I thought, since some other thread was getting a little off topic due to Yu-Gi-Oh talk it'd be good to have a thread based on a genre I'm pretty fond of.
Some TCG that are worth a look:
Magic the Gathering:
Obviously the master of all TCG with an in depth ruleset and amazing card artwork.
Recommended Video Game:
Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
Pros:
It's available for the both the HD twins and PC, it has a great tutorial that explains the rules pretty well and it has a good single player campaign.
Cons:
There's no real deck building other than the ability to remove unwanted cards to trim down any fat.
Pokemon the TGC
Well you can't be a massive multimedia franchise without your own TCG, but what is surprising about the Pokemon one is that is not only good but it's actually kind of amazing.
Recommended Video Game:
Actually there are two! The obvious one is the game boy game which I guess I'll start with
Pros:
It's not just a "choose opponent from menu" type of game and has a small overworld that you can walk around in.
Cons:
It's on the gameboy so the amount of information given to you without having to dig through menus is limited.
The other game is the new Pokemon TGC Online which is free and you can play here.
Pros:
It's free, you can play with other people online, the interface is pretty good, and it has a decent tutorial and singleplayer mode.
Cons:
It has a really ugly and cheap looking artstyle, singleplayer is basically choosing an opponent from a menu, it's still in beta so a lot of features aren't available yet and there are still some bugs.
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Pretty popular game based on a terrible manga and anime. There are a hell of a lot of video games and I wouldn't even know where best to recommend though I'd probably go with...
Recommended Video Game:
World Championship 2011
Pros:
It uses the touch screen interface which is much better than face buttons and a D-Pad, and the 2 screens work well to display information on cards. It also has a story mode where you play as a created character and can walk around and talk to people
Cons:
No DLC means that when new cards are released you're going to have to spend another £30 or so to get the new game. The new games also stay up to date with the anime whose character design gets worse and worse and worse.
Honorable Mention:
Duel Masters (lol)
Actually looking the ruleset up I was wrong to say it's worse than Yu-Gi-Oh as it is pretty good and kind of similar to Magic only allowing you to sacrifice monster and spells cards to use as mana to tap.
Recommended Video Game:
None, like, there's a PS2 game which I haven't played but the GBA games are garbage with a hideous artstyle and giving you 0 information on cards without doing... something that I could never figure out.
This is by no means a definitive list, people should feel free to add there own or expanding on pros or cons for the games I have mentioned.
Trading Card Games
You mean the forbidden cards?Gonic wrote:Especially with the ban last always changing.
It's always the good ones too.
How many times do they change the Forbidden Card list?
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