Looking for a good CCG single player game!

[Twizzler]

Hopefully this is the right area to ask. I've been trying to find a CCG (Collecting card game) that is focused moreso on single player, or has a vast single player story. I don't like multiplayer ones, only because you're either forced to buy more cards, or you have to wait extended periods of time for the right cards to make your deck. I'd much rather play a game where I can grind for a specific card(s) that I want within a reasonable amount of time, or by beating opponents with a certain score.

The closest game I can think of to what actually intrigues me is Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories which was on the PS1. Any help would be appreciated!!

Games I've tried along with problems I found:

Hearthstone : No real single player campaign. Way too long to farm for cards I want, and my luck was terrible with the free card packs.

Pokemon TCG : P2W system for any of the better decks and no single player campaign

Card City Nights : Fun game, but the battles really aren't as involved as I'd like them to be

Ironclad Tactics : Currently on wishlist until a sale comes up

Magic 20XX : Based on what I've read, the single player is pretty much just a tutorial, and the real game begins afterwards which is understandably multiplayer.

Thanks for taking the time to help me with this!!!

Edit: Another game I really enjoyed was Baten Kaitos if that helps with other options!

[Anonymous2012]

[Cathulhu]

Hand of Fate is not really a CCG. It's more like a card based "Choose your own adventure" game.

[Twizzler]

Thanks for the suggestion Anonymous2012! As Cathulhu mentioned, it's unfortunately not a CCG. I did look into it some time ago though, but I'm not good at action rpgs, so I wouldn't do too well at that one unfortunately :(

I forgot to mention, another game I really enjoyed was Baten Kaitos if that helps out in anyway for recommendations!

[baggywhacker]

*bump*

I found this old thread while looking for exactly the same thing, a decent ccg with a proper solo play option. The op put things perfectly, so no reason to start a new thread!

Obviously he never got a satisfactory answer, so has anything come along in the past couple of years? Any decent solo ccg's out there?

[wuddih]

dunno about yugis single player but the DLCs scream singleplayer. the other 2 are solo only. stuff like shadowverse has a decent playable solo story but the whole game makes no real sense if not played against other people.

[Moderate my posterior.]

The battle system in Thea is a card system but less CCG and more "how you equip your people and then battle them as a card game"

System shock is all solo as well

[丄綫發呆]

.....

[baggywhacker]

Hey, thanks for the speedy responses guys! I've had a look at all the suggestions and I'll be settling down to some youtube reviews tonight. Initial thoughts:

• Yu-Gi-Oh definitely looks like the best bet on the list! Gotta check out plenty of vids before investing.
  
  
• Card City Nights looks... different. I'm a bit sad that it looks like it only has 8hrs of gameplay, which is fair enough for the price, but it'll only scratch my itch for a couple of afternoons.
  
  
• Dead Man's Draw - well, it's a card game, but not really a ccg! One reviewer compared it to blackjack? No deck-building as far as I can see.
  
  
• Thea looks.. a bit of a mess if I'm honest! I liked one of the reviews I saw - "Do you like rpg's? 4x strategy? Survival games? Rogue-likes? Good, because I don't know which of these Thea is, and I don't think the game knows either!"
  
  
• System Shock - um, ...? Isn't that an rpg/fps?
  
  
• Shadowverse I'm downloading to give it a try, despite many toxic reviews, which mainly come from people moaning about top level pvp imbalance which doesn't interest me.

To be clear about what I'm really looking for: basically I got really excited by Elder Scrolls Legends having a story mode, but was completely disappointed that it ended up being just 20 fights which you burn through in one session as an introduction to the main game, so I basically want that, but a full game, like 40hrs+. I haven't bought any of the Hearthstone stories, but One Night in Karazhan looks like what I'm after - although again, that's not a full game, just a way of gearing up some more for the pvp. Trouble is, no dev seems to make these games all about story mode, it's all about spending big bucks trying to be competitive in end-game pvp.

[Mivo]

Originally posted by baggywhacker:

• Thea looks.. a bit of a mess if I'm honest! I liked one of the reviews I saw - "Do you like rpg's? 4x strategy? Survival games? Rogue-likes? Good, because I don't know which of these Thea is, and I don't think the game knows either!"

It's surprisingly fun, though. It's a bit of many things, but those aspects are blended well. But I'd not get it as a card game.

The single player component in Shadowverse isn't very fleshed out. It's mostly just a tutorial and not finished. It's much like Hearthstone, just a bit better/deeper. It's free, though, so no harm in trying it out.

Gwent will have an expansive single player component, if you like the Witcher universe. The last time I checked it out it had just the multiplayer part. Rather different from all the Magic clones out there.

[Emdon™]

Hi. You might like Monster Rancher Battle Cards: Episode 2. It's a PSone game... you can use an emulator for it. It's 40 hours of gameplay.

*JRPG
*definately a CCG
*Card Battle
*Good story

I've beat it around 3 times. So, i recommend this. I myself am trying to find RPG CCGs single player games.

[Emdon™]

Etherlords is also a ccg rpg

[Twizzler]

Originally posted by Emdon™:

Hi. You might like Monster Rancher Battle Cards: Episode 2. It's a PSone game... you can use an emulator for it. It's 40 hours of gameplay.

*JRPG
*definately a CCG
*Card Battle
*Good story

I've beat it around 3 times. So, i recommend this. I myself am trying to find RPG CCGs single player games.

I love monster rancher!! Can't believe I missed this one back in the day. Thanks for letting me know :)

Will also chck out Etherlords as well. I'm surprised you even found this thread considering how old it is haha.

[MaxAstro]

Really disappointed that no one mentioned this:


Plays basically just like M:tG, and the single player campaign will easily last you 30+ hours.

[Akumetsu]

Probably best I've seen out there

[Mivo]

Originally posted by Akumetsu:

Probably best I've seen out there

This actually does sound interesting. Added to Wishlist for next week's summer sale, in case it gets discounted.