am I the only one who doesn't like gwent?

[whip creeb]

maybe I gave up too quickly or I'm just an idiot, but i played once or twice and decided it was just frustrating and not very fun. I feel like most other fans love it though. am I just missing something? should I keep trying to play and see if I get any better at it or something? I don't want to miss out on something fun but I just found it very meh especially when I could be doing other things in the game

[Bandy]

probably

[RJJameson]

It gets a little more interesting when you have better cards, but the strategy in it is very shallow. Any card that gives you more cards is better than anything else. So Spies are best, then Dummy cards, then Medics, then whatever is strongest. Lead with your spies, then your weak cards, dummy any spies that they play on you so you can play them again, and then just outlast the enemy. They'll be forced to either pass (giving you a +1 win when you play JUST more than them) or play out most/all of their strength (giving you the win next round).

There's a bit more to it than that, but not much. I played it because I'm a completionist and it wasn't onerous--not because it was fun.


I played another game years ago that basically has the same rules [Condotierre], and it had a ton more depth because...

a) there were up to 6 players and you kept playing "hands" until everyone but 1 was out of cards (whereupon you reshuffle the deck and deal new cards)--so 'passing' early to save strength was a legitimate strategy as your stronger opponents beat on each other. On the flip side, if you pass and everyone else plays out their cards, you've wasted a whole hand of cards. In gwent, an early pass just lets your opponent get an easy win [it does reset things so they play first, so you can save a card or two by an early pass, but no more].

b) there were cards that ended a "hand" immediately, giving victory to the current strongest player--this means that playing strength out quickly was at times a strong move.
In gwent, there is never any reason to lead out with strong cards. Decisions vs. no decisions.

c) there were cards that ended the "hand" immediately with NO ONE winning--meaning you had to watch carefully everyone who hadn't passed. They might be trickling out weak cards waiting for the opportunity to burn their opponent's strength.

d) there was a board with different regions, each "hand" took place in a region, and the winner "claimed" that region--three adjacent regions was victory. So not every hand was equal. You might want to hold off on a less desirable location--or you might want get a cheap win in a region which no one wants (because every region gives you more strength when the deck is reshuffled).

e) more stuff like that--more guesswork, bluffing, and long-term thinking.

[Blake]

Nope I thought it was the epitome of awfulness. I never played it and never will. Absolutely dire garbage

[lazychief]

I like it

[Valden21]

The only times I've ever played it are when you have to do so in order to complete a sidequest or main quest. Otherwise, to paraphrase The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion NPCs, "I avoid it when I can".

[Bountyhunter]

Same, dont play it and you dont need it generally. Its a extra part of the main game. And yes, its achievement point in Steam (lol).

[Odysseus]

im a little bit annoyed at the witcher games for not being as good as the books
but yes, it's an Rpg probally the best one out there, you make your choices, but the thing that makes me annoyed is gwent they joke about it in the books
but never plays it.
i mean fine it's fun playing card games some times but i mostly focus on the story and not on playing gwent.
"if you like gwent then play the remasterd version of it on steam".

[chris.boney2]

the king can play chess and yet we have no chess in the game...
gwent? no.
im going fishing instead with a kng fishmaster 420.
(aka a twig & some twine)

O.O

[Nestorfield]

i can't wait to play gwent

[Atrix_Tussand]

Yeah, i hate it too. The game is pure RNG. No matter what card you have or how good did you created your deck, you are in mercy of RNG. If you have ploughin luck (like me) you will always get the worst possible hand and the AI will always get the best possible hand. That comes from a man who lost a tutorial game due to the uselless hand. Got 6 weather (special) cards and only 4 power 1 card. WTF you can do with that? After that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i just gave up. I saw a lot of unbalanced ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ minigames and this one is in very top 5.

[Wut]

I like it, play it once in a while.

[MancakeBR]

I ignore everything gwent related. When I had a mission that told me to play gwent when looking for Whoreson Jr at the casino, I didn't and just straight up asked where he was. Then there was a NPC that died because I refused to play Gwent. Frankly, I prefer the dice poker mini game and the brawls.

[Solid Grim]

I don't do mini games.

[theo]

Digital card games were popular in 2015 so CDPR made their own in the witcher 3. Nothing special. I don't care. At least it doesn't require real life money.
The fact that tw3 doesn't have any gameplay other than a card minigame is funny though. The rest of the game consists of boring cutscenes and dodge roll spam combat.

[NC_EDGERUNNER]

Originally posted by spiritwife:

maybe I gave up too quickly or I'm just an idiot, but i played once or twice and decided it was just frustrating and not very fun. I feel like most other fans love it though. am I just missing something? should I keep trying to play and see if I get any better at it or something? I don't want to miss out on something fun but I just found it very meh especially when I could be doing other things in the game

I haven't even tried playing Gwent.