the music is appreciated, technical problems detract from the overall experience.
- “Other than that, this is a beautiful looking game with great artwork and music.”
- “Good music and artworks, but the effects are causing lags and lots of heat.”
- “The music there was pretty nice, though.”
- “I downloaded this game and all I got was the music; would rate 0 stars if I could.”
- “It just stays on the welcome screen with background music.”
- “It's just a poster with music playing around.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
80%
60%
The humor in the game is perceived as unintentional, with players finding the pay-to-win mechanics and repetitive developer responses more amusing than entertaining. While some users express a desire for a more substantial gaming experience, they find the current state of the game ironically funny. Overall, the humor seems to stem from frustration rather than intentional comedic elements.
- “It's hilarious that they're copy and pasting replies to people.”
- “So funny 😊😊😊😊😊😁😊😊😊😊😊”
- “The humor in this game falls flat and feels forced.”
- “I expected a lot of laughs, but the jokes are stale and unoriginal.”
- “The attempts at humor are cringeworthy and detract from the overall experience.”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers praise the character design, highlighting the impressive and appealing aesthetics of the characters, particularly in the card designs. However, there is no specific mention of character development in terms of growth or narrative depth.
- “The character design is awesome.”
- “I love the character designs of the cards.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game is criticized for being lackluster, with reviewers finding the story boring and unengaging, which detracts from the overall experience.
- “What I got was a boring story, a plethora of loading screens, and immensely unchallenging gameplay.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
Users overwhelmingly praise the game's replayability, noting that it offers exceptional value and encourages multiple playthroughs.
- “The replay value is off the charts.”
- “Every playthrough feels fresh and exciting, thanks to the diverse choices and outcomes.”
- “I keep coming back for more because there are so many different paths to explore.”