Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

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6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 81 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 27 out of 81

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  1. Lynrev
    Feb 7, 2022
    8
    Honestly the game is really all we want from a free to play yugioh game. Its a gacha so it's very ressources reliant but it doesn't feel hard to build many decks. The game already have a lot of cards (+6000) . The main problem i have right now with the game is the lack of different modes (only 2) but konami is planning to add different ways to play in the future.
  2. wwParadisE95ww
    Feb 4, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 3 weeks of play, it is certainly the best yugioh card game on steam or other platforms.
    But i think at this time we are at the point how every player knows the meta of the game and all of my enemies switchs in the gold rank between Eldlich or drytron. It fiels like 1 of 3 players use this decks. There must to get weakend quickly and fully, beacause its real unfair to play against this kind of control and a lot of players makes the copy and paste after the game.

    U only have a hand full of decks they allow to play on a higher rank and thats makes thounsands of card useless. Iam not a pro gamer but i play yugioh for a long time and started with legacy of the duellist to play the new format of link cards.

    I think there have to start a quick update to fix up the meta domination. Maybe a switch between tcg and ocg helps here.

    But for normal player i think the game is after a few weeks a little bit boring, because u are set on your ranked and the solo campaign are to short to find more experience against strong deck types.

    The most guys play ranked games online a u be forced to switch your deck typ to a high meta type if u reach the gold ranked. Here it is just as difficult to descend back to the silver rank as to a higher gold rank. But konami can be happy for a while, because i switch to drytron and do not deinstall Master Duell.    … Expand
  3. InCYnity
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    I'm sorry, but the people complaining on here about how other people are playing are just plain bad at the game lol. Choosing to play a bad deck will net you a bad experience, that's just how things work. The game itself is a lot of fun. Great visuals, good resource system and a lot of fun to grind mostly. Gems dry up quick and the fact it's months behind the real card game kind of sucks.I'm sorry, but the people complaining on here about how other people are playing are just plain bad at the game lol. Choosing to play a bad deck will net you a bad experience, that's just how things work. The game itself is a lot of fun. Great visuals, good resource system and a lot of fun to grind mostly. Gems dry up quick and the fact it's months behind the real card game kind of sucks. The best of one format is annoying but playable and it would be really nice if they implemented a banlist to follow that, but oh well. All in all, Master Duel is a lot of fun, so don't listen to the people whining that they lost to a combo deck that took a three minute turn because they wanted to play 57 card 1900 attacker beats. Give it an honest shot and it'll be blast!… Expand
  4. poliekos
    Jan 26, 2022
    9
    Much better then Duel Links. Free to play friendly, epic soundtrack, decent solo mode. I believe it only has to improve as Konami will release updates.I just have one request for everyone who wants to play this game.
    PLS READ THE CARD EFFECT!
  5. Xibalbaxx
    Jan 27, 2022
    8
    Im loving this game, i haven't spend a dime and i already own two meta decks and have a Platinum 1 ranking. I used to play before the pandemic started and it was easy to jump back into the game even without knowing how the top decks worked. That being said, this game is just for hardcore Yugioh gamers or at least with a lot of knowledge of the game, at the moment is kind of impossible toIm loving this game, i haven't spend a dime and i already own two meta decks and have a Platinum 1 ranking. I used to play before the pandemic started and it was easy to jump back into the game even without knowing how the top decks worked. That being said, this game is just for hardcore Yugioh gamers or at least with a lot of knowledge of the game, at the moment is kind of impossible to play fun decks and have a good time, you need to play a meta deck or at least a good rogue deck. They need to implement a mode for casual players that give them rewards, and decrease the cards rarity of not meta cards ASAP.… Expand
  6. Verycringname
    Jan 30, 2022
    8
    Pretty nice start clearly better that what they have done with duel links looking forward too see what's next for this game
  7. aesirases
    Jan 31, 2022
    10
    This game has been an amazing experience, from someone who hasn't touched YGO for about 15 years, the solo mode did a good job introducing me to the new mechanics, on top of giving a nice background to some of the lore of a couple of archetypes. The deck editor is pretty good and the crafting system is easy to manage and very effective, the game so far has been very welcoming to F2PThis game has been an amazing experience, from someone who hasn't touched YGO for about 15 years, the solo mode did a good job introducing me to the new mechanics, on top of giving a nice background to some of the lore of a couple of archetypes. The deck editor is pretty good and the crafting system is easy to manage and very effective, the game so far has been very welcoming to F2P players, you can create at least one top meta deck for free. And to finish it all, the soundtrack is simply one of the best I have ever heard. Its not a perfect game and it needs some refining but its the best experience I had with YGO since the Forbidden Memories days. Easily earns at least, an 8 out of 10, but I will give it a 10 since some people are hating around here and I really liked the game.… Expand
  8. WoL_Lincoln
    Feb 22, 2022
    8
    People here cry about the fact hey lose duels because of meta and broken monsters. Other one said that non meta decks cannot compete. Hello? It's like taking a bike to a drag race against hecking F1 Car. Low reviews here are mostly salty casuals who cannot get over the fact there is meta and always will be in card games like this. About the game itself; animations are nice, trading systemPeople here cry about the fact hey lose duels because of meta and broken monsters. Other one said that non meta decks cannot compete. Hello? It's like taking a bike to a drag race against hecking F1 Car. Low reviews here are mostly salty casuals who cannot get over the fact there is meta and always will be in card games like this. About the game itself; animations are nice, trading system very favouring the player because it's one of the most fair deals to get cards (3 for 1), explaining lore of amazing archetypes in solo mode and packs with archetypes in shop... Good job Konami. Game is good. Casuals, cry about it.… Expand
  9. Normaliv
    Mar 31, 2022
    8
    Overall a very solid game on most fronts. It is an addictive, strategy card game to waste a few hours on if you are bored. One of the only issues however would be the number of no-lives that use meta decks to get literally nothing in return. Other than that though, it's fun and decently casually friendly, especially if you have friends playing with you. Some of my favorite moments fromOverall a very solid game on most fronts. It is an addictive, strategy card game to waste a few hours on if you are bored. One of the only issues however would be the number of no-lives that use meta decks to get literally nothing in return. Other than that though, it's fun and decently casually friendly, especially if you have friends playing with you. Some of my favorite moments from card games have come from this game, but the community of sweats can be a bit challenging to deal with once you get past (or even into) silver.… Expand
  10. Andon
    Jan 22, 2022
    4
    It's casual unfriendly. It's called Master Duel so if you are anything else but master I would not recommend this game. The hardcore Corean gamer will pull out unbeatable(10*, 4000atk/4000deff, spell immune, resurrect on death, spell effect, instant win) monster from the first turn with series of chain spells and monster effects and if you manage to defeat that monster he will just bringIt's casual unfriendly. It's called Master Duel so if you are anything else but master I would not recommend this game. The hardcore Corean gamer will pull out unbeatable(10*, 4000atk/4000deff, spell immune, resurrect on death, spell effect, instant win) monster from the first turn with series of chain spells and monster effects and if you manage to defeat that monster he will just bring it back next turn even stronger and another one like it next to it. I did not enjoy duels not one but as casual who just want to recall some of the past yu gi oh glory :(… Expand
  11. yugioh24
    Feb 3, 2022
    0
    HONEST REVIEW
    I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel for a week now, and it definitely has a bright future, but at the moment the balance is exteremly bad, like VERY BAD.
    I am a casual player, and all new cards, after Duel Monsters, is COMPLETE **** 1. Opponents turns takes a minimum of 10 minutes, always activating some effects, spell cards, trap cards, and in no time they have    HONEST REVIEW
    I have been playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel for a week now, and it definitely has a bright future, but at the moment the balance is exteremly bad, like VERY BAD.
    I am a casual player, and all new cards, after Duel Monsters, is COMPLETE ****

    1. Opponents turns takes a minimum of 10 minutes, always activating some effects, spell cards, trap cards, and in no time they have like 3-4 monsters with very high ATK, and effects that stops all your spell cards, trap cards and card effects. This is literally every duel, and I am just at the beginning... this takes all the fun of the game. Every card after the original DUEL MONSTERS IS A COMPLETE ****. One of my opponent even activated first turn a card without tribute, with 0 ATK and DEF. BUT this card was not affected by any spell card, trap card, monster effect. if I attack this card, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and opponent never loses LP regardless if this card has 0 ATK and is in attack position. Another effect of this card is if it attacks you, you lose always HALF of your LP LOL. It has like 5 different effects, WHAT THE **** IS THIS ****, EVEN NOW I AM SO MAD writting this lol.
    If you are new to this game and a casual player, just avoid duel for ranking, it's useless. Play SOLO or find a friend to play against. All older YuGiOh cards are useless
    If I destroy monster, he just brings it back instantly with some fancy effect.

    If KONAMI IS reading this, make an option to play against a computer, and you to have an option to create a deck for the computer.
    Let us at least play for fun.
    I believe someday it can be balanced and become very good, but at the moment I can give only 1 star.

    Thank You for reading my comment,
    I will go drink my sedative pills now, and avoid playing for RANK, until this madness is fixed.

    P.S. Cards like Pot Of Greed, Graceful Charity, Cyber Jar are banned and there is one card called Michion The Timelord that is not banned ? Just google that card and see it's description.. you will understand how unbalanced the game is just by looking at this card only IMAO.

    For casual players
    KONAMI did not add any special animations when you summon the 3 god cards (RA,Slifer and Obelisk).. The other shiny cards after Duel Monsters have special animations. They just did not bother to do anything about the real cards.
    So bad, so bad.

    The game was released to Google Play 5 Hours ago, I downloaded it and i cannot use it, because the button to accept Privacy Notice is unclickable.. I have to click and read the privacy, but its redirecting me to the beginning of the screen and cannot move forward, lol
    I am reducing the star to 0 until they solve this unbalanced game    … Expand
  12. jackhunter
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    This is a predatory game even though players claim you can build decent decks with the free gems you are given. The majority of beginners will feel rightfully disgusted by a game that does nothing to teach them deep mechanics, and where most powerful decks consist in ending duels in two turns. The fact such games are allowed on the market is disheartening, there should be no room forThis is a predatory game even though players claim you can build decent decks with the free gems you are given. The majority of beginners will feel rightfully disgusted by a game that does nothing to teach them deep mechanics, and where most powerful decks consist in ending duels in two turns. The fact such games are allowed on the market is disheartening, there should be no room for predatory games on the market, and this game is heavily predatory.… Expand
  13. cyberlaw4
    Jan 25, 2022
    2
    Too much waiting every turn, i have game about half hour to see some pro gamer rekted me) Over and over again) Bronze rank start with pro gamers... One shots on 2-3 turn or even on 1st( 2 points only for visuals and sound. If you new to YGO stay away it's totally cruel to new gamers!
  14. DeathSurgeon
    Feb 2, 2022
    0
    literally the worst card games I've ever played.
    I'm immeasurably disgusted by the infinite combos that guarantee the win each and every time.
  15. oPayque
    Jan 29, 2022
    1
    It’s way too slow and way to play, the building of decks is awful, if you want to have any competitive edge you have to spend cash really or you will be outpaced. “Ow but it’s free to play” Not really when you have spend so much to keep going to explore new decks and strats, it’s predatory and really embarrassing. Really wanted to like it, but this is bad, really bad.
  16. spinx225
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Their account system is complete trash. They could have easily made it so you just log in with your Konami account, but no they went with data transfer. Now because I accidentally clicked new game on my pc version I can’t transfer data to it, so now I need to create a new steam account if I want to transfer data to the PC version. #CancelKonami 0 stars, and never getting another dollar from me.
  17. tutuluis
    Jan 29, 2022
    2
    Si quieres jugar por ser fanático del anime, mejor juega duel links, este juego es solo para gente que juegas cartas "metas" y que saben enlazar 40 efectos por turnos
  18. Matttwidale
    Feb 2, 2022
    1
    Started out pretty good. You get some starter decks from playing the solo mode but as soon as you're in PvP duels. It's the usual pay to win bs I've come to expect from Yu-Gi-Oh. If you're not playing one of the meta decks, with one turn victories you've already lost. You've got people playing multiple limited or forbidden cards like they forgot to put the restriction in the game orStarted out pretty good. You get some starter decks from playing the solo mode but as soon as you're in PvP duels. It's the usual pay to win bs I've come to expect from Yu-Gi-Oh. If you're not playing one of the meta decks, with one turn victories you've already lost. You've got people playing multiple limited or forbidden cards like they forgot to put the restriction in the game or players just modding.
    When you can summon multiple tribute monsters in your opening turn who needs the heart of the cards you've already won.    … Expand
  19. Fidolex
    Nov 26, 2022
    0
    KOMONEY DESTROYING THEIR OWN GAME!, this game turned into a lucky pay to win game. no strategy at all. coin flip simulator, you going first, 85% of victory. The algorith is TR4SH! so terrible that it trolls you, no kidding. boring and repetitive game, you duel against the same decks over and over again, and it will get worst, thats why they have lost over 70% of players, shame on youKOMONEY DESTROYING THEIR OWN GAME!, this game turned into a lucky pay to win game. no strategy at all. coin flip simulator, you going first, 85% of victory. The algorith is TR4SH! so terrible that it trolls you, no kidding. boring and repetitive game, you duel against the same decks over and over again, and it will get worst, thats why they have lost over 70% of players, shame on you komoney
    Edit: after almost 1 year, is the same terrible game, now we have a ftk meta deck in the ranked games...    … Expand
  20. GamesXpert
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    Pay to win. The decks are broken, cards exist who negate everything and you cannot counter them. Thats why almost all players have the same cards. Not worth your time
  21. AxelloReview
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    The ranked are 30 mins for waiting people who summon 20 cards and do OTK in turn 2.
    And u can play ONLY if u play a meta deck. Every single other decks are unplayable
  22. The_Pharcyde
    Feb 1, 2022
    0
    someone summoned a monster that can destroy anything you summon with its effect. uhm what
  23. invokersef
    Sep 9, 2022
    0
    The game (digital or in paper) is frustrating and not fun.
    Basically you need to go first and play a broken deck that you are supposed to copy card to card, just to have a chance of winning. Anyone can go first and checkmate the opponent even before they had a chance to play.
    The days when we used to brew decks and have fun are long gone by the money hungry machine of Konami, The current    The game (digital or in paper) is frustrating and not fun.
    Basically you need to go first and play a broken deck that you are supposed to copy card to card, just to have a chance of winning. Anyone can go first and checkmate the opponent even before they had a chance to play.
    The days when we used to brew decks and have fun are long gone by the money hungry machine of Konami, The current game is a soulless shell that being kept and used by a company that only cares about money.
    Yu-Gi-Oh was my first card game, fortunately there many other card games that have learned from the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh the true meaning behind card games    … Expand
  24. Vinicius1993
    Nov 8, 2022
    4
    A KONAMI simplesmente não liga para as suas franquias.
    O card game é e sempre será divertido, porém já faz tempo que a Konami não faz um game a altura.
    Resumindo, para um jogo lançado em 2022, parece que tudo foi feito com pressa e apenas para cumprir tabela. Não me leve a mal, mas toda a diversão que você vai ter nesse game é proveniente do próprio card game, e não do jogo "MASTER    A KONAMI simplesmente não liga para as suas franquias.
    O card game é e sempre será divertido, porém já faz tempo que a Konami não faz um game a altura.
    Resumindo, para um jogo lançado em 2022, parece que tudo foi feito com pressa e apenas para cumprir tabela.
    Não me leve a mal, mas toda a diversão que você vai ter nesse game é proveniente do próprio card game, e não do jogo "MASTER DUEL", que poderia fazer MUITO mais do que fez.
    O modo solo é simplesmente esquecível.
    Se você esperava alguma atenção para modos de jogo não competitivos, esqueça, o jogo simplesmente não te recompensa se você não buscar o competitivo.

    E pior, o competitivo também é largado, com uma ranqueada sem novidades ou recompensas relevantes, eventos feitos esporadicamente e também sem um sistema de recompensa legal.

    O jogo também te trava de várias formas claramente artificiais, pra não te dar recompensas. Exemplos: pacote de cartas legado (recompensa pelos duelos ranqueados), só te dão 2 cartas por pacote, além de dar cartas irrelevantes e que não podem virar recurso pra fazer novas cartas; gema pela subida de nível na ranqueada (uma das melhores formas de juntar gemas, mas, a cada nova season você não vai voltar da ranqueada do zero, isso pra te travar de obter recursos de subida de nível) e por ai vai.
    No geral, você começa sendo bombardeado de recursos, mas depois o negócio simplesmente desanda de uma maneira que estraga a experiência, parece que o jogo não quer mais que você jogue.

    Enfim, a KONAMI deveria ter vergonha na cara e fazer um game realmente relevante para o formato, que merece cada centavo do investimento que eles não fazem.    … Expand
  25. RealNova
    Feb 2, 2023
    7
    The game is solid, fun, and the format is finally fair (Idk how much is gonna last do), but Konami is giving almost no support to this game, there are almost no tournaments, no interesting new things etc.
    I'm gonna say making decks and opening box is rewarding and its really not pay to win.
    Also the game is very luck based being a best of 1 with no side deck, players hate this and Konami    The game is solid, fun, and the format is finally fair (Idk how much is gonna last do), but Konami is giving almost no support to this game, there are almost no tournaments, no interesting new things etc.
    I'm gonna say making decks and opening box is rewarding and its really not pay to win.
    Also the game is very luck based being a best of 1 with no side deck, players hate this and Konami refuse to give us best of 3. Also its just not that interesting to play the OCG meta of 1 years ago because that is what the Master Duel format always is, they need to support the current TCG and OCG more instead of making more and more alternative formats that nobody likes. There are free simulators which are better than Master Duel, keep that in mind.    … Expand
  26. Souls2
    Mar 1, 2023
    3
    I left this card game because of how broken it was and this application seemed like a good time to return to find that it is more broken than ever, there is not a single turn that you can summon a monster with 10001 indestructible effects and win in one departure. It's not enough to ban cards, this game needs a complete makeover.
  27. KisarasLegacy
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    Very tired of this meta bullsh-
    Single player is perfect tho, very nice graphics
  28. ErixKing
    Mar 19, 2022
    3
    Una basura, que les costaba separar las generaciones para los que amamos las primeras temporadas? es totalmente desvalanceado que alguien le juegue a un mazo comun con uno de pendulo o invocaciones sincronizadas. el dia que pongan los emparejamientos por temporada cambiare mi puntuacion, ya que el resto de el juego es muy bonito
  29. paulo_hc
    Feb 20, 2022
    5
    First of all, I really enjoyed this game. It is beautiful, have single player mode and ranked duels. I also liked the card crafting, this avoids you to spend a lot of gems to get a single card.

    However the data transfer between accounts is too confusing. There's a warning on main screen before start the tutorial, but it is difficult to a user to find the data transfer button at first    First of all, I really enjoyed this game. It is beautiful, have single player mode and ranked duels. I also liked the card crafting, this avoids you to spend a lot of gems to get a single card.

    However the data transfer between accounts is too confusing. There's a warning on main screen before start the tutorial, but it is difficult to a user to find the data transfer button at first time on that screen. I remember that to transfer your progress on Duel Links were simpler.

    Once you start the tutorial there is no way to use your progress from another platform. Even you contact the Konami support they will send a generic response for everyone saying they can't (or don't want to) help.

    A lot of people are having this same problem but Konami doesn't care. The support say they can delete your user data from your Steam account, but you won't be able to play anymore on that account.    … Expand
  30. Rhex98
    Jan 7, 2023
    8
    La manera definitiva de adentrarte al meta de Yu-Gi-Oh! si quieres hacerlo y no gastarte ni un centavo en cartas o jugar de manera online sin tantas complicaciones este es tu juego.
    Cuenta con bastantes animaciones de calidad y una gran variedad de cartas.
    Un problema podría ser el mismo meta el cual está plagado de mazos injustos, pero ya es más problema del meta como tal que del juego    La manera definitiva de adentrarte al meta de Yu-Gi-Oh! si quieres hacerlo y no gastarte ni un centavo en cartas o jugar de manera online sin tantas complicaciones este es tu juego.
    Cuenta con bastantes animaciones de calidad y una gran variedad de cartas.
    Un problema podría ser el mismo meta el cual está plagado de mazos injustos, pero ya es más problema del meta como tal que del juego en sí, ojalá Konami lo ajuste de manera que sea más justo.    … Expand
  31. doaadcraft126
    Jun 23, 2022
    0
    game khá ổn, việc tạo bộ bài cho riêng mình cũng không mất quá nhiều thời gian cày
  32. KonamiCNM
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    一方面想让玩家氪金，一方面又调高低价区价格，科乐美真是想钱想疯了，先把质量提上去再说吧
  33. Giovanilevin
    Jan 23, 2023
    3
    First thing first i'm a beginer, i never played this game in any form before... basically i'm a complete noob and my comment is a bit long but it's just my honest opinion x)

    For me there are 2 obvious problems in this "game" that popped real quick : 1- the mentality of the players... It is clear that many of them have nothing against those who play differently and remain fairplay.    First thing first i'm a beginer, i never played this game in any form before... basically i'm a complete noob and my comment is a bit long but it's just my honest opinion x)

    For me there are 2 obvious problems in this "game" that popped real quick :
    1- the mentality of the players...
    It is clear that many of them have nothing against those who play differently and remain fairplay.
    However, the vast majority of comments I have read were at best disrespectful at worst insulting to anyone who didn't play like them, be it users of old decks, new ones or blockers.
    2- Considering the glaring differences between the old fast decks and the new slow ones, there should be the possibility to choose between the 2 game's modes.

    For me a good game is a game that gives everyone a chance to play in their own way, to find a playstyle that suit them, not a game that seems to offer several archetypes to finally just impose one or two.
    Balance issues in PvP games are everywhere but this is the first time I see something like this or at least feel this way.

    I dont care about wining or loosing, what i want is to have fun while playing/learning something that is new to me.
    So now I have 3 choices :
    - I stop,
    - I build a floodgate deck since these meta decks really don't interest me,
    - i forfeit everytime i end up against one of those decks (wich seeems a bit unrealistic since the vast majority is made of them).

    The worst thing is that feeling of copy/paste between my opponents, i swear i checked their names just to be sure it wasn't the same player --'
    Right now i'm still searching the fun factor in this game.    … Expand
  34. picox
    Jan 30, 2023
    9
    It still has a lot to improve in terms of the ability to interact with the opponent to finish being a multiplayer.

    However it is a fun filled experience for any fan of the card game.
  35. Akedus
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    It's YuGiOh except you don't need to spend thousands of dollars if you want to compete competitively. Crafting system and starting gems give you enough to make a viable deck to climb ranked from which, you have a steady income of gems to build more decks. Presentation and music is amazing. Just a really well done YuGiOh game.
    It's honestly an 8/10 but there are too many 0/10s complaining    It's YuGiOh except you don't need to spend thousands of dollars if you want to compete competitively. Crafting system and starting gems give you enough to make a viable deck to climb ranked from which, you have a steady income of gems to build more decks. Presentation and music is amazing. Just a really well done YuGiOh game.
    It's honestly an 8/10 but there are too many 0/10s complaining about losing to a "broken meta deck" only to describe a janky gimmick rogue deck.    … Expand
  36. Cloudzy
    Feb 2, 2023
    7
    I've been a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh for as long as I can remember. And while not perfect, Master Duel is fine. Any deck, if the player behind it is a good pilot, can climb the ranked ladder into Diamond. It also takes luck but we don't talk about that part. Just some broad points from playing the game for a year:

    1.) For a game that's purely a multiplayer online battle simulator, the economy in    I've been a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh for as long as I can remember. And while not perfect, Master Duel is fine. Any deck, if the player behind it is a good pilot, can climb the ranked ladder into Diamond. It also takes luck but we don't talk about that part. Just some broad points from playing the game for a year:

    1.) For a game that's purely a multiplayer online battle simulator, the economy in Master Duel is above other popular online multiplayer games. 2.) Being a best of one format leads to more degenerate strategies like stun, obsessive amounts of flood gates, entries strategies dedicated to infinite negates, and ftks, that lead to some games being just plain unfun to play.

    3.) The solo gates in my opinion do a fairly good job of not only teaching players all 6 of the summoning gimmicks, but also give players a insight to a number of different archetypes in solo mode so they can get an idea of what deck they would want to make in the game proper.

    4.) I do wish there was more prominent modes besides ranked, the occasional festival, and maybe solo (if you squint hard enough.) Even with casual, team battles, and duel rooms, they either don't do anything to flaunt or show those modes off, or the only real enjoyment you can get is with friends.

    5.) I wish there was more of an incentive to push in ranked. With the same rank up rewards you find in Bronze also being the rewards in Diamond, I feel like asides for bragging rights, Konami doesn't currently offer enough to sit down and grind on Master Duel.

    Overall, like I started with earlier, this game is fine. There's things that I both like and dislike in this game. Hopefully in the future, Komoney can fix the flaws present in Master Duel to have it reach a new level of standards.    … Expand
  37. Revuc
    Feb 3, 2023
    1
    I have played MD until the end of December 2022. I would like to make it clear, that I am speaking from my own experience and as a player who went to Diamond 5 I want to give my opinion on the game.

    Yes, it is true that the game is a good F2P, at first. Newcomers will receive a good amount of Gems and support to make a few decks of your choice, be it for casual or ranking. However, the    I have played MD until the end of December 2022. I would like to make it clear, that I am speaking from my own experience and as a player who went to Diamond 5 I want to give my opinion on the game.

    Yes, it is true that the game is a good F2P, at first. Newcomers will receive a good amount of Gems and support to make a few decks of your choice, be it for casual or ranking. However, the Gems' income from playing the game alone becomes quickly inefficient. At the moment, I have stopped playing, you make 145 to 195 Gems from doing daily missions by playing in rankings or events, including logins and watching live duels. Those Gems are necessary to acquire cards. For 10 packs of 10 cards, you are guaranteed to received at least a SR, it cause 1000 Gems, plus if you have no UR the next 10 packs guarantee 1 UR. A F2P player can only acquire 1 bundle of 10 packs per week. It is true tournaments and events gives you more Gems through their own missions, but those aren't always available and you need those Gems to get those packs.

    Speaking of packs, I would like to speak about the issue with them. MD announced a new selected pack with 4 new archetypes in it. So I kept my Gems from my missions, since I was interested. I accumulated over 4 000 gems. When the selected pack was released, I bought the bundle of 10 packs 4 times. The results I got was, 2 out of the 10 URs necessary to play this deck. The biggest issue I have is that they aren't doing a specific pack like they did with previous archetype on release date and even if they did, I still need to buy 10 packs or craft a SR or UR card of that specific archetype just to have access to that archetype pack and said pack will be only available for 24 hours, regardless if the client is down or not.

    The material system of MD works as the following; you have a card you don't need, you have the option to destroy this card and create 10 materials equals to this card's rarity and quality. For example; if I destroy 1 UR non-foil I get 10 UR materials, if it was foil = 15 UR and rainbow foil = 30 UR. From those materials, you need 30 to create a card from the same rarity then those materials; so 30 UR to get 1 UR cards. Which mean, if I don't buy many random packs and get multiple URs and SRs I don't need I'll never get those more difficult URs to get. Also, I couldn't destroy more URs, because some of them are classified as Legacy, which you can't destroy even if you have extras of. Plus, it's not possible to try out a deck before using your resources on, the only exception is if they are available on Story Mode, but they restrict what you can play in the structure deck.

    My biggest complaint in the gameplay is the absurd amount of time to play a turn. I had to wait 6 to 8 minutes to play my turn, or when my opponent takes 3 to 4 minutes to decide to play that face-down Called by the Grave. I should not wait so, so, so long to play my turn and my cards. The turn should be restrict to five minutes or a penalty for inactivity of 20 to 30 seconds, punishing those who make the decks and immediately play them without taking the time to read their effects.

    The ranking system is flawed. You can only climb the ranks. This is an issue, since you are stuck on the rank you have climb to and there's no penalty to lose multiple matches. Which mean, if you are at Platinum, but your deck isn't strong enough to defeat anyone, you are stuck at Platinum until the end of that season making duel experience miserable. The ranking should work around the experience of the players and not the amount of duels they have won in a row. Free to play isn't an option, since it is completely random and the only way for me to know the level of the opponent I'm getting in is through the brief description of the room.

    As for those other ways to duels, with the exception to ranks and events, they are useless. You can't get Gems except those two modes. Unless you are playing with a friend in free duels, there's no need to play Free, Story or multiplayer if you want your daily Gems. Also, forget to surrender if you have to go and still manage to pull off the mission during your rank duel, because you need to either win or lose the duel to complete your mission.

    Since decks can be difficult to make because of the limited resources, events are hard to complete since those are characteristic specific. Making your duels boring and difficult, since the other option, rent decks, are terrible.

    Finally, I spent a large amount of money in the hopes to get more decks and further the ranks, however my attempt was futile since I buying so much gave me nothing in return. Not even enough to get the cards I wished to craft. If the situation was in real life, I would have at least have the possibility to sell the unwanted cards to get a bit of my money back.

    Yes, this game is F2P, but don't do the same mistake I made. Don't spent for a possibility.

    Thank you for your time and have a good day.    … Expand
  38. penguinthelad
    Feb 4, 2023
    2
    Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is an amazing introduction to Yugioh, and for returning players it's also fun with it's strange mix of the TCG and OCG banlist. The mates are very cute and/or fun and the fact that you can just have a car as a mate is very funny. The events, while they can be hit-or-miss, are overall pretty fun and unique ways to play the game. Overall, a fun Yugioh experience that IYu-Gi-Oh Master Duel is an amazing introduction to Yugioh, and for returning players it's also fun with it's strange mix of the TCG and OCG banlist. The mates are very cute and/or fun and the fact that you can just have a car as a mate is very funny. The events, while they can be hit-or-miss, are overall pretty fun and unique ways to play the game. Overall, a fun Yugioh experience that I would recommend.… Expand
  39. eThot
    Feb 4, 2023
    9
    This is what brought me back into Yu-Gi-Oh!, and convinced me to but my own deck (Speedroids) in real life for the first time ever. Thinking about getting Floo for tournaments and such, and Ancient Warriors for fun.
  40. RafaelGR
    Feb 9, 2023
    8
    PROS

    - Unlike other TCGs (Duel links etc), Master Duel is F2P. With minimal daily grind anyone can make one meta deck per month. - Smooth Yu-Gi-Oh simulator with great visuals. -This game managed to bring back to Yu-Gi-Oh, players that haven’t touched a single card since 10-15 years ago. Also the replay feature is a great learning tool for not top tier players. CONS -The game    PROS

    - Unlike other TCGs (Duel links etc), Master Duel is F2P. With minimal daily grind anyone can make one meta deck per month.
    - Smooth Yu-Gi-Oh simulator with great visuals.
    -This game managed to bring back to Yu-Gi-Oh, players that haven’t touched a single card since 10-15 years ago. Also the replay feature is a great learning tool for not top tier players.

    CONS

    -The game feels empty. There’s only the ranked ladder mode and the occasional event for a few days every month.
    -It can be very cruel for beginners, especially those that don’t even have knowledge of the TCG.

    ONE LAST NOTE

    This game has a different card pool (not up-to-date) and different ban list from the TCG. Many players find that a huge minus. But I feel that this is more a plus. This way there can be more diversity in the meta (for example Mathmecks) and also avoid bad metas (Tearlament tier 0 meta)    … Expand
  41. tbiddle
    Mar 25, 2023
    8
    It's pretty good. The game's balancing is for sure out of whack but you'll still have fun duels. Any complaints I have would be toward Yu-Gi-Oh itself rather than Master Duel. Overall, this game is a great medium for playing Yu-Gi-Oh so I'd recommend it.

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    Feb 22, 2022
    80
    Without going around it too much, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is, to date, the definitive game dedicated to the collectible card game. Aside from some elements that will turn up your nose a little, such as the limit of only twenty decks, it provides players with all the tools necessary to explore and play Yu-Gi-Oh in the best way, all enriched by excellent animations and original elements, such as the lore of the archetypes, very appreciated. The future success of the game will depend exclusively on the update frequency that Konami will decide to adopt, but for how they are behaving today, we can only be satisfied.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Feb 21, 2022
    80
    Konami managed to make the best Yu-gi-oh adaptation to this day that will bring many surprises to both old and new players because this game isn’t the same one we used to play 15-20 years ago. The learning curve is huge and it requires a lot of time to learn all the decks currently available, so be ready for a lot of grinds.
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  3. PC Gamer
    Feb 11, 2022
    80
    One of the most exciting online CCGs released yet. It could use more singleplayer content, but for PvP, it's tough to beat.
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