Yet another freemium game that will only ever be as good as the QoL updates and Konami's ability to to take a bulk of user criticism/recommendations into consideration. As of right now, this is a clunky, barebones duel simulator with a slow server, bare minimum solo content, mediocre deck editor, no alt-format support, and no match play with sideboards. I'm not even sure if this is a great intro to the series for new players, because of how unforgiving the ranked online play is right now. They are much better off playing solo or with friends where terms can be made. Only time will tell to see how good (or bad) this game will become.
The game seems to be in a beta state right now all things considered. I also think that the singleplayer content and onboarding tutorials aren’t that well done, as i am seeing it now. I’m a casual observer of yugioh, my friends play it but I’ve never given it a shot. The tutorial is barebones and I’m not sure if it gets me up to speed with the complex gameplay. This is just my day 1 impressions, we’ll see how it goes later on.
why would that not be a valid criticism? even veteran players have been advocating for a soft reboot of the game for a while now due to how unapproachable modern format is. the "actual videogame" is modern yugioh dood.
If we're talking about Master Duel as a client, I think it's actually a superb client overall. There are just some features that need to be added.
- In-Duel Chat (toggleable of course, so that people don't have to talk or see the player text if they don't want to) - Additional solo content (I really like the solo content currently, but I feel as though Legacy of the Duelist's story approach would work in Master Duel as well)
Also as Starburstman posted above, I do agree that the servers need work and that there need to be alternate formats, however, I still can have an absolute blast with this game and still do frequently.
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- In-Duel Chat (toggleable of course, so that people don't have to talk or see the player text if they don't want to)
- Additional solo content (I really like the solo content currently, but I feel as though Legacy of the Duelist's story approach would work in Master Duel as well)
Also as Starburstman posted above, I do agree that the servers need work and that there need to be alternate formats, however, I still can have an absolute blast with this game and still do frequently.