21 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 43.5 hrs on record (43.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: Dec 15, 2013 @ 9:13pm

Early Access Review
All glitchyness with the beta release aside, I can't strongly recommend SolForge, even though I found it somewhat enjoyable at first.

I have to mention card selection. There just aren't that many cards when it comes down to it, which means that strategies are limited. This is something that can be improved as the game develops.

Currently, the metagame revolves around a battle of attrition where the person who has the cards that offer the best value win nearly every time. Cards can offer value in terms of what they add to the board state or how difficult they are to deal with. Synergy is not nearly as important as raw power. Anyone who has played this game knows how absurd Echowisp is for example. Everflame Phoenix is essentially impossible to recover from once it gets online. The design of these cards just don't lend themselves to comebacks. It's more like a gradually building avalanche from which there's no escape.
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