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GWENT: Rogue Mage
Released On: Jul 7, 2022
67
5.4
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
While quite different from the previous single-player GWENT experience, GWENT: Rogue Mage is an extremely solid title that masterfully combines mechanics from the card game introduced in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with roguelike mechanics. With tons of different cards and different strategies, Alzur's search for the mutagens that will create The Witcher is an extremely engaging one, despite the smaller focus on story, compared to other games belonging to the popular series.
Gwent: Rogue Mage is the perfect example of how to reinvent yourself in an effective way. The playing card strategy game from the Witcher saga, even after all this time and variations, is still capable of holding on. A bit of variety in situations and encounters would not have damaged the experience, but the overall result is a well crafted experiment.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.4
34% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
28% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
38% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 29 User Ratings
5.4
34% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
28% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
38% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
It's really fun and very cheap. It's a high quality game with great production values. Absolutely worth the price.
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If you're not tired of seeing Gwent, it offers an enjoyable single player experience. Although its mechanics are not as complex as the original Gwent and Thronebreaker, its more simplified structure works in harmony with the Roguelike genre.
The differences make for a fun single-player experience that fits into the lore of the Witcher world. However, this isn’t the kind of game to play if you are after a fully immersive story. On the contrary, Gwent: Rogue Mage’s story mostly ends with the intro video and flavor voice lines from the two main characters. Now, if you want a game to kill some hours with some fun mechanics and a lot to unlock and learn, then Rogue Mage may be what you’re after.
Without being the most exciting, original or accomplished rogue-like of the genre, Gwent: Rogue Mage nevertheless offers a recipe that works, all in the familiar universe of The Witcher. Players who like the modern recipe of CD Projekt Red's TCG, but prefer to play solo, should enjoy it for a while, especially since its price is really modest. However, the alterations made to the gameplay may put off some players, and it quickly feels like they are doing the same thing over and over again.
Rogue Mage demonstrates why Gwent and roguelikes are not a good combination.
Rogue Mage is an enjoyable card game that I was happy to spend a few evenings with. However, it lacks the greater depth and addictiveness of classic rogue-like titles for prolonged play. As a result, this version of the cards isn't bad, but it's unfortunately the weakest of all on offer. [Issue#321]
Ehhh, this one is disappointing…
The 6 rating is based on overall game quality, but I should point out this expansion is at least a 7 and maybe even an 8 if we’re only interested in value for the price point (which is high.)
But the gripes are real. First off, if you purchase on GOG, you do NOT get access to mobile play for free—you need to purchase the app separately if you also want to play on your phone. This is ****
Second, the possibilities here are largely unrealized. I’m a fan of the general premise, but the gameplay becomes repetitive extremely quickly. There are very few enemies, the narration sounds like some Jim was pulled off the street and given free meteorite powder to be a voice actor for a day, and where I’ve come to expect plenty of subtle little interactions and intricacies from…well, from pre-Cyberpunk CDPR…there are few to be found here.
Third, I own all of these cards and most of their “premium” versions in GWENT—WHY do I have to look at the ugly non-premium cards in a single player expansion, when the game could be exponentially nicer to look at? Perhaps I will be milked for extra money in a future “upgrade”…
TLDR: Could have been a gem, falls flat, still good value for the price.
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I only played 2½ hours (2 runs) and was already bored within the first run. They tried to cheaply copy the system of Slay the Spire but the pacing just doesn't feel right in the Gwent engine. The fact that you always play 1 full round vs any enemy means that there is far less strategy than with multiple rounds.
Also, I used to play Gwent a few years ago and I recognized about 90% of the cards and UI from Gwent. So engine, and the majority of assets are simply copy-pasted. Since gameplay and pacing fell completely flat for me I was hoping that the game would make up for it in the story department, we are talking Witcher lore after all. However, there isn't really any story whatsoever, you got 2 mages with voice snippets reading out a generic line every now and then but nothing even remotely comparable to the Witcher or even Thronebreaker.
If you played Gwent before, this will be too repetitive. If you have played Slay the Spire before, this will feel inferior, if you played Thronebreaker before, this will feel empty.
If you have never played any of the other titles or any competing products, then by all means, give it a shot. It's not a terrible game. It's mediocre all things considered, but I expected far better.
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Me encanta Gwent, tanto en el Witcher 3, como juego independiente y en Thronebreaker. Por eso me compré Rogue Mage tan pronto salió pero, desde el principio, me temo que algo no ha estando haciendo click para mi con el juego. Las mecánicas del juego han sido modificadas en algunos puntos para ser un deckbuilder pero el juego en si no acaba de funcionar como debería en ese sentido. Las partidas se basan demasiado en el mazo inicial, de modo que se vuelven repetitivas, los sistemas de progresión entre partidas son demasiado simples y directos y, especialmente, las batallas pierden componente estratégico al volverse a una única ronda y otros cambios que tienen. Si añadimos a eso que, siendo lo buenos que son CD Projekt con tramas, este juego no se puede decir que tenga una más allá de lo más básico (una que, además, tiene incoherencias cronológicas como personajes que puedes jugar por cartas pero que no existen en la época), el resultado es flojo.
Estéticamente está bastante bien porque, como juego de cartas, gwent siempre ha sido vistoso. La música muy bien aunque reciclan temas, y las pocas voces dobladas que hay también cumplen bien. Y, al menos en mi experiencia, no he encontrado bugs significativos.
El resultado de todo ello es que, aunque es un juego que tenía todo para gustarme, lo he ido dejando y dejando y dejando hasta que ya va tocando reconocer que no lo voy a continuar. Un 4.
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An apt reminder that the best part of The Witcher 3 was actually not that good.
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Summary GWENT: Rogue Mage is a first single-player expansion to GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. It combines elements of roguelike, deckbuilding, and strategy games with GWENT card battles.
Platforms:
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jul 7, 2022
Developer:
- CD Projekt Red Studio
Publisher: CD Projekt Red Studio
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