08-27-2014, 09:28 AM
I used to enjoy Yugioh quite a bit, despite some glaring flaws in it's design.
It started as a haphazard mess due to the fact that it was originally a ficitonal game never intended to exist in real life, but once Konami got hold they managed to make the game work, despite it's flaws. Cards were balanced and generally playable during the GX era, and it was a great time. The designers at Konami really know what they're doing.
And given what Yugioh has become now, it's a disappointing shame, because all of the bad decisions are intentional.
Yugioh is a true power creep game, where they intentionally make new cards that are stronger in order to force people to buy them in order to play at even the casual level.
Each new generation of cards comes with a new hike in power level to force people to buy them, and it's a disgusting practice.
Despite starting off as a parody of Magic, Konami seems to refuse any attempt at learning from it's example.
It a serious shame, because as I said earlier in this thread, I seriously love how all over the place the themes and characters can be, and there are many that I find visually appealing. There's also the fact that Konami has used their grip on the license to create cards based on their own video games on the side. From Metal Gear to Gradius to Castlevania. It's so awesome.
But the issue of power creep is unavoidable and I outright quit after Zexal's debut, where my old deck, which was perfectly balanced and playable for years, is suddenly too weak to compete unless I throw away all my old cards and start buying the new ones.
It's a disgusting practice and I never want to contribute to it.
And I'm also disgusted by the fact that they NEVER credit their artists. WHY? It is seriously the only card game I've ever seen that doesn't credit it's artists.
It started as a haphazard mess due to the fact that it was originally a ficitonal game never intended to exist in real life, but once Konami got hold they managed to make the game work, despite it's flaws. Cards were balanced and generally playable during the GX era, and it was a great time. The designers at Konami really know what they're doing.
And given what Yugioh has become now, it's a disappointing shame, because all of the bad decisions are intentional.
Yugioh is a true power creep game, where they intentionally make new cards that are stronger in order to force people to buy them in order to play at even the casual level.
Each new generation of cards comes with a new hike in power level to force people to buy them, and it's a disgusting practice.
Despite starting off as a parody of Magic, Konami seems to refuse any attempt at learning from it's example.
It a serious shame, because as I said earlier in this thread, I seriously love how all over the place the themes and characters can be, and there are many that I find visually appealing. There's also the fact that Konami has used their grip on the license to create cards based on their own video games on the side. From Metal Gear to Gradius to Castlevania. It's so awesome.
But the issue of power creep is unavoidable and I outright quit after Zexal's debut, where my old deck, which was perfectly balanced and playable for years, is suddenly too weak to compete unless I throw away all my old cards and start buying the new ones.
It's a disgusting practice and I never want to contribute to it.
And I'm also disgusted by the fact that they NEVER credit their artists. WHY? It is seriously the only card game I've ever seen that doesn't credit it's artists.